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Broadway: the American Musical

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4/6. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II changed the face of Broadway for ever - and set a new standard for musical comedy. With Julie Andrews , Betty Comden , Agnes de Mille, Adolph Green , Michael Kidd , James Michener , Steve Nelson , John Raitt , Jerome Robbins and Michael Tilson-Thomas .
8.00 5/6. Joel Grey , Hal Prince , Marvin Hamlisch , Jerry Orbach , Frank Rich , Stephen Sondheim , Ben Vereen and Julie Taymor discuss how the sexual revolution and civil rights movement led to musicals with an adult narrative, such as Company and West Side Story.
9.00 6/6. Harvey Fierstein , Michael Eisner , Mel Brooks , Jerry Herman , Nathan Lane , James Lapine , Rocco Landesman , Arthur Laurents. Susan Stroman and Andrew Lloyd Webber discuss how corporations moved into Broadway. Plus the stories of Cats and Miss Saigon.

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Richard Rodgers
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Julie Andrews
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Betty Comden
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Adolph Green
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Michael Kidd
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James Michener
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Steve Nelson
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John Raitt
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Jerome Robbins
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Michael Tilson-Thomas
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Joel Grey
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Hal Prince
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Marvin Hamlisch
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Jerry Orbach
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Frank Rich
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Stephen Sondheim
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Ben Vereen
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Julie Taymor
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Harvey Fierstein
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Michael Eisner
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Mel Brooks
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Jerry Herman
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Nathan Lane
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James Lapine
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Rocco Landesman
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Arthur Laurents
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Susan Stroman
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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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