Photo Coverage: Laura Benanti, Judy Kaye, Debra Monk & More Celebrate Launch of NOTHING LIKE A DAME

Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, a new book by Eddie Shapiro featuring interviews with 20 female musical theatre stars, launched last night at the headquarters of Oxford University Press at 198 Madison Avenue. Attendees got to meet some of the dames of Dames including Laura Benanti, Judy Kaye, Debra Monk, Donna McKechnie, Donna Murphy, Lillias White and Karen Ziemba. Check out photos from the special event below!

In Nothing Like a Dame, to be released on February 7, Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with Elaine Stritch, Carol Channing, Chita Rivera, Donna McKechnie, Angela Lansbury, Leslie Uggams, Judy Kaye, Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth, Donna Murphy, Lillias White, Karen Ziemba, Debra Monk, Victoria Clark, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Sutton Foster and Laura Benanti. The Foreword is by Elaine Paige. The women discuss their careers, offer insights into iconic shows, changes on Broadway over the last century, as well as both the art and thrill of taking the stage night after night.

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Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

Eddie Shapiro

Debra Monk

Karen Ziemba

Laura Benanti

Judy Kaye

Lillias White

Laura Benanti, Judy Kaye, Karen Ziemba, Lillias White, Eddie Shapiro, Debra Monk

Laura Benanti, Eddie Shapiro, Lillias White

Karen Ziemba, Debra Monk, Eddie Shapiro, Judy Kaye