THE LAST FIVE YEARS
ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre present THE LAST FIVE YEARS from February 8 to March 16, 2025. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films, and music to enhance your experience of the show. Annotations provided by publisher unless otherwise noted.
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The Last 5 Years
Vocal selections from THE LAST 5 YEARS, for your reading pleasure.
Format: Printed Music
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How to Survive A Killer Musical
A fascinating look at the hidden reefs lying below the surface waters of musicals and how to ride over most of them. A treat for anyone interested in theater. (Library Journal)
Format: Book
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Heartburn
Nora Ephron's memoir-disguised-as-a-novel is the story of a cookbook author's discovery of her husband's infidelity seven months into her pregnancy. This classic proves that revenge is a dish best served cold and as a bestseller. Also included: excellent recipes.
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Fates and Furies
They meet in the final months of college, and by graduation, they have married. It's 1991. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. It is with an electric thrill, then, that the reader realizes things are even more remarkable than they have seemed. In an emotionally complicated twist, the perspective shifts, and what began as a story about one extraordinary union becomes so much more.
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The Story of A Marriage
A dramatic portrait of the dissolution of a marriage, written with brutal and lyrical precision, and nominated for the Nordic Prize. Jon, who is losing his wife to another man, is trying to understand what happened to his Great Love, by working, painfully, to see the story from her perspective.
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The Last Five Years
Produced by Jeffrey Lesser, this original cast recording features vocals by Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz.
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The Last Five Years
Based on the hit musical by Jason Robert Brown, a struggling actress (Anna Kendrick) and her novelist boyfriend (Jeremy Jordan) recount the rise and fall of their 5-year love affair.
Format: Streaming Video
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Musical Theatre
Combining music, dance and dialogue to tell visually and emotionally engaging stories, musical theater can be traced back to ancient Greece, where musicians would often accompany lines delivered by actors. But it wasn’t until the late 19th century that musical theatre took hold in America.
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Musicals
Crack open the glittery gold pages of this volume to reveal a treasure trove of theatrical knowledge, glamour, and stories. (Library Journal)
Format: Book
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On Beauty
Smith tackles class, race, and gender with acerbic wit and a wise eye for the complexities of modern life, in a 21st-century update of Howard’s End. What results is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, the conflict between the political and the personal, and people’s eternal affinity for self-deception. (School Library Journal)
Format: Book
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