Shy - The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) was an accomplished composer, author, and screenwriter. She was the author of the novel Freaky Friday and its 1976 screenplay adaptation, and of several other novels. Rodgers also wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical. She lived in New York City until her death. Jesse Green is the chief theatre critic for The New York Times.
From 2013 to 2017 he was the theatre critic for New York magazine. Before that, he covered theatre and other cultural topics, as well as writing long-form news features, for many national publications. He is the author of the novel O Beautiful and the memoir The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood.