Never Mind the Happy
Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner
by Marc Shaiman
Publisher
Regalo Press
Publication
Jan 27, 2026
Format
Hardback
Illustrated
No
Price
$25.74
Dimensions
5.5 x 8.25 x 1 in
ISBN
979-8895652244
ASIN
B0FP5L62X5
Pages
304
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Biographies & Memoirs
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🌍 World Wide Rights Available
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| Publisher | Post Hill Press |
| Publication | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 979-8895652244 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 8.25 x 1 in |
| Age | Adult 18+ |
| Price | $25.74 |
Categories
Biographies & Memoirs
Never Mind the Happy
Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner
by Marc Shaiman
From the award-winning composer/co-lyricist behind such iconic projects as Hairspray, Sister Act, Mary Poppins Returns, and Smash comes a wickedly funny, no-holds-barred memoir.
In Never Mind the Happy, 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 highs (and lows) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on.
Candid, 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.
Part showbiz tell-all, part love letter to the melancholy that fuels creativity, told in perfect comic timing—along with a few wrong notes, and plenty of standing ovations.
In Never Mind the Happy, 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 highs (and lows) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on.
Candid, 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.
Part showbiz tell-all, part love letter to the melancholy that fuels creativity, told in perfect comic timing—along with a few wrong notes, and plenty of standing ovations.
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