Martin Scorsese's 'New York, New York' now a Broadway musical
Few New Yorkers realize that the movie-musical the John Kander and Fred Ebb tune originated from — 1977’s “New York, New York,” on which the new Broadway show at the St. James Theatre is based — was a rare flop for director Martin Scorsese that came at a low point in his life.
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