Charles Isherwood,
John Lahr,
Patrick Pacheco,
Michael Riedel,
Jacques LeSourd
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The documentary ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway journeys behind the scenes of four Broadway productions mounted during the 2003-4 theatrical season that ultimately garnered nominations for Best Mus... read more
DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
Stats: 134 reviews
[font=Century Gothic]"Show Business: The Road to Broadway" is a blithely entertaining documentary about the 2003-2004 Broadway season focusing on four musicals - Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo and Caroline, or Change, from the plays' conception to the 2004 Tony Awards with an amazing a... read more
A very interesting look into an exciting season on Broadway -- and a specific look at four different shows from the earliest rehearsals to the end at the Tony Awards. Any fan of musical theatre will surely dig this documentary.
Gives you a little peek inside what it really takes to get a show on Broadway. While watching it I came to the conclusion that Taboo really did get screwed over, some of the theatre critics are not very nice, and being an actor isn't all fun and games. I'm now proud to say that I... read more
It is filled with neurotic people in greasepaint, some charming, most amusing, and by the time you've spent an hour and a half with them, you're more than invested in their lives and cares. Full Review
Along the way, the film includes insightful observations about the creative process. Full Review
In the end, I wish Berenstein had devoted her filmmaking to two musicals instead of four, thus affording even more screen time to each show's creative process (the audition process, the choreography, ... Full Review
The film's slick and entertaining, an obvious must-see for musical hounds. It holds water for laypeople, though, because the insights into a communal creative process are so sharp. Full Review
Sheds much-needed light on a fascinating show-business institution.
Dori Berinstein's cameras catch gallant theater people doing what they've done since Sophocles was a pup: rehearsing, revising, worrying, learning, stretching, struggling to bump things up from good t... Full Review
Dori Berinstein's fine documentary chronicles the production of four high-profile musicals during the 2003-'04 New York theater season. Full Review
Much of this strikingly human, rapidly paced and laudably well-rounded film is fascinating. Full Review
The film is a love letter to theater and the people who make it. Full Review
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