The Q Guide to Broadway: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know...about the Hits, Flops the Tonys, and Life upon the Wicked Stage (Pop Culture Out There Q Guide) by Seth Rudetsky

The Q Guide to Broadway: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know...about the Hits, Flops the Tonys, and Life upon the Wicked Stage (Pop Culture Out There Q Guide) Reviews

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  Andrew

  Seth Rudetsky takes you on an insider's Guide to Broadway...from the restaurants, tickets, lingo, history, trivia quizzes (of which I almost aced), and more...The downside was the newest show in this book was Wicked, which does date the book and the stars mentioned, but it was still an interesting read.
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  Jana

  Picked this up at a local book sale, and it's definitely showing its age a bit. But as a longtime fan of Seth and Broadway in general, I was pleased to find there were a couple stories in here that were new to me!
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  Jeff

  This could easily be retitled, "Broadway 101" or "Broadway For Novices". There is a wealth of introductory information for those with limited knowledge about all things Broadway-- and it's told with a gay slant-- but not so much so that it limits it's benefits for any reader.
  
  From history to how to get tickets to recommendations of some of the best shows of all time-- this book is a primer on where to start your exploration.
  
  As someone continuing their 30+ year love affair with Broadway, I didn't really find anything here that I didn't already know. As always though, Rudetsky has assembled a book full of incite and passion.
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  Teri

  interesting and there was new 'stuff'. Had I not just seen "Every little Step" I would not have known that in early workshop days Cassie is cut. That's in this book. For some reason he felt the need to put a 'gay' feature about every musical he was expounding on. I don't understand why he feels the need to do that. A co-worker listens to his radio program and thinks he's a bit arrogant. It came through in his writing style.
  
  It does make me want to find someone the cds to some of the musicals I've never heard of.
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  Katrina

  Having read Seth's other book before this one, there are a couple of stories that are in that book that come from here but its all good. This is one amazing book and should be considered the bible for any Musical theatre person (as well as the Rent Bible). Seth's stories as well as amazing storytelling abilities make this book absolutely fantastic. I was laughing out loud at so many times in the book! MUST READ!
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  Allison

  This book does contain a lot of stuff you may already know (and the occasional annoying - actors' names misspelled - or hilarious - "tush tickets" - typo), but the stories are wonderful and his album recommendations are spot-on.
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  Asha

  Hilarious and full of valuable information. A must-read for any fan of Broadway.