THE ALGONQUIN KID: Adventures Growing Up at New York’s Legendary Hotel (hardback)

The true life story of Michael Elihu Colby and his childhood days at Manhattan’s Algonquin Hotel.  His grandparents Mary and Ben B. Bodne had traded their southern oil fortune for the legendary but faded Algonquin and restored the hotel’s former glory. Their efforts led to a remarkable renaissance and attracted an overflow of celebrities from the ridiculous to the sublime. Michael weaves a vivid tapestry of encounters with glittering Broadway and Hollywood celebrities in a kaleidoscopic memoir of  illustrious figures—some on a meteoric rise, some in tragic decline—while he found his own place in the topsy turvy world of the Broadway theatre and musicals. Nearly 200 rare photographs and illustrations, a Bibliography, Appendixes, and an Index.   Listen to chapter 1 of the audiobook here for Free.  It is such a fun and enriching experience reading The Algonquin Kid.  I love the way Michael assembled the stories and shared his own creativity and talent along the way. He has preserved an important part of history which deeply resonated with me. (And I would have felt that way even if I weren’t in the book).  So much of that era has passed and it only lives again when someone takes the time to save it, like Michael. - Michael Feinstein   Article in the New York Times Photos from the Author's Appearance at the Drama Book Shop in New York on April 2, 2015 Article from The Sentinel newspaper Article from NJ.com Interview in Metuchen Matters Article from BroadwayWorld.com Article from TheaterPizzazz.com Author Reading at National Arts Club BWW Review: THE ALGONQUIN KID Michael Colby Brings Celebrity Musical Theatre "Round Table" Full Circle! Article from TalkinBroadway.com Article from Kurt of Gerolstein blog Article from Theater Scene Article from TheSecondDisc.com Article in The American Popular Song Society newsletter Article from Theater Pizzazz Author Interview from Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends https://www.theaterpizzazz.com/you-know-him-as-the-algonquin-kid/