Spotlight on Broadway The Namesakes (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | History

Spotlight on Broadway

The Namesakes (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | History

The Spotlight shines on "The Namesakes", theatres named after Broadway Luminaries - from composers to playwrights to theatre owners. For those who have devoted their lives to the theatre, this recognition is a pinnacle like no other.

Director

Bobbie Birleffi

Writers

Bobbie Birleffi | Beverly Kopf

Producers

Bobbie Birleffi | Beverly Kopf

Composers

Michelle DiBucci | Greg Kalember

Cinematographers

Dejan Georgevich | Josh Heller (host segments) | Tom Houghton

Editors

Rick Derby | Gordon Grinberg | David Rogow

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 22, 2014

Release date

Oct 27, 2013 (United States)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Eric Bogosian Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Talk Radio (1988)
Matthew Broderick Self Self See fewer	The Producers (2005)
Andrew Dolkart Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Dressing America (2009)
Harvey Fierstein Self Self See fewer	Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Bert Fink Self Self See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Victor Garber Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Argo (2012)
David Hyde Pierce Self Self See fewer	Frasier (1993)
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Spotlight on Broadway (2013)
Bill T. Jones Self Self See fewer	Still/Here (1996)
Andrea McArdle Annie (archive footage) Annie (archive footage) See fewer	Rainbow (1978)
Kevin McCollum Self Self See fewer	West Side Story (2021)
Audra McDonald Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Thomas Mellins Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Spotlight on Broadway (2013)
Alan Menken Self Self See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Lea Michele Wendla Bergmann (archive footage) Wendla Bergmann (archive footage) See fewer	Glee (2009)
Lin-Manuel Miranda Self Self See fewer	Hamilton (2020)
Brian Stokes Mitchell Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Roger Morgan Self Self See fewer	Gilda Live (1980)
James Nederlander Jr. Self Self See fewer	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
James Nederlander Sr. Self Self See fewer	The Will Rogers Follies (1991)
Adam Pascal Self Self See fewer	Rent (2005)
Matt Postal Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Spotlight on Broadway (2013)
David Rockwell Self Self See fewer	Team America: World Police (2004)
Francesca Russo Self Self See fewer	Tears (II) (2012)
Nick Scandalios Self Self See fewer	The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013)
Thomas Schumacher Self Self See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Phillip J. Smith Self Self See fewer	Shrek the Musical (2013)
Charles Strouse Self Self See fewer	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Twyla Tharp Self Self See fewer	Amadeus (1984)
Jack Viertel Self Self See fewer	The Prom (2020)
BD Wong Song Liling (archive footage) Song Liling (archive footage) See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)