Hadleigh, authority on celebrity gossip, turns to Broadway to examine its juiciest scandals, secrets, flops and feuds. Discerning fact from rumor, quoting hundreds of players, and revealing the stories behind over a century of major headlines. Personalities include Ethel Merman, Tennessee Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Jerome Robbins, Lucille Ball, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Bette Davis.--From publisher description.