Broadway: The American Musical - Season 1 - Eps 2: Syncopated City (1919-1933)
The episode features interviews with actor Carol Channing, Gershwin sister Frances Gershwin Godowsky, Al Jolson & Co. creator Stephen Mo Hanan, critic Margo Jefferson, writer Miles Krueger, New Yorker theater critic John Lahr, radio host/music critic Jonathan Schwartz, theater historians Max Wilk and Robert Kimball, and director/producer George C.Wolfe. Highlights include rare performance footage of composer Eubie Blake and a specially animated sequence of Rodgers and Hart’s 1927 hit “Thou Swell” from A Connecticut Yankee.
About Broadway: The American Musical
Title: Broadway: The American Musical
First Air Date: 2004-10-19
Last Air Date: 2004-10-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
This six part documentary miniseries presents the evolution of the Broadway musical from its inception in 1893 to current day 2004. It presents those influential players both on stage and behind the scenes, as well as a variety of influential Broadway shows, a handful which are known to have transformed the musical into what the audience knows it to be today.
Cast
Julie Andrews
Self (Host)
Al Hirschfeld
Self
Kitty Carlisle
Self
Carol Channing
Self
Stephen Sondheim
Self
Michael Kidd
Self
Mel Brooks
Self
Joel Grey
Self
Hal Prince
Self
George C. Wolfe
Self
