BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Documentary, Musical
• Plot: Broadway: The American musical is the first documentary film to showcase the entire razzle-dazzle story of this uniquely American art form. Each episode explores a different era in American musical theatre, spotlighting the Broadway shows and songs that defined that period. Featuring on-camera interviews with many of the principles involved in the development of the medium, the series draws on a wealth of rare performance footage and newly-restored film clips. hosted by Julie Andrews, the six-part series offers the best seat in the house to the greatest Broadway shows of all time.; ; Episodes:; Give My Regards To Broadway (1893 - 1927); Syncopated City (1919 - 1933); I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1930 - 1942); Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (1943 - 1960); Tradition (1957 - 1979); Putting It Together (1980 - 2004)
• Cast: Matthew Broderick, Angela Lansbury, Mark Hamill, Pearl Bailey, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Hugh Jackman, Chris Ferry, Stephen Sondheim, Carol Channing, Tim Breese, Richard Costas, Paul Daley, Teri DiGianfelice, Rich DiMinno, Byron Easley, Nina Goldman, Amy Hall, Jack Haken, Michelle Kittrell, Lou Martarano, Bernard McWilliams, Kenna Morris, Michelle Pampena, Ipsita Paul, Lacy Darryl Phillips, Stacie Precia, Ed Puntin, Karina Ringeisen, Kara Sandberg, Jennifer Savelli, Kristen Sullivan, Michael Weinstein, Cindy Adams, Cris Alexander, Nancy Kathryn Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Michael Bennett, Irving Berlin, Vivian Blaine, Dwight Blocker Bowers, Betty Buckley, Abe Burrows, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Ted Chapin, Bobby Clark, Lou Clayton, Graciela Daniele, André De Shields, Ann Douglas, Alfred Drake, Jimmy Durante, Fred Ebb, Cy Feuer, W.C. Fields, Bob Fosse, Tess Gardella, Meg Gillentine, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Micki Grant, Michael Grief, Steven Hack, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ernest Harburg, Sheldon Harnick, George Harrison, Lorenz Hart, Jill Haworth, George Hearn, Beth Howland, Alberta Hunter, Eddie Jackson, Elton John, Al Jolson, John Kander, Ruby Keeler, Gene Kelly, John F. Kennedy, Larry Kert, Charles King, Gertrude Lawrence, Baayork Lee, John Lennon, Sam Levene, Charles A. Lindbergh, Frank Loesser, Paul Lynde, Galt MacDermot, Cameron Mackintosh, Joe Mantello, Mary Martin, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Paul McCartney
• Runtime: 6:00
• Company: Ghost Light Films
• Media Format: Movie