Broadway: The American Musical

Season 1 Episode 3: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1930-1942)

The episode features interviews with actor and original “Bess” Anne Brown, playwright Jerome Chodorov, actor Carol Channing, film director Stanley Donen, actor and original “Porgy” Todd Duncan, writer Philip Furia, actor Kitty Carlisle Hart, actor June Havoc, actor/producer John Houseman, actor/director Tim Robbins, and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Highlights include rarely seen home movies of the Gershwin brothers from the 1930s, and 1950s TV footage of the incomparable Ethel Waters singing Irving Berlin’s “Suppertime.”

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Cast:

Julie Andrews, Al Hirschfeld, Kitty Carlisle

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2004

Rating:

8.0