ISBN Broadway Yearbook 1999-2000 368 pages English

Broadway Season 1999-2000 is a unique and detailed guide to the theatrical year presenting 46 different shows. The volume features a comprehensive discussion of every show that opened on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season as well as several non-Broadway productions of importance or general interest. Each entry is accompanied by credits and cast lists scorecards summarizing overall critical reception for each show and a recap of each show's financial performance. A new kind of theatre annual this distinctive volume discusses what the shows are actually like (instead of merely relying on plot synopses or photographs). It is an interpretive record featuring not only dates and names but also the stories behind the statistics. Opening night title pages illustrate each show discussion. Appendices include a roundup of the season's major awards memorable performances of the year obituaries long run leaders shows still running from prior seasons scheduled shows that never reached Broadway and a comprehensive index. Steven Suskin has provided a relevant and irreverent record of the year's memorable high points (and low points). Written from an insider's perspective the book is knowledgeable intriguing provocative and entertaining.