This documentary is an exciting look into the world of Broadway. A great find for students involved in theater, it can also hold appeal to theater-goers in general, and those whose hobbies include the grand spectacle of theater.
Through this documentary, we watch Carol Burnett and Philip Bosco perform in "Moon Over Buffalo", a farce that integrates the likeness of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Private Lives." Through rewrites and revisions, through fights and insecurities, the company debuts in Chicago to garner audience interest and fix any major problems before their Broadway debut in New York. We see the managers fussing why people in Row E didn't laugh, why people in the left side of Row K didn't laugh. Obsessive? Perhaps. But in a culture where theater productions live a hit-or-miss, flop-or-success life, it makes sense, and this documentary brings to light the different stages of that production process.
Through this documentary, we watch Carol Burnett and Philip Bosco perform in "Moon Over Buffalo", a farce that integrates the likeness of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Private Lives." Through rewrites and revisions, through fights and insecurities, the company debuts in Chicago to garner audience interest and fix any major problems before their Broadway debut in New York. We see the managers fussing why people in Row E didn't laugh, why people in the left side of Row K didn't laugh. Obsessive? Perhaps. But in a culture where theater productions live a hit-or-miss, flop-or-success life, it makes sense, and this documentary brings to light the different stages of that production process.