Life Is Like a Musical, Tim Federle
Life Is Like a Musical, Tim Federle
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Life Is Like a Musical
How to Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star

Author: Tim Federle

Narrator: Tim Federle

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2017

Synopsis

A Self-Help Guide--with Jazz Hands! Life is Like a Musical features 50 wry, witty tips on getting ahead in life and love--all learned in the showbiz trenches.

"Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist." -- Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

Before Tim Federle became a bestselling author and a Broadway playwright, he worked as a back-up dancer at the Super Bowl, a polar bear at Radio City, and a card-carrying chorus boy on Broadway. Life is Life a Musical features 50 tips learned backstage, onstage, and in between gigs, with chapters such as "Dance Like Everyone's Watching" and "Save the Drama for the Stage." This charming and clever guide will appeal to all ages and inspire readers to step into the lead role of their own life, even if they're not a recovering theater major.

About Tim Federle

Tim Federle is the showrunner and executive producer of High School Musical: the Musical: the Series, which he created for Disney+. His novels include the New York Times Notable Book Better Nate Than Ever and its Lambda Literature Award–winning sequel—which Lin-Manuel Miranda called “a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid” (New York Times). A film adaptation of Nate, written and directed by Federle, will premiere on Disney+ in spring 2022. The film stars Aria Brooks, Joshua Bassett, Lisa Kudrow, and Rueby Wood as Nate. Tim’s hit series of cocktail recipe books, including Tequila Mockingbird, have sold over half a million copies worldwide. He cowrote the Broadway musical adaptation of Tuck Everlastingand won the Humanitas Prize for cowriting the Golden Globe and Academy Award–nominated Best Animated Feature Ferdinand, starring John Cena and Kate McKinnon. A former Broadway dancer, Tim was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and now divides his time between Los Angeles and the internet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on January 27, 2018

Life is Like a Musical is a cute, self-helpish book, full of the wisdom Tim Federle gleaned from years of experience on the stage. "Basically, think of this book as 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff' with jazz hands." Introduction. Tim's advice is common sense, but I appreciated it anyway. Make your weakne......more

Goodreads review by Kat on July 09, 2017

I got an ARC of LIFE IS LIKE A MUSICAL at BookCon last month and, I'm going to be honest, I didn't know a thing about this book except the title and the author when I got in line for a copy. It's the author that hooked me - I read Tim Federle's GREAT AMERICAN WHATEVER last year and fell in love with......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on October 15, 2017

A self-help book for anyone who's ever wanted to be in a play! Surprisingly good at taking theater terms and ideas and presenting them in a way for anyone to get something out of it. And it's totally true too--theater kids find their niche and totally embrace themselves. I have a couple of theater f......more

Goodreads review by Jen on June 25, 2017

As a theater lover (performing and watching), I v loved this book. It bills itself as a theater geek's version of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, which is an apt comparison. The life advice at times might seem like common sense, but is dispensed with wit and humor and a huge helping of theater trivia an......more

Goodreads review by Lois R. Gross on May 27, 2017

Let me start by saying that I love Tim Federle. Several years ago, he wrote a Young Adult book called "Better Nate Than Ever," roughly based on his own life as a theatre loving pre-teen who didn't fit in his Pittsburgh town. I loved it. NO, I adored it. I knew that kid. I had been that kid. Somehow,......more

Quotes

"Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist."—-Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

"Federle (Tequila MockingbirdT) draws on his experience as a Broadway dancer in this delightful handbook of "hard-won showbiz lessons" that can be applied to all aspects of life and contribute to helping readers build more successful futures. Presenting advice "borrowed from Broadway" in a series of 50 witty vignettes, Federle aims to inspire readers to make any changes they may be seeking, whether these changes are in service to getting a better job, a healthier relationship, or simply a greater sense of satisfaction....an intuitive guide that puts life into perspective in humorous and entertaining fashion."—-Publishers Weekly

"With tongue-in-cheek cocktail books, a middle-grade series, an acclaimed YA novel, and a Broadway show to his name, Federle has proven himself to be a veritable chameleon of a writer. Now he offers up a self-help guide by way of Broadway. In 50 bite-sized chapters, he doles out life lessons and little wisdoms gleaned from his years in the theater, sparkling with the trademark cheeky wit so evident in his Twitter account. ... Theater lovers will enjoy the peek behind the curtain of the industry, but this is valuable advice for all.—-Booklist

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