Broadway : : the American Musical
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Widescreen.
Special features: Additional performances; Broadway interviews; photo credits; Wicked : the road to Broadway.
Disc 1. Episode one, Give my regards to Broadway (1893-1927) / written by Marc Fields and Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon ; Episode two, Syncopated city (1919-1933) / written by Marc Fields -- disc 2. Episode three, I got plenty o' nuttin' (1930-1942) / [written by Michael Kantor] ; Episode four, Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (1943-1960) / written by JoAnn Young -- disc 3. Episode five, Tradition (1957-1979) / written by JoAnn Young ; Episode six, Putting it together (1980-2004) / written by Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon.
Host: Julie Andrews.
This documentary series details the razzle-dazzle history of a unique American art form. Each episode chronicles a different era and features the Broadway shows and songs that defined the period. The series draws on feature films, rare television moments, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in creating the American musical.
DVD, region 1, widescreen format ; Dolby digital.
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SERIES
PBS home video.
Broadway, the American musical (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 120 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1415702365
9781415702369
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kantor, Michael, 1961-
Fields, Marc.
Maslon, Laurence.
Young, JoAnn.
Dupre, Jeff.
Rosenthal, Sally.
Andrews, Julie.
Ghost Light Films.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Carlton International Media Limited.
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Theater -- United States.
Musicals.
Musicals -- Production and direction.
Musical theater.
Comédies musicales -- New York -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Vidéos pour handicapés auditifs.
Musical theater.
Musicals.
Musicals -- Production and direction.
Theater.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
New York (State) -- Broadway.
United States.
Documentary television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical television programs.
Musical films.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Musical films.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.