{"product_id":"9798895652244","title":"Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning composer\/co-lyricist behind such iconic projects as \u003ci\u003eHairspray\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSister Act\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins Returns\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmash\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wickedly funny, no-holds-barred memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNever Mind the Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, musical dynamo Marc Shaiman looks back on five decades of Broadway triumphs, Hollywood hijinks, and unforgettable collaborations. Along the way, he charts the personal highs and heartbreaks that have shaped him—spending his teenage years in community theater, starting a decades-long collaboration with Bette Midler in the ’70s, surviving the AIDS crisis of the ’80s, his award-winning film music career in the Hollywood of the ’90s, right up to the peaks (and valleys) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCandid, hilarious, and deeply human, Shaiman’s story is a tribute to the power of music, the pull of the spotlight, and the beat that never stops.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart showbiz tell-all, part love letter to the melancholy that fuels creativity, told with perfect comic timing—along with a few wrong notes, and plenty of standing ovations.","brand":"Regalo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42982782566461,"sku":"9798895652244","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9798895652244_p0.jpg?v=1771587763","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9798895652244","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}