Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Broadway musicals : a Jewish legacy / a production of B'WAY Films LLC, Ghost Light Films, and THIRTEEN for WNET ; producers, Bill O'Donnell, Albert M. Tapper, Jan Gura, Patty Baker, Sylvia Cahill ; produced, written and directed by Michael Kantor.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Viriginia] : PBS, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Narrated by Tony-and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey, this entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories, and shows. With performances by Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, and many more!

Subjects:

Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Jews in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History.

Jewish composers -- United States.

Jewish lyricists -- United States.

Jews -- United States -- Biography.

Musicals -- Excerpts.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History.

United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Documentary films.