ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, the first feature film directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway producer. Berinstein completed the film in 2005. The film was screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. It received the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2006 Florida Film Festival. The film was released commercially in 2007, with the first such showings on 11 May 2007 in New York City. Berinstein filmed ... more

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, the first feature film directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway producer. Berinstein completed the film in 2005. The film was screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. It received the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2006 Florida Film Festival. The film was released commercially in 2007, with the first such showings on 11 May 2007 in New York City. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 400 hours of initial film footage. 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 in the Tony Awards that season, were: The film climaxes with the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony. In addition to coverage of the musicals themselves, the movie... less