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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: RYKODISC
EAN: 0796019805438
Feature: The real drama happens behind the curtain in this fascinating and rare look at four high-profile Broadway musicals (Wicked, Taboo, Caroline, Or Change, and Avenue Q) and their fearless journey to the Tony Awards®. Including a star-studded cast, this entertaining film takes viewers on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the creative process that captures all the heartbreak and hilarity
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Liberation Ent
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Liberation Ent
MPN: 80543
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Liberation Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 16, 2007
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Liberation Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Features:- The real drama happens behind the curtain in this fascinating and rare look at four high-profile Broadway musicals (Wicked, Taboo, Caroline, Or Change, and Avenue Q) and their fearless journey to the Tony Awards®. Including a star-studded cast, this entertaining film takes viewers on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the creative process that captures all the heartbreak and hilarity
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Product Description:
The real drama happens behind the curtain in this fascinating and rare look at four high-profile Broadway musicals (Wicked Taboo Caroline Or Change and Avenue Q) and their fearless journey to the Tony Awards®. Including a star-studded cast this entertaining film takes viewers on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the creative process that captures all the heartbreak and hilarity of trying make it big in Show Business!System Requirements:Run Time: 104 minutes Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: PG UPC: 796019805438 Manufacturer No: 80543
Amazon.com:
The playful but intense and vastly informative Show Business: The Road to Broadway is a documentary about four musicals that were contenders for top Tony Awards prizes in the 2004 Broadway season. Following the parallel action between the quartet--"Wicked," "Avenue Q," "Taboo," and "Caroline, or Change"--from concept through casting, rewrites, rehearsals, opening nights and the relative box-office fortunes of each, the film dazzles a viewer by seeming to be everywhere at once. Along the way, one encounters cascades of neuroses and anxieties from the creative community involved in these shows, but there is also tremendous insight shared by the various playwrights, composers, lyricists, producers, directors, and stars who get these productions up and running. There's sundry drama, too, especially concerning the brief run of "Taboo," the financially disastrous musical about Boy George that was largely bankrolled by Rosie O'Donnell and ran into a variety of problems. Excellent fly-on-the-wall moments include a dinner sequence involving a handful of well-known theatre critics, whose tastes vary and who often champion shows no one else seems to like. Everything leads to highlights from the 2004 Tony Awards show, which was full of surprises. A final sequence in which one catches up with the many talents involved says everything about how success and failure is often a mere roll of the cosmic dice. --Tom Keogh
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This is a very entertaining behind-the-scenes look at four Broadway musicals that opened the same season. If you love Broadway, you'll adore this film. If you don't there is still a lot of human interaction to engage you. It doesn't quite attain the magic of a real show but it points you in that direction.
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The competition for Broadway's coveted Tony Award has a unique feature that separates it from, say, the Oscars, Emmys, or any other showbiz award. In many seasons the number of eligible competitors is SO SMALL that practically every show gets nominated for SOMETHING. One recent year there were only two shows eligible for the Best Musical award. Hardly makes for thrilling competition, does it?
Also, the community of major NY theatrical critics is comparatively small too. There are ... Read More
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Quite an interesting look into the business of Broadway. It looks at the 2003-4 year and a handful of shows of that season. Don't be swayed by the Rosie/Boy George drama.
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"ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway"
Curtain Up!
Amos Lassen
We love theater and we love Broadway but seldom do we get to know what goes on behind the scenes. Here! TV is screening the documentary "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway" and it is an in depth look behind the scenes of four major Broadway shows--two successes, one bomb and one that almost became a hot ticket. All four shows--"Wicked", "Taboo", "Avenue Q" and "Caroline, or Change" were nominated for ... Read More
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I have wanted this for a long time, just didn't have the money. I finally got it and I am so glad I did. Although it is from a few years ago it was such a fun look behind the scenes, and a great look at how Wicked started out! I will watch it again and again and I definitely recommend it to Broadway and theater lovers!!
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