Great Performances Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (Season 40, Episode 4)
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Great Performances

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (Season 40, Episode 4)

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TV Episode | Comedy, Drama, Music

This film explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. Featuring interviews and conversations with some of the greatest composers and writers of the Broadway stage.

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Jan 1, 2013 (United States)

Awards

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Won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 119 nominations

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
George Gershwin Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Ira Gershwin Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	An American in Paris (1951)
Adolph Green Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	On the Town (1949)
Joel Grey Narrator and Film Clips (archive footage) (voice) Narrator and Film Clips (archive footage) (voice) See fewer	Cabaret (1972)
Oscar Hammerstein II Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State Fair (1945)
Jerome Kern Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Rita Moreno Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Phyllis Newman Self - Wife of Adolph Green Self - Wife of Adolph Green See fewer	Mannequin (1987)
Richard Rodgers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Sound of Music (1965)
Stephen Sondheim Self Self See fewer	Dick Tracy (1990)