Reviews for Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs

The average rating for Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-29 00:00:00 Viviana Villarreal Show business, theatre, Broadway . . .It is not really my thing. I've seen a few musicals; I loved Hamilton, but I don't know much about Broadway. I might have enjoyed a straight history of successful Broadway shows, but this is the book I read. All the way through. My favorite story was when David Merrick, during a period when 4 of the 7 NYC newspapers were out on strike (1961), found 7 members of the public who had the same names as the 7 critics. He invited them to dinner and to see his show "Subways are for Sleeping". He then put out his infamous "Quote ad of the Century": 7 OUT OF 7 ARE ECSTATICALLY UNANIMOUS ABOUT SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING. The ad showed the 7 not-critics and their quotes.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-07-22 00:00:00 Lili Dellinger An interesting collection of essays showing the different things that can go wrong (from beginning to end) of creating and performing a Broadway play.