ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)

Director:

Dori Berinstein

Writers:

Dori Berinstein (writer)
Richard Hankin (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The Real Drama is Behind the Curtain.

Plot:

Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Alissa Anderegg	...	Herself
Kristin Anderson-Lopez	...	Herself
Rob Ashford	...	Himself
Chris Boneau	...	Himself
Ben Brantley	...	Himself
Harrison Chad	...	Himself
Carol Channing	...	Herself
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Herself
Wayne Cilento	...	Himself
Hope Clarke	...	Herself
Jennifer Cody	...	Herself
Nancy Marlowe Coyne	...	Herself
Alan Cumming	...	Himself
Stephanie D'Abruzzo	...	Herself
Raúl Esparza	...	Himself
Edie Falco	...	Herself
Harvey Fierstein	...	Himself
David Finkle	...	Himself
Boy George	...	Himself
William Goldman	...	Himself
Robyn Goodman	...	Herself
Susan Haskins	...	Herself
Charles Isherwood	...	Himself
Hugh Jackman	...	Himself
Donna Karger	...	Herself
Pat Kiernan	...	Himself
Billie Jean King	...	Herself
Tony Kushner	...	Himself
John Lahr	...	Himself
Rocco Landesman	...	Himself
Nathan Lane	...	Himself
Cyndi Lauper	...	Herself
John Leguizamo	...	Himself
Jacques le Sourd	...	Himself
LL Cool J	...	Himself
Robert Lopez	...	Himself
Joe Mantello	...	Himself
Rob Marshall	...	Himself
Jeff Marx	...	Himself
Ron Marx	...	Himself
Wendy Marx	...	Herself
Kevin McCollum	...	Himself
Idina Menzel	...	Herself
Jerry Mitchell	...	Himself
Jason Moore	...	Himself
Euan Morton	...	Himself
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Herself
Stephen Oremus	...	Himself
Brad Oscar	...	Himself
Patrick Pacheco	...	Himself
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Herself
Tonya Pinkins	...	Herself
Marc Platt	...	Himself
Cece Rafter	...	Herself
Michael Rafter	...	Himself
Michael Riedel	...	Himself
Ken Roberson	...	Himself
Stephen Schwartz	...	Himself
Jeffrey Seller	...	Himself
Sue Simmons	...	Herself
David Stone	...	Himself
John Tartaglia	...	Himself
Jeanine Tesori	...	Herself
Tom Titone	...	Himself
Roma Torre	...	Herself
Glenn Weiss	...	Himself
Jeff Whitty	...	Himself
Linda Winer	...	Herself
George C. Wolfe	...	Himself
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and some sexual references.

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Dramatic Forces

Soundtrack:

That's Entertainment

Show Business

I would highly recommend this documentary for anyone interested in Broadway generally, and musicals specifically. It documents the entire 2003-04 Broadway season. It focuses primarily on four musicals: Avenue Q, Wicked, Caroline or Change, and Taboo. The unrestricted access to the musical process from casting to rehearsals to previews all through to the Tony Awards was amazing.

At our screening, we were surprised by the appearance of Dori Berinstein (writer/director/producer) and Jeff Marx (composer/lyricist of "Avenue Q"), for a Q & A. Dori revealed that they had over 400 hours of video, from which to produce this final product.

I'm looking forward to the release of the DVD which we were promised would include footage that didn't make it into the movie.