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| re: Mary Rodgers book. | |
| Posted by: Broadwaywannabe 07:25 am EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mary Rodgers book. - comedywest 05:55 pm EST 11/21/22 | |
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| Count me in as loving it too. The tone reminds me of her young adult books which I read over and over in my youth. She knew everyone in the theater world given the household where she grew up and her career in theater so the book is filled with great anecdotes. The details about her relationship with Sondheim are fascinating. She doesn’t take herself too seriously (including as to her talent or lack thereof as a composer). And I loved the footnotes. Yes, there were some sections that were a little slow but so what. And there is nostalgia in its portrait of a New York City that barely exists (if at all) anymore. | |
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| re: Mary Rodgers book. | |
| Posted by: CCentero 12:12 pm EST 11/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mary Rodgers book. - Broadwaywannabe 07:25 am EST 11/23/22 | |
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| I encourage anyone who stopped reading it (like I did) to pick it up again. Her potshots at her parents are tiresome and I'm not sure that I even like her, but she had a front row seat to at least two incredible creative eras on Broadway that is unmatched. As the above poster relates, she's funny and honest about her failures and doesn't spend any time blaming others or the audience for lacking the sophistication to understand them. A little bit of Green goes a long way: he's not as funny as he thinks he and his editor thinks he is. One leaves with the feeling that Mary herself would have cut his stuff way back. | |
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| re: Mary Rodgers book. | |
| Posted by: Snowgrace 10:45 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mary Rodgers book. - Broadwaywannabe 07:25 am EST 11/23/22 | |
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| Completely agree with you, & yes, yes,yes, what a joy to hear again the tone which made her young adult books (& THE ROTTEN BOOK, which I memorized at age 5 in the course of having parents read it to me over & over again) such a joy! And agreeing yet again re what a comfort (if a sad one) to have that old NYC theatre world brought back to life for a while. | |
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