On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats: Unusual Lives Led on the Edges of Broadway

by Robert Simonson

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"You don't have to be involved in a play to be a Broadway enthusiast. On Broadway, men still wear hats, brings to light the lives of some of theater's lesser known contributors: an accountant who gave up number crunching to write Internet theater reviews full-time; an amateur photographer who went from groupie to Tony Award nominator; a Texas ballet dancer turned kosher play seller; a Glasgow high school dropout who became Broadway's favorite restauranteur. Author, journalist, and playwright show more Robert Simonson follows in the footsteps of Damon Runyon, Joseph Mitchell, and A.J. Liebling as he captured these and other passionate lives lived out along the edges of the New York theater world's white-hot spotlight." back cover. show less

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Nonfiction, Music, Biography & Memoir
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792.092Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsTheater: Plays, Ballet, Operamodified standard subdivisionsHistory, geographic treatment, biography; Description, critical appraisal of specific theatres and companiesBiography
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PN2277 .N5 .S56Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaDramatic representation. The theaterSpecial regions or countries

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