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Show Business - The Road to Broadway
starring: Boy George, Alan Cumming, John Lahr, Joe Mantello, Jason Moore

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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019805438
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Liberation Ent
Manufacturer: Liberation Ent
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
Sales Rank: 5638
MPN: 80543

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Editorial Review:

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!

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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Curtain Up!
"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 the Tony Award (Broadway's highest award) as best musical of 2004. The documentary takes us behind the scenes from the initial casting to the out of town previews and to the awards ceremony and gives us a look at the inner workings of the Broadway Theater. We have interviews with the principals, ... Read More

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- Fun!
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!!

Rating:

- A business like any other
"Show Business" provides us with a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of four original musicals that debuted on Broadway during the 2004 season: "Wicked," an inside-out re-interpretation of "The Wizard of Oz," told from the viewpoint of the Wicked Witch of the West; "Taboo," a Rosie O'Donnell-backed chronicle of the life of Boy George; "Avenue Q," a parody of "Sesame Street," done with live actors and puppets; and "Caroline, or Change," a civil rights drama set in the Deep South of the 1960s.

The movie follows all four shows through their various stages of rehearsal, their opening (and sometimes closing) nights, their reception by audiences and critics, and their recognition (or lack thereof) by the Tony Awards. To bring this self-contained and exclusive world to life, ... Read More

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- Show Business: Road to Broadway
Excellent documentary DVD. Showed 4 musicals of the 2003-2004 season from casting calls to opening night and beyond, how a play/musical could become a winner or a bust with little reason. I liked hearing the critics talk about the shows and see how right or wrong they were in the end. It gave me a whole new insight into the bright lights and darker side of Broadway.

Rating:

- Entertaining, Informative Look at Broadway
This documentary which chronicles the life and history of four musicals that premiered in the 2004 theater season is amazing. It is highly entertaining but also highly informative. I love the theater and live in Boston. It made me yearn to live in New York where Broadway and the true heart of the theater is. It takes on a life of its own.

4 musicals are chronicled from creation to the Tony Awards - WICKED, AVENUE Q, TABOO AND CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. We get to go deep into the lives and thoughts of all involved - writers, songwriters, actors etc. The previews and Broadway premiers are shown and the great importance that lies with each step is shown. Very interesting is the conversations of some of the most influential critics as they discuss all the shows throughout all the processes. ... Read More

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