Tony and Olivier Award-winning Bob Avian's dazzling life story is a memoir in three acts. Candid, witty, sometimes shocking, and always entertaining, here is the ultimate up-close and personal insider's view from a front row seat at the creation of the biggest, brightest, and best Broadway musicals of the past fifty years.

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Acknowledgments -- The leading ladies -- Katharine Hepburn, Coco, and a big smash flop -- Beginnings -- Broadway gypsy -- Funny Girl, Hello, Dolly!, and I Do! I Do! -- Henry, Sweet Henry and Promises, Promises -- Company -- Follies -- Straight plays -- "If Hitler's alive I hope he's out of town with a musical" -- Straight plays: the sequel -- 5-6-7-8: A Chorus Line -- Hooray for Hollywood -- How do you follow up A Chorus Line? -- Dreamgirls -- Record-breakers, might-have-beens, and a marriage -- Out on my own -- Miss Saigon -- Putting It Together -- Sunset Boulevard: the mansion has landed -- Martin Guerre -- Hey, Mr. Producer and The Witches of Eastwick -- Back on the line -- Saigon redux -- Coming full circle -- Index.