Download or read book The Voodoo that They Did So Well written by Stefan Kanfer and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2007 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sparkling profiles Stefan Kanfer takes an endearing look at the personalities who helped make Broadway what it is today. Chapters are devoted to the lives of such greats as Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, and Lorenzo Da Ponte. Also considered are the shining stars of New York's vibrant Yiddish theater and the colorful personalities who starred in two-a-day vaudeville.