With autographed over-sized, frameable post card of "Broadway: The Golden Age" (the 2004 critically acclaimed first installment of McKay's Film Trilogy) with personal . And I think that's why it's so compelling. I cried. And this film does a great job of describing the magic of live theater, from the stage door and the ghost light, to the crackle of the audience as they start to come together before the show starts. -I said, 'Well, why do we have to advertise it at all? -I would walk out on the stage and just look. And now, let's dim the house lights and return to Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age. Not only did I have that note, but when the run of -- of that play was over, I went back to my fifth floor dressing room and went back to being an understudy, which was ultimately, again, a great lesson. He said, 'All right, now, Jane, look at yourself.'. -I basically learned everything about acting at that time from watching Inga Swenson in the wings every night, because she was staggering, what she would do. This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. And with your qualifying contribution, you'll help make the great programs on this station possible. -I was, you know, Richard Rodgers' daughter. -And then if you're lucky, you get to cross the stage to go to your dressing room. Go backstage with stories from stars Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, Liza Minnelli and more. -So I went from the fifth floor of the Helen Hayes, this little kind of garret dressing room to the star dressing room on stage level between a matinee and an evening show one Saturday. As host Jonathan Groff explains, the film, which will be on PBS stations starting on August 14, is edited from many hours of interviews with more than 100 Broadway worthies that McKay had conducted over many years . August 18, 2021. Found insideWithout the energy and creativity of the post-1945 to 1960 period, American theatre would not be what it is today in terms of its content, staging and acting, and attraction toward innovation. This “Golden Age” took Broadway beyond ... ', Mary and Marshall Barer and Jay Thompson and Dean Fuller and I have a plot.'. Hi, everyone. When the audience is there, the plug goes in. I had an apartment, a small one-room with my sister, and I was married. And like Gower Champion on the day of the '42nd Street' premiere, this was a dramatic final curtain to a show-stopping life. And I was smart enough when I was young to just study Ray Bolger. And there's nobody about, and it's quiet. It's going to close. [ Indistinct conversations ] I ordered a big meal. -You heard this chord being hit, this incessant thing. They opened up the -- the walls downstairs. This follow-up to McKay’s acclaimed oral history of Broadway continues the saga into the 60s and 70s, spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including “Once Upon a Mattress,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Barefoot in the Park,” “Pippin,” “A Chorus Line,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Chicago” and “42nd Street.” Particular focus is placed on famed directors and choreographers Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, George Abbott and Michael Bennett with anecdotes from 1959’s “Once Upon A Mattress” through 1983 when “A Chorus Line” became the longest-running show in Broadway history. -You would stand in the wings and watch and say, '[ Gasps ] My God. I'd love to do it.'. The first trailer for the anxiously awaited sequel to Rick McKay's 2004 film, "Broadway: The Golden Age." The film will be released theatrically in late 2013. -My stories, um, are in six different characters, or some bits of my life are in six different characters. I like it very much. -'I gotta be ready. It was so wonderful that, after all those years, that we still had that bond. ', I said, 'You just went through this whole speech about honesty and openness and equality and the whole thing. -But the one common denominator that we did know is we were dancers, and that's the first thing that we did was dance. -And you feel their energy, and you're giving that to them. I don't know -- Who am I going to call? Explore the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by the Broadway stars who lived through it. -All these people that I knew from auditions, you know, that I'd written off for whatever reason. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. -He, um, very quietly said, um, 'This is a very tragic moment for me,' and everybody laughed. Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. You know, they were so excited and delirious with the fever of it all. So many beautiful moments in theater, and we have 42nd street, another classic that we're going to hear more about in just a bit. -At that moment, Charles Nelson Reilly arriving. Read more on newyorktheater.me. -My hairdresser and my dresser are just there to make sure that I get out there in time and looking my best. Never. And once you get people such as Eva Marie Saint, or Julie Harris, or Kim hunter, everyone wants to do it. Having amassed thousands of hours of memories, many of which had never been told, Rick was hard at work on furthering his epic chronicle when he passed away in January 2018. And anytime she sang, I always stayed in the wings and watched that. And I swear to God, within...30 minutes, the phone rang, and it was Jean Eckart. -It was like we were sharing a great moment of history together. And we couldn't find the right person. -'Places, places.' - Growing up I loved acting, I loved the theater, and I was lucky enough to go to Broadway shows, but Justin, my greatest memory is going to the theater, and then going to the stage door and waiting for the stars to sign that playbill. He wanted five or six Vals to share -- ass that night. And he said, 'I read the script. -People somehow let their guard down and talked about their childhoods in very open ways. -Tony called me about the idea of getting this group of dancers together. We couldn't help it. Like, you couldn't stand still because this energy that was coming from the audience while this beat goes on. -That way, you don't feel as though you're in the middle of 42nd Street, and everybody's looking at the operation. She was having a hard time remembering her lines. through the tumultuous 60s (Hair, Oh, Calcutta, etc. If they do, it reaches out and touches you. Tragically, AIDS would arrive in the early '80s, decimating an entire generation of creative artists of every stripe and taking a terrible toll on an already struggling Broadway. -And pretty much like the way the show goes, Michael started off. -It was very exciting, 'Mattress,' because the critics came on opening night. -Some people are so arresting on-camera, and they're not as arresting in front of an audience. S48 E29 | 1:38:44 | AIRED: 8/14/2021 | EXPIRES: 9 . ', -I was much too loud when I -- [ Laughs ] when I first started acting, and they say, 'Wait, wait, wait, Miss.'. -'Bye Bye Birdie,' my first show, I made $127 a week, and that was for playing my own part, Mr. Henkel, and for understudying, uh, Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde, and for playing for Mr. Lynde every Thursday, when he was live on 'The Perry Como Show.'. And it was covered in pills and ironically, a photograph of her and Vivien Leigh, these two gorgeous women. Found inside – Page 2... Gospel on Broadway Gospel Abroad Deserters and Joiners 195 205 212 240 241 247 250 253 254 CONCLUSION : I LOOKED DOWN THE LINE AND I WONDERED : 1965 AND BEYOND 257 The Golden Age of Gospel African American Sacred Folk Music. -He said, 'Would you like to see a psychologist?'. The one with Glenn Close is so perfectly bittersweet, and I think every actor dreams of that moment of discovery, when all the work and rehearsal finally pay off and you're finally recognized. Now, his producers have rescued his work in progress, presenting a new chapter covering 1959 to the 1980s. Oh, my God. Great Performances - Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. It was -- Like, the audience went [Screams] -And they were standing behind their own pictures. ', -In the middle of somebody's story, somebody else would say, 'Oh, my God. It was, you know, and I knew standing behind her in the wings that she was terrified. I mean, think about it. Like. -Moments that I most appreciated was when everything got real quiet. GREAT PERFORMANCES, BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. Grand, isn't it? He invited all the original cast members, as well as the casts from the national and the international 'Chorus Line' companies to a big New York party. This is nothing. Richard, thank you so much for joining us. Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s in "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" on GREAT PERFORMANCES, August 17 at 10:30 pm. Rick McKay's 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age was meant to have sequels, but McKay died in 2018. This second installment of director Rick McKay's Broadway film trilogy continues the story from the legendary Broadway season of 1959 (Gypsy, Raisin in the Sun, Once Upon a Mattress, etc.) [ Sighs ] -I was angry about it, but then after a while, I'm like, 'Look, I don't have time for that. We eased on. [ Laughter ] -I once told Steven Schwartz, I said, 'We should do 'Pippin' 20 years, 30 years later.'. I don't know what we have here.'. And had I gotten the other one, I wouldn't have had it, you know. -First day rehearsal was just a read-through. I'm not going to do an opening night thing.'. How can I do that? -I said, 'It's only a play. Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age: Directed by Rick McKay. -You are sitting down at your dressing table, and there's, you know, things that you have to do. So they said, 'Action.' She, uh -- She was never in the program. -You could be in the middle of a dirty joke backstage, you walk on and make the audience cry, come back, and finish the joke. Season 48 Episode 29. He wanted to be around us, you know, but at that moment, we really needed to concentrate on doing the finale. - [Stacey] Go online to make a qualifying contributions and away you go. -It was a miraculously adroit performance. You get to share that intimate conversation because of support from you and other viewers like you. And he was smarter and more artistic and better than us. Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Preview. Many of the stars of the film went on to become household names from their subsequent fame in film and television, and talk of the differences in the mediums and how the theater gave them the foundation for their success in front of the camera. Found inside – Page 329Otherwise, shows of The Connection and The Blacks variety were representative of what was offered during Off Broadway's Golden Age, a period that began during the third week of March 1954, when two musicals put Off Broadway on the map: ... - There is definitely no business like show business. -♪ Join us, come and waste an hour or two ♪ -People thought we were wearing gloves. She's got,' and he named off all the songs. -I did my homework backstage to the score, the live score, of 'Gypsy' every night. ', And I said to Marshall, who was down the hall, 'Now, what did you hear? Go backstage on Broadway from 1959 to the early 1980s through interviews with theater legends including Carol Burnett, Liza Minnelli, Dick Van Dyke and more . And he said, 'Please, please, my job. Go backstage on Broadway from 1959 to the early 1980s through interviews with . A lifetime experiences for you, there are chapters with behind-the-scenes stories and from. 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