Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)Ted Chapin was the luckiest 20 year old whoever lived.As a "production assistant" (unpaid gofer)for the new Broadway musical "Follies", he had the opportunity and good sense to record the making of one of the greatest musicals of that era."Everything Was Possible" covers the first rehearsals to the abysmal cast recording to what has happened to the people involved. Starting from pre production on, his narrative never gets stale.He tells of how Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim and Michael Bennett pulled it all off.It wasn't always fun.They had to deal with a group of aging actors who found negotiating a raked stage dangerous and a lot of their vulnerabilites and insecurities.
The book will have significant impact on anyone who saw the show. I did not see it in New York but at the end of its Broadway run it was to go on a national tour starting in Los Angeles.With most of the original cast intact I sat center section at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles in September, 1972.
It was one of the most emotional roller coasters I have been on in the theatre.The tour ended two weeks later and "Follies" has seldom been revived.
All musical theatre afficionados will love Chapin's book.Thank you Ted for letting us see those "Beautiful Girls" one more time.

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The Great American Book Musical: A Manifesto, A Monograph, A Manual (Limelight) Review

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(More customer reviews)I understand the author of this book was dying as he wrote it.I therefore hate to criticise it too severely, but the truth is, it should not have been published.It is full of factual errors, and absurd assertions, that anyone with a reasonable knowledge of musicals will spot quickly.

The editorial standards for books about musicals seem to be extremely low.This is far from the first book on the topic to be riddled with errors.Is it so hard to send a manuscript to someone with the knowledge to fact-check it?

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I'm trying to leave a record of the technique, to create a blueprint for an ancient art.- Denny Martin Flinn Devoted theatergoers fondly remember Broadway's Golden Age - when musical theatre reached its apex and creativity was infused into every time signature, witty remark, and kick-ball-change. Denny Martin Flinn analyzes the classic musicals of that era, outlining the unique artistic and theatrical qualities that elevate these great American book musicals.

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