Broadway: The American Musical
Broadway: The American Musical
BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL chronicles the history of this uniquely American art form. "Broadway," hosted by Academy Award-winning star of stage, film and television, Julie Andrews, tells two stories: the 100-year history of musical theater, and the story of its relationship to 20th-century American life, from the immigrant experience at the turn of the century to today's Broadway, where big budget new productions and revivals of classic favorites compete side by side for box office success. Peppered throughout are legendary moments in Broadway history and first-person accounts from dozens of theater luminaries -- among them late greats such as Adolph Green, Brendan Gill, Peter Stone, "Ziegfeld Girl" Dana O'Connell, Al Hirschfeld and Frances Gershwin Godowsky, and many other writers, lyricists, producers, performers, directors and scholars. Among them are Mel Brooks, Carol Channing, Betty Comden, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jerry Herman, Margo Jefferson, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Joel Grey, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Kimball, Chita Rivera, John Lahr, Rocco Landesman, Jerry Orbach, Arthur Laurents, Harold Prince, Gerald Schoenfeld, Stephen Sondheim, Tommy Tune, Ben Vereen and George Wolfe.
All Episodes
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Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927)/Syncopated City (1919-1933) (#101)
The story of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. introduces Irving Berlin and more key figures of the era. [86 minutes]
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Syncopated City (1919-1933) (#102)
The riotous mix of classes and cultures is dramatically on display on Broadway during the Jazz Age. [56 minutes]
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I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1930-1942) (#103)
The Great Depression proves to be a dynamic period of creative growth on Broadway, and a dichotomy in the musical theater emerges. [86 minutes]
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Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (1943-1960) (#104)
The new partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein changes the face of Broadway forever. [56 minutes]
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Tradition (1957-1979) (5 of 6) (#105)
Rock’n’roll, civil rights, Vietnam and unconventional subject matter result in changes in musical theater. [76 minutes]
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Putting It Together (1980 - Present) (#106)
Cats, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King and The Producers are highlighted. [56 minutes]