I interview Laura Frankos, the author of Broadway Revival: What if Gershwin had lived?
From Amazon.com: “After his husband dies from a Tantalus-3 addiction in 2079, David Greenbaum pulls himself out of despair with an outrageous plan. He couldn’t save Ramon, but he might make a difference in other lives cut short. He hijacks his brother Nate’s time machine, the SlingShot, and jumps to 1934 to save George Gershwin from the brain tumor that killed him at age thirty-eight.
That’s just the start of David’s “Broadway Revival Project.” Gershwin wasn’t the only one who died too young. How much influence can one actor-songwriter have on the Great White Way, armed with a suitcase of modern medicine and advance knowledge of nearly 150 years of musical theatre history? ”
Laura Frankos’ recent work includes THE BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ BOOK and the chapter on OF THEE I SING in Rob Schneider’s 50 KEY STAGE MUSICALS. She is also working on a book on Billy Rose’s 1935 JUMBO.
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