Julie Andrews hosts this 6-part, 6-hour PBS series tracing musical theatre from its roots in vaudeville, operetta, and minstrel shows through major hits of the decades. Enjoy performance clips of shows; interviews with songwriters, stars, directors, producers, critics, and historians; bios and footage of such legends as Florenz Ziegfield, George M. Cohan, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bob Fosse, Stephen Sondheim and more. You'll have the best seat in the house for Broadway's greatest hits!
Set of 5 DVDs with bonus features including additional performances
and about 4 more hours of interviews and behind-the-scenes
footage. Approx. 10 hrs.
