Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

One filmmaker's search for a Broadway that was lost, and the 100 legends that he found.

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

Edie Adams

(Self)

Bea Arthur

(Self)

Elizabeth Ashley

(Self)

Alec Baldwin

(Self)

Kaye Ballard

(Self)

Betsy Blair

(Self)

Tom Bosley

(Self)

Carol Burnett

(Self)

Kitty Carlisle

(Self)

Carol Channing

(Self)

Betty Comden

(Self)

Barbara Cook

(Self)

Carole Cook

(Self)

Hume Cronyn

(Self)

Arlene Dahl

(Self)

Charles Durning

(Self)

Fred Ebb

(Self)

Nanette Fabray

(Self)

Cy Feuer

(Self)

Phil Ford

(Self)

Betty Garrett

(Self)

Ben Gazzara

(Self)

Robert Goulet

(Self)

Farley Granger

(Self)

Adolph Green

(Self)

Tammy Grimes

(Self)

Uta Hagen

(Self)

Julie Harris

(Self)

Rosemary Harris

(Self)

June Havoc

(Self)

Jerry Herman

(Self)

Mimi Hines

(Self)

Al Hirschfeld

(Self)

Celeste Holm

(Self)

Sally Ann Howes

(Self)

Kim Hunter

(Self)

Jeremy Irons

(Self)

Anne Jackson

(Self)

Derek Jacobi

(Self)

Lainie Kazan

(Self)

John Kenley

(Self)

Joan Kobin

(Self)

Miles Kreuger

(Self)

Martin Landau

(Self)

Frank Langella

(Self)

Angela Lansbury

(Self)

Arthur Laurents

(Self)

Carol Lawrence

(Self)

Michele Lee

(Self)

Hal Linden

(Self)

Shirley MacLaine

(Self)

Karl Malden

(Self)

Frank Marino

(Self)

Rick McKay

(Self)

Donna McKechnie

(Self)

Ann Miller

(Self)

Liliane Montevecchi

(Self)

Patricia Morison

(Self)

Robert Morse

(Self)

James Naughton

(Self)

Patricia Neal

(Self)

Phyllis Newman

(Self)

Fayard Nicholas

(Self)

Harold Nicholas

(Self)

Jerry Orbach

(Self)

Janis Paige

(Self)

Don Pippin

(Self)

Jane Powell

(Self)

Hal Prince

(Self)

John Raitt

(Self)

Rex Reed

(Self)

Elliott Reid

(Self)

Charles Nelson Reilly

(Self)

Diana Rigg

(Self)

Chita Rivera

(Self)

Tony Roberts

(Self)

Mary Rodgers

(Self)

Gena Rowlands

(Self)

Eva Marie Saint

(Self)

Marian Seldes

(Self)

Vincent Sherman

(Self)

Stephen Sondheim

(Self)

Maureen Stapleton

(Self)

Elaine Stritch

(Self)

Tommy Tune

(Self)

Leslie Uggams

(Self)

Gwen Verdon

(Self)

Betsy von Furstenberg

(Self)

Eli Wallach

(Self)

Fay Wray

(Self)

Gretchen Wyler

(Self)

Barbara Bel Geddes

(Self (archive footage))

Marlon Brando

(Self (archive footage))

Richard Burton

(Self (archive footage))

Bob Fosse

(Self (archive footage))

Carol Haney

(Self (archive footage))

Walter Kerr

(Self (archive footage))

Alan Jay Lerner

(Self (archive footage))

Frederick Loewe

(Self (archive footage))

Ethel Merman

(Self (archive footage))

Geraldine Page

(Self (archive footage))

Kim Stanley

(Self (archive footage))

Laurette Taylor

(Self (archive footage))

Ethel Waters

(Self (archive footage))

Walter Winchell

(Self (archive footage))