BROADWAY! A MUSICAL HISTORY - 10 HOURS - 5 DVDS

BROADWAY! A MUSICAL HISTORY - 10 HOURS - 5 DVDS If you want to experience American musical theatre history through the eyes and ears of Broadway's greatest legends then this five-tape video series is a viewing must. It spans the years 1866 through 1988 and includes interview with such Broadway artists as George Abbott, Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Jule Styne, Bock and Harnick, Comden and Green, Lloyd Webber, Cameron MacIntosh, Julie Andrews, Alfred Drake, John Raitt, Barbara cook, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Patti LuPone, and many, many others. Broadway musical leading man Ron Husmann is the author, narrator and co-producer of the series. He takes us on a fascinating trip from the early vaudevillle, minstrel shows and operettas of the late 19th century, through the development if the true American musical art form that began during World War I, to the concept musicals and visual extravaganzas that culminated in such recent productions as "Phantom of the Opera", "Les Mise