365 Groovy Books Worth Reading

From: Deep Dish

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Making It Big: The Diary of a Broadway Musical 

by 

Barbara Isenberg

1996

In January 1996, my husband and I drove to Detroit to see the pre-Broadway tryout of this musical adaptation of the 1988 Tom Hanks film. We didn't care much for the show, which later closed in New York after 193 performances. However, I did enjoy reading this behind-the-scenes account of the musical's troubled journey to Broadway.