Broadway's Lost Treasures

Aug 10, 2003

1h 50m

★ 6.1

22 Rare Performances from Broadway's Greatest Musicals

Overview

The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Acorn Media Enterprises

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Cast

Host / Mrs. Lovett (segment "Sweeney Todd")

Angela Lansbury

Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street")

Jerry Orbach

Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")

Joel Grey

Host (segment "Dancin'") / Billy Buck Chandler (segment "My One and Only")

Tommy Tune

Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")

Chita Rivera

Adelaide (segment "Guys & Dolls")

Vivian Blaine

Eva Perón (segment "Evita")

Patti LuPone

Juan Perón (segment "Evita")

Bob Gunton

Che (segment "Evita")

Mandy Patinkin

Dolly Levi (segment "Hello, Dolly!")

Carol Channing

Self (segment "A Little Night Music")

Julie Andrews

Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")

Zero Mostel

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

8.7

Kiss Me, Kate

Nov 20, 1958

Broadcast live on the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC, a pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.

0.0

Nunsense 3: The Jamboree

Jan 1, 1998

Third in the Nunsense series of musicals.

5.8

Staying Alive

Jul 11, 1983

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

6.5

Peter Pan

Oct 10, 2000

The stage musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby has toured the world to great acclaim. An adaptation of the famous 1954 musical directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Mary Martin, this new version is lasting proof that J.M. Barrie's tale of the boy who would never grow up is one of the kingpins of family entertainment. All the elements are in good form for this video production shot at the Mirada Theater in 2000 for the A&E Network. Some new songs have been added to the fabulous Moose Charlap-Carolyn Leigh score (which includes "Tender Shepherd," "I Gotta Crow," "I'm Flying," and "I Won't Grow Up"). But the biggest asset to this production are the spectacular flying sequences: Peter even soars over the audience at times. Martin was a stronger actress in a close-up, but Rigby is magical with her athleticism and spark, most notably in a percussion-filled song and dance number "Ugh-a-Wug.".

6.2

De-Lovely

Jul 2, 2004

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.

5.0

Queen of Hearts

Feb 21, 2019

The story of ten trans girls who form a co-op theatre to be able to stop working as prostitutes. The protagonists tell us their dreams, show their daily struggles and share their experiences and realities to be accepted and belong to society as well.

8.1

Into the Woods

Mar 15, 1991

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

6.7

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway

May 9, 2017

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create the biggest show in America…and are getting ready to conquer the world. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.

7.1

The Band Wagon

Aug 7, 1953

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

6.5

You'll Never Get Rich

Sep 25, 1941

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.

7.7

Derren Brown: Infamous

Sep 22, 2014

Multi award-winning psychological illusionist Derren Brown returns in the recording of his acclaimed live show ‘Infamous’. Featuring Derren at his baffling best with the excitement of a live theatre audience, Infamous includes amazing, provocative, jaw dropping demonstrations of his incredible skills of magic, suggestion, showmanship and misdirection in a must-watch roller coaster of emotions.

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6.5

Jane

Jan 2, 1962

Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadway.

4.0

Chip Off the Old Block

Feb 1, 1944

The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

6.5

Motel

Jan 23, 1989

Documentary looking at the culture of three motels and their owners who remain untouched by homogenization and corporatism, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Florence, Arizona; and the semi-ghost town of Death Valley Junction, California. Everyone has an unusual story to tell.

7.9

The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

Dec 7, 2019

SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.

5.0

Every Good Story Is a Love Story

Mar 3, 2017

A film about a theatre performance and four very notable people behind it: writer and director D. Jovanović, actress M. Zupančič and actors R. Polič and B. Cavazza. This is a story of a love triangle and of a multi-layered, entirely overt intertwining of protagonists’ public artistic personas and their personal lives. The film documents a 4-month process of the making of a theatre piece from the first rehearsal to the opening night, at the same time uncovering the intimate lives of the artists and telling a universal story of the relationship between the real and the imagined, a story of personal and public perceptions of art.

0.0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Jul 23, 1990

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.

8.0

National Theatre Live: Follies

Nov 16, 2017

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

5.0

The Phantom of the Opera

Jun 7, 1991

A comedy musical stage version of the Phantom of the Opera, filmed live on-stage during a performance in Florida.