Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand — Season 1, Episode 2: Something's Coming
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
Neil Brand explores how a new generation of composers transformed musical theatre by embracing more gritty, challenging subjects, from the mean streets of 1950s New York in West Side Story, to the Dickensian London of British blockbuster Oliver!. Neil learns the stories behind Broadway hits Fiddler on the Roof and A Chorus Line, and celebrates the groundbreaking work of Stephen Sondheim. And Neil takes us step by step through the secrets of some classic numbers with the help of star performers Robert Lindsay and Frances Ruffelle.
About Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand
Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.