On Broadway

8.7

84 minutes

10/12/2019

Overview

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.

Cast List

Alec Baldwin
as Self
Christine Baranski
as Self
James Corden
as Self
Michael Eisner
as Self
David Henry Hwang
as Self
Nicholas Hytner
as Self
Hugh Jackman
as Self
John Lithgow
as Self
Cameron Mackintosh
as Self
Ian McKellen
as Self
Helen Mirren
as Self
Hal Prince
as Self
Tommy Tune
as Self
August Wilson
as Self
George C. Wolfe
as Self
Emanuel Azenberg
as Self
Sidney Baumgarten
as Self
Richard Bean
as Self
Alexandra Billings
as Self
John Breglio
as Self
Cora Cahan
as Self
Nancy Coyne
as Self
Oskar Eustis
as Self
Gianni Felidi
as Self
Robert Fox
as Self
Sonia Friedman
as Self
Jeremy Gerard
as Self
Natasha Katz
as Self
Rocco Landesman
as Self
Heather Lind
as Self
Elizabeth Ireland McCann
as Self
Lynne Meadow
as Self
Nelle Nugent
as Self
Jack O'Brien
as Self
Michael Paulson
as Self
Albert Poland
as Self
Michael Riedel
as Self
Rebecca Robertson
as Self
Ben Schnetzer
as Self
Jeffrey Seller
as Self
Daniel J. Sullivan
as Self
Carl Weisbrod
as Self
Bob Avian
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Bennett
as Self (archive footage)
Viola Davis
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Fosse
as Self (archive footage)
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Self (archive footage)
Joel Grey
as Self (archive footage)
Beth Howland
as Self (archive footage)
Bernie Jacobs
as Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Jasmine Cephas Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Lavin
as Self (archive footage)
Patti LuPone
as Self (archive footage)
Andrea McArdle
as Self (archive footage)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
as Self (archive footage)
Mandy Patinkin
as Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Peters
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Rees
as Self (archive footage)
Lloyd Richards
as Self (archive footage)
Jerry Schoenfeld
as Self (archive footage)
Jonathan Silverman
as Self (archive footage)
Stephen Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
Phillipa Soo
as Self (archive footage)
Gwen Stewart
as Self (archive footage)
Elaine Stritch
as Self (archive footage)
Julie Taymor
as Self (archive footage)
Courtney B. Vance
as Self (archive footage)
Ben Vereen
as Self (archive footage)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Williams
as Self (archive footage)