ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Your Score
0
out of 10
User Score
8.7
out of 10
Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings
- Summary: ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is a feature-length documentary that examines the annual influx of ambitious, star-crossed hopefuls, scrambling for the high-board to make their big leap into everlasting limelight. (Regent Releasing)
- Director: Dori Berinstein
- Genre(s): Documentary
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 13 out of 14
-
Mixed: 1 out of 14
-
Negative: 0 out of 14
-
88What stands out, not surprisingly, is the work and passion that goes into the shows. But seeing all this from the inside creates an extraordinary level of empathy for those involved.
-
Producer/director Dori Berinstein knows her way around a Broadway show -- she's produced 11 of them, including her latest, Legally Blonde -- and her insider status no doubt helped secure behind-the-scenes access as she tracks one season in the life of four musicals, and explains the unusual level of intimacy between interviewer and subjects.
-
Much of this strikingly human, rapidly paced and laudably well-rounded film is fascinating.
-
50You'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.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 5 out of 5
-
Mixed: 0 out of 5
-
Negative: 0 out of 5
-
LeeS.10Brilliant! I saw it with people who don't love theatre and they loved this film!! What a ride. And so funny. Can't wait for the DVD>
-
-
EmilyR.10I strongly recommend this film! It's not just for theater lovers. It's the best doc I've seen in years. And funny too!!
-
-
StephanieR.10Really loved this doc. It felt like a feature. What a great ride and fantastic characters I really cared about. And funny too! A rock solid 10.
-
-
JasonR.9
-
Trailers
- By user score