King of Broadway

by Dan Elish

Horatio King is an eighty-five-year old curmudgeon who happens to be the greatest musical theater composer and lyricist of his generation. Fifteen years before the story begins, his last musical, "Black Hawk Down," was a flop. Now King is approached by twenty-five-year old Ben Willis who sends him a copy of his newly published children's novel, "The Worldwide Dessert Contest." Would King like to get back in the game and collaborate with a new-comer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835432441
• ISBN13: 9781835432440
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Olympia Publishers
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Humorous Send Up of Broadway

This was a charming book that tells the story of two collaborators writing a Bway musical. Horatio King is an elderly famous composer-curmudgeon who hasn't written in years. Ben Willis is a young author. Together they turn Willis's novel "The Worldwide Dessert Contest" - a children's book - into a musical. Mayhem ensues. But what I liked even more than the ride through developing a B'way show was the heartfelt characterizations. A fun book for theater folks - and really anyone else looking for a good read.