Harvey Evans
2021Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
Chris Johnson, Dennis Fill
Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse
Merely Marvelous is a celebration of the art and life of Broadway's greatest dancing star, Gwen Verdon. She overcame many obstacles, including rickets, the Hollywood system, a loveless first marriage and a difficult second marriage to choreographer/director Bob Fosse, to become a multi-Tony Award-winning performer. Gwen's life is told through interviews with family members and theatre associates as well as a mine of rare footage from her Broadway and Hollywood careers. Merely Marvelous is the story of a brave woman who rose to the very top of her profession.
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
West Side Memories
Michael Arick
Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents
Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leonard Bernstein's score-making processes.
West Side Memories
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
West Side Story
That's Dancing!
Jack Haley Jr.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ray Bolger
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
That's Dancing!
Enchanted
Kevin Lima
Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Enchanted
Applause
Ron Field, Bill Foster
Lauren Bacall, Larry Hagman
Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve". The story centers on aging star Margo Channing, who innocently takes a fledgling actress under her wing, unaware that the ruthless Eve is plotting to steal her career and her man. The musical opened on Broadway on March 30, 1970 and ran for 896 performances. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. The musical was later adapted for television, starring Bacall, with Larry Hagman replacing Len Cariou in the role of Bill Sampson. It aired in the United States on CBS on March 19, 1973.
Applause
Dames at Sea
Martin Charnin, Walter C. Miller
Ann-Margret, Harvey Evans
Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."
Dames at Sea
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Herbert Ross
Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters
«Свистеть может кто угодно» - это мюзикл на музыку и слова Стивена Сондхейма и книгу Артура Лоренса. Описанный историком театра Кеном Мандельбаумом как «сатира на конформизм и безумие так называемых здравомыслящих», спектакль рассказывает историю экономически депрессивного города, коррумпированная мэрия которого, пытаясь привлечь туристов, решает создать фальшивку. «чудо» - привлекающее внимание Фэй Эппл, эмоционально подавленной медсестры, толпы сокамерников из местного приюта под названием «Баночка для печенья» и «доктора» со своими секретами.
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
