A behind-the-scenes story with more than a touch of theatrical magic about it, A Year with The Producers is a book for actors and theater fans everywhere.
Here, Denman offers a candid one-year diary of his experiences as singer, dancer and understudy in the production. His style is breezy and refreshingly honest, charting each step from audition to opening night. Denman's emotional narrative maintains suspense and sufficiently informs, making this a textbook for anyone seeking a theatrical career and yearning [t]o change, alter, enhance, deepen, and magnify the hearts of people who sit there watching. Even those lacking in showbiz aspirations will enjoy this book; it has a strong inspirational angle. That, along with the show's blockbuster success, guarantees an instant hit. -Publishers Weekly.
From the closing night of one smash, Cats, to the opening night of another, The Producers, Jeffrey Denman takes us on a delightful and insightful backstage tour of the Great White Way. His portraits of Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman are gems and add much to our understanding of how these towering creative talents work. How lucky for us that Mr. Denman is as fine a writer as he is a performer. Michael Riedel, The New York Post.
Buffalo-born Jeffry Denman, currently in The Producers, has also appeared in the Broadway revival of How toSucceed, the Johnny Mercer musical Dream, as Munkustrap in Cats, and on PBS's Great Performances My FavoriteBroadway. He has also choreographed Naked Boys Singing! and is developing his own show, Dancing in the Dark, for New York.