Rebecca, the Musical, based on the renowned du Maurier novel, was veteran producer Ben Sprecher's shot at the big time. Believing he had found the next Phantom of the Opera, he fully expected to have a Broadway hit on his hands. In a saga that veers from tragedy to surrealism, David Kamp details the blows to Sprecher's dream: the "death" of a key investor, the discovery of a con, and the furtive maneuverings of a see…
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 07:35AM on May 20, 2013