{"product_id":"2940153813714","title":"The Gristmill Playhouse: A Nightmare in Three Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eFame is a Madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe brought you \"S'wanee: A Paranoid Thriller\" and \"The Union Club: A Subversive Thriller.\" Now the curtain rises on Don Winston’s most fiendish tale yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetty Rose dreams of Broadway. Talented, ambitious, and obsessed, she was the biggest fish in college. But New York is a harsh wake-up. Unemployed and ignored, she faces a career as cocktail waitress instead of on the stage. And the clock is ticking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe jumps at an internship at the country’s most famous summer stock playhouse, in spite of its bizarre, all-controlling reputation. There, she joins a family of eccentric and endearing fellow actors and bonafide stars, lorded over by the benevolent dictator Rex Terrell. With nonstop shows to sold-out crowds—tucked away in a charming, Americana village—the Gristmill Playhouse is every actor’s summer dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a fellow intern mysteriously vanishes after a cryptic warning, Betty Rose struggles to separate truth from make-believe even as she rises toward stardom. Is her growing terror and dementia a form of self-sabotage, or is the Gristmill grooming her for a final curtain call?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gristmill Playhouse. There’s no business like it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Winston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082246766832,"sku":"2940153813714","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153813714_p0.jpg?v=1764098098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153813714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}