ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
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| Directed by | Dori Berinstein |
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| Produced by | Dori Berinstein |
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| Cinematography | Alan S. Deutsch |
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| Music by | Jeanine Tesori |
| Distributed by | Regent Releasing |
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Running time | 102 min |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $151,708 |
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is a 2005 American documentary film, the first feature film directed by Dori Berinstein,[1] a Broadway Producer, Writer and filmmaker. Berinstein completed the film in 2005. The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was named one of the top 5 films of 2006 by the IDA (International Documentary Association) and received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2006 Florida Film Festival.[2] The film was released commercially in 2007, with the first such showings on 11 May 2007 in New York City.[3]
Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 600 hours of initial film footage.[4] She focused the film on four musicals, through the difficulties of pre-production, their openings, attendant publicity around the shows, and their reviews, through the 2004 Tony Award competition. The four musicals, three of which were nominated for Best Musical at the Tony Awards that season, were:
The film climaxes with the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony at which Avenue Q won Best Musical over Wicked and Caroline, or Change. In addition to coverage of the musicals themselves, the movie includes interviews with New York theatre critics, and footage of several theatre critics discussing in a restaurant the various musicals and their predictions for the Tony Award winners.[5][6][7]