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Behold the Hamiltome

April 17, 2016 by Ellesfena 8 Comments

I’m a huge fan of all things Hamilton and pre-ordered this book the second I found out about it. I’ve listened to the soundtrack approximately 18,500 times, watched every #Ham4Ham I can find on YouTube (and every other tangentially related video on there), and am still harboring a little resentment toward Genevieve Burgess for not writing about the Hamilton bootleg until it had been taken down. There’s not much for me to say about this book, other than I loved it. Originally I ordered it because I was eager to see the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: broadway, hamilton, hip-hop, musical theater, Non-Fiction

Ellesfena's CBR8 Review No:19 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: broadway, hamilton, hip-hop, musical theater, Non-Fiction ·
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On the Road Again

February 26, 2014 by anotterchaos 1 Comment

See, this is what I get when I read two books on the same topic sequentially. The title says it.  Michael Kostroff is one of those actors that make you say, “Hey!  That guy!  What was he in?”  In this book, the answer is “The Producers” (ensemble and understudy for Max Bialystock), and “Les Miserables” (Thenardier). Like the last book I reviewed, Unnaturally Green, this is a memoir of a touring actor.  In the first book, the actor is young, and green in more ways […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: broadway, les mis, producers, theater

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: broadway, les mis, producers, theater ·
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