{"product_id":"9798895652244","title":"Never Mind the Happy : Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Shaiman, Marc | Musicals \u003cbr\u003ePublished 26\/03\/2026 by Post Hill Press (Regalo Press) in the United States \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e217 x 150 x 27mm | 386g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times Bestseller  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 peaks (and valleys) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57150267326839,"sku":"9798895652244","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9798895652244.jpg?v=1780667446","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9798895652244","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}