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Editorial Review Product Description
A vivid and explicit memoir of sixty of Broadway's most exciting years." Mr. Seff has been actor/agent/librettist/playwright/, so hit the dressing rooms with him, and discover what goes on backstage, in the wings, and behind closed doors. Learn about theatre in the golden age, when one could buy a piece of a show in the intermission on opening night. He's got tales to tell!
Join him on this fun filled odyssey through the decades, in shows starring Alan Alda, Ethel Merman, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, William Hurt, Julie Andrews, Chrsitopher Reeve, Richard Thomas, Judd Hirsch, JasonRobards,in other shows directed by Hal Prince and written by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Come on along and listen to .. . .. well, you know. ... Read more Customer Reviews (3) 
Learn the inside scoop of life in the theater
If you're interested in what it's like to live your life in the theater, you should read this book.
I wanted to read a book highlighting some of the past fifty years of work from someone who was truly on the inside, and I'm glad I picked this up. It's a fast paced tour of the life of a talent who didn't chase leading roles but enjoyed the work of a character actor, playwright, agent, and investor in all aspects of theater. He describes life on the road, in summer stock, and on Broadway with many of the stars of the last half century.
It's a page-turning story of someone whose heart was in the theater and made a fascinating life out of it.
Well recommended.
A Must for any theatre buff.
I am not in theatre, but I love going to theatre, and after reading Richard Seff's informed and informative memoir, I feel I've just relived the last 50 years of my life. He has captured the Golden Age of Broadway, and put it all down with insight, humor, and great joy. I've seen so many of the shows with which he was involved, but it was great fun 'going backstage' with him, eavesdropping and listening inon all those goings on.
Bert Cohen
It is a lively, lovely read
Normally the theater is not my standard reading material, but I found this a very entertaining and heart warming book. Mr. Seff knows the business well and has a knack with words. The result isan entertaining and often funny look at the "behind the scenes" happenings in modern theater. Filled with many well know personalities, even to this non-theater buff, the book leaves one wishing they had been there. I particularly enjoyed the sense of getting to know Mr. Seff and all his comrades, and was reluctant to put the book down and no longer be part of their lives.
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