Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Page 4

As someone who went into this blind, never having seen the first film, and not even knowing this one existed until last night, I loved it. Unlike others on here, who were expecting more, I was quite satisfied with, and often moved by, the stories that were included.

The editing of this film is spectacular. Cannot say enough about Rick McKay's incredible work.

FindingNamo said: "I sobbed and sobbed and sobbed through the A Chorus Line section.

Here’s a fuller 25-minute rough cut of the section on A CHORUS LINE.

Just finished watching the documentary and then watched the video that BrodyFosse123 posted (Thank you for that!)

Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the documentary. By the end I wished they had included more shows but what they included was wonderful.

I could just listen to the "A Chorus Line" stories for days on end. I saw the original production and it had a profound effect on me. In so many ways. I came out to myself in the Shubert Theater (6th row back, house right second seat off the aisle! I actually touched the seat when I saw "Matilda" as I was sitting right behind it.) I wanted nothing more than to be a stage actor on Broadway at the time. After hearing the story of how it all began, if I could go back in time and be at any one place, it would have been in that studio the night of the tapings.

I hope we get a release with extra footage/special features. If I am not mistaken, this was to be a trilogy. I hope the people that finished this one have plans to do the third. I wonder if any interviews were done for it before Rick McKay died. (Jordan Catalano, you said you worked on this one so you may know the answer to that question.) No matter what may have not made it into or was not covered in this documentary, it is still an incredible look at that time, and the stories, memories, pictures and footage are priceless.

dramamama611 said: "It just aired in Boston last night....and I just finished watching it, too. I shed more tears than I'd like to admit- it was just filled with so much love.

Uncaged, I'm assuming you've watched Every Little Step, which I found also gave some insight into ACL."

Oh yes! And have read the books. It's funny, I refused to see the revival of the show as I just didn't want to "taint" the experience of seeing the original. I saw one of the tours (I seem to remember they changed some of the costumes) and didn't care for it.

Updated On: 8/21/21 at 05:35 PM

Broadway: The Golden Age is better. You get a sense what the theatre and the time period were like. This is missing from Beyond. The sections I liked were One Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Ain't Misbehavin', Pippin and some of A Chorus Line. For me, the most moving parts are Taxi! and Mary Ure. The section on 42nd Street has been told over and over. Also, the person who did Mr. Groff's makeup should be fired. He looked like he was wearing a mask.