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Watch Online / Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (TV Movie 2013)
Desc: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy: Directed by Michael Kantor. With Mary Ellin Barnett, Jamie Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Matthew Broderick. Engaging, humorous, and provocative, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film showcases the work of legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. Interviews with songwriters and luminaries including Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Schwartz, Harold Prince, Arthur Laurents, Charles Strouse, and Mel Brooks provide insight, alongside standout performances and archival footage.