"Broadway: The Golden Age" has been nominated for a prestigious Television Critics Association Award for the 2005/2006 season.
The nominees rounding out the category of Outstanding Achievement in News and Information are: "American Masters: Newhart" (PBS); "Broadway: The Golden Age" (American Public Television/PBS); "Frontline" (PBS); "Frontline: Country Boys" (PBS); and "60 Minutes" (CBS).
One of PBS's biggest successes in pledge drive history, "Broadway: The Golden Age," starring 100 legends of Broadway and Hollywood, directed by
Rick McKay, was co-produced by Albert M. Tapper,
Jamie DeRoy and Anne L. Bernstein. Associate producers are Jack Coco, Sandi Durell, Jane Klain and Richard Weigel. American Public Television is the television distributor.
The TCA Awards, determined by the 200-plus members of the Television Critics Association, will be handed out July 23 in Los Angeles.
"Broadway: The Golden Age" will be re-aired extensively on PBS throughout June. In NYC the film will re-air on Sunday, June 4th at 8 PM and re-air 6 more times that week. In Los Angeles: June 4th, 7th & 11th; San Francisco: June 11th, 12th & 17th;
Chicago: June 10th. Check
broadwaythemovie.com/pbs.htm for specific dates for other towns nationwide. The film is available on DVD from RCA/BMG - SONY/BMG.
"Broadway: The Golden Age" is the first installment of
Rick McKay's Broadway Trilogy. "Broadway: BEYOND the Golden Age" and "Broadway: The Next Generation" are due in 2007 and 2008 ,respectively. The second installment stars
Robert Redford,
Liza Minnelli,
Glenn Close,
Dick Van Dyke, Diahann Carroll,
Michael Crawford,
Ben Vereen and many others. The final installment stars
Alan Cumming,
Liev Schreiber,
Audra McDonald,
Ann Reinking and others and will bring the story up to the present.
Visit
www.broadwaythemovie.com or
www.rickmckay.com for more information.
