It's doubtful that any Canadian in the past forty years had a greater impact on the entertainment industry than Garth Drabinsky. With Cineplex, Drabinsky and his mentor Nat Taylor created the multiplex, which forever changed the way people watch movies, while his theatrical production company Livent mounted a series of unprecedentedly lavish and spectacularly successful productions. Frequently criticized for his abrasive demeanour, micromanaging and "cheapening" of the theatrical experience, Drabinsky was a ceaselessly controversial figure, and many were overjoyed when he was ultimately forced out of both Cineplex and Livent — but even his detractors were shocked when Drabinsky and his long-time associate Myron Gottlieb were tried and eventually imprisoned on charges stemming from Livent's decidedly avant-garde bookkeeping. In Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, veteran filmmaker Barry Avrich offers a compelling account of Drabinsky's colourful life and career, presenting an entire rogues' gallery — businessman, artist, fraudster, showman and dreamer — all implausibly rolled into one unforgettable character.