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Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#50re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:25amRegarding Walter Winchell and his anti-Communist activities: he was the basis for the lead character in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#51re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:14am
The show wasn't a pledge-a-thon in NY, either.
Just a short break between 'episodes'.
Loved it!
Staunch supporter of PBS, here!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#52re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:18am
Absolutely terrific
I can't wait for Parts 2 and 3
and that was Doris Eaton Travis by the way who was the understudy for Marilyn Miller
She just turned 100 this year 
#53re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:45amAre you sure the making of Wicked can fill a whole ten minutes?
I starred in a short film called Magnetic Personality. Check it out!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#54re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 10:11am
The unfortunate thing is that they will probably interrupt the show every fifteen minutes to beg for money. That's what PBS always does when they have something good on.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#55re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 10:18amThey didn't last night, Rodney. It was a pleasure to watch!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#56re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 10:20am
I guess it depends on your local PBS channel.
Triva Time! Who testified to Congress and convinced them to give the original grant that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and in turn, PBS?
It's someone you've all heard of.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#57re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 10:21amI was also expecting the pledge-a-thon, but it was not in Miami either! It is a wonderful program- can't wait for tonight's show!
#58re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:48pmExcellent program, but I'm going to have to order the DVD. I was trying to watch this, the baseball game and yes, Manhunt on Bravo.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#59re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 12:56pmOMG, the moment where Bert Williams was left out of the Equity strikes, I teared up.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#60re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:06pmBert Williams' "signature" song, "Nobody," was the basis for the "Mr. Cellophane" number in CHICAGO.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#61re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:20pmi was all prepared for my 'pledge potty break', but they didn't do one. Amazing!
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#62re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:30pm
CRAP!! I FORGOT TO TAPE THIS SHOW!!
Anyone know if Part 1 will be repeated? I don't have the dough to shell out for the DVDs. 
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#63re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:33pmI'm sure it will be repeated. Check out the PBS website. Good luck.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#64re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:51pmThe entire three-part series is being rebroadcast on Saturday, Oct. 23 beginning at 4PM EST with 20 minute (pledge?) breaks in-between each part. It will then be repeated again in it's entirity beginning at 11PM EST Saturday night.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#65re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 1:56pm
Thank you! That has made my day.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#66re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:11pm
"Nobody" was also used in the musical TINTYPES.
The glorious Lynne Thigpen performed it originally.
Also, one major reason to get the dvd is for the bonus material. You get the entirety of the bench scene between John Raitt and Jan Clayton. You cannot ask for anything more!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#67re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 6:49pm
I'm mad because I have rehearsal two out of three of the nights so I have to miss some of it. I have lots of it taped but I missed Showboat. I will be eternally pissed if I miss Cabaret.
Thou giveth fever.
B.B. Wolf
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#68re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 6:52pmWill there be a new thread for the show tonight? Mary? Hmmmmm?
Word. Word, indeed.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#69re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 6:57pmWhat's wrong with this one?
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#70re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 7:11pmYeah B.B., what's wrong with this one? And who are you calling Mary???
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
#71re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 7:16pm
Gov, once it hits WEST SIDE STORY tomorrow night, Sondheim will start talking a lot more. He doesn't really talk about his own shows (except for a few times), it is mostly Hal Prince. Just to give you a heads up.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#72re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 7:17pmNothing wrong with Hal Prince. :)
#73re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 7:18pmNothing at all
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#74re: Broadway: The American Musical on PBS Tonight
Posted: 10/20/04 at 7:21pmAccording to TV GUIDE, tonight Sondheim will be discussing PORGY AND BESS.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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