Broadway Musical Theatre History

B'WAY Films, 2013, 85 minutes
"This film that explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. Featuring interviews and conversations with some of the greatest composers and writers of the Broadway stage, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy will showcase the work of some of the nation's pre-eminent creators of musical theatre including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Kurt Weill, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Jules Styne and many others."

Kino Lorber Edu, 2007, 55 minutes
"Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, HAIR: Let the Sun Shine In has inspired generations with its messages of love, non-violence and liberation. This definitive and entertaining documentary highlights the continuing relevance of the show and its still radical, transformative power."

Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1997, 1 hour 41 minutes
A backstage view of TV legend Carol Burnett's return to Broadway in the 1995 farce 'Moon Over Buffalo' written by Ken Ludwig.

Janson Media, 2009, 51 minutes
"Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy."

PBS, 2013, 84 minutes
"A unique coming-of-age story with Chinese characteristics, The Road to Fame chronicles the staging of the American musical Fame -- China's first official collaboration with Broadway -- by the senior class of the Central Academy of Drama. Raised in one-child families, these ambitious youngsters aspire to become tomorrow's megastars as they are about to graduate from their prestigious institution."

Creative Arts Television, 1976, 29 minutes
"Examination of the life, work and influence of Marc Blitzstein. With Aaron Copland, composer. Arvin Brown, director. John Houseman, producer-actor. Leonard Bernstein, composer. Actor-singers Howard Da Silva, Brenda Lewis, Jerry Jarrett, Joyce Ebert. Blitzstein's work includes "The Cradle Will Rock" (a 1937 Federal Theater Project project), "Regina" (based on Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes"), and an adaptation of the Brecht-Weill musical play "The Threepenny Opera." Through all his work there runs a vivid social consciousness, often expressed in angry commentary on injustice and the irony of misery in a land of plenty. When he died (in an act of violence when he was only 58) he was working on an opera about Sacco and Vanzetti. Performance excerpts include portions from the above titles as well as from Blitzstein's contributions to "No For an Answer", and "Daarlin' Juno". 1976."

Creative Arts Television, 1965, 27 minutes
Discussion of the production of "Do I Hear a Waltz?" with Arthur Laurents, author of the book for the show, Beni Montresor, set designer, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Includes graphics from the scene design and former productions on which the musical is based.

(29 minutes) This 1966 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Edward Albee.

(29 minutes) This 1970 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actress Pearl Bailey.

(29 minutes) This 1971 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Mickey Rooney.

(29 minutes) In this 1971 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews, Norton interviews John Raitt, who was starring in a summer theater revival of Kismet.

(29 minutes) This 1971 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

(29 minutes) This 1972 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actors Chita Rivera and Theodore Bikel.

(29 minutes) This episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion about the play Hair, with Linda Gaines, Rick Spiegel, and Naomi Wexler, who are appearing in the second Boston touring production (about 1973).

(29 minutes) This 1973 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Rex Harrison.

(29 minutes) This 1974 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Richard Chamberlain.

(29 minutes) This 1975 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Yul Brynner.

(29 minutes) This episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion about the 1975 musical Shenandoah with writers Philip Rose and Peter Udell, lyricist Gary Geld, and actor John Cullum, all of whom perform some of the musical’s songs in the second half of the program.

(29 minutes) This 1976 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actress Ethel Merman.

(29 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actors Leslie Dockery and Roderick-Spencer Sibert.

(29 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with composer and lyricist Fred Ebb and composer John Kander.

(29 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actress Christine Andreas and producer William Hammerstein.

(30 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Zhao Yianxia, a performer with the Peking Theater troupe; Gerald Wen, company liaison; and Sheldon Gold, producer.

(29 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with playwright Peter Stone and producers Lawrence Kasha and David S. Landay.

(29 minutes) This 1980 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Zero Mostel.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actress Carol Channing.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Michael Bennett, Jennifer Holliday, and Tom Eyen.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Herschel Bernardi.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is an interview with George Cukor, a historical figure in the motion picture industry.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with composer Marvin Hamlisch.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Rex Harrison.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with performers Martha Schlamme and Alvin Epstein.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actors Angela Lansbury and George Hearns.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actors Marsha Skaggs and Victor Garber.

(29 minutes) This 1981 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Yul Brynner.

(29 minutes) This 1982 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is an interview with Michael P. Price, producer, and Donny Osmond, star, of the play Little Johnny Jones.

(29 minutes) This 1982 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actors Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens, Lynne Clifton-Allen and Yvonne Talton Kersey.

(29 minutes) This 1982 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with Peter Noone, Marsha Dagwell, and Caroline Peyton.

(29 minutes) This 1982 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with actor Reid Shelton.

(29 minutes) This 1982 episode of Elliot Norton Reviews is a discussion with director Geraldine Fitzgerald, and actors Elly Stone and Maryann Plunkett.

PBS, 1974, 1 hour 22 minutes
This is a performance of George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner's June Moon directed by Kirk Browning and Burt Shevelove.
Performers: Jack Cassidy, Beatrice Colen, Barbara Dana, Tom Fitzsimmons, Kevin McCarthy, Lee Meredith, Estelle Parsons, Austin Pendleton, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Sondheim

New York Shakespeare Festival, 1980, 2 hours
Producer: Joseph Papp; Directors: Wilford Leach & Joshua White
Performers: Kevin Kline, George Walter Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Patricia Routledge, Tony Azito, Alice Playten, Rex Smith, Marcie Shaw, Wendy Wolfe

New York Shakespeare Festival, 1981, 1 hour, 12 minutes
Writer: Elizabeth Swados; Producer: Joseph Papp; Director: Emile Ardolino
Performers: Betty Aberlin, Debbie Allen, Stuart Baker-Bergen, Richard Cox, Sheila Dabney, Rodney Hudson, Michael Jeter, Charles Lanyer, Mark Linn-Baker, Kathy Morath, Deborah Rush, Meryl Streep