Broadway: The American Musical Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music

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Broadway: The American Musical

Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, Music

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Broadway was dominated by two names: George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Cohan wrote and starred in his own shows. Ziegfeld pioneered the revue show, most notably The Follies fashioned after...See moreAt the beginning of the twentieth century, Broadway was dominated by two names: George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Cohan wrote and starred in his own shows. Ziegfeld pioneered the revue show, most notably The Follies fashioned after the Follies Bergere of Paris. His shows were an amalgam of American life at the time, most notably what was happening in New York. The show also borrowed heavily from musical theater of the period, namely vaudeville and minstrel shows. From these came many of Ziegfeld's biggest acts, such as Fanny Brice and Bert Williams, who broke the color barrier. But what the Ziegfeld Follies did more than anything was glorify the American girl by featuring them in exotic and flamboyant costumes. Two major composers emerged from this era of Broadway: Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, who were based in an area of New York called Tin Pan Alley, the center of popular music. Kern in particular, with production by Ziegfeld and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, would lead Broadway into a new era with the 1927 stage production of 'Show Boat', the first Broadway story musical. But the advent of talking movies would usher in the new era of musicals to the American public. Written by Huggo See less

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48 cast members

Name	Known for
Nancy Kathryn Anderson Self (voice) (as Nancy Anderson) Self (voice) (as Nancy Anderson) See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Julie Andrews Self - Host / Eliza Doolittle Self - Host / Eliza Doolittle See fewer	The Sound of Music (1965)
Mary Ellin Barnett Self (as Mary Ellin Barrett) Self (as Mary Ellin Barrett) See fewer	Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Irving Berlin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Dwight Blocker Bowers Self Self See fewer	The Slippers (2016)
Fanny Brice Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Be Yourself! (1930)
James Cagney George M. Cohan (archive footage) George M. Cohan (archive footage) See fewer	Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
George Chakiris Bernardo (archive footage) Bernardo (archive footage) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
George M. Cohan Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Phantom President (1932)
Irene Dunne Magnolia Hawks (archive footage) Magnolia Hawks (archive footage) See fewer	The Awful Truth (1937)
Doris Eaton Self (as Doris Eaton Travis) Self (as Doris Eaton Travis) See fewer	Man on the Moon (1999)
Chris Ferry Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Salvage (2006)
Jonathan Freeman Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Aladdin (1992)
Philip Furia Self Self See fewer	Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Tess Gardella Queenie (archive footage) Queenie (archive footage) See fewer	Show Boat (1929)
Brendan Gill Self Self See fewer	Playdate (1961)
Joel Grey Self / Emcee Self / Emcee See fewer	Cabaret (1972)
Oscar Hammerstein II Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	State Fair (1945)
John Herrera Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Person of Interest (2011)
Al Hirschfeld Self Self See fewer	Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Hugh Jackman Curly (archive footage) Curly (archive footage) See fewer	Les Misérables (2012)
Al Jolson Jack Robin (archive footage) Jack Robin (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Dennis King Francois Villon (archive footage) Francois Villon (archive footage) See fewer	Between Two Worlds (1944)
Jane Krakowski Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	30 Rock (2006)
Miles Kreuger Self Self See fewer	The Lady in Red (1979)
John Lahr Self Self See fewer	Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Nathan Lane Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Producers (2005)
Jeanette MacDonald Katherine de Vaucelles (archive footage) Katherine de Vaucelles (archive footage) See fewer	Cairo (1942)
Jesse L. Martin Tom Collins (archive footage) Tom Collins (archive footage) See fewer	Rent (2005)
John McMartin Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Blow Out (1981)
Idina Menzel Maureen Johnson (archive footage) Maureen Johnson (archive footage) See fewer	Frozen (I) (2013)
Rita Moreno Anita (archive footage) Anita (archive footage) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Helen Morgan Julie LaVerne (archive footage) Julie LaVerne (archive footage) See fewer	Show Boat (1936)
Dana O'Connell Self Self See fewer	Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
Harold Prince Self (as Hal Prince) Self (as Hal Prince) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Paul Robeson Joe (archive footage) Joe (archive footage) See fewer	Show Boat (1936)
Eugen Sandow Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ringkämpfer (1895)
Jonathan Sheffer Self Self See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Stephen Sondheim Self Self See fewer	Dick Tracy (1990)
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson Self (as Patricia Stephenson) Self (as Patricia Stephenson) See fewer	Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart (2003)
Barbra Streisand Fanny Brice (archive footage) Fanny Brice (archive footage) See fewer	Yentl (1983)
Tommy Tune Self Self See fewer	Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Ben Vereen Self Self See fewer	All That Jazz (1979)
Mel Watkins Self Self See fewer	Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009)
Max Wilk Self Self See fewer	Lights Out (1946)
Bert Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Natural Born Gambler (1916)
Jeffrey Wright Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	American Fiction (2023)
Chip Zien Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Howard the Duck (1986)