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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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72 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: The most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. (Second Act Productions)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Jean Oppenheimer
    90
    Pure joy to watch -- and an invaluable documentary record of a bygone era.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    Moving and invaluable.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    What could easily have been a sentimental, fannish exercise in musty nostalgia is in fact a lovely tribute to an era of feverish creativity that seemed as though it would never end yet now lives only in memory.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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