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

by Tim Federle

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762462643
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	10/03/2017
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	644,360
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Tim Federle is the award-winning author of one of the world's bestselling cocktail recipe books, Tequila Mockingbird, as well as the Hollywood-themed spin-off Gone with the Gin, and the novelty board book Hickory Daiquiri Dock. His most recent book, Life Is Like a Musical, is a guide to life based on his experiences on Broadway. Declared "a prolific scribe whose breezy wit isn't bound to a single genre" by the Huffington Post, Tim also writes screenplays and novels. A native of San Francisco who grew up in Pittsburgh, Tim now divides his time between New York and the internet.

Editorial Reviews

08/14/2017
Federle (Tequila Mockingbird) 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. Each chapter references a situation Federle encountered in the theater—with titles such as “Value Courage Over Confidence,” “Be a Good Scene Partner,” and “Rehearse Under Emergency Conditions”—and relates these situations to everyday experiences. His advice includes “envision a destination for yourself” and “start doing things that feel significant and meaningful to you.” The result is an intuitive guide that puts life into perspective in humorous and entertaining fashion. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Greenburger Associates. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"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

From the Publisher

03/01/2018
Award-winning author and Broadway expert Federle offers 50 hilarious self-help tips for drama geeks and beyond. In Federle's own words, his book is "Don't Sweat the Small Stuffwith jazz hands." He stresses how his cheerful personality has helped him secure many gigs—after all, no one wants to collaborate with a grumpy or arrogant coworker. Federle shares various coming-of-age and theater experiences, from dancing in a polar bear costume at Radio City Music Hall to cowriting the Broadway musical Tuck Everlasting. Featuring star-studded theater references, this is an uplifting yet realistic look at living life to the fullest. There's even a section noting how students voted most popular in middle school tend to plateau early in life. VERDICT Perfect for theater-focused teens, especially those who grew up on Federle's Better Nate Than Ever and loved his young adult novel, The Great American Whatever.—Sarah Hill, Lake Land College Library, Mattoon, IL

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