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My name is Dan Landon, and I was a Broadway theatre manager for 37 years. 1 worked on fifty shows. Over 9000 performances. This is my love letter to Broadway, and all the stars and luminaries my job allowed me to meet and know... Whoopi Goldberg. Bob Fosse. lan McKellan. Bernadette Peters. Robert De Niro. August Wilson. Alec Baldwin. Kathleen Turner. Jessica Lange. Maggie Smith. Judi Dench. Mikail Baryshnikov. Madeline Kahn. Paul McCartney, Stephen Sondheim. Tom Stoppard. David Mamet. Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Hillary Clinton. Al Pacino. Richard Dreyfuss, Patti LuPone. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Daniel Craig. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Denzel Washington. In these pages you'll meet them, too, as they wait in the wings, glow in the spotlight, and take their bows.

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I loved it! While enlightening us to the histories of our beloved Broadway theaters, Dan tells of his funny personal encounters with the many stars who passed through his stage door, giving us a fun, fast read that shares with us his dedication to and love of theatre. --Tony Award-winning Broadway Legend Priscilla Lopez This book is terrific for the casual theatre fan and also the aficionado. Full of backstage tidbits about the show and the business in this love letter to Broadway. -Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer Roger Gindi Anyone interested in the Theatre will love this book, and discover that sometimes the drama going on backstage is more interesting than the drama onstage. -Pat Maloney, Tony Awards Associate Producer and Television Director

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DAN LANDON began his career in New York as an actor, appearing on Broadway (for one opening night) and Off-Broadway. He then turned to theatre management, first at the American Place Theatre, then for legendary producer Alex Cohen, and then for three decades with the Shuberts. Dan is also a produced playwright and published novelist. His plays have appeared Off-Broadway and regionally. He lived for many years in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife, Lyle, and their three children. After his retirement, they moved to Bradenton, Florida, where both he and Lyle are active in the theatre scene on the Gulf Coast.

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