On Broadway

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.

8.7

84 min

Cast

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)

Director

Oren Jacoby