Shangri-La Plaza

Overview

"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.

Directed by Nick Castle

Top cast

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Terrence Mann

Ira Bondo

Jeff Yagher

George Bondo

Melora Hardin

Amy

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Carmen Lundy

Geneva

Bernie Coulson

Noz

Savion Glover

Chili

Allison Mack

Jenny

Hilary Shepard

Veronica

Chris Sarandon

Victorio

Lee Wilkof

Swabodian

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Barry Bernal

Chili's Friend #1

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Travis Payne

Chili's Friend #2

Don Hanmer

Old Man

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Mark David

Customer #1

V

Victoria Stevens

Customer #2

Glen Chin

Customer #3

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