Product Description

The Great White Way has paved the way for some of the most legendary performers in history. But Broadway is more than a street, it's a community. In this Q Guide, a true Broadway expert takes theater fans on the ultimate insider's tour.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #415457 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Seth Rudetsky has played piano in the pits of over a dozen Broadway shows as well as writing and starring off-Broadway in Rhapsody in Seth. As a comic he was voted "The Funniest Gay Male in New York." Currently he is a DJ on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Customer Reviews

Broadway Insider Tells All
Seth Rusetsky, the ultimate Broadway insider, is the perfect gay guide to Broadway. He's a serious and hughly gifted musician and simultanoeusly a manic, chatty, wildly driven writer and entertainer. He knows what he's talking but this is no dry "how to" guide. It is the first real guide on how to become a New York Theatre insider: what CDs to buy, what restaurants, cabarets and theatres to attend, what charities to support, what websites to go to for theatre news and gossip, how to get cheap tickets, and how to speak the language of Broadway.

For better and worse it is a highly subjective guide, reflecting Seth's likes and dislikes, passions and prejudices, on every page. For example, some important theatre websites are overlooked and some musical stars are mentioned a few too many times.

In his defense I am grateful that Seth uses stars' first and last names throughout his book. We hear about "Chita Rvera," not that endlessly tiresome fake Broadway insiders lingo of "Chita."

It's a hilarious book, un-put-downable and addictive. Seth reminds us over and over what it is to remain a giddy fan of Broadway when many insiders lose that aspect after being exposed to the challenging day-to-day workings of a theatre professional.

A Great Little Guide to Broadway
Seth Rudetsky is fiercely talented, an encyclopedia of Broadway facts and lore, and (most importantly) hysterically funny. He also knows everyone in the business and is the King (Queen?) of Broadway benefits and concerts.

This great little guide gives you all the basics you need to feel like a Broadway insider.

Just getting started as a fan? This guide will give you the basics plus some great tips for getting Broadway info and gossip, scoring cheap tickets and how to get wired to Broadway on the Internet.

Already hooked on Broadway? You'll still enjoy this quick little read. It was fun seeing whether or not I agreed with Seth's choices of 'essential' cast recordings, and I still picked up a few backstage stories I hadn't heard before.

Seth is a-MAH-zing (as he would say) and so is this little Q Guide.

Now we just need Seth to write a comic novel that takes place in the backstage Broadway world that he knows and loves so much!

The Q Guide To Broadway shows ins and outs of the Great White Way
Seth Rudetsky, a very taleneted Broadway conductor, sub, fundraiser imprasario, radio host, and all-around insider is obsessed with all things Broadway. Seth's writing style is easy, coversational, and informative with lots of spice.

The Q-Guide tells the ordinary Broadway fan how to find cheap tickets, what the lingo is all about, some whys and wherefores about the industry, lots of great recommendations to build the "must have" Broadway Cast CD Library, and oodles of stories about the personalities. The book is not a history of Broadway, it's here and now. For fun, there are five quizzes about Broadway lore and facts to test your pre-existing knowledge and send you googling to learn more.

Written with a gay sensibility, Seth's new 174-page book is a one sitting cover-to-cover must read for the Broadway fan and the insider as well.