Broadway: The American Musical

S01E01 Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927)

This episode showcases conversations with Mary Ellen Barrett, daughter of Irving Berlin, along with Ziegfeld Follies performers Doris Eaton and Dana O’Connell. It also features insights from New Yorker critic Brendan Gill, theater artist Al Hirschfeld, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, and Patricia Z. Stephenson, daughter of Ziegfeld. Among the standout moments are freshly restored color clips of The Ziegfeld Follies and a performance by Fanny Brice singing “My Man.”