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Additional authors

1. Chenoweth, Kristin
2. Kantor, Michael, 1961-
3. Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
4. Thirteen/WNET, donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (10 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Singer and actress in musical theater, film and television Kristin Chenoweth discusses her role as Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked, prior to its opening at the George Gershwin Theatre. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, the show is loosely based on Gregory Maguire's best selling novel Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the West. Chenoweth discusses her physical preparations for her part; coping with injuries sustained during the show's tryouts in San Francisco; the challenges of performing on Broadway eight times a week; how she shaped her character Glinda based on the audience response in San Francisco; the combination of chemistry and technique, which contribute to the rapport between her and other cast members; what she is focusing on as opening night approaches; the status of the production; the "scary" aspects of opening a show in New York, and her view that it is important to trust your judgment, and to present work that has value. Interview ends abrubtly.

Alternative title

1. Broadway, the American musical
2. Kristen Chenoweth

Subject

1. Musical theater > Production and direction
2. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
4. Theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Documentaries and factual works
6. Musicals
7. Actresses > Interviews
8. Chenoweth, Kristin > Interviews
9. Schwartz, Stephen > Wicked
10. Unedited footage

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.
2. Musicals.
3. Unedited footage.

Call number

1. NCOX 2173

Note

1. This interview is one of a group of interviews with 90 individuals used in making the documentary Broadway, the American musical. The completed production is available on NCOX 2058.
2. Credits for completed production from pbs.org: A film by Michael Kantor ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Michael Kantor and Sally Rosenthal ; written by Marc Fields, Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, and JoAnne Young ; directed by Michael Kantor.
3. Time code on frame.
4. Contains various takes, at occasional brief intervals, audio continues without sound.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Kristin Chenoweth.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 2003.

Biography (note)

1. Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.

Title

1. [Interview with Kristin Chenoweth : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

Imprint

1. New York, 2003.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Kristin Chenoweth.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on Sept. 12, 2003.

Biography

1. Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.

Local note

1. Gift of Broadway Film Project, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET, 2005.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Chenoweth, Kristin, interviewee.
2. Kantor, Michael, 1961- interviewer.
3. Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.
4. Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
5. Thirteen/WNET, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2173