The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Pittu (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Pittu
David Pittu narrates 126 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 846 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
4,604 Literature audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built is an audiobook by Jack Viertel: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Pittu, released March 1, 2016, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Pittu
- Released
- March 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9781494587840
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built as an audiobook?
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built?
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built is narrated by David Pittu.
Is The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.