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b"Eddie Shapiro grew up singing music from every cast album he could get his hands on. He is the author of Here\\u2019s to the Ladies: Conversations with More of the Great Women of Musical Theater, Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, A Wonderful Guy: Conversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater, Queens in the Kingdom: The Ultimate Gay and Lesbian Guide to the Disney Theme Parks, and hundreds of articles in magazines with much shorter and more sensible titles than his books. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. \\u201cAnother delightful gathering of the voices of women of Broadway\\u201d \\u2014 Library Journal In the follow-up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, theatre journalist Eddie Shapiro sits down for intimate, career-encompassing conversations with yet more of Broadway's most prolific and fascinating leading women. Full of detailed stories and reflections, his conversations with such luminaries as Barbara Cook, Kelli O'Hara, Heather Headley, Faith Prince, Stephanie J. Block, Tonya Pinkins, and a host of others dig deep into each actor's career -together, these chapters tell the story of what it means to be a leading lady on Broadway over the past fifty years. This new volume brings more fly-on-the-wall opportunities for fans to savour, students to study, and even the unindoctrinated to understand the life of the performing artist. Key Features: \\uf0b7 Includes nineteen unique and career-encompassing conversations with Broadway's leading women \\uf0b7 Features a chapter of conversations honoring the late Marin Mazzie \\uf0b7 Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner lives of musical theater veterans \\uf0b7 Ranges from Barbara Cook to Tonya Pinkins, from Faith Prince to Charlotte Amboise"