From the Back of the House : Memoir of a Broadway Theatre Manager

My name is Dan Landon, and I was a Broadway theatre manager for 37 years. I worked on fifty shows. Over 9000 performances. The problem with a life in show business is not that it is short. The problem is that it is long, as we ever try for another moment in the lights, until the stage glow fades, the story told.This is my love letter to Broadway, and all the stars and luminaries my job allowed me to meet and know?hoopi Goldberg. Bob Fosse. Ian McKellan. Bernadette Peters. Robert De Niro. August Wilson. Alec Baldwin. Kathleen Turner. Jessica Lange. Maggie Smith. Judi Dench. Mikail Baryshnikov. Madeline Kahn. Paul McCartney. Stephen Sondheim. Tom Stoppard. David Mamet. Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Hillary Clinton. Al Pacino. Richard Dreyfuss. Patti LuPone. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Daniel Craig. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Denzel Washington.In these pages you'll meet them, too, as they wait in the wings, glow in the spotlight, and take their bows.

Author: Dan Landon

Publisher: Ibis Books

Publication Date: Jun 13, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1956672230

ISBN-13: 9781956672237