Beth Howland

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Berlin and Kern.

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

얼마 전 폐렴으로 고생을 했던 마플 부인은 요양과 휴식의 목적으로 햇볕 좋은 카리브해의 한 호텔을 찾게 된다. 호텔 주인과 투숙객들은 각각의 개성이 뚜렷한 듯 하지만 다행스럽게도 대부분의 사람들이 마플 부인에게 친절하게 대한다. 그 중 특히 마음 좋고 활달한 팔그레이브 소령과 곧 친해지게 되는데, 그는 자신의 경험담을 바탕으로 일종의 회고록을 구성하고 있는 듯하다. 마플 부인은 소령에게서 이런 저런 경험담을 듣던 중 한 남자의 둘 다 자살한 두 부인에 대한 얘기를 듣게 된다. 재미있는 건 소령이 범인의 사진이 있다며 보여주려 한다는 것이다. 하지만 그때 무엇을 보았는지 소령은 화들짝 놀라며 성급히 사진을 다시 집어넣는다.

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.

Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.

In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the making of the original cast album. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolly exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, all involved pushed themselves to the limit.

A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic bomb testing, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner, and Li'l Abner just wants to go fishing.