As live performances on Broadway start up again after an unprecedented absence of eighteen months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway theater came back from the brink. On Broadway shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen, including Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, and Ian McKellen, take us behind the scenes of Broadway₂s most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Archival clips of iconic performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones, and Mandy Patinkin lead the way in a hurly-burly ride through the main street of American show business.
Metropole Film Board Inc. & Pat Schoenfeld present a Storyville Films production ; produced and directed by Oren Jacoby.
Title from sell sheet.
Originally produced in 2019.
Bonus feature: Give my regards to Broadway (2020, a short documentary); outtakes; trailer.
Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Hugh Jackman, John Lithgow, Sir Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren.
In English, with optional English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9) presentation; Dolby 5.1 surround & 2.0 stereo.
Editors, Ted Raviv, Abhay Sofsky, Steven Wechsler ; cinematographers, Bob Richman, Buddy Squires, Tom Hurwitz ; music, Joel Goodman.
