Building a Tony It started as a what if and blossomed into a major Regional Theatre in America. MY SIGNATURE STORY traces the journey of the Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre in Shirlington, Virginia through the eyes of its Co-founder and Artistic Director, Eric Schaeffer. Schaeffer discusses the trials and tribulations of starting a theatre company from nothing and turning it into one of America's most beloved and artistically-renowned arts organizations. From staging musicals in a school library, to renovating an auto-bumper plating plant, raising money and forming a governing board, forging a working relationship with Stephen Sondheim, John Kander, and Fred Ebb, developing a robust and loyal audience, attracting billboard-worthy talent, building a new state-of-the-art, two-stage complex, to the culminating accepting the Tony on the stage of Radio City Music Hall, Schaeffer shares his success and horror -- stories. Personal tales and insights from Signature's 20-year history and its influence on American musical theatre make Eric Schaeffer's MY SIGNATURE STORY fascinating reading for theatre fans, and those ambitious souls who share the dream of building a theatre from scratch.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Outskirts Press
ISBN-13
9781432767617
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106734479
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Signature Story
Author
Sarah Valente, Eric Schaeffer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Plays
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
150 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
327g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Eric Schaeffer, Sarah Valente
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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