Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2008)

Amber Edwards and Jerry Herman star on Words and Music by Jerry Herman. (Photo: PBS)

Starring: Jerry Herman, Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury

This documentary chronicles Jerry Herman’s rapid rise from witty, topical off-Broadway revues during the 1950s, to his first Broadway hits in the 1960s (Milk and Honey, followed quickly by the record-breaking Dolly and then Mame) through the less successful shows from the 1970s (Dear World, Mack & Mabel and The Grand Tour) to his triumphant return in 1983 with La Cage aux Folles, which made social and political history.