On Broadway
Oren Jacoby2019-10-12
8.7
84 min
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Alec Baldwin | Self | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Christine Baranski | Self | Unowned |
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James Corden | Self | Unowned |
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Michael Eisner | Self | Unowned |
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David Henry Hwang | Self | Unowned |
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Nicholas Hytner | Self | Unowned |
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Hugh Jackman | Self | Goutbreak |
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John Lithgow | Self | Zac E. Chan |
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Cameron Mackintosh | Self | Unowned |
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Ian McKellen | Self | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Helen Mirren | Self | Goutbreak |
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Hal Prince | Self | Unowned |
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Tommy Tune | Self | Unowned |
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August Wilson | Self | Unowned |
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George C. Wolfe | Self | Unowned |
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Emanuel Azenberg | Self | Unowned |
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Sidney Baumgarten | Self | Unowned |
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Richard Bean | Self | Unowned |
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Alexandra Billings | Self | Unowned |
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John Breglio | Self | Unowned |
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Cora Cahan | Self | Unowned |
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Nancy Coyne | Self | Unowned |
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Oskar Eustis | Self | Unowned |
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Gianni Felidi | Self | Unowned |
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Robert Fox | Self | Unowned |
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Sonia Friedman | Self | Unowned |
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Jeremy Gerard | Self | Unowned |
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Natasha Katz | Self | Unowned |
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Rocco Landesman | Self | Unowned |
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Heather Lind | Self | Unowned |
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Elizabeth Ireland McCann | Self | Unowned |
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Lynne Meadow | Self | Unowned |
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Nelle Nugent | Self | Unowned |
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Jack O'Brien | Self | Unowned |
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Michael Paulson | Self | Unowned |
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Albert Poland | Self | Unowned |
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Michael Riedel | Self | Unowned |
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Rebecca Robertson | Self | Unowned |
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Ben Schnetzer | Self | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Jeffrey Seller | Self | Unowned |
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Daniel J. Sullivan | Self | Unowned |
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Carl Weisbrod | Self | Unowned |
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Bob Avian | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Michael Bennett | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Viola Davis | Self (archive footage) | The Free Refills |
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Bob Fosse | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Renée Elise Goldsberry | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joel Grey | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Beth Howland | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bernie Jacobs | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Earl Jones | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jasmine Cephas Jones | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Linda Lavin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Patti LuPone | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Andrea McArdle | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lin-Manuel Miranda | Self (archive footage) | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Mandy Patinkin | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bernadette Peters | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Roger Rees | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lloyd Richards | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jerry Schoenfeld | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jonathan Silverman | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Stephen Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Phillipa Soo | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gwen Stewart | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Elaine Stritch | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Julie Taymor | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Courtney B. Vance | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ben Vereen | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Sammy Williams | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |