Shangri-La Plaza (1990)
"Shangri-La Plaza" is a musical-comedy pilot made for CBS-TV in 1990. The all-sung “Shangri-La Plaza” was directed by Nick Castle and written and created by Mark Mueller and Nick Castle. It starred The Office’s Melora Hardin, Chris Sarandon and Broadway’s original Beast and Javert Terrence Mann, a two-time Tony Award Nominee for Best Actor. It also featured the very young tap dancing phenomenon Savion Glover in one of his first television appearances. The pilot was filmed on location in an actual mini-mall at the corner of Vineland Avenue and Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.
Director: Nick Castle
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Terrence Mann as Ira Bondo |
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Jeff Yagher as George Bondo |
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Melora Hardin as Amy |
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Carmen Lundy as Geneva |
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Bernie Coulson as Noz |
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Savion Glover as Chili |
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Allison Mack as Jenny |
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Hilary Shepard as Veronica |
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Chris Sarandon as Victorio |
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Lee Wilkof as Swabodian |
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Barry Bernal as Chili's Friend #1 |
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Travis Payne as Chili's Friend #2 |
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Don Hanmer as Old Man |
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Mark David as Customer #1 |
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Victoria Stevens as Customer #2 |
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Glen Chin as Customer #3 |
| Directing | Dennis M. White | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Sound | Ron Horwitz | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marty W. Eichmann | Key Grip |
| Crew | Cosmas P. Bolger | Post Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Nick Castle | Writer |
| Production | Mark Horowitz | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lola Kemp | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Bruce Bisenz | Production Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Nick Castle | Director |
| Production | Mark Mueller | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Timothy A. Miguel | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Pamela Malouf | Editor |
| Production | Ron Mitchell | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Craig Safan | Executive Producer |
| Art | Jeremy Railton | Production Design |
| Art | Greg J. Grande | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Mark Mueller | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tracy Tynan | Costume Design |
| Production | Norman S. Powell | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Nick Castle | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen Cragg | Supervising Producer |
| Editing | Richard Freeman | Editor |
| Directing | Robin Winter | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | James Plannette | Gaffer |
| Directing | Andrea Walzer | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Camera | George Kohut | Camera Operator |
| Production | Valorie Massalas | Casting |
| Production | Allison Cowitt | Casting |
| Crew | Michael Peters | Choreographer |
| Writing | Craig Safan | Writer |
| Sound | Craig Safan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mark Mueller | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Nick Castle | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Steven Poster | Director of Photography |