The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway (Limelight) Review

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(More customer reviews)Having lived in New York for so long it's scary how accurate "The Season" is, although written over 30 years ago.
Broadway has become a tourist trap with very little to offer serious theatergoers anymoreexcept spectacle shows.
Each chapter in this book shows how Broadway wascrippled with each passing season...and it makes sense that this is whatit's come to.
But the book is very funny (especially the chapter oncritics where he launches an all-out assault on then-New York Timesreporter Clive Barnes) and explains everything you'll ever need to knowabout how plays and musicals are put together.
Oh, yes: there's plenty ofdirt, gossip, anecdotes and name-dropping...Neil Simon, Carl Reiner,Tennessee Williams, David Merrick and NBC Reporter Edwin Newman drop in forcameos.

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Playwright/novelist/screenwriter Goldman analyzes Broadway from the perspective of the audiences, playwrights, critics, producers and actors.

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William Goldman: Five Screenplays (Applause Screenplay) Review

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(More customer reviews)Just go ahead and try to write a screenplay like William Goldman and you'll get slammed!
Yet despite the "flowery phrasing" the author of some of cinema's greatest screenplays is a master at getting you to play the movie in your head! It's the great ones that get to break the rules.
Every script is an enjoyable read, instantly and visually compelling, and a real lesson for writers on how to use language to give Actors, Directors, Cinematographers, and Script supervisors what they need to know as poetically and economically as possible.
I particularly enjoyed reading about the decisions that went into the making of The Great Waldo Pepper. As a kid, this movie really turned me around. It was a life affirming tragedy and it painted an emotional picture of a man's life using every color on this writer's pallette. Worth the price for this one alone!
All the essays prefacing the screenplays are a fascinating read, and a window into a facet of film history.

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A collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the PresidentÕs Men ¥ Magic ¥ Harper ¥ Maverick ¥ The Great Waldo Pepper. Also features essays by Goldman: "Getting Even or Creative Accounting," "Sneak Previews, or Why Did She Have to Die?," "Hype or Consequences: A Brief History of the Future," "Shooting from the Hip: DonÕt You Know Anything About Screenwriting?," and "Nothing for Me to Steal: The Secret Life of an Adaptation."

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