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Not Since Carrie

Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops

Ken Mandelbaum
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Pages
384
Year
1992
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group

About

Not Since Carrie is Ken Mandelbaum's brilliant survey of Broadway's biggest flops. This highly readable and entertaining book highlights almost 200 musicals created between 1950 and 1990, framed around the notorious musical adaptation of Carrie, and examines the reasons for their failure.

Related Subjects

  • Entertainment & Performing Arts
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • History & Criticism
  • Theater
  • Performing Arts
  • Broadway & Musicals

Reviews

"Highly readable...strong opinions backed up by solid judgment. Mr. Mandelbaum has seen nearly everything and is not easily taken in....Justified affection for worthy scenes, wisely tempered by shrewd analysis...Mr. Mandelbaum has a very good ear that leads him to champion scores that have had smaller cult followings...As befits the subject, Not Since Carrie is full of entertaining backstage repor
Frank Rich, The New York Times/WQXR
"Best theater book of 1991...breathtaking research and pointed, but not cruel, wit."
David Patrick Stearns, USA Today
"A must-read."
Alex Witchel, The New York Times

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Ken MandelbaumAuthor