42nd Street
The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!
ComedyDramaRomancephiladelphia, pennsylvaniamusicalstage showdirectordogrehearsalbroadwaypre-codefaintingchorus girlevictionfinancial crisis
A buoyant, energetic backstage musical about ambition and redemption, where a struggling director and an unknown chorus girl get their shot at stardom through talent and determination.
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
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