Broadway [videorecording] :the American musical / a film by Michael Kantor ; directed by Michael Kantor ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Michael Kantor, Sally Rosenthal ; a co-production of Ghost Light Films and Thirteen/WNET New York, NHK, and BBC in association with Carlton International ; Educational Broadcasting Corporation and The Broadway Film Project, Inc.
Contributor(s): Andrews, Julie | Kantor, Michael | Dupre, Jeff | Rosenthal, Sally | Fields, Marc | Maslon, Laurence | Young, JoAnn | PBS Home Video | Paramount Home Video (Firm) | Ghost Light Films | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) | NHK Entāpuraizu | British Broadcasting Corporation | Carlton International Media Limited | Educational Broadcasting Corporation | Broadway Film Project, Inc.
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Visual materialPublisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004Edition: Widescreen format.Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1415702365.Other title: American musical.Uniform titles: Broadway, the American musical (Television program) Subject(s): Musicals -- New York (N.Y.) -- History and criticism | Broadway (New York, N.Y.) | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Musicals | Broadway (New York, N.Y.) | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Musicals -- New York (N.Y.) -- History and criticism | Broadway (New York, N.Y.) | Closed caption video recordings | VideodiscsGenre/Form: DVD-Video discs. | Television mini-series.DDC classification: 782.1/4/097471 Library Journal
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DVD; Dolby digital; region 1.
Closed-captioned.
Hosted by Julie Andrews.
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Mead Hunt ; edited by Kris Liem (1-3), Adam Zucker (4-5), Nancy Novack (6) ; music, Matthias Gohl.
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 2004.
Special features: additional performances; additional interviews; featurette.
Documents the history of American Broadway musicals, looks at the shows and songs that have defined various eras, and includes interviews, performance footage, and film clips.
disc 1. Give my regards to Broadway : 1893-1927 / written by Marc Fields and Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon -- Syncopated city : 1919-1933 / written by Mark Fields -- disc 2. I got plenty o' nuttin' : 1930-1942 -- Oh, what a beautiful mornin' : 1943-1960 / written by JoAnn Young -- disc 3. Tradition: 1957-1979 / written by JoAnn Young -- Putting it together : 1980-2004 / written by Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon.
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