Titanic: The Complete Book of the Broadway Musical

by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston

Book Overview

A full-color gallery with over 150 photos of the original Broadway production; color costume and set designs and sketches; the complete back-story of the production from concept to launch to hit musical; artists at the helm: the crossing from fact to fiction; a brief history of Titanic lore; poster and marketing art; and the complete book and lyrics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557833559
• ISBN13: 9781557833556
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Applause Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Tanfastic.

An excellent piece of theatre history with loads of terrific photographs and information about Titanic and the Broadway version of the musical. A must for all theatre buffs.

As amazing as the show itself...

I have seen the tour of TITANIC twice before, and this book just livens the show even more. I totally reccomend it to any fan of the show. Or even anyone who is interested in it! It tells you everything that you could ever need to know about this glorious tribute to the stage. May the show sale on forever.

TITANIC LIVES ON

I WAS at the closing of theshow and saw it 3 times before and it was terriffic this is a great memory for any fan of the show

TITANIC sails once more . . .

The Complete Book of the Musical TITANIC by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston is an all too rare look behind the scenes of a major broadway musical. For those of us who only very occasionally get to see a broadway show live, this sort of book can give us a way to experience one, at least vicariously.The book consists mostly of the script and lyrics of the show, but first the authors share their views on the subject matter at large, and quite interestingly to me, their particular artistic approach towards making an historic event palpable to each and every viewer sitting in a dark theatre. It is also interesting to note that at the back of the book is a complete listing of the names of the people who perished on the great "ship of dreams".The book is quite generously illustrated with photos of the production. However, many of the photos are a bit marred by the presence of dust and hair particles on them. Surprisingly sloppy workmanship in that department. The layout and design of the book is quite nice, which only seems to accentuate this minor but consistent flaw.All in all, if you are like me and yearn to know what goes on between all those songs you listen to on your original cast recordings, books such as this one are a God-send. I would recommend it to any fans of Titanic, Peter Stone or Maury Yeston.