Watch Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 and 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Sunday, May 31 at 6 p.m. on KBPS 2 (This episode is no longer available to stream)
Narrated by Broadway legend Joel Grey, this documentary explores the role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical and showcases the work of some of the nation’s preeminent creators of musical theater including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Kurt Weill, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne and many others.
Directed by Michael Kantor, creator of the Emmy-winning series, BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, the film features interviews and conversations with Broadway writers and composers including Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Andrew Lippa, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Harold Prince, Marc Shaiman, Stephen Sondheim, Mel Brooks, Stephen Schwartz and many others.
