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Staged Kindle Edition

by Ruby Preston (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Aspiring Broadway producer Scarlett Savoy has almost everything she needs to make her first musical a huge success- millions in financial backing, a talented (not to mention handsome) young director, and a big-name Hollywood starlet as her female lead. But with none of the theater owners in town willing to back a novice, she’s missing one final piece of the puzzle: a Broadway theater. Just when Scarlett thinks her show might never see the footlights of day, an unexpected meeting with the young, eligible son in the Stewart theatrical empire changes Scarlett’s Broadway prospects forever.

STAGED, the second novel by real-life Broadway producer, Ruby Preston. @BroadwayRuby
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BRY0ZN0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dress Circle Publishing (March 9, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 644 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0985471832
  • Customer Reviews:
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Ruby Preston

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Ruby Preston is a young Broadway producer currently working on several new musicals on the Great White Way. She couldn’t be more thrilled to be living her dreams in the Times Square trenches of Manhattan.

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Marcia R
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2014
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It's been a long time since I paid for a Kindle download, but after reading SHOWBIZ as a free download, I paid for the sequel. I'm so glad I did because I liked it, a lot. The characters are a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the story. Looking forward to the next sequel.
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Peter Elliott
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Fun, Fun - but oh those nasty typos!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2013
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I really enjoyed the first volume of this trilogy and gave it a whopping FIVE Stars!

The second volume suffers from haste to rush to publication - there are too many typos in this book! and several egregious ones including Rogers (as in Rodgers and Hammerstein). Ruby dear, please take the time next time to triple proof the galley before rushing into print. Typos baffle the reader at times and it simply stops the narrative cold trying to figure out - did the case go 'away'? or 'awry'?

Thoroughly believable and enjoyable characters and another fun plot twist at the end - though not as compelling (or truly believable) as in book one.

Awaiting volume three - typo free!
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Joseph N. Fusco
5.0 out of 5 stars Back stage dramas while mounting a Broadway show.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
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This book was a lot of fun. Although it is a mystery, it allows the reader to experience what goes on behind the scenes of building a successful Broadway show and how anyone with money and NY status can tank a show by paying off the critics. Great fun!!!!
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Julie
3.0 out of 5 stars A little cliche but cute
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016
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A very cute story. As a Broadway fan, I loved getting to read about the inner workings of Broadway, and this book gives the nitty gritty. There are characters you want to root for, even if they are a little bit clichéd.
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Mina
4.0 out of 5 stars LIGHTHEARTED AND ENTERTAINING. WILL READ SEQUEL
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
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When an award-winning Broadway producer such as Ruby Preston decides to enter the literary arena with a series of chick lit novels evolving around a young Broadway producer and the lengths she has to go in order to bring her first musical to the stage, you can be sure that a plot otherwise implausible to any stretch of imagination (aspiring Broadway producer Scarlett Savoy accepts to pose as girlfriend of a theater mogul Graham Steward in order to secure a stage for her first musical) becomes an entertaining and 'not too hard to believe' portrayal of a world where acting goes on even when the curtains are down and where more than appears on the scene is staged. Through the expert perspective of an insider we can expect back-room business deals and behind-the-scene dramas to be spilled in the pages of a work of fiction.In Staged, Scarlet is an up and coming producer in desperate need of a theater for her first musical, Swan Song. Graham is a theater tycoon in desperate need of a "prop" fiancee in order to convince his family and the board members that he is the most reliable heir of the Stuart Broadway empire. The young producer will enter into a fictional relationship with the powerful CFO as part of a business proposition. After all, she isn't looking for real romance at this point of her life and, like Graham, she is focusing all her energy on the achievement of her career goals. So far so good: up to this point I didn't have to try too hard to suspend my disbelief. Less convincing for me was the characterization of the two protagonists: to be able to carry on in the Broadway showbiz, Scarlet is supposed to be a tough-as-nail producer, and Graham is introduced as a hard-as-granite tycoon, but there are circumstances throughout the narration where they both come off as inconsistently insecure, vulnerable, and swinging between conflicting moods. Graham's personality is not fully nuanced (I think the author willingly left part of his story and personality in the dark in view of a future development), while Scarlet has a back-story and an emotional arc that go back to the prequel book published in 2012 (Showbiz). Staged is, in fact, the transition installment of a trilogy (the sequel, Starstruck, should be in the works) and it reads as a transition novel, where new characters are introduced in order to set the scene for open-ended plot developments, and old acquaintances complete the picture and add zest with their colorful and somehow more convincing characterization (see Scarlet's drag queen brother, her best friend Cassie, the gay playwriters Buff and Jeremy Jersey). Overall, Staged is an enjoyable read: it features the addicting qualities of a light tv drama and it definitely fired my interest. I will read the sequel.
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Nikki Cavalier
5.0 out of 5 stars great sequel
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2013
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Great sequel that pulled the story together and tied up loose ends. Easy reading, good character development and fun plot.
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Kimberly Truesdale
4.0 out of 5 stars An Entertaining Look Behind the Stage Curtain
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
I read this book in one sitting because I needed to know what happened! Would Scarlett Savoy find a theatre for her smashing new musical based on the ever-popular Swan Lake? Which of her three suitors would she end up with? Would she be embroiled in a scandal that threatened to bring down a major theatre family? Would her drag queen brother be a NYC success? There were so many great storylines that I had to keep reading long into the night!

Clearly, I really enjoyed this second installment of Ruby Preston's Broadway Trilogy. I hadn't read the previous book, Showbiz, but it was very easy to pick up the clues about what had happened. My one, very small gripe actually has to do with the same issue. Where I felt that you didn't need to read the first book to know the characters, some parts of this story felt like they were there as a set up for the third book.

This story follows main character Scarlett, who has opened her own producing company (with a lot of generous help from her handsome and interested backer Lawrence). She struggles to find a space in which to stage the excellent new show she's found. She thinks it can be a hit, if only they can find a theatre and some big-name talent. While this is the main storyline in the book, it leads to some interesting secondary stories, including Hollywood-style celebrity romance, an intriguing business proposition, and a really fun best friend and brother combo.

I particularly enjoyed the inside look into Broadway producing that this book gives. I was intrigued to read that the author herself is a Broadway producer. I highly recommend this entertaining book and I look forward to reading the next one in the series!

Originally posted at Chick Lit Reviews and News
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