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“ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway,” a new film by Dori Berinstein featuring the Broadway casts and creators of Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo, and Caroline, or Change, will have its Chicago premiere at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, on Friday, June 8, 2007. Among those featured in the film are Rosie O’Donnell, Boy George, Alan Cumming, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Lithgow, Kristen Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, John Tartaglia, Tony Kushner, Tonya Pinkins, George C. Wolfe, Anika Noni Rose, Euan Morton and Cyndi Lauper.
Released by Regent Releasing and Liberation Entertainment, “ShowBusiness” follows four high-profile productions that eventually became Tony Award nominees in the 2003-2004 season: a lavish musical prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” Wicked; the controversial Rosie O’Donnell/Boy George collaboration, Taboo; the highly anticipated Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical, Caroline, or Change and an irreverent musical sleeper hit with puppets, Avenue Q. Film and stage actor, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, is the co-producer of “ShowBusiness.”
From casting to staging, from previews to red-carpet opening nights, from the announcement of the Tony nominations to the suspense-filled Tony Night, “ShowBusiness” provides a never-before-seen look at the inner workings of Broadway Musicals. Allowed unprecedented backstage access, director Dori Berinstein casts a camera’s eye on rehersals, backstage dramas, and the mysteriously wondrous creative process.
“It was a sheer labor of love to chronicle a Broadway season and experience first hand the hopes, dreams, and passions of the people who devote their lives to the theater,” said director/producer Dori Berinstein. “The Broadway community couldn’t have been more supportive and my hope is to give audiences a glimpse of what really goes on behind the curtain.”
“ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway” was a 2006 International Documentary Association (IDA) Distinguished Documentary Award Finalist. “ShowBusiness” also won the Best Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Florida Film Festival.
Tickets to "ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway" are priced at $9.25. To purchase tickets, please visit www.musicboxtheatre.com or call 773-871-6604 for more information.
Click here to watch a preview of "ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway"