Premieres
On Broadway
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance of art and commerce. Key players--Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen--take us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. The film includes performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin. This 85-minute documentary is a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business.
Did you miss us at the Hamptons International Film Festival?
Don’t worry! On Broadway will have its NYC premiere at DocNYC in November 2019. There will be two screenings:
Monday, Nov 11. at 7:00 PM at the IFC Center
Tuesday, Nov. 12. at 12:40 PM at the IFC Center
You can find information about tickets and the festival lineup here. Individual tickets go on sale on October 4th.
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FORBES - Depicting the resurgence and evolution of the Great White Way and the Times Square neighborhood over the past fifty years, [Jacoby’s] new film, On Broadway, will premiere in Manhattan at the IFC Center on November 11.
“It starts during the 1970’s with the depression in New York City, and looks at the innovations of theater owners and producers in the ways that they approached developing shows and picking the shows that they produced,” explained Jacoby. Broadway was struggling to survive, and “it was the lowest point,” he said. Read more.
Director Oren Jacoby Examines the Last 50 Years of Broadway in New Documentary
BROADWAY WORLD - After earning great acclaim for producing the documentary on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oren Jacoby will share "On Broadway," his new film that follows the evolution of Broadway and Times Square over the past five decades.
“It starts during the 1970’s with the depression in New York City, and looks at the innovations of theater owners and producers in the ways that they approached developing shows and picking the shows that they produced”
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The film dives into how the Shubert Organization tried to fill seats in the theater with the thousands of crimes occurring on 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue. Efforts like starting evening performances earlier and the Broadway community collaborating with local government officials are explained in Jacoby's piece.
This rise of Disney, the image of today's 42nd Street and the growth of Times Square are also explored. The final piece of the film discusses the current state of Broadway, with shows like "Hamilton" and "Harry Potter," as well as the role of non-profit theaters.