Producers Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke have announced that Gotta Dance, the new Broadway-bound musical comedy about professional basketball's first ever aged 60-and-older dance team, has extended one week on the heels of its first performance in Chicago on December 13. The pre-Broadway World Premiere of Gotta Dance will now play through January 17, 2016, at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre 18 W Monroe St, Chicago, before opening on Broadway in the Fall of 2016.
- 12/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
One remarkable dance team. One big chance. One small twist. You gotta be over 60. Broadway In Chicago and Producers Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke will present Gotta Dance, the new Broadway-bound musical about professional basketball's first ever aged 60-and-older dance team in Chicago this year. Gotta Dance begins performances on December 13, 2015 and runs through January 10, 2016 at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre. Check out a first look at the cast in rehearsal below...
- 9/14/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
One remarkable dance team. One big chance. One small twist. You gotta be over 60. Broadway In Chicago and Producers Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke announced the individual tickets for Gotta Dance, the new Broadway-bound musical about professional basketball's first ever aged 60-and-older dance team, go on-sale to the public on Sunday, September 13. Gotta Dance begins performances on December 13, 2015 and runs through January 10, 2016 at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre 18 W Monroe St, Chicago.
- 9/11/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Sure, Sunday is overcrowded with high-end TV like "True Blood," "The Newsroom," "Weeds," the just-returned "Breaking Bad" and "Political Animals," but what to watch the rest of the time? Each Monday, we bring you this guide to five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" (Broadcast Premiere) Monday, July 16 at 6:30pm on Showtime This adoring portrait of the now 91-year-old and still-ebullient musical star best known for originating the title role in "Hello, Dolly!" is the latest showbiz-themed documentary from Dori Berinstein ("Gotta Dance"). The film follows Carol Channing as she prepares for the Kennedy Center Honors salute to composer Jerry Herman between flashes back to her early career, rise to fame, most famous roles and signature songs and the ups and downs of her personal life. "The Tsunami and the...
- 7/16/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The story of legendary performer Carol Channing's life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. In Carol Channing Larger Than Life,released on DVD today May 22, director Dori Berinstein, a three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer ShowBusiness, Gotta Dance, along with co-writer Adam Zucker, capture the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon both onstage and off... past and present. Called terrific, charming and seductive, totally captivating and surprising and an endless storehouse of salty showbiz anecdotes, this triumphant and acclaimed 2012 theatrically released film, an Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs will make its DVD debut this May only from Entertainment One.
- 5/22/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The life story of legendary performer and Carol Channing (“Hello Dolly”) is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. Carol Channing: Larger Than Life captures the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon—both onstage and off...past and present. The film is both an intimate love story and a rarefied journey inside Broadway’s most glamorous era. It is, above all, a look at an inspiring, incomparable and always entertaining American legend. Directed and co-written by Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway, Gotta Dance), a three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. Starring Carol Channing, Harry Kullijian, Loni Anderson, Mary Jo Catlett, Marge Champion, Tyne Daly, Phyllis Diller, Betty Garrett, Tippi Hedren, Jerry Herman, Angela Lansbury, Rich Little, Bob Mackie, Jimmy Nederlander Sr., Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, Harvey Sabinson, George Schlatter, Richard Skipper, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Tune, Bruce Vilanch, Barbara Walters and JoAnne Worley. Carol Channing is...
- 2/3/2012
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Entertainment One Us is releasing Carol Channing Larger Than Life in New York and San Francisco on Friday, February 3, following the documentary's successful premiere in Los Angeles on January 20, 2012. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein ShowBusiness The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance, examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing - her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years. Channing shares a little bit about the film, her career, and more below...
- 2/1/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
“I’ve never heard anybody say anything mean about Carol Channing,” Barbara Walters tells the camera in Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. If anyone wanted to, though, they wouldn’t find a place to say it in this documentary, the latest from Dori Berinstein (of ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway and Gotta Dance). Larger Than Life is an adoring portrait of the now 90-year-old, still-ebullient musical star best known for originating the title role in Hello, Dolly! Given that the majority (if not the entirety) of viewers likely to seek this film out are devoted fans of the actor, singer ...
- 1/19/2012
- avclub.com
Entertainment One Us will release Carol Channing Larger Than Life in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2012, with additional markets to follow. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein ShowBusiness The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance, examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing - her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years. BroadwayWorld has gotten a glimpse of the movie's trailer and brings you a sneak peek below...
- 12/22/2011
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Entertainment One Us will release Carol Channing Larger Than Life in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2012, with additional markets to follow. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein ShowBusiness The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance, examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years.
- 12/22/2011
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Gotta Dance
Directed by: Dori Berinstein
Cast: Betty/Betsy, Peggy, Joe B
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Plot: A documentary chronicling the creation of a hip-hop dance team for seniors to perform at New Jersey Nets basketball games. The film follows the team from the selection process through it’s first season.
Who’s It For? Anyone who enjoys a feel good documentary about people attempting to go beyond their limits.
Expectations: I was expecting a dance version of Young at Heart, last year’s documentary about a senior choir.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Betty/Betsy as herself: The dual name is a result of of B/B’s double identity, Kindergarten teacher by day, hip-hopper by night. She’s one of the funniest/strangest with her insistence on giving two separate names to two aspects of her personality. But I found her to be one of...
Directed by: Dori Berinstein
Cast: Betty/Betsy, Peggy, Joe B
Running Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Plot: A documentary chronicling the creation of a hip-hop dance team for seniors to perform at New Jersey Nets basketball games. The film follows the team from the selection process through it’s first season.
Who’s It For? Anyone who enjoys a feel good documentary about people attempting to go beyond their limits.
Expectations: I was expecting a dance version of Young at Heart, last year’s documentary about a senior choir.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Betty/Betsy as herself: The dual name is a result of of B/B’s double identity, Kindergarten teacher by day, hip-hopper by night. She’s one of the funniest/strangest with her insistence on giving two separate names to two aspects of her personality. But I found her to be one of...
- 8/14/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
The category of documentaries about seniors who decided to become performing artists threatens to become a genre all unto itself: first, Young @ Heart, now Gotta Dance. Thankfully, Dori Berinstein's charming film goes beyond the "cute, old people" pigeonhole, creating a story of senior citizens given a chance at something they thought had passed them by. As they tell their stories and the audience watches their progress, it's hard not to become invested in their stories. Berinstein's film begins with an open audition seeking seniors to form a dance troupe to perform during time-outs at New Jersey Nets games. The kicker: They'll be dancing to a hip-hop score (hip-hop being the unofficial theme music of the NBA). The camera tracks what become the NETSational Dancers from that audition to the first rehearsal to their first performance -- when they bring down the house....
- 7/29/2009
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
This week plays host to a release slate so big that when it's finished doing the rounds in theaters we expect it to climb out of the sea and attack Japan.
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"Act of God"
Following "Manufactured Landscapes," her compelling 2006 portrait of photographer Edward Burtynsky and the paradoxical beauty of his images of industry, Canadian documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal turns her attention to one of nature's most dynamic phenomenon. Collecting a multitude of testimony from lightning strike survivors and witnesses, Baichwal explores a host of ideas and explanations for this awe-inspiring experience, from the miraculously divine to the maddeningly random.
Opens in Chicago.
"Adam"
With an actual medical condition taking the place of the now-nearly-obligatory dose of quirk, writer/director Max Mayer's gentle story of boy meets girl -- his first film since 1998's...
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"Act of God"
Following "Manufactured Landscapes," her compelling 2006 portrait of photographer Edward Burtynsky and the paradoxical beauty of his images of industry, Canadian documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal turns her attention to one of nature's most dynamic phenomenon. Collecting a multitude of testimony from lightning strike survivors and witnesses, Baichwal explores a host of ideas and explanations for this awe-inspiring experience, from the miraculously divine to the maddeningly random.
Opens in Chicago.
"Adam"
With an actual medical condition taking the place of the now-nearly-obligatory dose of quirk, writer/director Max Mayer's gentle story of boy meets girl -- his first film since 1998's...
- 7/28/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
Gotta Dance director Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway) understands our national fixation with dance: 'I think dance is bigger than ever. In tough times, dance is fun and happy and healthy.' She has ample proof: the viral video of the moment, with a whopping average of eight million views, features a Minnesota couple and their wedding party doing a choreographed dance down the aisle to a song by Chris Brown. (It may even get credit for resurrecting his career.) On television, shows like Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and Dance Your Ass Off are massive hits. Teen movies about dance crews open at the top of the box office. And yes, you can expect a Step Up 3-D to pulverize audiences next year. Berinstein's take on dance is a little different - her documentary, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, is...
- 7/28/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
Anthony Fabian's "Skin," starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige, and Uberto Pasolini's "Machan" tied for the best feature film award at the 14th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Monday.
The five-day fest presented its award for best feature film director to Charles Martin Smith for "The Stone of Destiny."
Andres Faucher's "The Legacy" was named best documentary feature.
The award for best short film went to "Gone Fishing," directed by Chris Jones.
Audience choice awards were voted to David Lisle Johnson's "In My Pocket" as best feature and Dori Berinstein's "Gotta Dance" as best documentary.
The audience award for best short film resulted in another tie, going to Meredith Scott Lynn's "Parental Guidance" and Deb Hiett and Richard Kuhlman's "A Bit of Counseling."
The Voices of Local Films honors were awarded to "The Outlaw...
The five-day fest presented its award for best feature film director to Charles Martin Smith for "The Stone of Destiny."
Andres Faucher's "The Legacy" was named best documentary feature.
The award for best short film went to "Gone Fishing," directed by Chris Jones.
Audience choice awards were voted to David Lisle Johnson's "In My Pocket" as best feature and Dori Berinstein's "Gotta Dance" as best documentary.
The audience award for best short film resulted in another tie, going to Meredith Scott Lynn's "Parental Guidance" and Deb Hiett and Richard Kuhlman's "A Bit of Counseling."
The Voices of Local Films honors were awarded to "The Outlaw...
- 4/29/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Stephen Saito
[For complete coverage of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, check out Ifc's Tribeca page.]
It's not unusual to see a filmmaker appear at two different festivals in two months, but usually, it's with the same film. If Dori Berinstein is aiming to be the most popular documentarian around, she's certainly not wasting time.
After wowing audiences at Sxsw only a month ago with "Some Assembly Required," a film that followed a kiddie competition to build a new toy, Berinstein is back at Tribeca with another crowd-pleaser, "Gotta Dance," which goes to the opposite end of the age spectrum to chronicle the inaugural season of the Netsationals, a dance squad comprised of 60-year-olds and above. (It actually makes sense that their jersey numbers reflect their ages, which top out at 83.) While some of the dancers in "Gotta Dance" have a reverse legacy...
[For complete coverage of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, check out Ifc's Tribeca page.]
It's not unusual to see a filmmaker appear at two different festivals in two months, but usually, it's with the same film. If Dori Berinstein is aiming to be the most popular documentarian around, she's certainly not wasting time.
After wowing audiences at Sxsw only a month ago with "Some Assembly Required," a film that followed a kiddie competition to build a new toy, Berinstein is back at Tribeca with another crowd-pleaser, "Gotta Dance," which goes to the opposite end of the age spectrum to chronicle the inaugural season of the Netsationals, a dance squad comprised of 60-year-olds and above. (It actually makes sense that their jersey numbers reflect their ages, which top out at 83.) While some of the dancers in "Gotta Dance" have a reverse legacy...
- 4/29/2008
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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