Broadway musicals (DVD) : : a Jewish legacy

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Label

Broadway musicals (DVD) : : a Jewish legacy

Title remainder

a Jewish legacy

Statement of responsibility

An Albert M. Tapper production ; produced, written and directed by Michael Kantor ; co-producer Patty Baker, Jan Gura, Sylvia Cahill ; a production of Albert M. Tapper, B'WAY Films LLC, Ghost Light Films, and THIRTEEN for WNET

Contributor

• Liem, Kris.
• Menzel, Idina
• Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977
• Streisand, Barbra
• B'WAY Films
• Ghost Light Films
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Acorn Media (Firm)
• O'Hara, Kelli
• Brilliant, Barbara
• Broderick, Matthew, 1962-
• Chenoweth, Kristin
• Pierce, David Hyde
• Einhorn, Andy
• Grey, Joel, 1932-
• Hunt, Mead
• Kantor, Michael, 1961-
• Lane, Nathan, 1956-
• Tapper, Albert M.

Director of photography

• Hunt, Mead

Editor of moving image work

• Liem, Kris.

Film director

• Kantor, Michael, 1961-

Film distributor

• Acorn Media (Firm)

Film producer

• Tapper, Albert M.
• Brilliant, Barbara
• Kantor, Michael, 1961-

Narrator

• Grey, Joel, 1932-

Performer

• O'Hara, Kelli
• Broderick, Matthew, 1962-
• Chenoweth, Kristin
• Lane, Nathan, 1956-
• Menzel, Idina
• Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977
• Pierce, David Hyde
• Streisand, Barbra

Production company

• B'WAY Films
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Ghost Light Films

Screenwriter

• Kantor, Michael, 1961-

Subject

• Jews -- United States -- Biography
• Jews in the motion picture industry -- United States -- History
• Musicals -- Excerpts
• Nonfiction films
• Theater -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• United States -- Civilization | Jewish influences
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Biography
• Civilization -- Jewish influences
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History
• Documentary films
• Feature films -- United States
• Feature films
• History
• Jewish composers -- United States
• Jewish lyricists -- United States

Genre

• Excerpts
• Nonfiction films
• History
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. 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

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Musical supervisor, Andy Einhorn ; editor, Kris Liem; cinematographer, Mead Hunt and others; conceived and developed by Barbara Brilliant

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English, with English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

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PerformerNote

Narrator, Joel Grey ; featuring David Hyde Pierce, Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth. Joel Grey, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Dick Van Dyke

Runtime

84

Technique

live action