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Broadway musicals : a Jewish legacy
- Title
- Broadway musicals : a Jewish legacy [videorecording] / Albert M. Tapper presents ; production of B'WAY Films, Ghost Light Films and Thirteen for WNET ; directed by Michael Kantor ; Barbara Brilliant, executive producer.
- Publication
- [Place of publication not identified] : B'WAY Films LLC : Athena, [2012]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOX 2555 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sd., color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. This entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories and shows.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Note
- Premiered nationally on PBS "Great Performances", January 1, 2013.
- Performer (note)
- Archive footage: David Hyde Pierce, Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Dick Van Dyke, etc.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation, NTSC.
- DVD.
- Language (note)
- English ; SDH subtitles.
- Contents
- disc 1. (84 mins.) -- disc 2. Bonus features. (176 mins.).
- Call Number
- NCOX 2555
- ISBN
- 9781598289848
- LCCN
- 054961898497
- OCLC
- 827716551
- Title
- Broadway musicals : a Jewish legacy [videorecording] / Albert M. Tapper presents ; production of B'WAY Films, Ghost Light Films and Thirteen for WNET ; directed by Michael Kantor ; Barbara Brilliant, executive producer.
- Imprint
- [Place of publication not identified] : B'WAY Films LLC : Athena, [2012]
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- System Details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation, NTSC.
- Performer
- Narrator: Joel Grey.
- Cast
- Archive footage: David Hyde Pierce, Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Dick Van Dyke, etc.
- Language
- English ; SDH subtitles.
- System Details
- DVD.
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- Added Author
- Tapper, Albert M, producer.Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.Grey, Joel, 1932- narrator.Pierce, David Hyde.Broderick, Matthew, 1962-B'WAY Films.Ghost Light Films.Athena (Firm)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 054961898497
- Publisher No.
- AMP8984
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 2555