A Must See!: Brilliant Broadway Artwork

by Steven Suskin

Book Overview

Curtain up A Must See proudly presents a visual feast of Broadway ballyhoo. For this compendium of graphic design excellence, theatre historian Steven Suskin combed through rare archives to bring us more than fifty years of plays and 175 compelling pieces of Broadway art. Dazzling shows and their glittering stars spill off the pages in artwork from top illustrators of the day, such as Al Hirshfeld, William Steig, Peter Arno, Alberto Vargas, and even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811842177
• ISBN13: 9780811842174
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

great historical fun

Expectations are everything for this book. So, be prepared: Do not expect a sumptious coffee table book of gorgeous prints. This book assembles a diverse collection of Playbills and "heralds"(advertising for new or then current plays stuck in the programs), finding common themes in the diversity. It is more a collection of historically interesting artwork with sidebar comments on marketing and production notes. I wouldn't say that the artwork rises to the level of "brilliance", but many of them are very clever and ,again, from an historical perspective,very entertaining.

great book , fun to see history through the posters

Nice visuals, good research, very well done. I dont what the other reviewer's expecations were but I was most satisfied and wanted to offer another perspective.