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[Scenic footage of Broadway theater marquees and streets : raw footage]
- Title
- [Scenic footage of Broadway theater marquees and streets : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
- Publication
- New York, 2003.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Raw footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. The marquees for Rent at the Nederlander Theatre on West 41st St. and for The lion king at the New Amsterdam Theatre on West 42nd St., and streets in the Broadway theater district are depicted. There is no audio. The footage begins ca. 5 min. into tape.
- Alternative Title
- Broadway, the American musical
- Broadway: the American musical : Andy Hammerstein; scenic footage
- Subjects
- Theaters > New York (State) > New York
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Musicals
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- Documentaries and factual works
- New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Nederlander Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Musical theater > Production and direction
- Unedited footage
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual works.
- Musicals.
- Unedited footage.
- Note
- This footage, along with a group of interviews with 90 individuals, was 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.
- On tape with: last 5 min. of Andy Hammerstein interview.
- Credits (note)
- Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on July 29, 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 2161
- OCLC
- 145572901
- Title
- [Scenic footage of Broadway theater marquees and streets : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
- Imprint
- New York, 2003.
- Credits
- Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
- Event
- Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on July 29, 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.Squires, Buddy, cameraman.Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.Thirteen/WNET, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 2161