June Moon (Broadway Theatre Archive)
by Burt Shevelove, Kirk Browning
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Actor: Barbara Dana, Beatrice Colen, Jack Cassidy, Marshall Efron, Tom FitzsimmonsDirector: Burt Shevelove, Kirk Browning
Editor: Girish Bhargava
Producer: Bo Goldman
Producer: Lindsay Law
Writer: George S. Kaufman
Writer: Ring Lardner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of June Moon (Broadway Theatre Archive)
Movie Review: Wonderful Show
Summary: 5 Stars
Too long but a wonderful production. Lovely performances.
Stephen Sondheim steals the show but Austin Pendleton gives him a run for his money.
Once you've heard "Hello, Tokyo" and "June Moon" you won't be able to get them out of our head.
Summary of June Moon (Broadway Theatre Archive)
In homage to the heyday of American comedy, George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner's satire takes on 1929's Tin Pan Alley. Its main characters are a gullible lyricist and a composer who claims as his big hit a ditty called "Paprika... the Spice of My Life." Look for composer Stephen Sondheim as a wisecracking pianist in his acting debut! With Susan Sarandon, Estelle Parsons, Jack Cassidy, Lee Meredith, and Burt Shevelove.June Moon (1974) is a lesser-known entry in the Broadway Theater Archive series of televised performances, but there's plenty of reason to celebrate its inclusion. A hit when first staged in 1929, this comedy revels in the Jazz Age notion that New York City was the capital of nightlife sophistication. It balances George S. Kaufman's embrace of beautiful dreamers with Ring Lardner's darker angle on Tin Pan Alley and the occupational hazards of a boyishly naive songwriter (Tom Fitzsimmons) on a fast track to success. Susan Sarandon, appearing here shortly before she costarred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, plays the jaded vixen who lures the rookie tunesmith under false pretenses, and TV great Jack Cassidy (who died in a house fire two years later) is terrific as the veteran composer who helps the kid while his own career is slumping. Playing another struggling songwriter is none other than Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim (!), paying scruffy homage to the composers who inspired him. --Jeff Shannon
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