Come to "Show Business: The Road to Broadway" this Sunday!
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2:30PM by Nathaniel R
Hello all. A week or so ago I moderated a screening of Mean Girls (2004) for Show-Score's new Stage and Screen series with two members of the new stage musical's team (The Broadway version of Tina Fey's classic officially opens this Sunday).
I'm doing another Q&A so come! This Sunday at 1:00 PM I'll be speaking with director/producer Dori Berinstein about her documentary Show Business: The Road to Broadway (2007) which follows four musicals during the seminal 2003/2004 Broadway season: the blockbuster Wicked, the little scrappy show that could (and did) Avenue Q, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's brilliant Caroline or Change, and the troubled Boy George musical Taboo. I saw all the big shows that year (a rare occurrence) and loved all four of the musicals this doc follows so that season remains special to my heart.
The movie has awesome rehearsal and backstage footage and all sorts of brilliant taking heads like Tony Kushner, Carol Channing, Alan Cumming and many more.
Idina and Kristin rehearsing Wicked in 2003.
When: Sunday, April 8 at 1:00 PM
Where: Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia (2537 Broadway at 95th).
If you'd like to attend as my guest, please e-mail me and I'll arrange it. Would love to have some TFE readers there! Come support my stage fright AND see a fun movie that isn't streaming anywhere.
Reader Comments (6)
*rushes off to Orbitz*
Have a fantastic time, and take pictures!
Wish I could be there! That's one of my favorite documentaries. It's SO good. No one will ever get that kind of access again.
Congratulations! How lovely that you are being acknowledged as a knowledgeable lively host who knows how to create a satisfyingly good time for others. One of your many skills.
so who were your 'mean girls' musical guests and what broadway secrets did they spill?
Does being your guest also secure a flight from Tokyo?! I’d looove to see this!
so sorry i'm just now seeing this. would love to attend future screenings/discussions about this. (i'm in nyc, so i'm local :)