Broadway: The American Musical

Season 1 Episode 1: Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927)

The episode features interviews with Irving Berlin’s daughter Mary Ellen Barrett, Ziegfeld Follies girls Doris Eaton and Dana O’Connell, New Yorker critic Brendan Gill, theater artist Al Hirschfeld, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, and Ziegfeld daughter Patricia Z. Stephenson. Highlights include newly-restored color footage of The Ziegfeld Follies and footage of Fanny Brice singing “My Man.”

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Cast:

Julie Andrews, Al Hirschfeld, Kitty Carlisle

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2004

Rating:

8.0