The Garland Show

Following her dismissal from MGM in 1950 and triumphant emergence as a concert star at New York's Palace Theater in 1951, Judy Garland began her tentative foray into television with CBS. This initially optimistic relationship would eventually turn contentious, resulting in stalemate litigation. Following a string of successes on stage and screen in the early 1960s, Judy Garland became one of the most publicly sought entertainers of the era, and CBS cautiously moved to bury the hatchet to capitalize on the star's public appeal. This new, dynamic musical drama by Paul Champlin chronicles the 1963-1964 Judy Garland Show, a production rife with promise but plagued by political and artistic struggles, interpersonal strife, and wavering CBS investment in its success.  The Garland Show: Judy, CBS and the Breaking of a Star features 26 musical selections, cameo appearances by Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, among others, and a no-holds-barred expose into the underbelly of gritty…