Mr. Broadway

EMr. BroadwayE was completed just one month before Gerald Schoenfeld's death in 2008 at the age of 84. Bringing the reader backstage the long-term chairman of the Shubert Organization shares his triumphs and failures sings praise and settles scores. He recounts nightmarish tales of the Shuberts themselves a the meanness of Lee the madness of JJ the turmoil surrounding John's personal life and the drunken ineptitude of Lawrence Shubert Lawrence Jr. the man who succeeded them and nearly brought the Shubert legacy to an ignominious end.THAn active participant in that legacy for over 50 years Schoenfeld describes how he and his partner Bernie Jacobs saved the Shubert Organization bringing some of Broadway's greatest hits to the stage a from EA Chorus LineE EEquusE and EAmadeusE to EPippinE ELes Mis (c)rablesE EEvitaE ECatsE EThe Phantom of the OperaE EGodspellE EAin't Misbehavin'E EDreamgirlsE EDancin'E ESunday in the Park with GeorgeE EThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyE EGlengarry Glen RossE EThe Heidi ChroniclesE EThe Gin GameE EMiss SaigonE and EChessE.