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Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor
by Michael Kostroff
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a touring stage actor? Wonder no more! Michael Kostroff is here to tell you, in hilarious detail. His firsthand account of the exciting, funny, and sometimes bizarre highlights of his journey with the road companies of The Producers and Les Misérables will introduce you to beautiful old theatres, weird hotels, onstage errors, travel mishaps, colorful cast members, fascinating towns, theatre ghosts, and the art of singing on a revolving stage while lugging a dead body. Along the way, the author talks honestly about the challenges of keeping a performance fresh, managing burnout, and dealing with injuries as the eight-show-a-week schedule continues. Anyone who wants to know what a life in the theater is really like needs this funny, intimate, and unforgettable narrative. As one reader put it, “Move over ‘Reality TV.’ This is ‘Reality Reading’ at its most powerful.”
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Reviews
“Letters from Backstage is brilliant and captivating. I can’t wait to reread it with the TV off.”
—Martin Short
“Letters from Backstage is a collection of gems for those who know that the juiciest, most dramatic parts of actors’ lives are almost always in their offstage experiences. Michael’s perspective is candid, fresh, and laugh-out-loud funny.”
—Kenna Ramsey, Actress, Tommy, Rent, The Lion King, and Caroline or Change
“Loved it! So well written it made me feel like I was THERE! I hope he books another gig—can’t wait for the sequel.”
—Gwen Hillier, Casting Director, ABC
“Kostroff is the illegitimate child of Jack Kerouac and Dorothy Parker.”
—Mark Freed, VP Business Development, Showbiz Expo
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