Salina Symphony's Book Club

For the second Salina Symphony's Book Club the discussion will be over, Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution. This fits perfectly into the show the Salina Symphony will put on 'An Afternoon of Rodgers & Hammerstein' on March 8th. 📚: https://redfernbooksellers.com/book/9781250214867

Todd Purdum's timely examination of the life and works of Rodgers and Hammerstein is a beautifully balanced accounting of two complicated men, the theater artists who surrounded them, and the quite astounding works they created. Purdum writes with grace and care about the creation of their best and their least achievements, and he subtly points to their differences and difficulties as human beings without ever stooping to gossip or nastiness. Like the R&H catalog itself, he takes on his subject with taste, relish, fairness, and a clear sense of the importance of the subject matter. A wonderful read."-- Jack Viertel, author of The Secret Life of the American Musical