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Broadway Yearbook, 1999-2000: A Relevant and Irreverent Record
Broadway Season 1999-2000 is a unique and detailed guide to the theatrical year presenting 46 different shows. The volume features a comprehensive discussion of every show that opened on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season as well as several non-Broadway productions of importance or general interest. Each entry is accompanied by credits and cast lists, scorecards summarizing overall critical reception for each show, and a recap of each show's financial performance.
A new kind of theatre annual, this distinctive volume discusses what the shows are actually like (instead of merely relying on plot synopses or photographs). It is an interpretive record, featuring not only dates and names but also the stories behind the statistics. Opening night title pages illustrate each show discussion. Appendices include a roundup of the season's major awards, memorable performances of the year, obituaries, long run leaders, shows still running from prior seasons, scheduled shows that never reached Broadway, and a comprehensive index.
Steven Suskin has provided a relevant and irreverent record of the year's memorable high points (and low points). Written from an insider's perspective, the book is knowledgeable, intriguing, provocative, and entertaining.
A new kind of theatre annual, this distinctive volume discusses what the shows are actually like (instead of merely relying on plot synopses or photographs). It is an interpretive record, featuring not only dates and names but also the stories behind the statistics. Opening night title pages illustrate each show discussion. Appendices include a roundup of the season's major awards, memorable performances of the year, obituaries, long run leaders, shows still running from prior seasons, scheduled shows that never reached Broadway, and a comprehensive index.
Steven Suskin has provided a relevant and irreverent record of the year's memorable high points (and low points). Written from an insider's perspective, the book is knowledgeable, intriguing, provocative, and entertaining.
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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September 16, 2022
Wonderful show by show account of the season that included “Contact” and two different versions of “The Wild Party.”
Suskin is one of the savviest writers about Broadway because he has worked on shows as well as written about them.
The book is reminiscent of William Goldman’s classic “The Season” about the 1967-68 season in both its insights and color.
Suskin did three of these books and it’s too bad he stopped. Such a vivid personal account of seeing everything in a Broadway season.
Suskin is one of the savviest writers about Broadway because he has worked on shows as well as written about them.
The book is reminiscent of William Goldman’s classic “The Season” about the 1967-68 season in both its insights and color.
Suskin did three of these books and it’s too bad he stopped. Such a vivid personal account of seeing everything in a Broadway season.
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