The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage is a 2019 nonfiction book written by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns.[1] It is the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of performers who died onstage, or were stricken onstage and died soon after.[2][3][4][5]
 First edition | |
| Author | Jeff Abraham, Burt Kearns |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
| ISBN | 978-1-64160-217-4 |
The book was published on 3 September 2019 by Chicago Review Press under its A Cappella Books imprint.[6][7]
The Show Won't Go On covers the deaths of performers both famous and obscure, grouped into performing arts genres, including theatre, comedy, magic and escape artistry, dance, classical music, opera, rock 'n' roll, hip hop, country music, gospel music, jazz, international pop music, television, radio, social media, vaudeville and the circus.[7] More than 200 cases are examined or cited, and the authors are keeping a tally of recent onstage deaths on the book's website.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Killer Set: The Strange History of Performers Dying Onstage". Vanity Fair. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Book Review: 'The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage' by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns".
- ^ "A Hollywood Publicist's Surprising Side Hustle: A Book About Shocking Onstage Deaths". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 September 2019.
- ^ Cutler, Jacqueline (25 August 2019). "Show stoppers: Entertainers whose final acts were onstage". nydailynews.com.
- ^ Dow, Mike. "Performers who left them wanting more celebrated in 'The Show Won't Go On'". www.themaineedge.com.
- ^ "The Show Won't Go On | Chicago Review Press". www.chicagoreviewpress.com.
- ^ a b "The Show Won't Go On by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns". September 16, 2019.
- ^ "RECENT PASSINGS". THE SHOW WON’T GO ON.