For the Broadway babies out there, ShowBusiness will make you want to schedule a trip to the Great White Way.
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07/12/07
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:45
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Made with obvious care and attention, Showbusiness is an entertaining, insightful look into Broadway.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Over the course of one Broadway musical season (2003-2004), "ShowBusiness" follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical: a big-noise musical... [More]
Starring: Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Boy George, Idina Menzel
Director: Dori Berinstein
Reviews for ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Top CriticShort on insight. You'll have to look elsewhere than this love letter to the Great White Way to explain why Wicked and Avenue Q became huge hits, and why Caroline, or Change joined Taboo as a costly flop.
05/11/07
Bright lights, big drama. A delectable trip down Broadway.
06/30/07
Dori Berinstein's fine documentary chronicles the production of four high-profile musicals during the 2003-'04 New York theater season.
06/07/07
Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway is essentially a valentine to a profession that filmmaker Dori Berinstein loves and admires.
06/27/07
'ShowBusiness,' a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary about Broadway, is a special treat for people who love musicals, whether live or onscreen.
05/01/07
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10/18/08
Anyone should be fascinated by the thoroughness and all-around intelligence this documentary applies to a multilayered and very entertaining subject.
06/01/07
The film is a love letter to theater and the people who make it.
06/01/07
Top CriticIt whets your appetite for the stage; it certainly made me want to watch every one of these plays.
11/05/07
For theater types ... it would be hard to imagine a better film.
05/10/07
Show Business misses lots of fascinating stuff.
06/21/07
Much of this strikingly human, rapidly paced and laudably well-rounded film is fascinating.
06/07/07
Even audiences not enamored with Broadway musicals could find Dori Berinstein's documentary, about the trajectory of four Broadway shows, entertaining and informative.
06/08/07
Even blessed with an all-access pass, ShowBusiness is incapable of being considered anything besides a hooray-for-Broadway memento.
05/10/07
Simply the best documentary ever made about Broadway.
05/09/07
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is a tasty bonbon for theater buffs that has many fascinating backstage details.
07/21/07
Sheds much-needed light on a fascinating show-business institution.
06/08/07
Top CriticThe doc does a fine job conveying the magic of the Broadway experience, along with the particular heart and soul of those who work there.
05/11/07
Even though the theater season it chronicles is four years old, Dori Berinstein's lively documentary still is fun to watch as it breezes through the ups and downs of Avenue Q, Wicked, Taboo and Caroline, or Change.
05/10/07
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