broadway (new york, n.y.)

A coming-of-age novel about a seventeen-year-old New Jersey boy who falls in love and stumbles into a bit part in Orson Welles's debut production on Broadway, all in the same week.

Sixteen-year-old Emily Pearl's obsession with Broadway shows lands her in trouble in school and at home; but it also allows her and her best friend, Phillip, to find a solution to their problems.

Presents nine plays written by American dramatist George S. Kaufman in collaboration with Edna Ferber, Ring Lardner, George S. Kaufman, and others, spanning 1927-39, including "Animal Crackers," "You Can't Take It With You," and "Dinner at Eight," and provides explanatory notes and a Kaufman chronology.

Describes the Broadway musical production of "Really Rosie" through all stages of preparation from planning and rehearsals to previews and opening night.