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[Interview with John Kander : raw footage]

Title
[Interview with John Kander : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
Publication
New York, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Kander, John
  • Kantor, Michael, 1961-
  • Squires, Buddy
  • Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
  • Thirteen/WNET, donor.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (41 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. John Kander, composer for musical theater, and longtime collaborator with lyricist Fred Ebb, discusses his career. Topics of discussion include his Broadway beginnings as a rehearsal pianist for West Side story, then dance arranger on Gypsy, working with choreographer Jerome Robbins; Gypsy composer Jule Styne; the mentoring provided by producer George Abbott, with whom he worked on Flora the Red menace; being hired by director Harold Prince to compose the music for Cabaret following Flora; the creation of Cabaret, including his initial views of the material, his sources of musical inspiration, star Lotte Lenya's contribution, conceiving the show as a "musical Vaudeville," and working with choreographer Bob Fosse, who suffered a heart attack during rehearsals; the song "All I care about is love," from Chicago; Chicago's mixed reception when it premiered in comparison with its current reputation; his inspiration as a composer; growing up in Kansas City, Missouri and being taken to New York by his parents to attend the theater; the "magic" of the theater; theatrical creation as similar to imaginative childhood games; the incorporation of Broadway music into popular culture; composers he admirers; the craftsmanship of composing; the revival of musicals; his appreciation for theatrical music that allows him to "get close" to a character; the song, "Don't go," which he wrote for the 1987 revival of Cabaret; his biggest excitement when working on a show; the lyric writing of his collaborator Fred Ebb, and why their collaboration "works."
Alternative Title
  • Broadway, the American musical
  • Broadway: the American musical : John Kander interview
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Musicals.
  • Unedited footage.
Note
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Time code on frame.
  • Contains various takes.
Credits (note)
  • Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: John Kander.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on March 29, 1999.
Biography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
NCOX 2116
OCLC
122942365
Title
[Interview with John Kander : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
Imprint
New York, 1999.
Credits
Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
Performer
Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: John Kander.
Event
Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on March 29, 1999.
Biography
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
Gift of Broadway Film Project, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET, 2005.
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Added Author
Kander, John, interviewee.
Kantor, Michael, 1961- interviewer.
Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.
Squires, Buddy, cameraman.
Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
Thirteen/WNET, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 2116
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