HS-09. On Broadway

USA, Feature Documentary, 2019, 84 min

...fast-paced and entertaining. Hollywood Reporter

In the late 1960s, Times Square was, as John Lithgow puts it, "a rathole, with wall-to-wall junkies and hustlers." There were loads of empty Broadway theaters, and attendance plunged by 50 percent in just four years, reaching an all-time low in 1972. What turned it around? For anyone who loves theater, this 50-year history of Broadway is a joy, packed with legendary stars and performances. Key players├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥take us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking shows, from ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├àΓÇ£A Chorus Line├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├é┬¥ to ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├àΓÇ£Hamilton.├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├é┬¥ The film includes performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin. On with the show!

Directed by Oren Jacoby

Colorado Premiere