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Title

[Interview with Cameron Mackintosh : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

Publication

New York, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mackintosh, Cameron
• Kantor, Michael, 1961-
• Hunt, Mead
• Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
• Thirteen/WNET, donor.

Description

2 videocassettes (VHS) (70 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Producer Cameron Mackintosh discusses what it takes to produce a successful musical; the differences between New York and London's theater districts; how he feels as the producer of the top three longest running shows on Broadway Cats, Les miserables and Phantom of the opera; the presence of universal themes in these shows and their appeal to a wide public; how Broadway, beginning with Kander & Ebb's Chicago in 1975, was changed by the "triple threat performer" who can sing, dance as well as act. Mackintosh goes on to discuss the 1982 Broadway opening of his long-running show Cats; how his successful shows have translated into hits with audiences worldwide and have inspired new approaches to the business of sending Broadway productions on the road. Mackintosh speaks about the Broadway musical's influences; how quintessentially American shows like Hello, Dolly! fare abroad; the influence of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein on the development of the American musical; and his collaboration with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on the stage musical version of The phantom of the opera. Mackintosh discusses his pioneering of a new kind of promotion of his shows, which relied on the innovative designs produced by graphic artist Russ Egeland. He speaks in detail about the design process for the posters for such shows as Cats, Les miserables and Miss Saigon, and also examines the merchandizing of products related to his productions. He goes on to speak about what he perceives his legacy as producer will be. Mackintosh speaks about the songwriting talents of Andrew Lloyd Webber, his association with French composers Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with whom he collaborated on Les miserables; the opening of Cats in London; and the recent closings of several of his long-running shows on Broadway. Interview concludes on tape one with audio-only discusssion for one minute on the poster design for Miss Saigon.

Alternative Title

• Broadway, the American musical
• Broadway: the American musical

Subject

• Mackintosh, Cameron > Interviews
• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
• Schönberg, Claude-Michel
• Boublil, Alain
• Sherman, Richard M., 1928-
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theater > England > London
• Musical theater > England > London
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
• Musical theater > Production and direction
• Advertising > Theater > United States > 20th century
• Theater > Economic aspects
• Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
• West End (London, England)

Genre/Form

• Documentaries and factual works.
• Musicals.
• Unedited footage.

Note

• This interview is one of a group of interviews with 90 individuals used in making the documentary Broadway, the American musical. The completed production is available on NCOX 2058.
• Credits for completed production from pbs.org: A film by Michael Kantor ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Michael Kantor and Sally Rosenthal ; written by Marc Fields, Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, and JoAnne Young ; directed by Michael Kantor.
• Time code on frame.
• Contains various takes, at occasional brief intervals, audio continues without sound.

Credits (note)

• Cameraman: Mead Hunt.

Performer (note)

• Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Cameron Mackintosh.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on May 13, 2003.

Biography (note)

• Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.

Call Number

NCOX 2154

OCLC

141259937

Title

[Interview with Cameron Mackintosh : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

Imprint

New York, 2003.

Credits

Cameraman: Mead Hunt.

Performer

Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Cameron Mackintosh.

Event

Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on May 13, 2003.

Biography

Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.

Local Note

Gift of Broadway Film Project, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET, 2005.

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Added Author

Mackintosh, Cameron, interviewee.

Kantor, Michael, 1961- interviewer.

Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.

Hunt, Mead, cameraman.

Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.

Thirteen/WNET, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 2154