Photo Flash: Inside STAGED's Book Launch Party!

Dress Circle Publishing (DCP) - the premiere publisher of theater-themed novels - held a launch party for Broadway producer Ruby Preston's newest novel "STAGED" on March 12 at historic theater restaurant Sardi's. Check out photos from the festivities below!

"STAGED" is the second book from Ruby Preston, an award-winning Broadway producer who has helped to bring many musicals to the stage. The follow-up to her acclaimed theater novel "SHOWBIZ, described as "SMASH" meets "The Devil Wears Prada," "STAGED" gives readers an insider's fictionalized account of the excitement, anxiety, and euphoria involved in bringing a new musical to the Broadway stage. A modern day Manhattan fairy tale, the pages of "STAGED" are filled with glamorous Broadway galas, back-room business deals, and show stopping romance set against the twinkling backdrop of 42nd Street.

"Dress Circle Publishing's mission is to give theater and book-lovers everywhere a glimpse behind the curtain of Broadway. Ruby Preston's "STAGED," the second book in her Broadway Trilogy, does exactly that," said Dress Circle Publishing founders Roberta Pereira and Brisa Trinchero in a joint statement. "We're thrilled to be having our launch at Broadway hot spot Sardi's and celebrating with so many of our theater colleagues."