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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Duration:

USA:102 min

Genres:

Documentary

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Dori Berinstein

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Gross: $151,792 (USA) (2 March 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Alissa Anderegg

Herself

Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Herself

Rob Ashford

Himself

Chris Boneau

Himself

Ben Brantley

Himself

Harrison Chad

Himself

Carol Channing

Herself

Kristin Chenoweth

Herself

Wayne Cilento

Himself

Hope Clarke

Herself

Jennifer Cody

Herself

Dioni Michelle Collins

Herself

Nancy Marlowe Coyne

Herself

Alan Cumming

Himself

Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Herself

Raúl Esparza

Himself

Edie Falco

Herself

Harvey Fierstein

Himself

David Finkle

Himself

Boy George

Himself

William Goldman

Himself

Robyn Goodman

Herself

Lori Holmes

Herself - in Taboo

Charles Isherwood

Himself

Hugh Jackman

Himself

Donna Karger

Herself

Pat Kiernan

Himself

Billie Jean King

Herself

Tony Kushner

Himself

John Lahr

Himself

Rocco Landesman

Himself

Nathan Lane

Himself

Cyndi Lauper

Herself

Jacques le Sourd

Himself

Jennifer Lebeau

Herself

John Leguizamo

Himself

LL Cool J

Himself

Robert Lopez

Himself

Joe Mantello

Himself

Rob Marshall

Himself

Jeff Marx

Himself

Ron Marx

Himself

Wendy Marx

Herself

Kevin McCollum

Himself

Andrew McKeough

Himself

Idina Menzel

Herself

Jerry Mitchell

Himself

Jason Moore

Himself

Euan Morton

Himself

Rosie O'Donnell

Herself

Stephen Oremus

Himself

Brad Oscar

Himself

Patrick Pacheco

Himself

Sarah Jessica Parker

Herself

Tonya Pinkins

Herself

Marc Platt

Himself

Cece Rafter

Herself

Michael Rafter

Himself

Michael Riedel

Himself

Ken Roberson

Himself

Stephen Schwartz

Himself

Jeffrey Seller

Himself

Sue Simmons

Herself

David Stone

Himself

John Tartaglia

Himself

Jeanine Tesori

Herself

Tom Titone

Himself

Roma Torre

Herself

Glenn Weiss

Himself

Jeff Whitty

Himself

Linda Winer

Herself

George C. Wolfe

Himself

Renée Zellweger

Herself

Natalie Venetia Belcon

Herself (uncredited)

Carol Burnett

Herself (uncredited)

Kristoffer Cusick

Himself (uncredited)

Susan Haskins

Herself (uncredited)

Nicole Kidman

Herself (uncredited)

John Lithgow

Himself (uncredited)

Anika Noni Rose

Herself (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The song that Idina Menzel sings over the credits is a much-changed version of "Lullaby of Broadway," written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren. The song originally appeared in the Warner Brothers film Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)and won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was one of many Warren and Dubin songs eventually included in the 1980 musical "42nd Street" (based mostly, but not entirely, on their 1933 movie of the same name). The version that Menzel sings in this documentary was arranged by Jan Folkson and Jeanine Tesori and given an almost entirely new tune, as well as some new lyrics - a spoken interlude drawn from Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay's 1920 poem "On Broadway;" Billy Porter performed the McKay portion of the song.