Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.
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- TriviaThe song that Idina Menzel sings over the credits is a much-changed version of "Lullaby of Broadway," written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren. The song originally appeared in the Warner Brothers film Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)and won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was one of many Warren and Dubin songs eventually included in the 1980 musical "42nd Street" (based mostly, but not entirely, on their 1933 movie of the same name). The version that Menzel sings in this documentary was arranged by Jan Folkson and Jeanine Tesori and given an almost entirely new tune, as well as some new lyrics - a spoken interlude drawn from Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay's 1920 poem "On Broadway;" Billy Porter performed the McKay portion of the song.
- Crazy creditsAt one point during the end credits, the recording session for Idina Menzel's version of "Lullaby of Broadway" is shown.
- ConnectionsEdited into Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? (2022)
- SoundtracksEntr'Acte from Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Used by permission of Alley Music Corporation (BMI) and Trio Music Corporation (BMI)
Arranged by William Bassett Jr.
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entertaining and informative
This documentary is perfect for both theater people and non-theater people --- really, anybody who's ever gone to a musical and had a good time. It gives a pretty good account of the long, sometimes arduous process of writing, rehearsing, and staging a musical. It's informative, it's entertaining, it's funny. It's very inspiring to see a group of people doing what they love to do (it's like Man on Wire in that sense), but it's very honest about the fact that shows close early, people can be out on the streets pretty quickly, and there is a sense of sadness as well as joy to the film.
The only reason I don't give it ten stars is that its issues are not as important as, say, "When the Levee Broke" or "Sicko." But it does what it sets out to do, is well worth watching, and I know I'll be watching it more than once.
The only reason I don't give it ten stars is that its issues are not as important as, say, "When the Levee Broke" or "Sicko." But it does what it sets out to do, is well worth watching, and I know I'll be watching it more than once.
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- danpink-1
- Feb 28, 2009
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- Showbiznes: Droga na Broadway
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- Gross US & Canada
- $151,792
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,829
- May 13, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $151,792
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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By what name was ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) officially released in Canada in English?
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