Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Broadway : the American musical / a film by Michael Kantor ; written by Marc Fields [and three others] ; 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.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2004]

Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 120 min. each) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

plastic

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

wide screen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

auditory captions

Summary:

This documentary series details the razzle-dazzle history of a unique American art form. Each episode chronicles a different era and features the Broadway shows and songs that defined the period. The series draws on feature films, rare television moments, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in creating the American musical.

Target Audience Note:

U.S. Not rated. Canada G.

Series:

PBS home video

Subjects:

Theater -- United States.

Musicals.

Musicals -- Production and direction.

Musical theater.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.)

Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Musicals.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Television programs for hard of hearing people

Other Author:

Liem, Kris, film editor.

Zucker, Adam, television editor.

Novak, Nancy, television editor.

Squires, Buddy, director of photography.

Hunt, Mead, director of photography.

Kantor, Michael, 1961- television director, television producer, screenwriter.

Fields, Marc, screenwriter.

Maslon, Laurence, screenwriter.

Young, JoAnn, screenwriter.

Dupre, Jeff, television producer.

Rosenthal, Sally, television producer.

Andrews, Julie, host.

Ghost Light Films, production company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai, production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Carlton International Media Limited.

PBS Home Video.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Broadway, the American musical

At head of title: B'way

Wicked: the road to Broadway.

Notes:

Special features: Additional performances; Broadway interviews; photo credits; Wicked : the road to Broadway.

Editor, Kris Liem, Adam Zucker (ep. 4-5), Nancy Novak (ep. 6) ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Mead Hunt ; music supervisor, arranger & producer, Matthias Gohl.

Host: Julie Andrews.

DVD, region 1, NTSC1, widescreen format ; Dolby digital.

Dialogue in English.

Closed captioning in English.

Contents:

Disc 1. Episode one, Give my regards to Broadway (1893-1927) / written by Marc Fields and Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon ; Episode two, Syncopated city (1919-1933) / written by Marc Fields -- disc 2. Episode three, I got plenty o' nuttin' (1930-1942) / [written by Michael Kantor] ; Episode four, Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (1943-1960) / written by JoAnn Young -- disc 3. Episode five, Tradition (1957-1979) / written by JoAnn Young ; Episode six, Putting it together (1980-2004) / written by Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon.

ISBN:

1415702365

9781415702369

9786308739415

6308739413

Publisher Number:

88571

BWAY600

Other Number:

56877428

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

144818

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 792.0973 Broadway