ShowBusiness Opens at NYC's Pioneer Theater, June 6

"ShowBusiness: the Road to Broadway", a new film by Dori Berinstein featuring the Broadway casts and creators of Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo, and Caroline, or Change, will play the Pioneer Theater (E. 3rd Street between Avenue A and B) beginning June 6th.

Regent Releasing and Liberation Entertainment are releasing the film, and its distribution will be platformed to many markets around the country throughout the Spring and Summer, including Los Angeles on June 1st. Among those featured in the film are Rosie O'Donnell, Boy George, Alan Cumming, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Lithgow, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, John Tartaglia, Tony Kushner, Jeanine Tesori, Tonya Pinkins, George C. Wolfe, Harvey Fierstein, Anika Noni Rose, Euan Morton, Bobby Lopez, Jeff Marx and Cyndi Lauper.

"ShowBusiness follows four high-profile productions that eventually became Tony Award-nominees:  a lavish musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz, Wicked; the controversial O'Donnell/Boy George collaboration, Taboo; the highly anticipated Kushner/Tesori musical, Caroline, or Change and the irreverent musical sleeper hit with puppets, Avenue Q. Film and stage actor, Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming, is the co-producer of ShowBusiness," state press materials.

"From casting to staging, from previews to red-carpet opening nights, from the announcement of the Tony nominations to the suspense-filled Tony Night, ShowBusiness provides a never-before-seen look at the inner workings of Broadway Musicals.  Allowed unprecedented backstage access, director Dori Berinstein casts a camera's eye on rehearsals, backstage dramas, and the mysteriously wondrous creative process."

"It was a sheer labor of love to chronicle a Broadway season and experience first hand the hopes, dreams, and passions of the people who devote their lives to the theater," said director/producer Dori Berinstein. "The Broadway community couldn't have been more supportive and my hope is to give audiences a glimpse of what really goes on behind the curtain."

"ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway" was a 2006 International Documentary Association (IDA) Distinguished Documentary Award Finalist. "ShowBusiness" also won the Best Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Florida Film Festival.

Berinstein is a three-time Tony-winning Broadway producer (Thoroughly Modern Millie, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and Fool Moon). With an extensive film and television producing and directing background.  ShowBusiness marks Berinstein's debut as a film director.  For television, she was the frequent director and executive producer of  "The Isaac Mizrahi Show" (four seasons) and the director and executive producer of Eavesdropping, Alan Cumming's series featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Megan Mullally and others.  Berinstein is currently producing her 11th Broadway-bound show, Legally Blonde-The Musical. For film, Dori has executive-produced and/or supervised feature productions, which include the smash hit Dirty Dirty Dancing and the award-winning Unzipped. Berinstein is also developing Some Assembly Required, a documentary she is both producing and directing, which follows kids from across the country on their way to a national toy-invention competition.

The film runs 104 minutes and is rated PG.  Visit www.twoboots.com/pioneer or www.showbusiness-themovie.com for more information.