"Hilarious, memorable, and utterly fabulous, DRAMARAMA is E. Lockhart's best book yet."
-- John Green, Printz-winning author of Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines
Two theater-mad, self-invented, fabulositon Ohio teenagers.
One boy, one girl.
One gay, one straight.
One black, one white.
And SUMMER DRAMA CAMP.
It's a season of hormones,
gold lame,
hissy fits,
jazz hands,
song and dance,
true love,
and unitards
that will determine their future
--and test their friendship.
That's my Spring 07 novel, and I'm so excited about it. It's called Dramarama.
And here is the cover! Woohoo!
Dramarama isn't out until May 2006, but this post is for BOOKSELLERS and LIBRARIANS who might well have an advanced reader's copy by now. All the songs from Dramarama are here, on an iMix.
You click on the link above and iTunes will open straight to the mix. Listen before you read Dramarama to make sure you get every little musical reference. Listen afterwards to get a sense of Sadye and Demi's musical world. (No iTunes? click here for the straight-up songlist.)
In any case, these are some of my favorite showtunes of all time. Songs from Rent, Wicked, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jersey Boys, Grease, Fame, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, and more.
"E. Lockhart mixes summer camp, friendship, glitter, romance, dancing, singing and theater to make this book a Show Stopper! Brava!"
-- Cecil Castelluci, author of Boy Proof and Queen of Cool
"All of us have bigness within, waiting to burst forth. But if you don't know when -- or if -- that bigness is going to happen, it can be crazy-making. (Especially if you're on the dramatic side to begin with!) DRAMARAMA perfectly captures the rush of working hard and playing hard, screwing up and making up, all for the chance to become the biggest and best you can be."
-- Lauren Myracle, author of TTYL, TTFN and Rhymes with Witches
I LOVE IT!!
Can't wait to read Dramarama!
It has all the elements I adore! GO YOU!
Posted by: cecil | July 19, 2006 at 11:27 AM
Wow. That looks amazing. What a great idea for a book and a perfect cover.
Posted by: Anne Ursu | July 19, 2006 at 11:53 AM
Fantastic cover!
You are one lucky writer. All of your covers are gorgeous.
I can't wait to read this book. It sounds simply mahhhhhvelous!!!
Cheers,
Erin Vincent
Posted by: Erin Vincent | July 19, 2006 at 12:05 PM
Oooo, love the fifties glamour of it! Perfect for you AND the book. And jazz hands! Yay!!!!!!!!
Posted by: lauren | July 19, 2006 at 03:18 PM
i absolutely cannot wait to read this.
Posted by: dawn | July 20, 2006 at 10:19 AM
It's sounds like it could be a hit. Just make sure you write it well. And please don't make it TOO intense, (i'm not shallow or anything, but) books with plots like this have the potential to be good, as long as the writer doesn't go over the top.
I really thought the "Boyfirend List" was a diamond. I hope Ruby will stop acting like a loser and get over Jackson in the Boy Book.
Best wishes and good luck to ya!
Posted by: jeannie curtis | September 01, 2006 at 09:12 PM
IT sounds SO COOL! but it is coming from you! so it has to be
Posted by: Blue | September 13, 2006 at 11:42 PM
Somewhere That's Green! I was so happy to see this. I recently recieved the part of Audrey in my school's musical (so we're doing Little Shop of Horrors, evidently)and I love the song so much. I'm glad you have so many great tunes in one place!
Posted by: K | September 29, 2006 at 01:25 PM
So glad you liked the playlist, K. I had so much fun making it!
And congratulations on your part. You must have a great voice.
--E
Posted by: E. Lockhart | September 29, 2006 at 02:04 PM
I can't wait to read Dramarama, I love The Boyfriend list and The boy book. Me and my friend use your book as sort of a bible for girls when we have issues with relationships. Hope that's not weird haha. But yes, I bet Dramarama will be another hit.
Posted by: Jasmine | October 18, 2006 at 08:51 PM
I am a drama person. Can't wait to read it! I want to recomend it to all my wicked awesome friends. And my 'Tommy Hazard.' Thanks!!!! You are one of the first authors I know of to write a book on theatre geeks! YES!!!
<3 Katie
PS I loved the boyfriend list and I can't wait to read Fly on the Wall and The Boy Book!
Posted by: katie | October 18, 2006 at 11:39 PM
I LOVE MUSICALS!!!!! You have all of the good ones from all of the good musicals. Imwould have qalso put defying gravity from wicked but I didn
't write the book.
Posted by: alys | October 23, 2006 at 06:40 PM
i just finished reading the boyfriend list today and it was my first time reading a book ofyours and believe me not my last!! i plan to get every bnook written by you i L-O-V-E you
Posted by: anna | November 18, 2006 at 04:32 PM
aww i cannot wait to read the boy book and all your other books aghhh i adore noel btw you are my fave author i love your books
Posted by: anna | December 01, 2006 at 08:25 PM
i absolutely love the boyfriend list and fly on the wall! i cant wait to read the boy book and dramarama! i tried to listen to the imix though but it says this feature is not yet available in canada. could you post the song list on your website so the international readers could be included too?
thank you!
Posted by: olivia | December 03, 2006 at 02:00 PM
I searched not one, not two, not three, but FOUR bookstores in hopes of finding The Boy Book a week after it came out (I finally succeeded at 10:58, in an empty Borders). I am having a premonition that the same thing is going to happen with Dramarama, unless I preorder it, which would go against my procrastinating tendencies. I am so excited for this new book! You are my hero, E. Lockhart!!
Posted by: Kelsi | December 03, 2006 at 11:24 PM
Thanks so much, you guys. All these comments are going to go to my head!
Olivia (and your fellow Canadians and non-iTunes users) -- here is the Dramarama imix link:
http://www.theboyfriendlist.com/e_lockhart_blog/2006/12/the_imix_playli.html
(the comments section won't let me use html, but you should be able to copy and paste it into your browser, and I'm putting a proper link up in the post, above)
xo
E
Posted by: E. Lockhart | December 04, 2006 at 09:27 AM
Omg I love ur books so much they are so amazing. U know I cant wait until dramarama! Anyway I was in a flood recently and I lost everything becasue my room was down stair which has all my BOOKS!!! So I no longer have the boyfriend list and that makes me so sad. Just like I no longer have gingerbread or all of meg cabots books.
So love the books and I think u know my friend rainey she is the librerian she use to do book talks at my school
Posted by: angelina harlow | December 07, 2006 at 03:14 PM
Dramarama.
Nice title.
I like the cover lots, too.
I can't wait too read it.
Actually, I can-
but I'd prefer not too.
Yeah.
=]
Posted by: Lissa | December 12, 2006 at 08:32 PM
I love your books! Your my favorite author! I was just wondering if you were going to write anymore Ruby Oliver books (she and noel seem good together) and I was wondering if there would be anymore fly on the wall books (I love Titus and Gretchen together!). Um I really like your site too! I cant wait for more books!
Allison
Posted by: Allison | January 11, 2007 at 07:11 PM
I was also wondering if there will be another Ruby Oliver book. I think there should be- I want to find out what happens with her and Noel :)
Posted by: Anna | February 03, 2007 at 09:13 PM
I love dramaRama i read a pre published version. It's an awesome book with awesome broadway jokes, comments, and songs
Posted by: chris | June 04, 2007 at 04:36 PM
more drama rama books.........sequals.........omg movies!!!
Posted by: chris | June 04, 2007 at 04:38 PM
This book is absolutely amazing. :D I was super entranced in this book when I read it. I couldn't put it down. I laughed and squealed so many times. At the end, I actually cried. :D It would be super if there was a sequel of their life in New York!
Posted by: April | July 03, 2007 at 05:54 PM
This book is really amazing and i love it! It has such a good plot and and a great cliffhanger. i wish there was a sequel to this book i jsut was so into teh characters i have to know what happens to them!
Posted by: gabi | August 28, 2007 at 08:52 PM