SUMMER READING LIST FOR THEATER LOVERS
Put together by Carole Schweid
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Creativity in print and on audio - 15 Memoirs, Journals, and first-hand accounts
MIKE NICHOLS: A Life
By Mark Harris
2021 – Year by year exploration into the life and work of the brilliant director.
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL
By Jack Viertel
2016 – How Broadway shows are built
TOM STOPPARD
By Hermone Lee
2021 – In depth study of his life and extraordinary body of work.
HOOKED
By Sutton Foster
2021 – Crafts save the sanity of this Broadway star
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
By James Lapine
2021 - Creating Sunday in the Park with George
ACT ONE
By Moss Hart
1959 - One of the best theater books ever written
HER AGAIN
By Michael Schulman
2016 - Meryl Streep’s early life and career
EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE
By Ted Chapin
2022 rerelease – Creation of the musical Follies, from a unique point of view.
LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANNOLI: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By Mark Seal
2021
FOSSE
By Sam Wasson
2013 - Whiny and wonderful
THE STREET WHERE I LIVE
By Alan Jay Lerner
1978 – My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot
DYING OF POLITENESS
By Geena Davis
2022 – Actress, Archer, Activist
PRODIGAL SON
By Edward Villella
1998 - Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic
FREE FOR ALL: JOE PAPP, THE PUBLIC, AND THE GREATEST THEATER STORY EVER TOLD
By Joe Papp and Kenneth Tynan
2010 - Behind the scenes at one of America’s most important cultural institutions.
FAMOUS FATHER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP BERNESTEIN
By Jamie Bernstein
2018 - Leonard Bernstein’s eldest daughter – intimate, evocative and educational