Description: A NEW, STILL SEALED DVD COPY OFBROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGEThis film is absolutely wonderful. I first saw it in a theater and was stunned by the effect it had on me and the audience around me. I don't know when, if ever, I have experience an audience cheering spontaneously throughout a movie. And this was the middle of the afternoon on a weekday. At the end the audience stood and applauded. But, the DVD is even better. The archival footage looks beautiful on the DVD. Wonderful to see Angela Lansbury in "Mame," Kim Stanley and Elaine Stritch in "Bus Stop," Ben Gazzara in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," John Raitt in "Carousel" and the impossible footage of Laurette Taylor coming to life on camera. The footage of Times Square in color in the 40's was staggering. This is truly the closest one could get to get to getting in a time machine and going to the theatre 50 years ago.I am not sure what I liked more: the amazing performance footage, the film of NYC back in time, or the interviews. To see & hear Shirley MacLaine, Jerry Orbach, Carol Channing, Julie Harris, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Burnett, Kaye Ballard, Bea Arthur, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Fred Ebb, Jeremy Irons, Alec Baldwin and I can't even tell you how many more telling these heart-felt stories is just moving beyond imagination. I felt like I was able to sit right with these people and have them tell me what it was like to be there.I also saw the PBS series "Broadway: The American Musical" and was a bit disappointed. BUT, that may not be their fault. Perhaps it is because I saw this film first and it is not fair to hold PBS up to comparison. The PBS series is very "officious" and "correct" and feels a bit like a lecture. And that may be just what some people want in a documentary. But, I will take an opportunity to sit with 100 great stars who tell me how it really was and the chance to see them all finishing each others sentences, laughing and crying and remembering a time that is sadly only a memory. And showing me the actual perfomances to boot.
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Type: Movie
Rating: NR
Movie/TV Title: Broadway: the Golden Age
Director: Rick Mckay
Format: DVD
Release Year: 2004
Genre: Education/General Interest, Educational
Sub-Genre: Musical
