SEPTEMBER 30
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy!
Directed by: Oren Jacoby
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Hugh Jackman, John Lithgow, Ian McKellen
With an introduction & Q&A after the film by multiple award-winning Broadway Director & Lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr. who will be joined by the film's Director Oren Jacoby.
6:00 PM Meet n' Mingle - enjoy a cocktail in our Bar-Lounge
6:45 PM Introduction
7:00 PM Film followed by Q&A
As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. On Broadway shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews with legends of the stage and screen, including Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, and Ian McKellen take us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Archival clips of iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin punctuate this hurly-burly ride through the main street of American show business. Now that New York City is facing an uncertain path forward in its recovery from a devastating pandemic, this documentary from Academy Award®-nominated director Oren Jacoby and the producers of RBG shows how Broadway led the way in the city’s last great rebirth and provides a model of how it can come back again.
Richard Maltby Jr. is an award-winning theatre director, producer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He conceived and directed the only two musical revues to win the Tony Award for Best Musical: Ain't Misbehavin' (1978: Tony, N.Y. Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards, also Tony Award for Best Director) and Fosse (1999: Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards). His other credits include Miss Saigon (Lyricist); Song and Dance (Director/Co-Lyricist); The Pirate Queen (Writer/Lyricist) and more. His screenwriting scredits include Miss Potter starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor (Christopher Award, Best Screenplay).
Oren Jacoby (Director / Producer) is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Sister Rose’s Passion (HBO Films) was winner of Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar. Other films include: Shadowman (Amazon Prime, Tribeca Film Festival), My Italian Secret (Amazon Prime), and Constantine’s Sword “Enthralling” – NY Times, “Magnificent” - Variety. Jacoby’s stage adaptation of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man was produced at Chicago’s Court Theater, The Huntington Theatre in Boston and won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Play adaptation. His company, Storyville Films, produced RBG (Sundance Film Festival 2018, Oscar nomination Best Documentary 2019). Jacoby’s work has been recognized by the American Film Institute, the Sundance Institute, and the Alfred I. DuPont Awards. He is currently making a film about the fossil fuel industry and climate change.
Read the Director's Statement