ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Dori Berinstein2007-04-19
The Real Dream is Behind the Curtain
7.231
102 min
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 600 hours of initial film footage. She focused the film on four musicals, through the difficulties of pre-production, their openings, attendant publicity around the shows, and their reviews, through the 2004 Tony Award competition. The four musicals documented for the film were: Wicked, Taboo, Caroline or Change, Avenue Q.
Cast
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Kristin Chenoweth | Self | Unowned |
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Alan Cumming | Self | Unowned |
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Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Self | Unowned |
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Raúl Esparza | Self | Unowned |
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Edie Falco | Self | Goutbreak |
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Boy George | Self | Unowned |
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Hugh Jackman | Self | Goutbreak |
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Nathan Lane | Self | Goutbreak |
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John Leguizamo | Self | Unowned |
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Idina Menzel | Self | Unowned |
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Sarah Jessica Parker | Self | Unowned |
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Carol Channing | Self | Unowned |
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Pat Kiernan | Self | Unowned |
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Cyndi Lauper | Self | Unowned |
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LL Cool J | Self | Unowned |
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Rob Marshall | Self | Unowned |
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Rosie O'Donnell | Self | Unowned |
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Renée Zellweger | Self | Zac E. Chan |
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John Lithgow | Self | Zac E. Chan |
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Anika Noni Rose | Self | Unowned |
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Robert Lopez | Self | Unowned |
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Nicole Byer | Self in Taboo Footage | Unowned |
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Harvey Fierstein | Self | Unowned |
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Nicole Kidman | Self (uncredited) | Goutbreak |