'Better Nate Than Ever' - a book by Tim Federle

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Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle, a story of a boy with big Broadway dreams, is a warm and witty debut has already struck a chord within the theatre community with the likes of Tony award-winning composer Alan Menken, praising the book as "a smash hit!” The book will be released on February 5, 2013.

Tim Federle was born in San Francisco, grew up in Pittsburgh, and began crashing New York auditions as a teenager, landing in five Broadway shows, from Gypsy (starring Bernadette Peters) to The Little Mermaid (starring Tim in a catfish costume), with stops at Radio City, the Met, and a Super Bowl halftime show along the way. In recent years, Tim has penned popular columns for Apartment Therapy and Huffington Post, choreographed routines for Sting and James Taylor at Carnegie Hall, and coached the child stars of Billy Elliot on Broadway—Tim’s inspiration for his debut novel, Better Nate Than Ever.

http://books.broadwayworld.com/article/ ... k-20120912
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Tim's book is about to be released and he has posted this:

"At 5:30pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, you're invited to the Drama Book Shop on West 40th, where Disney Theatrical president Tom Schumacher and I will sit down to talk showbiz and books -- specifically BETTER NATE THAN EVER, my debut novel from Simon & Schuster, about a small-town teen who crashes an audition for E.T.: The Musical."

Seating limited to about 50.

http://www.facebook.com/events/471262922933080/
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Tim discusses his new book with a couple of kids from The Lion King in this video from Playbill:

http://v.playbill.com/services/player/b ... nJsQIaFNkH
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Call Elton to start writing the music. Great material for a show. (or movie)Contact all former Billies.
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That link didn't work for me. This one did:

http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/vide ... King-Stars
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A nice article about Tim and Better Nate Than Never in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/books ... =auto&_r=0

Among other things, the story mentions that Simon & Schuster just did a third printing — for a total of 20,000 copies (sizable for a tween book) — and will release a sequel, “Five, Six, Seven, Nate!” a year from now.
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Thanks for the link. Excellent article.
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A really super review on Huffington Post (several weeks old - somehow missed):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/1 ... 60050.html
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Haven't posted on this forum in a while, but...

Just finished reading this book. Loved it. Had me hooked. My best friend throughout middle school and high school was Nate. My first trip to New York at age 14 was with his family. I can really empathize with Nate and Libby. I can't wait for the sequel! :D
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I'm about 30% in and LOVING it! It's SO FUNNY too!
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