Broadway: The Next Generation

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

Cast

Bernadette Peters

as Self

Patti LuPone

as Self

Jonathan Groff

as Self

Sandra Bernhard

as Self

Bebe Neuwirth

as Self

John Barrowman

as Self

Nathan Lane

as Self

Sutton Foster

as Self

Jodi Benson

as Self

Matthew Morrison

as Self

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