Arthur Bicknell Releases Backstage Memoir About Broadway Flop MOOSE MURDERS

There are many inspirational stories about life-changing success. This is not one of them. MOOSE MURDERED, OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE MY BROADWAY BOMB, Arthur Bicknell Reveals the strange true history of the most infamous night in Broadway history, now available on Amazon.com.

It's a story about failure. But not just any kind of failure. Abject failure. Magnificent failure. Explosive, gut-wrenching, bone-numbing, heart-stopping, flesh-eating, catastrophic failure.

When Arthur Bicknell learned that his play Moose Murders was going to be produced on Broadway, things were looking up. At 30, he was one of the youngest writers ever to make it to the Great White Way. He had a zippy script that everyone seemed to love. He had a huge celebrity playing one of the lead roles. He left his day job at Air France and got swept up in a whirlwind of fancy parties, high-profile interviews and the kind of stuff wishes are made of.

Then the play opened. And closed. On the same night.

In terms of flops, Moose Murders is often mentioned in the same breath as the Edsel, New Coke and Milli Vanilli. The New York Times called it "a show so preposterous that it made minor celebrities out of everyone who witnessed it." New York Magazine said it seemed as if the play were staged by "a blind director repeatedly kicked in the groin." The legacy of Moose Murders is so notorious that it has become the standard of awfulness against which all Broadway flops are judged.

Now comes MOOSE MURDERED, OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE MY BROADWAY BOMB, Arthur Bicknell's strange, true tale of what went wrong that fateful night. For the first time ever, Bicknell names names in an irresistible backstage memoir about a naïve young writer, a leading lady headed for a breakdown, an inexperienced director and his questionable motives and a series of comically improbable mishaps, missteps and mistakes that have come to define the most infamous night in Broadway history. MOOSE MURDERED exposes a side of Broadway that's far-removed from the glitz and glamour, taking the reader on a journey filled with unexpected highs and unimaginable lows.

But MOOSE MURDERED is more than backstage revelations. It's a real-life lesson in failure that shows how elements beyond our control can take us hostage. Whether you work on a stage, in an office or at home, MOOSE MURDERED offers candid tips on how to deal with difficult people, how to navigate complicated situations and how to survive epic failure with your sanity (and sense of humor) intact.

MOOSE MURDERED, OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE MY BROADWAY BOMB ($10.80) is now available for purchase exclusively at Amazon.com.