34K views · 1.2K reactions | Jerry Orbach on what he considers great art. "There's an element of danger to it." Interview conducted for “Broadway: The American Musical” (2004). You can see the full interview and more in the American Masters Digital Archive, now featuring interviews from “Broadway: The American Musical,” link in bio. | American Masters | Facebook

327K views · 17K reactions | Remembering Jerry Orbach on his birthday today. #DirtyDancing30th | Dirty Dancing | Facebook

Broadway icons Jerry Orbach and Maureen McGovern gloriously step into a wash of bright footlights onstage in CBS’s 1988 musical special, “Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Celebration”. The pair launch into a seamless medley that threads together “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (1919) and “Easter Parade” (1933), with Orbach—joined by ornately dressed statuesque models—fittingly supplying the opening vocals and McGovern’s crystalline voice fluttering over the lighthearted chorus of “Easter Parade”