‘On Broadway’ Film Review: Documentary Offers Neon Lights But Not Much Else
This review of “On Broadway” was published in October 2019 after the film’s premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival.A promotional video writ large, “On Broadway” feels like the kind of hotel programming a tourist might find playing on a loop at the Times Square Marriott Marquis.Brought to the screen by film and theater director Oren Jacoby (“Constantine’s Sword”) and produced by Broadway insiders, this earnest but oddly superficial documentary zips through decades of artistic impact without taking enough time to create its own memorable impression.All the elements are there, beginning with an ostentatiously celestial range of talking heads.