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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Directed by
Dori Berinstein
PG
2007
1h 42m
Documentary
7.8
89%
87%
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Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.
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Cast of ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Kristin Chenoweth
Self
Alan Cumming
Self
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Self
Raúl Esparza
Self
Edie Falco
Self
Boy George
Self
Hugh Jackman
Self
Nathan Lane
Self
John Leguizamo
Self
Idina Menzel
Self
Sarah Jessica Parker
Self
Carol Channing
Self
Pat Kiernan
Self
Cyndi Lauper
Self
LL Cool J
Self
Rob Marshall
Self
Rosie O'Donnell
Self
Renée Zellweger
Self
John Lithgow
Self
Anika Noni Rose
Self
Robert Lopez
Self
Nicole Byer
Self in Taboo Footage
Harvey Fierstein
Self
Nicole Kidman
Self (uncredited)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Ratings & Reviews
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
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.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Along the way, the film includes insightful observations about the creative process.
Entertainment Weekly
Jason Clark
Theater fans will give it a standing ovation; others may be moved only to polite applause.
Seattle Times
Misha Berson
This is an entertaining visit to a strange planet.
Chicago Sun-Times
Miriam Di Nunzio
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, early rehearsals and such).
AV Club
Noel Murray
A smart, highly entertaining piece of cinema-reportage.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Short on insight. You'll have to look elsewhere than this love letter to the Great White Way to explain why Wicked and Avenue Q became huge hits, and why Caroline, or Change joined Taboo as a costly flop.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
What stands out, not surprisingly, is the work and passion that goes into the shows. But seeing all this from the inside creates an extraordinary level of empathy for those involved.
Chicago Tribune
Chris Jones
Much of this strikingly human, rapidly paced and laudably well-rounded film is fascinating.
Los Angeles Times
Charles McNulty
The film is a love letter to theater and the people who make it.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Following the shows from rehearsals to Tony Awards night, [director Dori Berenstein] gets behind the scenes and does a good job conveying the incessant anxieties and glee of the talents involved.
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
It's all conveyed with an evenhanded, often affectionate tone. Even [Rosie] O'Donnell comes off sympathetically.
NPR
Bob Mondello
There's loads of talent on display (from puppets to Boy George), plus plenty of dish about them all.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
For those who believe there's no business like show business, this documentary will be a singular sensation.
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
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.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Sheds much-needed light on a fascinating show-business institution.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
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 to wonderful and constantly, fervently hoping.
Chicago Reader
Albert Williams
Dori Berinstein's fine documentary chronicles the production of four high-profile musicals during the 2003-'04 New York theater season.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Even though the theater season it chronicles is four years old, Dori Berinstein's lively documentary still is fun to watch as it breezes through the ups and downs of Avenue Q, Wicked, Taboo and Caroline, or Change.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bright lights, big drama. A delectable trip down Broadway.
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