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Tim’s Bootleg List Audios Ace the Musical Demos Aida (9/29/01) Broadway
Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Maya Days. Great one. ABARE Concept Recording
Scott Allgauer, John Griffin, Mandy Gonzalez; the rest unknown. Consists of 15 songs, studio-recorded. The recording has 3 songs that are cut from the New York version of BARE, and the rest of them have almost completely different lyrics. (ie., 'Role of a Lifetime' is sung from Jason's POV). Great quality . Bare (5/2/04) Off Bway
Michael Arden (Peter), John Hill (Jason), Jenna Leigh Green (Ivy), Natalie Joy Johnson (Nadia), Aaron Lohr (Matt), Kaitlin Hopkins (Claire), Kearran Giovanni (Kyra), Adam Fleming (Lucas), Jim Price (Priest), Sasha Allen (Tonya), Romelda T. Benjamin (Sister Chantelle), Isaac Calpito (Alan), Kay Trinidad (Diane), Lindsay Scott (Rory), Mike Cannon (Zach). Bat Boy the Musical, Off Bway
Deven May, Kerry Butler and the Original Off Bway Cast. Date unknown but sometime after opening. ABatman the Musical Demos Bright Lights, Big City (9/15/03) NYC Concert
James Ludwig, Gavin Creel, Maya Days, Norm Lewis. Great concert! ACarrie the Musical, Workshop August 1986
Annie Golden, Liz Calloway, Maureen McGovern. Workshop of Act One. Very different from the finished show. ACarrie the Musical, Demo Recording The writers recordings of six of the songs from the show. Includes Once I Loved a Boy which never made it into any production. Also incudles two bonus studio demos. Maureen McGovern singing “When There’s No One” and Lillias White singing “Unsuspecting Hearts” A+ Carrie the Musical (3/8/1998) Straford Upon Avon
**Soundboard Recording** Barbara Cook (Margaret), Linzi Hateley (Carrie), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue), Charlotte D’Amboise (Chris), Darlene Love (Ms. Gardner)
Carrie the Musical (4/29/1988) Broadway
2nd Preview. Recorded from audience Betty Buckley (Margaret), Linzi Hateley (Carrie), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue), Charlotte D’Amboise (Chris), Darlene Love (Ms. Gardner) Carrie the Musical (1988) Broadway
Betty Buckley (Margaret), Linzi Hateley (Carrie), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue), Charlotte D’Amboise (Chris),Recording Darlene Love (Ms. Gardner) Another Audience Songs only. Exact Date unknown. Great one. Carrie the Musical- (5/15/1988), Broadway
**Soundboard** Linzi Hately, Betty Buckley, Darlene Love and the srcinal Bway Cast. Taped from the soundboard. Great recording. A Carrie the Musical, Dutch Recording
You read it, it’s a studio recording of the classic flop in Dutch. A+ Carrie the Musical (11/20/09) Reading/Workshop Noon
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Music by Michael Gore Lyrics by the Dean Pitchford Based on book by Stephen King Music Direction/Vocal Arrangements by Stephen Oremus Directed by Stafford Arima Marin Mazzie as Margaret White, Sutton Foster as Miss Gardner, Molly Ranson as Carrie White, Jennifer Damiano as Sue, Diana DeGarmo as Chris, Matt Doyle as Tommy, John Arthur Greene as Billy, Philip Hoffman as Various Character Roles Corey Boardman, Lilli Cooper, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Benjamin Eakeley, Emily Ferranti, Kyle Harris, Kaitlin Kiyan, Max Kumangai, MacKenzie Mauzy, Preston Sadleir, Jonathan Schwartz, Bud Weber, Sasha Weiss A Catch Me If You Can Musical Demos Clue the Musical Demos
Denny Dillon (Detective), Robert Bartley (Mr. Boddy), Wysandria Woolsey (Mrs. Peacock), Ian Knauer (Professor Plum), Tiffany Taylor (Miss Scarlet), Michael Kostroff (Colonel Mustard), Daniel Leroy McDonald (Mrs. White), Marc Rubman (Mr. Green) Dracula Concept Recording Dracula Demo Recordings
Tom Hewitt, Lauren Kennedy, Linda Eder Evil Dead - The Musical (Off Broadway)
Original Cast
In the Beginning
Demos Jesus Christ Superstar(12/98)
Billy Porter (Jesus), Drew Sarich (Judas), Emily Skinner (Mary) Judas & Me
(10/11/09; 5:30PM) American Theatre of Actors, Chernuchin Theater,
New Musical Theatre Festival.Matthew Sklar (Music), Timothy J. Alex (Joseph), ChadYork Beguelin (Book and Lyrics), Nick Blaemire (Judas Iscariot), Ann Harada (Elke Iscariot), Doug Kreeger (Jesus Christ), Leslie Kritzer (Gabriel), Nikki Snelson (Mary Magdalene), Dennis Stowe (Marcus), Jennifer Laura Thompson (The Virgin Mary), Barbara Walsh (Rheba Iscariot). BWAYTRADER'S MASTER Legally Blonde Demos
Kerry Butler Lestat San Francisco Demos
8 songs professionally recorded from SF run Lizzie Borden (10/3/09; 8pm)The Living Theatre, NYC.
& (10/10/09; 8pm) Music by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt,Lyrics by Steven CheslikDeMeyer and Tim Maner, Book and Additional Music by Tim Maner, Conceived by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner, Directed by Tim Maner,Musical Direction and Orchestration by Alan Stevens Hewitt. Marie-France Arcilla (Alice Russell), Lisa Birnbaum (Emma Borden), Carrie Cimma (Bridget Sullivan), Jenny Fellner (Lizzie Borden). Alan Stevens Hewitt (Bass, Piano, Music Box), Christian Gibbs (Guitar 1, Harmonium), Ward Williams (Cello, Guitar 2), Keith Robinson (Drums, Percussion). Absolutely breath-takingly amazing!!! Runs a little over 80 minutes, two acts. BWAYTRADER'S MASTER. Miss Saigon
First Demo Frances Ruffelle, David Essex, Peter Kingsbory and Linzi Hateley Parade (11/7/09) Mark Taper Forum LA Matinee
T.R. Knight (Leo Frank), Lara Pulver (Lucille Frank), Rose Sezniak (Mary Phagan), Christian Hoff (Hugh Dorsey), Michael Berresse (Governor Slaton), P.J. Griffith (Tom Watson), Curt Hansen (Frankie Epps), Davis Gaines (Judge Roan), Brad Anderson (Luther Rosser), David St. Louis (Newt Lee), Deidrie Henry (Minnie McKnight), Charlotte d'Amboise (Mrs. Phagan). Factory Girls: Hayley Podschun, Lisa Livesay, Phoebe Strole Ensemble: Will Collyer, Karole Foreman, Laura Girffith, Sarah Jayne Jensen, Josh Tower, Robert Yacko
Star Wars: the Musical
Demos The Little Mermaid Demos
Kerry Butler and Emily Skinner. Just voice and piano, also includes the full “Part of Your World” A+ The Opposite of Sex (10/24/2004) Magic Theatre, San Fransico
First Preview. John Bolton, Kerry Butler, David Burtka, Jeff McCarthy, Ian Scott McGregor, Donna Vivino, Karen Ziemba. Not bad A The Toxic Avenger (8/13/09) Off Bway, New World Stages
BWAYTRADER'S MASTER. Celina Carvajal (Sarah) - final performance, Nick Cordero (Melvin Ferd the Third), Demond Green (Black Dude), Nancy Opel (Nun/Mayor/Ma), Jonathan Root (White Dude). Celina kicked butt (as usual) at her final show!!!No special speech or anything. The Wedding Singer
Demos The Wedding Singer (4/10/2006) - Preview performance Broadway
Steven Lynch (Robbie Hart), Laura Benanti (Julia), Cara Cooper (u/s Holly), Richard H. Blake (Glen Gulia), Kevin Cahoon (George), Felicia Finley (Linda), Matthew Saldivar (Sammy), Rita Gardner (Rosie). Features cut song 'Right on Time'. The Wedding Singer (5/20/2006) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast. Great Recording Wicked (10/30/03) Opening Night, Broadway
Opening night Cast including Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel. Wicked Workshop
Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth. Only the songs from the last workshop before the SF run, intresting different stuff. AThe Wild Party Demos Julia Murney, Kristin Chenoweth Whistle Down the Wind (10/17/07)
US Tour St. Paul, MN - Eric Kunze (The Man), Andrea Ross (Swallow), Amos (Matt Skrincosky), Candy (Carole Denise Jones), Poor Baby (Austin J. Zambito-Valente), Brat (Nadine Jacobson), Snake Preacher (Greg Stone), Ed (Gerry McIntyre), Dann Fink (Boone) A Xanadu (5/23/2007) Broadway First Preview
Kerry Butler (Kira), James Carpinello (Sonny), Tony Roberts (Danny McGuire), Jackie Hoffman (Calliope/Aphrodite), Mary Testa (Melpomeny/Medusa), Curtis Holbrook (Thalia/Siren/Young Danny/80s singer/Cyclops), Anika Larsen (Euterpe/Siren/40s
singer/Thetis), Kenita R. Miller (Erato/Siren, 40s singer/ Eros/Hera) A Xanadu (6/24/07) Broadway
Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Tony Roberts, Curtis Holbrook, Anika Larsen, Kenita Miller, Andre Ward THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD NOT TAKEN: BWAYTRADER'S MASTER.
Gershwin Theatre, Monday, 2008, 7:30 PM.amazing Most ofcast. Act I from an "early" draft of the NYC. show (circa 2000,October I would27, say). Absolutely
DVD’s [title of show] (7/5/08) Broadway
Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Larry Pressgrove First Broadway Preview; mostly fullstage shots with some closeups throughout; slight camera wandering but not too much; tape switch during "Christines Message" but nothing else is lost; great video on a great night for the fans of the show A[title of show] (7/6/08) Broadway
Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Susan Blackwell, Larry Pressgrove About 10 minutes of total blackouts, which is mostly a chunk in within the first 13 minutes. Despite that, a nice capture and the audience was very into the show. Good sound and closeups and good video otherwise A110 in the Shade (4/15/07) Broadway
Cast: Audra McDonald, John Cullum, Steve Kazee, Chris Butler, Carla Duren, Christopher Innvar, Bobby Steggert. A stunning production, very clear video. A 13: A New Musical (5/15/08) Pre-Broadway Goodspeed
Graham Phillips, Aaron Simon Gross, Allie Trimm, Eric Nelsen, Elizabeth Egan Gillies, Ashton Smallings, Kyle Crews, Alberto Calderon, Eamon Foley, Joey LaVarco, Ariana Grande, Gann, Taylor Filmed fifteen thewith stage, heads,sides seats andCaitlin other random things Bright. in frame, mostly clearfeet shotaway centerfrom stage extreme out of view, some cover-ups and some action not caught in the frame, DVD is a bag of mixed nuts but still worth having. B 13: A New Musical (12/29/08) Broadway
Graham Phillips (Evan), Aaron Simon Gross (Archie), Allie Trimm (Patrice), Eric Nelsen (Brett), Elizabeth Egan Gillies (Lucy), Alberto Calderon (Eddie), Eamon Foley (Richie), Brynn Williams (Casie), Delaney Moro (Kendra). Good quality, a bit shaky at times. A25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,(February 15, 2005) 2nd Stage Theatre
Original Cast that also trasnsferred to Bway. Mostly good quality, some blur moments and crazy video but ok. B+
9 to 5: The Musical (9/23/08) Los Angeles
Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, Marc Kudisch, Andy Karl, Kathy Fitzgerald, Ioana Alfonso, Dan Cooney, Ann Harada, Van Hughes, Karen Murphy, Charlie Pollock, Tory Ross, Maia Nkenge Wilson. Pre-Broadway Tryout: A 9 to 5: The Musical (10/19/08) Los Angeles
Allison Janney, Block, Megan Hilty, MarcVan Kudisch, Andy Karl, Kathy Fitzgerald, IoanaStephanie Alfonso, J.Dan Cooney, Ann Harada, Hughes, Karen Murphy, Charlie Pollock, Tory Ross, Maia Nkenge Wilson. Final Pre-Broadway Tryout: A A Chorus Line (1975) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast, Not a great video but by far not bad for its age. Video is shot in Black & White. B A Chorus Line (1985) Broadway
Wanda Richert, Eivund Harum, Loida Santos. Great quality video of show for age. B+ A Chorus Line (4/28/90) Broadway
Final Performance Clips filmed By An Actor Backstage During The Performance. Interesting video, not the whole show and shot from wings, but interesting. B A Chorus Line (1999) Gateway Playhouse Cast Unknown. Not a bad Video. AA Chorus Line (9/30/06) Broadway Revival
Ken Alan, Brad Anderson, Michelle Aravena, David Baum, Michael Berresse, E. Clayton Cornelious, Natalie Cortez, Mike Cannon, Charlotte D'Amboise, Mara Davi, Joey Dudding, Lyndy Franklin, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Deidre Goodwin, Tyler Hanes, Nadine Isenegger, Pamela Jordan, James T. Lane, Lorin Latarro, Paul McGill, Heather Parcells, Michael Paternostro, Alisan Porter, Jeffrey Schecter, Yuka Takara, Jason Tam, Grant Turner, Chryssie Whitehead, Tony Yazbeck. A A Chorus Line (10/15/06) Broadway Revival
Michael Berresse, Charlotte d'Amboise, Deidre Goodwin, Brad Anderson, Natalie Cortez, Mara Davi, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tyler Hanes, E Clayton Cornelious as (u/s) Richie, Heather Parcells, Alisan Porter, Yuka Takara, Jason Tam, Lyndy Franklin as (u/s) Kristine, Tony Yazbeck. Some heads in the way, but crystal clear picture. AA Chorus Line (8/17/2008) Broadway Final Revival Performance
Mario Lopez, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Deidre Goodwin, Nick Adams, Todd Anderson, Tommy Berklund, Mike Cannon, Natalie Cortez, Dene DiGiacinto, Jenifer Foote, Bryan Knowlton, James T. Lane, Melissa Lone, J. Elaine Marcos, Paul McGill, Heather Parcells, Adam Perry, Jeffrey Schecter, Eric Sciotto, Will Taylor, Katherine Tokarz. Some obstrucstions, starts a few minutes in. Great Performances. A-
A Little Night Music (9/2000) North Shore Music Theatre
Donna McKechnie, Jeff McCarthy, Merle Louise, Chuck Wagner, Diana Canova, Julia Haubner, Natasha Ashworth. Multi Camer Pro Shot Archival Video. A Abyssinia (10/95) North Shore Music Theatre
Archival tape of great regional production. Great Production with great cast. Pro Shot. AAce (2007) San Diego Noah Galvin, Darren Ritchie, Lisa Datz, Michael Arden, Heather Ayers, Betsy Wolfe, Gabrielle Boyadjian, Duke Lafoon, Traci Lyn Thomas Highlights Only. A Adventures of Tom Sawyer(4/10/01) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast: Joshua Park, Jim Poulos, Kristen Bell, Linda Purl, John Dossett. Very well shot. Great picture and sound. A Aida (11/23/99)
Chicago Preview Amneris: Sherie Scott, Radames: Adam Pascal, Aida: Heather Headley. Different from final version AAida (3/29/00) Broadway
Sherie Rene Scott, Adam Pascal, Heather Headley and OBC. Ok video, some great close ups. AAida (12/12/01) Broadway
Idina Menzel, Maya Days, and Matt Bogart. Some generation loss but not too bad a video. AAida (11/9/06) Madison, WI , Non-Equity Tour
Leah Allers, Casey Elliott, Marja Harmon, Dane Harrington Joseph, DJ Rudd, Michael Johnson. Totally different production from the Broadway version. This has a modern/urban update to it. AAin’t Misbehavin’ (1982)
Nell Carter, Andre de Shields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard. Great Quality, Pro-shot. A Aladdin The Musical SpectacularDisneyland
Michael K. Lee, Roxanne Taga, Orville Mendoza, Jonathan Peck, Nathan Holland. Proshot. Somewhat pixilated. AAll Shook Up (4/9/05) Broadway
Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Hadary, John Jellison and Sharon Wilkins . This is great video the sound was way up in the theatre so the sound is good. A All Shook Up (9/17/06) Milwaulkee
Great capture of tour version of the show. Starts about 5 mins into the show. A Altar Boyz (2004) NYMF
Orignal production at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. On a much smaller stage. A little bit different from the final version. B+ Altar Boyz (06/21/05) Off Bway
Scott PorterJosefsburg (Matthew),(Abraham). Tyler Maynard Andy Karl (Luke) RyanTaken Duncan (Juan), and David Nice (Mark), video with good shots at times. above a few heads when unzoomed. Great audio and Video. A American Idiot (10/4/09) Berkeley Rep, CA
John Gallagher Jr. (Johnny), Michael Esper (Will), Matt Caplan (Tunny), Mary Faber (Heather), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Whatshername), Tony Vincent (St. Jimmy), Christina Sajous (The Extraordinary Girl), Declan Bennett, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry, Brian Charles Johnson, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Chase Peacock, Theo Stockman, Alysha Umphress, Morgan Weed. A Amour (10/12/02) Broadway
Malcolm Gets, Melissa Errico, Norm Lewis, Christopher Fitzgerald. A And The World Goes 'Round: The Songs Of Kander & Ebb(1991) Off- Broadway
Karen Ziemba, Karen Mason, Robert Cuccioli, Brenda Presley, Jim Walton Missing the very end of the show. BAnna in the Tropics (11/12/2003)
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Priscilla Lopez, John Ortiz, Vanessa Aspillaga, Victor Argo, David Zayas. AAnnie 2 (1989) Pre-Broadway, Kennedy Center DC
Starring Dorothy Loudon, Harve Presnell, Ronny Graham, Lauren Mitchell, Marian Seldes and Danielle Findley. Lots of washout from lighting but you get a great view of the staging and sets and the audio is fine. BAnnie Warbucks (10/29/92) Los Angeles
Harvey Evans, Harve Presnell, Lindsey Ridgeway, Molly Scott. Not a bad shot, some generation loss. B+ Annie: Life After Tommorrow(2006)
Documentary about past Annie’s on Broadway. Pro-shot A+ Annie Get Your Gun (1956) TV Broadcast
Mary Martin, John Rait. Thank god this still exists, black and white but amazing. B+ Annie Get Your Gun (1999)
Broadway
Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat and Revival Cast. Some generation loss but not too bad. B Annie Get Your Gun (2001) Broadway
Reba Macintyre. She was great in the role. B+ Anything Goes (1988) Broadway Revival Cast
Patti Lupone. Surprisingly video for an older show.loss-but Missingnot thetoo first mins This is in color, not black &good white. A little generational bad5 at all. or B+so. The Apple Tree (5/05) City Center Encores
Kristin Chenowith, Malcom Gets, Michael Cerveris, Daniel Marcus, Krisha Marcano and James Earl Jones as the voice of God. Great picture and sound. One brief cover-up. A The Apple Tree (11/29/06) Broadway
Marc Kudisch, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian D'Arcy James. A The Apple Tree (1/20/07) Broadway
Kristin Chenoweth, Marc Kudisch, Brian D'Arcy James. Great shots, the best vid of this show out there. A Aspects of Love (5/1989) London
Michael Ball, Ann Crumb. Missing “Love Changes Everything” at the beginning. Otherwise not bad for its age. A little blurry, but nice color and easy to follow. B+ Assassins (1991) Off Broadway
Original Production. Lot’s of generation loss, but you can get the idea. CAssassins (5/29/04) Broadway Revival
Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Marc Kudisch, James Barbour, Alexander Gemignani, Denis O'Hare, Jeffrey Kuhn, Mario Cantone, Mary Catherine Garrison, Sara Jane Moore. Good Shot. A Audra McDonald & Friends(10/12/06) Lincoln Center
Pro-Shot on PBS; LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER
(12/14/07) Broadway Ian Barford, Deanna Dunagan, Kimberly Guerrero, Francis Guinan, Brian Kerwin, Dennis Letts, Madeleine Martin, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton, Sally Murphy, Jeff Perry, Rondi Reed, Troy West.Beautifully filmed and crystal clear! Great close ups. Includes scanned Playbill information and a NY1 interview with Amy Morton and Jeff Perry. A August: Osage County
Avenue Q (2003) Broadway
John Tartaglia, Stephanie D’Abruzzo and OBC. Not sure of the date but a great video! A
Avenue Q (Unknown Date) Broadway
John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barhnart (u/s Lucy, Kate Monster), Rick Lyon, Aymee Garcia, Natalie Venetia Belcon, and Jordan Gelber; audio and video are pretty good. Missing the beginning and end of the show, but Jen is great at Kate Monster. ABaby (12/1983) Broadway
Cast: Liz Callaway. Not bad for its age. B+ Bad Girls the Musical (2007) London
Cast: Helen Fraser, David Burt. Pro-Shot A+ Bare: A Pop Opera (5/27/04) New York
Michael Arden, Jenna Leigh Green, Kearran Giovanni, John Hill, Natalie Joy Johnson, Aaron Lohr, Sasha Allen, Romeida Benjamin, Isaac Calpito, Mike Cannon, Adam Fleming, Kaitlin Hopkins, Jim Price, Lindsay Scott, Kay Trinidad, Scott Allgauer. Excellent video of the final performance of the only New York run. Good picture and sound throughout although Act 2 is a little clearer; 1st generation from the master A Barefoot in the Park (3/26/2006) Broadway
Patrick Wilson, Amanda Peet, Jill Clayburg, Tony Roberts. Nice Clear Picture. A Barnum (1986) London
Michael Crawford, Eileen Battye, Michael Heath, Christina Collier, Sharon Benson, Paul Miller. Near perfect picture and sound. A Bash-The Latter Day PlaysShowtime Movie
Paul Rudd, Calista Flockhart, Ron Eldard. Pro-shot. Aired on Showtime. Good picture, slight gen loss, a grey line sometimes appears across the top of the screen, but it obstructs nothing…picture is still very good. Good audio also. ABat Boy the Musical (6/29/01) Off Bway
Deven May, Kerry Butler and the Original Off Bway Cast. Date Unknown but sometime after opening. Some blurs but not bad. B+ The Beautiful Game (1999) London
Original Cast. Decent picture and sound. The picture occasionally slows down for a second, then speeds forward to catch up…it lasts a second at most when it happens and comes with a slight pop in the sound…it is not too distracting. B+ The Beautiful Game (3/3/08) Budapest, Hungary
Sangor Nagy, Andrea Maho, Janos Balog. Pro shot. A Beauty and the Beast (1994) LA
Susan Egan, Terrance Mann, Tom Bosley and the srcinal cast. Some generation loss. BBeauty and the Beast (3/11/99)
Andrea McArdle. Some generation loss but not too bad. B+ Beauty and the Beast (Broadway) 4/28/02
Sarah Litzsinger, Steve Blanchard, Bryan Batt, Beth Fowler. Sarah by far is my favorite Belle ever. Good Recording. B+ Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour) 2003
Alex Bourne, Not Dianne Single in house camera shot plugged into the soundboard. Bad.Pilkington. ABeauty and The Beast (10/15/06) Broadway
Donny Osmond, Steve Blanchard, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jamie Ross, Stuart Marland, Christopher Duva, Jeanne Lehman, Meredith Inglesby. About an hour and a half of highlights of the show when Donny Joined the cast as Gaston. Sarah gives an amazing Change in Me. Great picture and sound quality. ABells Are Ringing (2001) Plymouth Theater
Faith Prince, Marc Kudish Amazing video with great zooms and wonderful sound. ABernarda Alba (3/14/06) Off Broadway
Phylicia , Daphne , Nikki M. James , Sally Murphy , Saundra SantiagoRashad , Yolande Bavan Rubin-Vega , Judith Blazer , Candy Buckley , Nancy Ticotin , Laura Shoop. Great Video. A Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(2000) US Tour Cast: Ann Margaret, Gary Sandy B+ The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas(2006) Actors Fund Benefit
Emily Skinner. Staged benefit reading. This is a tape of rehearsal, and the cast stops to fix things. A Betty Buckley – An evening at Carnegie Hall(1996)
1996 concert plus special guest star Linzi Hateley,inlc. two songs from “Carrie”, running time over 2 hours. B Big (1996) Broadway Daniel Jenkins, Crista Moore, Jon Cypher. Shot from 3rd row of orchestra to the right, so weird angle, and lots of heads in the way. Spotlight washout, and generation loss. Sound is slightly muffled, but understandable. D+ Big: The Musical (1996) ~ Broadway Press Reels
Daniel Jenkins, Crista Moore, Jon Cypher, Patrick Levis . Pro Shot video of unedited press reels; runs about 85 minutes long; includes Broadway Beat Spotlight A Big: The Musical - The Making of Documentary
Interviews w/composer, cast, and Susan Stroman. Taped off TV, not bad, has commercials. A Big: The Musical (7/2/2003) Springfield Muni Opera
High Quality community/regional theatre production. Soundboard audio with inhouse camera. A Big River (9/23/03) Broadway
Tyrone Giordano, Michael McElroy, Daniel Jenkins, Troy Kotsur, Lyle Kanouse, Gina Ferrall, Michael Arden. Kind of a shotty video, lots of blackouts, some age. BBilly Elliot (4/28/2006) London
Cast: Leon Cooke (Billy), Brad Kavanagh (Michael), Emma Hudson (Debbie), Haydn Gwynne (Mrs. Wilkinson), Philip Whitchurch (Dad), Chris Lennon (Tony), Ann Emery (Grandma), Paul Broughton (George), Alex Delamare (Mr. Braithwaite), Stephanie Putson (Billy's Mum). 20 minutes coverups at the beginning, good shooting starts at 'Solidarity' number; minor coverups throughout the recording not affecting anything. A Billy Elliot (10/18/08) Broadway
David Alvarez, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Santino Fontana, Frank Dolce, Stephen Hanna, Joel Hatch, Leah Hocking. ABilly Elliot (11/15/08) Broadway Trent Kowalik, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Santino Fontana, Frank Dolce, Stephen Hanna, Joel Hatch, Leah Hocking. ABilly Elliot (2/14/2009) Broadway
Cast: Kiril Kulish, David Bologna, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Leah Hocking, Grant Turner (Older Billy u/s) ABlackbird (6/10/2007)MCC~Final Performance
Jeff Daniels, Allison Pill. Slight camera problem, as the first 8 minutes go from color to black and white and back again, but it gets fixed and it ends up being a great quality video. IncludesTheatre scanned Playbill the Manhattan Club. A- information. Filmed at the closing night of the show at Blithe Spirit (2009) Broadway Revival
Rupert Everett (Charles), Jayne Atkinson (Ruth), Christine Ebersole (Elvira), Angela Lansbury (Madame Arcati), Susan Louise O'Connor (Edith), Simon Jones (Dr. Bradman), Deborah Rush (Mrs. Bradman). ABlood Brothers (1995) US Tour
Cast: Petula Clark (Mrs Johnstone) David Cassidy (Mickey). B Blood Brothers (1999)
Cast: Lyn Paul, Keith Burns, Mark Hutchinson. Not much info on this video. B
Boeing-Boeing (April 19, 2008) Broadway Revival
Christine Baranski, Bradley Whitford, Mark Rylance, Gina Gershon, Mary McCormack Kathryn Hahn. Great Capture of the Revival. A Boobs the Musical (2004) Off-Broadway
A revue of numbers by Ruth Wallis who in an earlier era devised dirty ditties like "The Dinghy Song" and "Johny's Got a Yo-Yo" The raunchier the song gets, the more amusing things become. Mostly full stage with some washout, but great otherwise. ABombay Dreams London Original Cast. Video of the London Production which I liked a lot better than the Bway production. Generation Loss but not sure there is anything better out there. B Bounce (2003) Chicago
Howard McGillin, Richard Kind, Michelle Pawk. Chicago production of Sondheim musical. Not too bad. ABoy from Oz (9/21/03) Broadway
Hugh Jackman, Stephanie J. Block, Beth Fowler, Isabel Keating, Jarrod Emick Audio is slightly fuzzy, but is barely noticeable most of the time. Wonderful video of this wonderful show. ABoy From Oz (10/6/03) Broadway Opening Night Hugh Jackman (Peter Allen), Stephanie J. Block (Liza Minnelli) , Jarrod Emick (Greg Connell), Mithcell David Federan (Young Peter), Beth Fowler (Peter’s Mom), Isabel Keating (Judy Garland). Great filming, clear close ups and color. Hugh and cast are at their peak. Some brief and sporadic blockage and ends before Curtain Call. AThe Boyfriend (2006)
US Tour Jessica Grove, Nancy Hass, Bethe Austin, Paul Carlin, Andrea Chamberlain, Sean Palmer. Directed by Broadway legend, Julie Andrews. Recorded through the house camera, so it's a stationary, full-stage shot. Amazing clarity with some minor spotlight washout. Wonderful show. ABoys from Syracuse (8/3/02) BroadwayRevival
Jackee Harry, Tom Hewitt, Lauren Mitchell, Chip Zien. Great Capture. ABright Lights, Big City(6/22/06) Philadelphia, PA
Jeremy Kushnier (Jamie), Andy Karl (Tad), Orfeh (Clara). The first production of the new version of the script. Good Video with close-ups. Some little tape glitches, but still completely watchable. ABring Back Birdie (1981) Broadway
Donald O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Maria Karnilova, Marcel Forestieri, Maurice Hines, Robin Morse. Camcorder video. Surprisingly good for its age. B+
Broadway Bares 11 (2001)
Pro-Shot ABroadway Bares 12 (2002)
Pro-Shot ABroadway BaresLaura 14: Now (2004)Cassidy, Jennifer Aliane Baquerot, BellShowing! Bundy, Patrick
Cody, Mikala Frietas, Katy Grenfell, Gregg Goodbrod, Denis Jones, Jai Rodriguez, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia Broadway Bares 15 (2005)
Pro-Shot A Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland(2008)
Mary Birdsong, Tituss Burgess, Christopher Sieber, Matthew Morrison, Tyler Maynard, Jennifer Cody, Nathan Lane, Andrea Martin. Pro Shot. A+ Brooklyn (10/8/2004) Broadway
Kevin Anderson, Cleavant Derricks, Eden Espinosa, Ramona Keller. Includes bonus Press Reels, pre-Broadway clips and CBS2 and NY1 interviews and segments. A Brooklyn (6/26/05) Final Broadway Performance.
Eden Espinosa, Ramona Keller, Lee Morgan, Karen Olivia. Great performance, good capture. ABrooklyn (6/13/06) Tour St. Paul
Great filming, lots of close ups A Bug (3/6/04) Off-Broadway
Reed Birney, Michael Cullen, Shannon Cochran, Amy Landecker, Michael Shannon. Not a bad video at all. ABy Jeeves (2001) Goodspeed Opera House
John Scherer, Martin Jarvis, Donna Lynne Champlin, Heath Lamberts, Don Stephenson pro-shot for TV. A By Jeeves (10/19/2001) Broadway
John Scherer, Martin Jarvis, Donna Lynne Champlin, Don Stephenson, James Kall, Becky Watson. not the pro shot commercially released video; the cast and action slightly differ from official video version. A Bye Bye Birdie (9/16/09) Broadway, Revival
John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Dee Hoty, Bill Irwin, Jayne Houdyshell, Nolan Gerard Funk, Allie Trimm. A Cabaret (1987) Broadway
Joel Grey, Alyson Reed. Not a bad video for its age. Joel Grey is wonderful. B+ Cabaret (1993) London, Donmar Warehouse
Alan Cummings (Emcee), Jane Horrocks (Sally Bowles), Adam Godley (Clifford Bradshow), Michael Gardiner (Ernst Ludwig), Sara Kestelman (Fraulein Schneider), George Raistrick (Herr Schultz). Pro-shot for TV. Good vid. A Cabaret (1996) NSMT
Pro-shot archival tape. Great production in the round. A Cabaret (3/29/03) Broadway
Neil Patrick Harris, Deborah Gibson. Not a bad video. ACabaret (1/4/04) Broadway
Adam Pascal. Final Performance of the Show. Shot from 1st balcony it seems, some heads in the way at some points seems like only for the first ten minutes. Camera doesn't move around much. B+ Camelot (1982) Broadway
Richard Harris. Pro-shot from HBO. A+ Camelot (5/8/07) US Nat'l tour, Philly
Michael York, Rachel York, James Barbour, Daniel Guzman, Eric Anderson, Robert J. Townsend, beautiful production, very nicely filmed and crystal clear, a little shake for the first minute or two then the filmer settles down for an amazing video. A(1982) New York City Opera PBS Proshot. ACandide
Candide (1997) Broadway Revival
Jim Dale, Andrea Martin, Brent Barrett, Jason Danieley, Stacey Logan, Glenda Balkan. Good picture and sound, nice zooms, follows the action well. Has some skips in the second act, not peferct. BThe Capeman (1998)
Broadway Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario. Paul Simon’s short-lived Broadway musical. The sound is great, but there is no zooming and there is some generation loss. Great music, great cast. ACarnival (2/8/02) Encores
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Douglas Sills, Anna Hathaway, Debbie Gravitt. Good picture, good video. B+ Caroline or Change (7/24/2004) Broadway
Tonya Pinkins, Anika Noni Rose, Veanne Cox, Chandra Wilson, Chuck Cooper, Larry Keith, Alice Playten. Beautiful video; nice zooms and closeups and excellent sound; 1st
generation from the master. A Carousel (1994)
Broadway Revival Audra McDonald. An Older video, some tracking issues. ACarousel (2002) Carnegie Hall Concert
Hugh Jackman, Audra McDonald. Some Generation Loss B+ Carrie the Musical (1988) Stratford England
Original Cast. Full show from Stratford (thank god for the person who found this!!) Archival video of show, great view for age! ACarrie the Musical (5/15/88) Broadway
Press Reels, Some News Reviews, First act from Balcony of Last Performance B Carrie the Musical (1999) Stage door Manor
Energetic Cast. Only group officially allowed to perform the show since it closed on Bway. Proshot. ACarrie the Musical Emerson College
Nicely sometimes filmed using oneout. camera Sound fades B in the back of the house. Some slight generational loss. Casper, The Musical (2000) Pittsburg
Pittsburg Civic Light Opera World Premiere. Running time is 1:45 and looks like the entire show. Chita Rivera, Paul Tiesler, LaParee Young, Jamie Torcellini, and Tim Hartman. B+ Catch Me If You Can (8/15/09) 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Pre-Broadway Tryout: Aaron Tveit (Frank Abagnale, Jr.), Norbert Leo Butz (Carl Hanratty), Tom Wopat (Frank Abagnale, Sr.), Rachel de Benedet (Paula Abagnale), Felicia Finley (Cheryl Ann), Kerry Butler (Brenda Strong), Linda Hart (Carol Strong), Nick Wyman (Roger Strong), Timothy McCuen Piggee (FBI Agent Bill Cod, Railroad Agent, Bartender), Clarke ThorellTeron (FBIBenjamin Agent Todd Branton), Brandon WardellTeller, (FBI Agent Johnny Dollar), Romelda (Stewardess, Next Available Pediatrics Nurse), Matt Wolfe (Jack Barnes, Hotel Clerk, Hotel Manager, Tailor, Motel Manager, Dr. Griffith, Bartender), Nick Wyman (Family Court Judge, Frank Taylor, Bank Officer, Mr. Collins), Angie Schworer (Pan Am Stewardess, Starlet #2, Apartment Manager), Jason Kappus (Pan Am Pilot, Dr. Slaughter), Shanna Marie Palmer (Lou Anne, Flight Attendant), Taryn Darr (Third Teller, Starlet #1), Karl Warden (Auctioneer, Dr. Feldman), Jillana Laufer (Starlet #3), Ensemble: Mo Brady, Anastacia McClesky, Kyle Vaughn A Catered Affair (3/26/08) Broadway
Faith Prince, Harvey Fierstein, Leslie Kritzer, Tom Wopat, Matt Cavenaugh, Heather Mac Rae, Kristine Zbornik, Lori Wilner, Philip Hoffman, Katie Klaus. First 2 minutes
are dark due to late seaters and a bar at the bottom of the screen when the action takes place all the way downstage; good close ups and sound AChess (1988) Broadway
Judy Kuhn, David Carroll. Shot from the right side of the house. Clear picture but dark video. Great audio. shaky first 2min, outstanding overall. B Chess (1990) National Tour
Carolee Carmello (Florence), Stephen Bogardus (Freddie), John Herrera (Anatoly), Ken Ard (Arbiter), David Hurst (Molokov), Gregory Jbara (Walter), Barbara Walsh (Svetlana). Not a lot else on this DVD, some generation loss. BChess (2001) Nyack, NY
Concert version. Brian D'Arcy James, Lauren Kennedy, Rob Evan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney. Great performances. B+ Chess (9/22/03) Actor's Fund BCEFA Concert Broadway
Julia Murney, Adam Pascal, Josh Groban, Raul Esparza, Norm Lewis, Sutton Foster, Jonathan Dokuchitz. BCEFA Pro video of the Actors' Fund Benefit Concert at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Lighting is a little dark; sound is shaky in some scenes. Mostly great. Pro-Shot. A+ Chess (2009) PBS Concert, Royal Albert Hall PBS Concert Series with Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, and Josh Groban. Proshot. A Chicago (1995) Broadway
Anne Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey and Original Revival Cast. Pro Shot w/Time Code - Press Reels and Whole Show. B+ Chicago (9/8/02) Broadway
Amy Spanger, Stephanie Pope, Michael C. Hall, Roz Ryan. Shot from front row mezzanine; no obstructions at all, very clear with lots of closeups. One of the better Chicago’s I’ve seen. A Chicago (8/14/03) London
Ruthie Henshall (Velma Kelly), Linzi Hatley (Roxie Hart), Rolf Saxon (Billy Flynn), Norman Pace (Amos Hart), Zee Asha (Mama), shot through heads. Ruthie and Linzi are an incredible pair. Chicago (11.23.05) Chicago, IL, Tour
Paige Davis (Roxie Hart), Brenda Braxton (Velma Kelly), Tom Wopat (Billy Flynn), Carol Woods (Mama Morton), Kevin Carolan (Amos Hart). Amazing close-ups with very few obstructions and only short bouts of shakiness. There are occasional blackouts so person filming can applaud. A Children of Eden & Hair (1998) North Shore Music Theatre
Stephanie Mills, Adrien Zmed in COE.. Press Reels, but over 45mins of footage of each show. Pro Shot. A Children of Eden (1999) Music Theatre of Wichita
Nicholas F Saverine, Nedra Dixon, Seth Swoboda. Another amazing, professional production of The Music Theatre of Wichita. Includes footage shot backstage during a performance. Very well filmed using a tripod and soundboard. A Children Of Eden, In Concert(12/1/2003) ~ Riverside Church, New York
Jai Rodriguez, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis, John Tartaglia, Kate Shindle, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Julia Murney. Very nicely filmed from a tripod. Jai sings "A World Without You" which was cut from the srcinal score. Sound is a little low however. AChita Rivera – The Dancer’s Life(1/25/2006) Broadway
with Special Guest Star Dick van Dyke. Great recording. A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002) London
Michael Ball and OLC. Not a bad capture, from the side. B+ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (4/16/05) Broadway
Raul Esparza, Philip Bosco, Erin Dilly, Chip Zien. Filmed during previews. Excellent video, shot from the balcony. A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Making ofPro Shot
The Making of video that was make for the London Production. Interesting. A+ A Christmas Carol (11/25/1994) Madison Square Garden
Walter Charles, Nick Corley, Matthew Mezzacappa, Michael Mandell, Robert Westenberg, Ken Jennings, Jeff Keller, Gerry Vichi, Mary Stout, Emily Skinner. Lap shot from what looks like the second or third row, so you don’t see the whole stage…but decent audio, and the picture isn’t bad. B Cinderella (12/2000) Us Tour, Miami
Deborah Gibson, Eartha Kitt, Paolo Montalban, Everett Quinton, Natasha Yvette Williams, Alexandra Kolb. Nicely shot. Picture is clear, colors are nice, sound is good. ACinderella (11/2004) Lincoln Center
Dick Van Patten, Renee Taylor, Christopher Sieber, Eartha Kitt, Lypsinka, Lea DeLaria, Ana Gastayer, Sara Uriarte Berry. ACinderella (11/12/05) Papermill Playhouse
Angela Gaylor, Paolo Montalban, Jen Cody, Janelle Anne Robinson, Nora Mae Lyng, Joy Franz, Larry Keith, Stanley Wayne Mathis
City of Angels (1989) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast. Not bad for its age. B+ The Civil War (2/25/2000) Palace Theatre, Chicago IL
National Tour. Some generation loss, but you can get the gist of it. Some close ups. B Clue (9/00) Honeywell Foundation
Carter, Melissa Tucker, Carter Pro-shot; greatcuts picture and sound; a while you can see some Michelle digital pixilation, but not bad; out twice duringonce Mrs.inWhite's number. AThe Color Purple (3/28/06) Broadway
LaChanze, Felicia Fields, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, Kingsley Leggs, Darlesia Cearcy, Krisha Marcano, Brandon Dixon. Beautiful capture of this show, crystal clear picture and sound. There is a 10 minute blackout towards the end of the first song thru Celie giving birth and Nista taking away the baby...like i said its 10 minutes of blackness, due to an out of control usher. Copy from the Master. A The Color Purple (4/17/07) Broadway
Fantastia, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, J.C. Montgomer, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Chaz Lamar Sheperd, Darlesia Cearcy,cast. Krisha Marcano. This replacement cast actually got reviewed better than the srcinal Unfortunately at least 50% of this video is blacked out. What is actually captured is pretty good though. BThe Color Purple (4/22/07) National Tour, Chicago
Jeannette Bayardelle, Michelle Williams, LaToya London, Rufus Bonds, Jr., Stu James, Felicia Fields, Stephanie St. James, very nicely filmed and crystal clear. A The Color Purple (10/17/07) Broadway
Montego Glover (u/s Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, Alton Fitzgerald White, Natasha Yvette Williams, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Darlesia Cearcy, Latrisa A. Coleman (u/s Squeak). B+ Company (6/16/02) Kennedy Center, Sondheim Celebration
John Barrowman, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Matt Bogart, Lynn Redgrave & Walter Charles. Some Washout but great close ups. B++ Company (11/14/06) Broadway Revival
Raul Esparza, Barbara Walsh and 2006 Revival cast. Crystal clear picture, great DVD. A Company (7/1/2007) Final Revival Performance
Raul Esparza, Barbara Walsh, Keith Buterbaugh, Matt Castle, Robert Cunningham, Angel Desai, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Kristin Huffman, Amy Justman, Heather Laws, Leenya Rideout, Fred Rose, Bruce Sabath, Elizabeth Stanley. Includes speeches. A
Company (PRO-SHOT PBS Official Release \ 2007)
Raúl Esparza, Elizabeth Stanley, Barbara Walsh, Heather Laws, Keith Buterbaugh, Kelly Jeane Grant, Angel Desai, Matt Castle, Amy Justman, Fred Rose, Leenya Rideout, Kristin Huffman, Robert Cunnigman, Bruce Sabath. A+ The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (ABRIDGED)(2000)
Pro-shot for commercial DVD release - Adam Long, Reed Martin A+ Contact (2002) Broadway
Version Filmed for PBS, taped off TV. Pro-shot and not bad. ACopacabana Florida, US Tour
Franc D’Ambrosio, Darcie Roberts, Philip Hernandez. Some crazy filming but can see most of the show. Clear at least. B+ Coram Boy (5/26/07) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast. Great Video and performance. A The Cradle Will Rock (1985) PBS
Patti Lupone Pro-shot for PBS. Good picture (though slightly fuzzy)…near perfect audio a few buzzes in the very beginning. A Crazy For You (1999) Papermill Playhouse Jim Walton, Stacey Logan, Jane Connell, Bruce Adler, Larry Linville. Version filmed for PBS. Pro shot. A Cry Baby (3/15/2008) - Broadway, First Preview
James Snyder (Cry Baby), Elizabeth Stanley (Allison), Harriet Harris (Mrs. Vernon Williams), Chester Gregory III (Dupree), Christopher J. Hanke (Baldwin), Alli Mauzey (Lenora), Courtney Balan (Mona), Tory Ross (Pepper u/s), Lacey Kohl (Wanda), Richard Poe (Judge Stone). Great Video. A Cry Baby (6/22/08) Broadway
James Snyder,Carly Elizabeth HarrietRichard Harris,Poe Dwayne Clark, Christopher J. Hanke, Ali Mauzey, Jibson,Stanley, Lacey Kohl, and Tory Ross . Cast was on FIRE for their final B'way performance, wonderful video that includes bows, cast and producers hugging after the show, Final Show A Curtains (9/8/2006) Los Angeles
David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Jason Danieley, Jill Paice, Noah Racey, Megan Sikora A bit shaky at times but still quite watchable. About 20 minutes of nonessential dialogue cut so not a complete show video but all of the musical numbers included in full. A fidgety woman seated in front blocks the picture occasionally, but only for a few seconds. Occasional spotlight washout, but nothing extreme. No curtain calls ACurtains (3/27/07) Broadway
David Hyde Pierce, Jill Paice, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Jason Daniely, Edward Hibbert, nicely filmed. An occasional head appears at the bottom of the screen. Crystal clear, some minor spotlight washout in wide shots, DVD has opening menu, scanned playbill info. and production photos, ADamn Yankes (5/11/08) Encores at City Center
Sean Hayes (Applegate), Jane Krakowski (Lola), Cheyenne Jackson (Joe Hardy), Ana Gasteyer Randy (Meg(Joe Boyd), Veanne Cox (Sister Miller), Michael Mulheren(Gloria (BennyThorpe) Van Bure) P.J.Graff Benjamin Boyd). Opening night performance, great quality and crystal clear. A Dance of the Vampires (1/24/03) Broadway
Michael Crawford, Rene Auberjonois,Mandy Gonzalez, Max von Essen, Leah Hocking, Ron Orbach, Liz McCartney, Mark Price, Asa Somers. Great picture and sound. A little spotlight washout on the wide shots…but great. (2 DVDs) A Death of a Salesman (11/19/99) Broadway
Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz, Ron Eldard, Ted Koch, Howard Witt Pro-shot for tv. Decent picture, good sound. ADebbie Does Dallas (11/6/02) Off Bway
Sherie Rene Scott, Mary Catherine Garrison, Caitlin Miller, Tricia Paoluccio, Jama Williamson, Paul Fitzgerald, Del Pentecost. Shot from the front row…so a weird angle…but GREAT picture. The sound cuts in and out some for the first half…but you can still follow it easily. ADer Glockner Von Notre Dame(Disney’s Hunchback Musical) Germany
German production of the Stage production of the Disney movie. Some generation loss but a beautiful piece. B Dessa Rose (5/20/2005) Off Broadway- Lincoln Center
La Chanze, Rachel York, Kenita R. Miller, Michael Hayden, Norm Lewis, Rebecca Eichenberger. Great video. A Dirty Dancing (11/7/2006) London
Georgina Rich, Josef Brown, David Rintoul, Rae Baker, Isabella Calthorpe, Nadia Coote, Issy van Randwyck. Crystal clear picture and sound. A (2/26/2005) Broadway OBC. John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Joanna Gleason, Gregory Jbara, Sara Gettelfinger , Sherie René Scott. Great Video! A Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (7/26/06) Broadway
Keith Carradine, Brian d'Arcy James, Julie Connors as (u/s) Christine, Lucie Arnaz, Dennis Parlato as (u/s) Andre, Sara Gettelfinger. Great video, very clear. Follows action well. A
Disney World Mix (2007) Orlando Florida
DVD includes... "Finding Nemo: The Musical"
a much-hyped musical by Avenue Q. co-creator Robert Lopez "Illuminations"
Epcot's nightly stunning fireworks show "Fantasmic"
MGM's spectacular water and fireworks show with Mickey and the villains "The Festival of the Lion King"
Animal Kingdom's tribute to the film with soulful singers and specialty acts "High School Musical"
MGM's pep rally featuring all the hit songs from the movie "The Voyage of the Little Mermaid"
A dated and cheezy tribute. (The camera drops once during the rainfall on the audience.) A fun dvd, and beautifully captured (minus some blurriness here and there from the outdoor lights). A The fromCharles, Here (4/04) Off-Broadway AnnaDistance Paquin, Josh Melissa Leo, Mark Webber.
Great Video. A
Dog Sees God (1/18/06) Off Bway
Eliza Dushku, Karen DiConcetto (u/s), America Ferrera, Ari Graynor, Logan MarshallGreen, Keith Nobbs, Ian Somerhalder, Eddie Kaye Thomas Very nicely filmed. Shaky to start then greatly improves. A A Doll’s Life (1982) Broadway
George Hearn, Betsy Joslyn, Peter Gallagher. Picture is fuzzy from generational loss, but pretty good still. Very colorful for its age. The sound is good in Act One, and still audible in Act Two, though a bit quieter. B+ Doubt New York Heather Goldenhersh, Adrianne Lenox. Cherry (11/20/04) Jones, Brian F. O'Byrne,
Very Nice
Filming, great performances. A Dr. Dolittle (7/22/06) Chicago,
IL Tour Tommy Tune, Dee Hoty, Allan Mangaser, Sandi DeGeorge, Aaron Burr, Joel Blum, Jessica Wu, Matthew Crowie. This was filmed during the last stop of the US National Tour in Chicago. Beautifully shot, occasional heads in the bottom of the shot. A Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde(8/96) North Shore Music Theatre
Michael X. Martin. Pro shot Archival tape of regional production. Different than the Wildhorn version from Broadway. ADracula (10/20/01) La Jolla California
Frank Wildhorm Musical. Tom Hewitt (Dracula), Jenn Morse (Mina) Tom Stuart (Harker), Tom Flynn (Van Helsing), Amy Rutburg (Lucy), Chris Hoch (Arthur Homwood) B+ Dracula (9/03/04) Broadway
Tom Hewitt, Melissa Errico, Darren Ritchie, Kelly O'Hara, Stephen McKinley Henderson. Good Video A Dreamgirls (1981) Broadway
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Obba Babatunde Some short blackouts and some heads blocking sometimes, but surprisingly good for its age. Great sound. B+ (9/24/01) Broadway Lillias White, Audra McDonald, Heather Headley, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis One night only Actors’ Fund Benefit Concert, Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Rehearsal Tape with Rehearsal Extras. A Dreamgirls Actor’s Fund Concert
Dreamgirls Actor’s Fund Concert(9/24/01) Braodway
Lillias White, Audra McDonald, Heather Headley, Norm Lewis, Billy Porter, Darius DeHaas. Pro-shot performance. Great concert. A+ Dreamgirls (2004) Tour Frenchie Davis (Effie), Ramona Keller. Pro-Shot. Great Video. A The Drowsy Chaperone Los Angeles, Pre-Bway
Ahmanson Theatre, Press Reels. Rare/Very Interesting – Sutton is performing in a arm cast. A+ The Drowsy Chaperone (4/3/06; first preview) Broadway
Cast: Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel, Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Edward Hibbert, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe. Great Video from the Master. A The Drowsy Chaperone (11/1/07) Broadway
Bob Saget, Mara Davi, Beth Leavel, Linda Gabler (u/s Mrs. Tottendale), Peter Bartlett, Troy Britton Johnson, Danny Burstein, Patrick Wetzel, Gerry Vichi, Jennifer Smith, Jason Kravits Garth Kravitz, Kecia Lewis-Evans . About ten minutes from the second half of Fancy Dress to halfway through Cold Feet, the video messed up and it has a dark green tint. Otherwise it's pretty good - one head that is well shot around and minimal washout. AThe Drowsy Chaperone (5/2007) London
Original London Cast. Great Capture. A Earth Girls Are Easy, the Musical(2002) Staged Reading ~ New York
Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Brown, Deven Day, Mark Kudish, Hunter Foster. Staged
reading of Julie Brown’s new musical, which had hopes of going to Broadway. Uses a lot of pop music from the 80's. Interesting and fun! A Edward Scissorhands (4/19/07) Denver, CO
Sam Archer, Kerry Biggin. 1 is audio only, but Act 2 you can see what an amazing production it really is. B Elegies: A Song Cycle (4/17/03) Off Broadway
Betty Buckley, Keith Byron Kirk, Christian Borle, CaroleeCarmello, Michael Rupert; Nice picture and sound. Skips towards the end. BElegies: A Song Cycle (2003) Off Broadway ~ Pro Shot
Betty Buckley, Carolee Carmello, Michael Rupert, Christian Borle, Keith Byron Kirk. Finally a good copy of the show. A Epic Proportions (1999) Broadway
Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Tudyk, Jeremy Davidson. Still shot from right balacony, but very watchable. AEveryday Rapture (4/24/09) Off-Broadway
Sherie Rene Scott, Eamon Foley, Lindsay Mendez, Betsy Wolfe. A Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical(2004) Toronto Ryan Ward (Ash), Danielle Meierhenry (Cheryl), Lexie Galante (Linda), Kylee Evans (Shelly), Matt Olmstead (Scott), Trevor Martin (Ed), Meredith Shaw (Annie), Tim Evans (Moose), Mike "Nug" Nahgrang (Jake) Pro-shot. Near perfect audio, great video of a really fun show. A Evita (1980) Broadway
Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Bob Gunton, Decent for its age. One of the best copies in color. B Evita (8/3/1991) Village Players, Toledo Ohio
Hunter Foster Sutton Loss, but Broadway nothing major. Picture(Che), and sound areFoster pretty(Mistress). good. It is Slight kind ofGenerational odd to see two future stars in the most humble of community theatre beginnings. B+ Evita (6/12/99) National Tour Natalie Toro (Eva), Raul Esparza (Che), Raymond Jaramillo McLeod (Peron), Angela Covington (Peron’s Mistress), Tom Flynn (Magaldi). Some generation watch but completely watchable. B+ Evita (11/1/2006) London, Adelphi Theatre
Elena Roger, Philip Quast,Matt Rawle. Audio is great, but video goes in and out. Only about 70 percent there, but when you can see, great performances. B+
Evita (5/26/2007) London,West End
Elena Roger, Matt Rawle, Philip Quast, Greg Castiglioni, Lorna Want. So much better than the other video, all of its there and clear. A Evita (8/17/08) Sacramento Music Circus
Cast: Julia Murney (Eva), Eric Kunze (Che), Scott Blanks (Peron), Philip Michael Baskerville (Magaldi/Ensemble), Kari Yancy (Peron’s Mistress/Ensemble). AFalsettos (1993) Broadway
Mandy Patinkin, Stephen Bogardus, Carolee Carmello, Barbara Walsh, Andrew Harrison Leeds, Chip Zien . Great video for its age, some washout but still amazing quality for it. B Fame (1/27/99) National Tour Chicago
Gavin Creel, Jennifer Gambatese. Some generation loss, but not bad. B Fame Becomes Me (7/16/2006) Chicago, IL
Martin Short and srcinal cast. Great video, some blackouts but not bad at all. AFar From the Madding Crowd(8/25/05) Edinburgh Festival
Phillipa Biggs (Bathshaba) Tommie Hart (Troy), Nick Phillips (MrKate Boldwood) Andrew Short (Gabriel) Lisa Jane (Fanny) Morgan Carberry (Temperance) Chapman (Soberness) Jenna Dykes (Liddy) Natalie Toyne (Mrs Coggan) HR Bradford (Pennywise) Niel Campbell (Jan Coggan) Steven Struthers (Henery) Aiden Currie (Joseph) Pro-Shot A+ Off-Broadway Andrew McCarthy, Keri Russell, Jeremy Pivin. Well filmed. AFat Pig
Fiddler on The Roof (1/8/05) Broadway Revival
Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin. Not a bad video AFiddler on the Roof (12/4/05) Broadway Revival
Harvey Filmed from orchestra there is asound. head in the way at times Fierstein, but a greatRosie videoO'Donnell. with beautiful close-ups amazing and fantastic Includes playbill info. NY 1 interviews/reviews. AFlashdance (1/26/09) UK Tour, Liverpool
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Noel Sullivan, Bruno Langley, Bernie Nolan, Michael Conway, Simon Harvey, Gavin Spokes, Vas Constanti, Carryl Thomas, Djalenga Scott, Ruthie Stephens, Vanessa Leigh Hicks. Good Quality. A Flower Drum Song (11/02) Broadway
Lea Salonga, Sandra Allen and Original Broadway Cast. AFollies (1998) Papermill Playhouse
Ann Miller, Donna McKeckie. Not too bad. B+
Follies (6/1/01) Broadway
Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, Judith Ivey, Treat Williams and Revival Cast. Great Video with lots of close ups. Some out of focus (was a dark show) A Follies (2/9/07) City Center Encores
Donna Murphy, Victoria Clark, Victor Garber. Not a bad video. AFootloose (5/14/00) Broadway
Jeremy Kushnier, Catherine Cox, Stephen Lee Anderson, DeeHoty, Jennifer Laura Thompson. Very well done video that is only missing the first few moments of the opening dance number. Shot from the rear mezzanine, but the taper manages excellent zooms and captures all the action. Energetic young cast. Nice dancing. AFootloose (10/18/2008) UK Tour Liverpool
Stephen Webb, Twinnie Lee Moore, Richard Grieve, Maureen Nolan, Robbie Scotcher, Simon Lipkin, Jodie Jacobs, Tarisha Rommick, Claire-Louise Mealor, Lisa Peacel. Not bad, a little all over the place but clear. AFrankenstein (2002) PNC Arts Center
Shuler Hensley, Ivan Rita Harvey, J.C. Hoyt, Steven Stuts, Kelly Ellenwood, BobRutherford, Freschi, Kathleen Campbell, JustinHowie Greer, Smith, Tener Brown, Cherylyn Jones, Jen MacQueen, Amanda Brook Marin, Steven Petrillo, Tom Titone, Mason Roberts. Not really sure on the history of this vid but Pro-Shot and very clear. A The Frogs, A New Musical(6/25/04) Broadway~Lincoln Center
Nathan Lane, Chris Kattan, John Byner, Daniel Davis. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book adapted by Nathan Lane. Digital, first generation, some washout. B Frost/Nixon (04/07/07) Broadway
Frank Langella, Michale Sheen. Excellent up close recording . Includes Playbill info and NY1Reviews. A Full Monty (12/30/2000) Brodway
Patrick Wilson, Emily Skinner, OBC. Great video, lots of close ups. A Funny Girl (9/23/2002) Actor’s Fund BC/EFA Concert
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel, Ricki Lake, Spencer Kayden, Kristin Chenoweth, LaChanze, Julia Murney, Ana Gasteyer, Lilias White, Jane Krakowski, Alice Playten, Bebe Neuwirth, Judy Kuhn, Andrea Martin, Carolee Carmello, Peter Gallagher. Actor's Fund benefit concert. Excellent quality--beautiful picture and sound, with lots of close-ups. A+ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumBroadway
Nathan Lane, Mary Testa, Ernie Sabella and the OBC. Some generation loss but not bad at all for its age. A great shot. B+
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1997) Broadway
Whoopi Goldberg, Lewis J. Stadlen, Ernie Sabella, Jessica Boevers. Pro Shot w/Time Code. Press Reels only A Gem of the Ocean (2/6/05) Broadway
Phylcia Rashad, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Anthony Chisholm, John Earl Jelks, ;Eugene Lee, Raynor Final and sound 1st generation from Scheine the master A+ performance of this show; great picture The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?(2002) Broadway
Mercedes Reuhl, Bill Pullman and OBC. Great one. A God Of Carnage (5/28/09) Broadway
Hope Davis, Jeff Daniels, James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden. AGodspell (2001) Tour
Sharp, crisp video missing first few minutes-starts with "Lazarus" scene. Great taping with excellent color and sound. AGood Vibrations (4/24/05~Final Peformance) Broadway
David Larsen, Kate Reinders, Tituss Burgess, Brandon Wardell, Jessica-Snow Wilson, Sebastian Arcelus, Tracee Beazer, Heath Calvert, Janet Dacal, Tom Deckman. Nice picture and sound. Good video. A The Graduate (4/17/02) Broadway
Kathleen Turner, Alicia Silverstone, Jason Biggs and rest of OBC. Very nice video, a little generation loss. B+ Grease! London
London Production with Linzi Hateley as Rizzo. Some generation loss but watchable. B Grease! (8/15/95) Philippines
Lea Salonga. A little blurry but not too bad. Don’t have much info about this one. B+ Grease (7/28/07) 2007 Broadway Revival Max Crumm, Laura Osnes, Lindsay Mendez, Jenny Powers, Kirsten Wyatt, Matthew Saldivar, Robyn Hurder, Ryan Binder, Stephen R. Buntrock. Beautifully shot, crystal clear, an occasional head appears in shot every once in a while but nothing too bad at all, crispness and clarity of this video is amazing. A Great American Trailer Park Musical(12/4/05) Off Broadway
Closing Night. Marya Grandy (Linoleum), Linda Hart (Betty), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Kaitlin Hopkins (Jeannie), Leslie Kritzer (Pickles), Orfeh (Pippi), Wayne Wilcox (Leo/Duke) A
The Green Bird (6/3/00) Broadway
Cast: Didi Conn, Ned Eisenberg, Edward Hibbert, Lee Lewis, Katie MacNichol. Directed by Julie Taymour. Great shot. A Grey Gardens (4/9/06) Off Broadway
Christine Ebersole and srcinal cast. Great capture. A Grey Gardens (4/30/06) Off Broadway ~ Final Performance
Beautiful video from master of final performance of GREY GARDENS at Playwrights Horizon. Includes extras such as TV appearances by Christine Ebersole promoting the show. A Grey Gardens (11/3/06) Broadway
Christine Ebersole, Mary-Louise Wilson, Erin Davie, John McMartin, Bob Stillman. AGuys And Dolls (5/15/92) Broadway Revival
Nathan Lane, Faith Prince, Peter Gallagher and Revival Cast. Spotlight washout from video age. B Guys & Dolls (11/1/06) London.
Patrick Janus,Nicely, Norman Bowman, as (u/s) Sarah, Nick DominicSwayze, WatsonSamantha as (u/s) Nicely Denise PitterVivien as (u/s)Carter General Cartwright, Cavaliere. Great production and filming. A Guys & Dolls (3/10/2009) Broadway Revival
Lauren Graham (Miss Adelaide), Kate Jennings Grant (Sarah Brown), Oliver Platt (Nathan Detroit), Craig Bierko (Sky Masterson), Titus Burgess (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Steve Rosen (Benny Southstreet), Glenn Fleshler (Big Jule), Adam LeFevre (Lt. Brannigan), Jim Ortlieb (Arvide Abernathy), Mary Testa (General Cartwright). Good Quality, some stage searching. Also includes “A Bushell and a Peck” and “Adelaide’s Lament” from 2/14/09 performance. AGypsy (1990) Broadway
Tyne Daly, Crista Moore, and revival cast from early 90s. Lots of generation loss. BGypsy (1998) Paper Mill Playhouse Betty Buckley and Deborah Gibson. Not a bad video. Knockout performances from both women. B+ Gypsy (4/3/03) Broadway
Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dosset. Here is Bernadette's tour-de-force as Mama Rose. Some great close-ups. The shooting is great quality, and the picture is sharp and clear. B+ Gypsy (8/13/06) ~ Ravinia Festival
Final Performance: Patti Lupone, Jack Willis, Jessica Boevers, Jen Temen, Leo Ash
Evens, Debra Watassek, Jane Blass, Derin Altay and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A Gypsy (7/29/07) City Center Encores
Final Performance: Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti, Leigh Ann Larkin, Tony Yazbeck, Nancy Opel, Alison Fraser. Wonderful performances by all. Includes curtain call part where Patti calls Laurents and Sondheim on stage. A Gypsy (3/25/08) Broadway
Patti Lupone, Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti, Leigh Ann Larkin, Tony Yazbeck, Marilyn Caskey, Alison Fraser, Lenora Nemetz, Katie Micha. A Hair & Children of Eden(1998) North Shore Music Theatre
Stephanie Mills, Adrien Zmed in COE.. Press Reels, but over 45mins of footage of each show. Pro Shot. A Hair (5/5/01) City Center Encores
Idina Menzel, Luther Creek, Tom Plokin. Shot from upper balcony. Some Generation loss. B Hair Concert (9/20/04)
Actors Fund Benefit Concert Performance PRO SHOT A Hair (3/15/09) Broadway revival
Will Swenson (Berger), Gavin Creel (Claude), Cassie Levy (Sheila), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Darius Nichols (Hud), Bryce Ryness (Woof), Sasha Allen (Dionne), Saycon Sengbloh (Tribe), well filmed from high up in the balcony, occasional black outs, heads at the bottom of the screen but nothing too bad, DVD has opening menu with chapter stops and thumbnail images for all musical numbers, AHairspray (11/25/06) Broadway
Shannon Durig, Blake Hammond, Diana DeGarmo, Stephen DeRosa, Darlene Love, Tevin Campbell, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Lisa Jolley, Isabel Keating, Tara Macri, Kevin Meaney, Naturi Naughton, and Aaron Tveit. One of the best Hairpsray videos out there. A Harold and Maude (2/1980) Broadway
Janet Gaynor, Keith McDermott, Denny Dillon, Jack Bitnor. Stage version of the classic cult movie. Good video for its age. B Hedwig and the Angry Inch(1/2/99) Off-Broadway
John Cameron Mitchell, Producer’s Copy of the show. Broadcast Quality; Excellent performance of a superb show captured with great quality. Filmed on 3 camera angles. Tape includes the 1999 Easter Bonnets skit after the show. A
Hedwig and theAngry Inch(11/7/99) Boston
Kevin Cahoon, Cory Waletzko Boston highlights. Good footage, great for Cahoon fans. Not complete -25 minutes of highlights. B+ High Fidelity (12/16/06) Broadway
Will Chase, Jenn Colella, Christian Anderson, Jeb Brown, Andrew C. Hall, Matt Caplan, Rachel Stern. Filmed from high in the balcony. Mostly a full shot with occasional obstructions andfinally. much spotlight washout, but you still can get a good sense of the show. A video exists, C Honk! (6/2000) North Shore Music Theater, Beverly MA
Gavin Creel (Ugly) - Pro Shot, archival taping A How to Suceed In Business Without Really Trying(1995) Broadway
Revial Cast with Matthew Broderick & Megan Mullally. Not bad for age. B In My Life (12/11/05) Broadway
Christopher J. Hanke, Jessica Boevers, Chiara Navarra, David Turner, Michael J. Farina, Laura Jordan, Roberta Gumbel, Michael Halling, Courtney Balan, Carmen Keels Final Broadway performance; great video with great sound; some spotlight washout but great close-ups.Includes Theater Talk int, NY1 reviews and interviews! A In the Heights (2/14/2008) Broadway, First Preview Andrea Burns, Janet Dacal, Robin De Jesus, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzales, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olive. Great Capture. A In The Heights (3/5/08) Broadway
Javier Munoz (u/s Usnavi), Andrea Burns, Robin De Jesus, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzales, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Karan Olivo. Great capture of this great show. Javier does a nice job; good closeups and sound and excellent video A In the Heights (5/18/08) Broadway
Krysta Rodriguez Seth Stewart, Miranda, Merediz, Stephanie Klemons(u/s (u/sVanessa), Carla), Andrea Burns, Lin-Manuel Priscilla Lopez, CarlosOlga Gomez, Robin De Jesus, Mandy Gonzales, Christopher Jackson. Brief coverup for latecomers; no heads in the way; clear picture with closeups and good sound; nice video AInto the Woods (1988) Broadway
Bernadette Peters, Chip Zion, Joanna Gleason. Pro-shot for TV. A+ Into The Woods (1998) Reunion Concert
Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Kim Crosby, Tim Aldredge, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Chuck Wagner, Barbara Bryne, Pamela Winslow, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Joy Franz, Kay McClelland, Lauren Mitchell, Merle Louise, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Edmund Lyndeck Pro-Shot Behind The Scenes Special A-
Is He Dead? (1/26/08) Broadway Norbert Leo Butz, Jenn Gambatese, John McMartin, Mary Louise Burke, David Pittu, Michael McGrath, Tom Alan Robbins, Bridget Regan, Byron Jennings, Jeremy Bobb, Patricia Conolly. A moment or two of full stage shots due to ushers; good video the rest of the way with nice picture and sound A It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman(1975) Professional TV Version
Classic 1960’s musical in the made for TV version show in 1975. An interesting show. A James Joyce’s The Dead (12/30/99) Broadway
Blair Brown, Daisy Egan, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Stephen Spinella, Christopher Walken. Shot from the balcony with a rail across the stage. Mostly a full to mid stage shot. Sound is decent, though a little low during the dialog. B Jane Eyre (11/18/00) Broadway
Jane Eyre - Marla Schaffel, Edward Rochester - James Barbour, Mrs. Fairfax - Mary Stout. Good taping - clear audio and video. Overall, an excellent tape, and the action is easy to follow. Good sound, too. Some washout from lights. AJane Eyre (5/20/2001) Broadway
Marla Schaffel, James Barbour, Mary Stout Good and OBC. Mostly close-ups. B+ Jekyll and Hyde (11/15/97) Broadway
Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll/Hyde), Linda Eder (Lucy), Christiane Noll (Emma), George Merritt (John Utterson), Barrie Inghman (Sie Danvers Carew) B Jekyll and Hyde (1997) Broadway.
Original Broadway Cast. This is the performance when Linda Eder was unwell so she spoke her lines but her songs were sung by Emily Skinner from off stage. Amazing this was even caught on tape. B Jekyll & Hyde (12/16/00) Broadway
Robert Evan, Colleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette. Good Video. Great Performances from Cast. B+ Jekyll & Hyde (2001) Broadway Robert Evan, Coleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette, George Merritt, Barrie Ingham. Pro-shot rehearsal filming with Robert Evan in the lead role rather than David Hasselhoff. Shot for shot, this video matches the Hasselhoff version, which was televised...this rehearsal was never televised. A+ Jekyll & Hyde (2001) Brodway
Pro Shot with David Hasselhoff. A+
Jerry Springer the opera(2004) London
Pro shot. Full Show, BBC Broadcast, Superb quality A+ Jersey Boys (1/11/06) Broadway
John Lloyd Young (Frankie Vallie), Christian Hoff (Tommy Devito), Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio), J. Robert Spencer (Nick Massi) Great DVD. A Jersey Boys (5/3/07) National Tour, San Fransico
Erich Bergen (Bob Gaudio), Christopher Kale Jones (Frankie Valli), Deven May (Tommy De Vito), Michael Ingersoll (Nick Massi), John Altieri, Miles Aubrey, Sandra DeNise, Courter Simmons, Eric Gutman, Nathan Klau, Brandon Matthieus, Jackie Seiden, Joseph Siravo, Melissa Strom. Best of this cast, gorgeous close ups, excellent filming on tapers part, knows the show well and it shows on this video. A Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(1/15/94) London
Jason Donovan, Linzi Hateley. Jason Donovan’s final performance. B Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(10/17/07) London Revival
Lee Mead, Fiona Reyes (alt. Narrator), Dean Collinson, Stephen Tate, John Alastair, Neal Wright. Great Produciton with the winner of the “Any Dream Will Do” series, Lee Mead; nicely captured and performed with great picture and sound. A La Boheme (11/27/2002) Broadway
Alfred Boe, Wei Huang Dress rehearsal on Broadway. Includes the intro by Baz Luhrmann addressing the audience at the rehearsal. Complete show including the extralong scene changes between acts. Wonderful production! The sound gets a little choppy near the end of Act One. ALa Cage Aux Folles (2005) Broadway Revival
Gary Beach, Dainel Davis, Gavin Creel and srcinal revival cast. Not sure of date. Great Video. AThe Last Days of Judas Iscariot(3/6/05) Off-Bway
Sam Rockwell, Eric Bogosian, Munn, “Mums” Stephen show McKinley Henderson, DeborahJeffrey Rush. De Great videoCraig and sound of aGrant, very interesting in a perfect theater; 1st generation from the master A Last Five Years, Skokie IL, Proshot
Lauren Kennedy and Norbert Leo Butz in the premeiere! Clear, some generation loss. ALast Five Years (4/5/2002) Off Bway
Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz. Great shot, clear. A-
Legally Blonde (2/13/07) San Fransciso
Full srcinal San Francisco cast. The video has a couple of heads for the first twenty minutes, but looks great after that. A Legally Blonde: The Musical(3/16/08) Broadway
Laura Bell Bundy, Christian Borle, Orfeh, Richard H. Blake, Gaelen Gilliand (u/s Vivienne), Michael Rupert, Tracy Jai Edwards, Haven Burton, Nikki Snelson, Natalie Joy Johnson. A little on the dark of forgotton exposure setting adjusting. Almost no cover-ups, goode soundside andbecause nice video. A Legally Blonde the Musical(10-14-07) MTV Showing
Pro Shot. Laura Bell Bundy, Christian Borle, Orfeh, Michael Rupert, KateShindle, Nikki Snelson, Richard H. Blake. Disc Includes first promotional commercial, second promotional commercial, promotional carpet interviews, TRL interview with Laura Bell Bundy, advertisement for the Broadway musical, and the complete show. A+ Legs Diamond (2/19/89) Broadway
Peter Allen, Julie Wilson, Randall Edwards. Closing night performance. Very well shot with excellent sound. Includes post show speech. Single stage shot. B Lennon (8/21/05) Broadway
Will Chase, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, Marcy Harriell, Michael Potts, Mandy Gonzalez, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao-Salkin. Clear Picture. Decent Sound. Good Close-ups. A Les Miserables (11/16/06) Broadway Revival
Alexander Gemignani, Norm Lewis, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ali Ewoldt, Drew Sarich, Gary Beach, Jenny Galloway, Aaron Lazar, Adam Jacobs, Tess Adams. Black-outs for the first 15 minutes, but everything after is much better. B+ Lestat (12/8/2005) San Francisco
Hugh Panaro, Carolee Carmello, Drew Sarich, Jim Stanek, Allison Fisher, Roderick Hill Out of town tryout of show filmed during previews. Interesting to see what they changed after these previews. A Lestat (4/1/2006) Broadway Preview
Hugh Panaro, Carolee Carmello, Drew Sarich, Jim Stanek, Roderick Hill, Allison Fischer, Steve Wilson (Marquis - u/s) A The Lieutenant of Inishmore(4/20/06) Broadway
Peter Gerety , David Wilmot , Domhnall Gleeson , Andrew Connolly , Brian D'Arcy James , Dashiell Eaves , Jeff Binder , Alison Pill. Shaky at first, then great. A Light in the Piazza (4/21/05)
Victoria Clark, Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Morrison, Michael Berresse and OBC. Great video. A
The Little Mermaid (8/31/07) Denver, CO
Pre-Broadway: Sierra Boggess, Sherie Rene Scott, Norm Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Sean Palmer, Eddie Korbich, Tyler Maynard, JJ Singleton, Johnathan Freeman. Beautifully captured. A The Little Mermaid (3/29/08) Broadway
Betsey (Ariel u/s), Cicily Daniels (Ursula u/s), Sean Palmer, Norm Lewis, Burgess,Morgan Eddie Korbich, Jonathan Freeman, Derrick Baskin, Tyler Maynard, TrevorTituss Braun. Great Vid. A Little Shop of Horrors (10/1987) Off Broadway
Marsha Waterbury, Bert Hilkes. Clear, slightly faint picture. Pro-Shot B Little Shop of Horrors (2003) Coconut Grove Playhouse Florida
Hunter Foster, Alice Ripley. Coconut Grove out of town tryout for the revival. Some black out in the beginning but audio is always there. B Little Shop of Horrors (9/21/03) Broadway
BWAY Cast Revival. Great Video with a great performance. Audience helped make it great too! A The Lion King (10/25/1997) Broadway
Tsidii Le Loka (Rafiki), Jason Raize (Simba), Heather Headley (Nala), Max Casella (Timon), Tom Alan Robbins (Puba), Geoff Hoyle (Zazu) .Preview performance of the srcinal company. Appears to be shot from a left box seat. Some odd angles and camera wanders a bit, but relatively close to the action. There’s a good amount of generation loss, unfortunately, as well as a good amount of spotlight washout. Still, a classic cast of what has become a classic shot. AThe Lion King (9/30/01), London
Some generation lost, but was a really good video. Some good close ups. B Mamma Mia! (6/1/01) Palace Theatre Chicago, IL
Pre-Broadway. Louise Pitre, Tina Madigan, Clear Crisp Video of Mamma before going to broadway. AThe Man in the White Suit(6/24/05) Reading NYC
Hunter Foster, Kerry Butler. Reading of a new musical from the Urinetown Writers. A Mary Poppins (10/31/06) Broadway
Ashley Brown, Gavin Lee, Rebecca Luker, Daniel H. Jenkins, Jane Carr. Nicely filmed, crystal clear video, although a bit shaky at times. A few technical glitches and the replacement of the boy who plays Michael Banks between acts makes this video interesting. AMerlin (1983) Broadway
Doug Henning, Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane and Original Broadway Cast. Some generation loss. B Minksy’s (2/24/09) Los Angles
Christopher Fitzgerald (Billy Minsky), Katharine Leonard (Mary Sumner), Beth Leavel (Maisie), George Wendt (Randolph Sumner), John Cariani (Jason Shimpkin), Rachel Dratch (Beula), Kevin Cahoon (Buster), Gerry Vichi (Scratch). A Miss Saigon (2000) PRO SHOT
Kim- Lea Salonga, Chris- Will Chase, Engineer- Leo Valdez, John- Ronn Smith, EllenLisa Capps, Thuy- Robert Sena. Generation loss. Pro-Shot. Missing end of Act 2, B Miss Saigon (1/19/01) Broadway
Cast:Luong Wong, Lea Salonga, Will Chase, Ruthie Henshall Shot between heads from balcony. American Dream is incomplete. This one is a little better than the 1/17. B Movin Out (10/13/02) Broadway
OBC, Great video, Very Clear AThe Music Man (5/12/01) Broadway Revival
Eric Mcormick, Max Casella, Rebecca Luker. Good shot, great cast. AMystery of Edwin Drood (1985) Broadway
Betty Buckley and the OBC. Rare Video and great for its age. ANaked Boys Singing Off Bway
Cast and date unknown. Some generation loss, but you get the idea. B Nero (7/13/08) NYC Reading
Idina Menzel, Lea Michele, Jeffrey Carlson, Michael Arden, Laila Robbins, David Patrick Kelly, Paolo Montalban - Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater. A Next to Normal (3/1/2008) - Off-Broadway
Adam Chanler-Berta (Henry), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Brian D'Arcy James (Dan), Alice Ripley (Diana), Asa Somers (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine), Aaron Tveit (Gabe). Great video, great show! A Next to Normal (3/13/08) Off-Bway
Brian d'Arcy James (Dan), Alice Ripley (Diana), Asa Somers (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Aaron Tveit (Gabe.) ANext to Normal (3/28/09) Broadway
Alice Ripley (Diana), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine) 2nd Preview. Quality: A
A New Brain (8/98) Off- Broadway
Talented cast includes Kristin Chenoweth. Full stage view throughout, somewhat over bright. Some generation loss, times sound doesn’t’ fully line up with video. C November (12/28/07) Broadway
Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Dylan Baker, Michael Nicols, Ethan Phillips. November is a play byofDavid Mamet, set in the directed month notable elections pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, by Joe for Mantello. A as well as presidential The Odd Couple (11/25/2005) Broadway Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Brad Garrett, Rob Bartlet, Olivia d'Abo, Jessica Stone. Beautifully filmed video, nice and clear with great closeups. Also includes scanned Playbill information, as well as NY1's opening night coverage and review of the show. A Oliver! (1984) Broadway Revival
Starring Patti Lupone. Ran 2 weeks on Broadway before closing. Some generation Loss. B Our House London
The fromMadness Region 2Musical! to 1. ProFrom shot. the A+BBC taped recording of this show. Had it converted Pal Joey (12/10/08) Broadway Revival
Matthew Risch (Joey Evans), Stockard Channing (Vera Simpson), Martha Plimpton (Gladys Bumps), Robert Clohessy (Mike), Jenny Fellner (Linda English), Nadine Isenegger (Val), Daniel Marcus (Ludlow Lowell), Steven Skybell (Ernest), Timothy J. Alex (Seaver Swift), Brian Barry (Hank Armour). Good quality filmed from balacony. A Parade Broadway
OBC, Still shot from back of the house. Only video I know of this show out there. Get basic Idea of show though. B Phantom The Las Vegas Experience(8/28/2006) Las Vegas
Anthony Crivello, Elizabeth Loyacano, Tim Martin Gleason, Elena Jeanne Batman, Lawson Skala, John Wolfe, Rebecca Spencer, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Kelly Morgan. Quite shaky with lots of wandering and a blurry picture, facial expressions can rarely be discerned. Missing a few minutes in Notes I with a few random seconds of another musical in its place. APhantom The Las Vegas Experience(8/30/2006) Las Vegas
Brent Barrett, Sierra Boggess, Tim Martin Gleason, Geena Jeffries Mattox, Lawson Skala, John Wolfe, Rebecca Spencer, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Morgan A couple of back-outs and also a little shaky. AThe Pillowman (3/26/05) Broadway
Billy Crudup, Jeff Goldblum and OBC. Has NY1 stuff as well. Great Shot A Pippin (1981)
Pro-Shot. Professionally shot for TV. William Katt, Ben Vereen, Leslie Denniston, Chita Rivera, Benjamin Rayson, Martha Raye. A+ Pippin in Concert (11.29.04) Actor's Fund Benefit Concert
Michael LauraTerrence Benanti, Rosie BillyJulia Porter, Kate Shindle, Darius DeHaas, Arden, Ben Vereen, Mann,O'Donnell, Charles Busch, Murney, John Tartaglia. Many Close-ups. Overall quality video. A The Pirate Queen (11/10/2006) Chicago Tryout
Stephanie J. Block, Jeff McCarthy and rest of the srcinal cast. Crystal clear picture, great close ups. Really amazing. A The Pirate Queen (4/13/07) Broadway
Stephanie J. Block, Hadley Fraser, Jeff McCarthy, Linda Balgord, William Youmans, Marcus Chait. Wonderful crystal clear capture and top notch amazing performances. Much improved from Chicago version. Includes the performance on The View from 4/17 at the end. A Pirates! (7/5/07) Papermill Playhouse, NJ
Andrew Varela, Barrett Foa, Farah Alvin, Ed Dixon, Liz McCartney, Gerry McIntyre, John O'Creagh, Julia Osborne. One really annoying head, but captures all the action and is generally good quality - focuses a little more on Barrett & Farah than anyone else; good video A Princess Diana the Musical(9/27/98) Omaha, NB
World premier presentation, Cast: Lisa Kliewer-Lund. John- Michael Zuerlen. Multi camera, pro shot video, some generation loss. B+ The Producers (1/22/01) Chicago
Mattthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, and the OBC. Some generation loss, some screen flips from VCR to DVD. Could be worse, a good shot actually. B+ The Producers (4/25/01) Broadway Nathan Lane (Max), Matthew Broderick (Leo), Cady Huffman (Ulla), Gary Beach (Roger DeBris), Roger Bart (Carmen Ghia), Brad Oscar (Franz Liebkind). AThe Producers (11/4/01) Broadway Nathan Lane (Max), Matthew Broderick (Leo), Cady Huffman (Ulla), Gary Beach (Roger DeBris), Roger Bart (Carmen Ghia), Brad Oscar (Franz Liebkind) AProof (9/04/01) Broadway
Filmed from an odd angle (balcony, far side) starts about 3 minutes into the show. Great zooms, excellent picture- just at an odd angle. Mary Louise Parker, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Tovatt, Johanna Day. A-
Puppetry of the Penis: The Ancient Art of Genital Origami(2002) Australia
Simon Morley, David Friend. Pro Shot. A+ Rabbit Hole (2/25/06) Broadway
Cynthia Nixon, Tyne Daly, John Slattery, John Gallagher, Jr., Mary Catherine Garrison First 8 minutes or so are a little jumpy due to a rude person; act 2 much better with nice picture and sound throughout; includes 2 interviews and review on NY 1. ARags (1986) Broadway From 1986, all that survives from the OBC - press reels, also includes what appears to be "The Hugh Heffner Show" theatre talk special as well as the news reviews from "A Broadway Musical" which opened and closed on Broadway on December 21, 1978. Ragtime Broadway
Audra MacDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie and the OBC. Good video, some generation loss but amazing to still watch. B+ Ragtime Concert Version (10/2002) Cardiff Wales
Maria Friedman, Dave Willetts. Semi staged in full costume, Maria Friedman is amazing as Mother. Pro Shot. A+ Ragtime (3/17/03) Tour Cast Unknown. Not a bad Video. ARagtime (7/05) Papermill Playhouse
Rachel York, Quentin Earl Darrington, Kenita R. Miller. Some heads in the way at times but not a bad Video. However, its most all of act one, Act 2 starts at Sarah Brown eyes and jumps. B+ A Raisin in the Sun (4/10/04) Broadway
Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, David Aaron Baker, Lawrence Ballard, Teagle F. Bougere, Frank Harts, Billy Eugene Jones, Alexander Mitchell, Bill Nunn. Excellent picture and sound on video, AReckless (10/9/04) Broadway Mary-Louise Parker, Rosie Perez, Thomas Sadoski, Jeremy Shamos, Olga Merediz,Debra Monk, Michael O'Keefe. Great Video A Reefer Madness (10/27/01) Off Broadway
Chirstian Campbell, Kristin Bell, Michele Pawk, Greg Eldman. Not a bad video of an amazing show. Some buzzing in audio but you’ll stop hearing it after a while. AThe Red Shoes (10/2/93) Broadway
Roger Rees, Hugh Panaro, Margaret Illmann, George de la Pena, Jonathan Sharp First Broadway preview. Great video despite its age, filming is shaky but follows action
well. Shot through some heads with a couple of minor cover-ups and skips. Spotlight washout on faces sometimes. Rare video of Classic Bway Flop. B Rent (4/29/96) Opening Night- Broadway
Original Broadway Cast Cast: Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Idina Menzel B+ Rent (8/10/02) Rent (2/15/02) Galveston,
TX Collins Tour Cast: Roger: Kevin Spencer, Mark: Jay Wilkison*, Mimi: Krystal Washington, Angel: Justin Rodriguez, Collins: Bruce Wilson, Benny: Matthew S. Morgan, Maureen: Sara Schatz, Joanne: Bridget Ann Mohammed, Solo #1: Haneefah Wood, Solo #2: Rick Younger, Gordon: Brian Ashton Miller, Steve: Cole McClendon, Paul: Damien Deshaun Smith, Mark’s Mom: Clark Mims, Alexi: Jackie Maraya Lap shot from the orchestra…so a lot of heads in the way, and several blackouts. The close-ups look great, but the camera sometimes has a hard time staying with the action. “Blips” for the first 10 minutes or so. B Rent (4-09-06)
Collins Tour, Chicago
Jed Resnick,Chante Bryce Carmel Ryness,Frierson, Nina Metrick, G. Nolan Jr., Ano Okera, Tracy McDowell, Great Warren Video! A RENT 10 (4/24/06) - 10th anniversary concert
Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rodney Hicks, Kristin Lee Kelly, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Aiko Nakasone, Timothy Britten Parker, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley, Fredi Walker. Incredible sound and amazing close-ups. A Ring of Fire (4/28/06) Broadway
Jeb Brown, Jason Edwards, Jarrod Emick, Beth Malone, Cass Morgan, Lari White. A The Rink (1984) Broadway
Chita Rivera, LizaSome Minnelli, Jason loss. Alexander, Ronn Carroll, Scott Ellis and Original Broadway Cast. generation B The Ritz (11/10/07) Broadway
Rosie Perez, Kevin Chamberlin, Brooks Ashmanskas,Ashlie Atkinson,Ryan Idol, Seth Rudetsky, Patrick Kerr, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Terrence Riordan.Terrific, fun show withgreat performances and plenty of eye candy, all of which is beautifully captured. A Rock of Ages (4/12/09) Broadway Preview
OBC Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, Mitchell Jarvis, Michelle Mais. A good capture of this fun show. A-
The Rocky Horror Show(7/11/01) Broadway
Tom Hewitt, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Luke Perry, Alice Ripley, Ana Gastayer, Lea DeLaria, Dick Cavett. Starts at Brad and Janet in the Car. Not too bad for a little bit of age. B+ The Rocky Horror Show(9/9/01) Broadway
Terrence Mann, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Aiko Nakasone (u/s),Kristen LeeKelly (u/s), Jarrod Emmick, Mark Price, Sebastian LaCause, Dick Cavett, James Stovall, Jonathan Sharp, Rosa Curry, Kevin Asa Somers, John Jeffrey Martin, Denise blackouts during theCahoon, Cavett monologues, but some great close-ups. A-Summerford. Some The Rocky Horror Show(12/13/01) Broadway
Kevin Cahoon (u/s for Terrance Mann as “Frank”), Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jarrod Emick, Kristen Lee Kelly, Sebastian Bach, Liz Larsen, Sebastian LaCause, Jason Wooten, Sally Jesse Raphael, Matthew Morrison, Jim Osorno, John Jeffrey Martin, James Stovall, Rosa Curry, Yassmin Alers. Good quality video! B+ Rocky Horror Show (11-18-02) Broadway
Daphne Rubin-Vega (Usherette/Magenta), Kristen Lee Kelly (Janet), Jarrod Emick (Brad), Gilbert Gottfried (Narrator), Sebastian Bach (Riff Raff), Liz Larsen (Columbia), Terrence Mann (Frank N Furter), John Jeffery Martin (u/s Rocky) Starts at Over at the Frankenstein Place. Quite a lot of spotlight wash-out and generation loss. B Romeo & Bernadette (2/03) Millburn, NJ Andy Karl, Rose De Candia, Adam Monley, Natalie Hill. A World Premiere performance from Papermill Playhouse. Recorded through the house camera. A Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, IL Good performances from a fun cast. ARuthless!
Saturday Night Fever (7/28/2001) National US Tour
Tony: Richard H. Blake, Stephanie: Jeanine Meyers, Bobby C: Jim Ambler, Annette: Aileen Quinn, Double J: Joe Calveri, Joey :Casey Miles Good Gus: Daniel Jerod Brown, DJ Monty: Joseph Ricci, Flo Manero: Susan Costallos, Frank Manero: Rich Herbert, Frank Jr: Sean generation. B+Frank Sullivan, Linda: Kathleen Shields. Not a bad video, middle Saved (6/8/08) Off-Bway
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Van Hughes, John Dossett, Mary Faber, Juliana Ashley Hansen, Curtis Holbrook, Emily Walton, Aaron Tveit, Josh Breckenridge, Jason Michael Snow, Morgan Weed, Daniel Zaitchik, Julia Murney. Missing 15 minutes of Act 1 from "I'm Not That Kind of Girl" to about 15 seconds into "What's Wrong With Me" but improves after that; blocking from a backpack used for filming a couple of times but not very distracting; besides all that, a nice video with clear picture and sound B+ The Secret Garden (5/26/2001 & 5/30/2001) London
Philip Quast (Archie), Linzi Hateley (Martha), Craig Purnell (Dickon), Meredith Braun
(Lily), Peter Polycarpou, Cassandra Compton/Lizzie. The first act was shot from the far right mezzanine, so far stage left is obscured; the second act was shot from the left side of the orchestra, from a nice angle; zooms throughout. Generation loss and can be a bit pixely at times. B+ The Secret Garden In Concert(12/5/05) New York
Michael Arden, Laura Benanti, Celia Keenan-Bolger, David Canary, Max von Essen, Matt Cavenaugh, StevenDay Pasquale, S Craig, Barbera Shonn Wiley The third World AIDS concert,Deborak held at Manhattan CenterRosenblat, Studios Grand Ballroom. Also featuring a 70 person choir, a 35 piece orchestra and a children's choir with performers from Rosie's Broadway Kids; nicely shot-a bit shaky from time to time, but nothing too bad. ASeussical the Musical (8/27/2000) Boston Tryout
David Shiner (Cat in the Hat), Kevin Chamberlin (Horton), Janine LaManna (Gertrude McFuzz), Michele Pawk (Mazzie). First Preview ever of the show. Very different from broadway production, including the cut seqence of The Lorax. B+ Seussical the Musical (9/24/2000) Boston Tryout
David Shiner (Cat in the Hat), Kevin Chamberlin (Horton), Janine LaManna (Gertrude McFuzz), PawkCompletly (Mazzie). different Last performance New York.Still Lots of from changes even from Michele other video. costumes before than Broadway. shot box. B Seussical the Musical (2/9/2001) Broadway
Rosie O’Donnell and OBC. B+ Seussical the Musical (5/20/01) Broadway Last Show
Cathy Rigby, Kevin Chamberlain, Janine LaManna, Sharon Wilkins, Michelle Pawk, Cameron Bowen. Nice color, follows action well. The picture isn’t exactly crisp and there is a faint buzz in the background of the audio…but great audience, and very watchable tape. B+ Seussical the Michael MusicalWalker, (2/19/04)Sarah Concord, NH(u/s), Dawn Peter Roman, Mason
Lebrecht, Todd Bergman (u/s), LaDonna Burns. Wonderful picture and sound, with only a couple of heads in the way. Shot from the back of the orchestra; 1st generation from the master A Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(2006) Music Theatre of Witchia
Ed Watts, Kim Huber. Archival Tape including press materials and commercials. ProShot. A+ Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(10/31/06) London
No cast info but a great recording. A She Loves Me (1993) Broadway Revival
Boyd Gaines, Diane Fratantoni, Sally Mayes, Howard McGillin, Louis Zoric, Lee Wilkoff, Brad Kane, Jonathan Freeman, Joey McNeely (1994) Original London Cast Ruthie Henshall, John Gordon Sinclair She Loves Me
Shogun the Musical (1990) Broadway
Philip Casnoff, June Angela, Freda Eric Chan, JosephAct Foronda, Lee Lobenhofer, Jason Ma, Francis Ruivivar, Foh Shen. 1 has aLeslie coupleIshii, of tracking issues: occasional blips, and a line of faint tracking snow through the middle. The sound in the beginning also goes in and out. Act Two is much better. Still shows some generational loss, but is much better and easier to watch than the first half. C+ Shrek: The Musical (8/14/08) Seattle, WA
Brian D'arcy James, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, Chester Gregory, John Tartaglia, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Haven Burton First Performance of the Pre-Broadway run. A rare capture due to the fact the show ran 2 hours and 34 minutes, cuts are nearly inevitable. Includes three already cut songs, "I Could Get Used to This" and "Gonna Build a Wall", and "The Line-up Reprise #2" (where Gingy sings about having an yeast infection) was cut on the second preview.. Beautiful capture with no obstructions. A very fun show, a top notch cast and memorable songs. A+ Shrek: The Musical (8/15/08) Seattle, WA Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Chester Gregory, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, Kecia Lewis-Evans. Filmed from the back row of the right balcony; small theater so zoomed close ups are very clear shot. No picture at the beginning of each act, so the picture is blurry or non-existent for a bit, and there's one short cove rup during Donkey's entrance, but other than that everything is there. A Shrek (9/21/2008) Seattle WA
Cast: Brian D'arcy James, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, Chester Gregory, John Tartaglia, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Haven Burton. Final Performance of the Pre-Broadway run with many changes. Nearly 25 minutes of cuts and changes since the first performance, includingto new The castcapture was totally on for theperformance final show and fantastic performances diesongs. for. Beautiful and matching A gave Shrek (11/15/08) Broaday
Brian D'Arcy James (Shrek), Sutton Foster (Princess Fiona), Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad), Daniel Breaker (Donkey). AShrek (4/11/09) Broadway
Brian d'Arcy James, Haven Burton (u/s Fiona), Daniel Breaker, Christopher Seiber, John Tartaglia, Heather Jane Rolff (u/s Mama Bear/Gingy). Very Good Capture of this show. Only one five second cover-up during "Story of My Life", and a little head obstruction when the actors come all the way downstage during one scene. Haven really makes the role her own. A
Side Show (11/16/1997) Broadway
Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Jeff McCarthy, Hugh Panaro and OBC. ASide Show (12/27/97) Broadway
Alice Ripley, Lauren Kennedy (und.), Jeff McCarthy, Hugh Panaro, Norm Lewis, David Massenheimer (und.) A nice video of Lauren including post-show speech encouraging the audience to return and "bring a friend!". B+ Side Show (12/30/97) Broadway
Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley, Jeff McCarthy, Hugh Panaro, Norm Lewis and the srcinal Broadway cast. Some close ups, no black outs. B+ Slut Off Bway
Andy Karl. Not a terrible video, but not great. B+ Smile (1986) Broadway
OBC. Great for its age! A relatively good video of the Hamlisch flop that only played 48 shows! Some generation loss. B+ Snoopy
Andrea McArdle. Pro-shot but very old and very graining. Not a lot of info on this one. BSome Like It Hot (2003) US Tour
Tony Curtis, Jodi Carmeli, Timothy Gulan, Arthur Hanket, Lenora Nemetz, William Ryall, Larry Storch. Some genation loss but completely watchable. B+ Song & Dance (4/28/1984) London
Sarah Brightman, Wayne Sleep. Pro shot for TV. A The Sound Of Music (3/98) Broadway Revival
Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry, Patti Cohenour, Jan Maxwell, Fred Applegate, Patricia Conolly, Sara Zelle, Dashiell Eaves, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr, Gina Ferrall, Ann Brown. Camera a little shaky at times, but not too bad B+ Sound of Music (11/8/06) London Connie Fisher, Christopher Dickins as (u/s) Captain von Trapp, Lesley Garrett, Sophie Bould, Ian Gelder, Neil McDermott, Margaret Preece, Lauren Ward. Almost all of Act 2 and about 25 minutes of various footage from Act 1. Tough call on this, great filmed when not covered up. Audio is great. B .
South Pacific (2001) NBC-TV
Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr, Rade Serbedzija, Robert Pastorelli. TV movie based on the classic Rogers And Hammerstein musical. A+ South Pacific: Concert in Carnegie Hall(4/26/2006)
Reba McEntire (Ensign Nellie Forbush), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Emile de Becque), Jason
Danieley (Lt. Joseph Cable), Lillias White (Bloody Mary), Conrad John Schuck (Capt. George Brackett), Dylan Baker (Cmdr. William Harbison), Alec Baldwin (Luther Billis), Alexio Barboza (Jerome) Alex de Castro (Ngana), Renita Croney (Liat), Alexander Gemignani (Stewpot), Tom Deckman (Professor), South Pacific Ensemble (Nurses, Islanders, Officers, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers). Orchestra of St. Luke's Paul Gemignani (Conductor). Pro Shot. A+ South Pacific(Nellie (3/4/08) Broadway Kelli O’Hara Forbush), Paulo Szot (Emile de Becque), Loretta Ables Sayre
(Bloody Mary), Matthew Morrison (Lt. Joseph Cable), Danny Burstein (Luther Billis). A Souvenir (2003) Broadway
Judy Kaye. Great Peformance, Great Recording. A Spamalot (3/12/05) Broadway
Original Bway Cast. One of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Shot from mez and great shots of everything. A+ Spamalot (5/23/06) Chicago Tour
Michael Siberry, Jeff Dumas, Rick Holmes, Bradley Dean, Pia Glenn, Tom Deckman, David Turner, Christopher Gurr. Great one. A Spring Awakening (7/9/2006) Off Broadway Jonathan Groff (Melchior), John Gallagher, Jr. (Moritz), Lea Michele (Wendla), Skylar Astin (Georg), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Brian Johnson (Otto), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Remy Zaken (Thea). Not a bad video at all. ASpring Awakening (02/10/07) Broadway Nice crystal clear quality and awesome zooms. Up close! Taper pulls back from balcony to focus on ensemble moments. Has to shoot through a minor head or two to catch all the action! Jonathan Groff,John Gallagher, Jr.Lea Michelle. U/s on :Phoebe Strole,Krysta Rodriguez,Frances Mercanti-Anthony. A Spring Awakening (8/18/07) Broadway
Lea Michelle, Gerard Canonico (u/s Moritz), Jonathan Groff, Lauren Pritchard, Matt Doyle (u/s Otto), Jonathan B. Wright, Gideon Glick, Skylar Astin, Jennifer Damiano (u/s Martha), Phoebe Strole, Remy Zaken, Christine Estabrook, Ken Marks Absolutely beautiful capture; camera is very steady and follows the action perfectly. The quality is colorful and crystal clear. It is the full show with no blackouts. 2 DVDs. A Spring Awakening (2/23/2008) Broadway
Matt Doyle (Melchior u/s), Alexandra Socha (Wendla u/s), Blake Bashoff, Emma Hunton, Lilli Cooper, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Skylar Astin, Jesse Swenson (Hanschen u/s), Brian Charles Johnson, Blake Daniel, Kate Burton, Glenn Fleshler. A Spring Awakening (5/18/08) Broadway
Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele's Last Performance Jonathan Groff, Blake Bashoff, Lea Michele, Emma Hunton, Remy Zaken, Phoebe Strole, Lilli Cooper, Brian Charles Johnson, Skylar Astin, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle, Glenn Fleshler, Christine Estabrook. Great capture, cast was on fire! Includes Speeches. A Spring Awakening (1/18/2009) Broadway Final Performance
Cast: Hunter Parrish,Andrew Alexandra Socha, Gerard Canonico, Castanos, Blake Daniel, Matt Doyle, Durand, Christine Estabrook,Amanda Glenn Fleshler, Emma Hunton, Emily Kinney, Caitlin Kinnunen, Gabriel Violett, Morgan Karr, Alice Lee, Eryn Murman, Zach Reiner-Harris. Lots of speeches at end. AStarlight Express (4/21/98) Mexico
Rusty-Ricardo Santo, Pearl-Maru Duenas, Greaseball-Carlos Gastelum, Electra-Jaime Rojas. One of the best Starlight videos. Peformed in Spanish. AState Fair (1996)
Broadway Kathryn Crosby, John Davidson, Andrea McArdle, Donna McKechnie, Scott Wise, Ben Wright and Original Broadway Cast. Not a bad video for its age. B+ Steel Pier (1997) Broadway
Gregory Harrison, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, Kristin Chenoweth, Daniel McDonald, Joel Blum. Very nice picture and sound; no major obstructions; mostly wide shots- dance numbers look great! Picture could be sharper, but it's not bad; includes additional clips and reviews. B+ The Story Of My Life (2/11/09) Broadway
Will Chase, Malcolm Gets, Alex Maizus, Austin McKinnis. Filmed during previews. This short lived musical lasted for just 5 official performances. Filmed from the orchestra section, so there are heads at the bottom of the screen. Basically the filmer just put the camcorder on their armrest, so it’s a mostly stationary full stage shot, but it’s great it was filmed at all. Some spotlight washout. B Sunday in the Park with George(1984) PBS PRO-SHOT Official Release
Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Barbara Byrne, Dana Ivey, Charles Kimbrough. Great Quality. A+ Sunday in The Park with George(1/26/08) Revival
Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell, Michael Crumpsty, Alexander Gemignani, Jessica Molaskey, Jessica Grove, David Turner. Recorded the second night of previews A production of the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54. Well filmed. A little shaky to start, with occasional heads in the shot, but overall very good, with great closeups. A Sunset Blvd (1993) London
Patti LuPone and srcinal London cast. Preview performance. Full stage shot and hard to see exactly what is going on, but can see everything. Sound is great. B Sunset Blvd (1994) LA
Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, and Judy Kuhn. This is the only video I’ve very seen of the LA cast. Clearly taped from a box so quality isn’t great, but the sound is very good. Amazing that this is out there somewhere. B Sunset Blvd (1996) Broadway
Betty Buckley (Norma), Alan Campbell (Joe). Great video that isn’t too bad for its age. Some generation lost but a lot worse out there. B+ Sunset Blvd (3/22/97) Broadway
Final Broadway Performance. Elaine Paige (Norma Desmond), Alan Campbell (Joe), George Hearn (Max), Kristen Behrendt (Betty). Some generation loss. B+ Sweeney Todd (1979)
Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou and Original Broadway Cast. Bootleg version. Great for its Age. B+ Sweeney Todd (6/14/02) Kennedy Center
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Sweeney Todd), Jane Pesci-Townsend (Mrs Lovett), Hugh Panaro (Anthony), Mary Beth Peil (Beggar Woman), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin), Ray Friedeck (The Beadle), Celia Keenan Bolger (Johanna), Mark Price (Toby), Kevin Ligon (Pirelli), Steven Cupo (Jonas Fogg). Great taping, great performances. ASweeney Todd (10/18/05) Broadway
Michael Cerveris (Sweeney), Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett), Manoel Felciano (Tobias) and the rest of the OBC. Great video! A Sweeney Todd (4/2/06) Broadway Revival
Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett), Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), John Arbo (Jonas), Donna Lynn Champlin (Pirelli), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Gemignani (Beadle), Mark Jacoby (Judge), Benjamin Magnuson (Anthony),Alexander Lauren Molina (Johanna) Sweet Charity (2/24/05) Chicago Out of Town Tryout
Starring Christina Applegate as Charity, Dennis O’Hare. Some crazy video but clear when actually focused in. One of the only videos there are of this one. B+ Sweet Charity (4/28/05) Broadway
Christina Applegate, Dennis O’Hare, Kyra DaCosta, Janine LaManna, Ernie Sabella. Beautiful picture with great close-ups. Sound is slightly muffled, but you can understand with no problems. A very nice video. A Sweet Smell of Success (2/26/02) Broadway
John Lithgow, Brian d’Arcy James, Kelli O’Hara, Jack Noseworthy. Great video B+ Taboo (2003) London
Cast: Euan Morton, Paul Baker, Boy George, Lyn Paul, Luke Evans. Multi cam video filmed at The Venue theatre. Pro-Shot A+ Taboo (2/8/2004) Broadway
Cast: Euan Morton, Raul Esparza, Liz Mc Cartney, Cary Shields, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jennifer Cody. Closing night show. Great video. A Take Me Out (3/26/03) Broadway
Cast: Daniel Sunjata, Denis O'Hare, David Eigenberg. Great sound, very nice picture and lots of close-ups. Great Performances. A A Tale of Two Cities (8/20/2004) NYC Reading
James Barbour, Gary Morris, Gavin Creel, Michelle Dawson, Billy Gilman,Jenny Powers, Nick Wyman, Timothy Shew, Katherine McGrath. Reading of the verison done in FL. ATarzan (3/30/06) Broadway
Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese, Merle Dandridge, Shuler Hensley, Chester Gregory II, Tim Jerome, Donnie Keshawarz, Daniew Manche. Filmed during previews, the show is a little dark at times, but a great Dvd. Crystal clear picture and sound. A Includes the producers speech at the beginning about how this was the first performance with newly added scenes. The first 5 minutes are shakey due to ushers and latecomers, but its all there. A Tarzan (7/30/2006) Broadway
Horace V. Rogers as (u/s) Kerchak, Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese, Merle Dandridge, Chester Gregory II, Tim Jerome, Donne Keshawarz, Daniel MancheNice filming, not as dark as other Tarzan DVD. A The Ten Commandments (9/2004) California
Val Kilmer, Lauren Kennedy, Kevin Earley. The reworked version of the French hit with a score by Patrick Leonard, frequent collaborator with Madonna. Cast of 50 with multimedia projection screens. Pro-shot tape that they also sell. A+ Three Days of Rain (5/13/06) Broadway
Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper. Nice filming. Some heads in the way. A Threepenny Opera (3/29/2006) Broadway
Alan Cumming, Jim Dale, Ana Gasteyer, Cyndi Lauper, Nellie McKay, and rest of srcinal revival cast.Crystal clear picture and sound, nice closeups. Ana and Cyndi stand out here. A
Thoroughly Modern Millie(2001) La Jolla, Out of Town Tryout
Sutton Foster, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jim Stanek, Marc Kudisch, Tonya Pinkins, Pat Carroll. Shot from the front row, so it's at a weird angle. VERY different from Broadway version. BThoroughly Modern Millie(5/10/2002) Broadway
Sutton Foster, Gavin Creel, Marc Kudisch, Sheryl Lee Ralph. Very mild generational loss. But, nice picture (though occasional slight buzzing). A there is a very slight shake) and sound (though an Thoroughly Modern Millie(5/8/2005) North Shore Music Theatre
Cast: Milena Govich, Ryan Silverman, Terry Burrell, Beth McVey, Richard Roland, Amanda Serkasevich, Becky Barta . No closeups and some heads and blackouts in Act 1 but better in Act 2; close-ups are nice and clear; theater in the round some when the light comes from different directions, it causes some spotlight washout. B Thoroughly Modern Millie(7/2006) Gateway Playhouse
Kristin Maloney, Nick Spangler, Susan J. Jacks. Pro shot, in house camera. A Thou Shalt Not (1/6/02) Broadway Final Performance
Craig Bierko, Kate Levering, Norbert Leo Butz, Debra Monk, Leo Burmester. Pretty good picture and decent sound. Nice camera work, follows the action well. A(2001) Off-Broadway Laura Benanti (Julia Charbonneau), Lewis Cleale (Si Morley), Christopher Innvar (Jake Pickering), David McCallum (EE Danziger & Cyrus Hogue), Julia Murney (Kate Mancuso), Lauren Ward (Emily Hogue). Head and railing obstructions throughout; actors are completely lost if they are on the right side of the stage. Occasional spotlight washout. B+ Time And Again
The Times, They are a’Changin(9/25/06) Broadway
First Broadway Preview some cover ups and shakiness in first few songs, improves dramatically after that. Michael Arden, Thom Sesma, Carmen Manuel. A The Times, They are a’Changin(10/11/06) Broadway
Michael Arden, Thom Sesma, Includes extras. A
The Times, They are a’Changin(11/14/06) Broadway
Michael Arden, Thom Sesma, Lisa Brecia Shot from Stage-Right box. Beautiful video. Excellent sound. Titanic (11/1997) Broadway
Original Broadway Cast. Good capture, video has endured well. ATitanic (9/2/00) US Tour, San Diego, CA
Marcus Chait, William Parry, Melissa Bell. Nicely filmed and overall a very nice video, but some slight generational loss. A-
Tommy (6/17/95) Broadway
1995 Tour Press Reel Highlights (Professional) & 1995 Final Broadway Performance. Some generation copy loss in this one but not unwatchable. The press stuff is great. Missing the first minute or so. B+ Tommy (1/2001) US Tour
Cast: Tommy-Michael Seelbach. Big League Productions. Pro-Shot ATommy (2002) Amstetten Steven Seale, Brian Carmack, Sabine Mayer-Fowler, Drew Sarich, James Sbano. Pro shot. B+ The Unauthorized Autobigraphy of Samanta Brown(5/03/09) Orange County
Performing Arts Center CA, Final performance Patti Murin, Jenni Barber, Nick Blaemire, Lisa Brescia, Stephen Bogdarus Urban Cowboy (3/3/03) Broadway
OBC. From a preview so lots was changed before it closed. Some generation loss. B+ Urinetown (8/28/01) Broadway
Hunter Foster, Jennifer Laura Thompson and OBC. Great clear recording. AUrinetown (10/20/01) Broadway
John Cullum, Jeff McCarthy, Spencer Kayden, Hunter Foster, Jennifer Laura Thompson. A Victor/Victoria (1995) PRO-SHOT PBS Official Release
Julie Andrews, Tony Roberts, Michael Nouri, Rachel York, Gregory Jbara, Richard B. Shull, Adam Heller, Michael Cripe, Ken Land. Great Quality. A+ Violet (1/18/03) Reunion Concert at Playwright’s Horizons
Stephen Lee Anderson, Michael CassChapman, Morgan, Roz Ryan, Michael Parks, Lauren Ward, Norbert Leo Butz,McElroy, Tracy Nicole Luther Creek. Good, well-shot picture and good sound. A We Will Rock You (6/12/02) London Neat sci-fi musical built around the music of Queen. Freddy Mercury vocals are especially well rendered. Elaborate production and stage effects. Crisp digital shoot. A We Will Rock You (2/11/03) London
Cast: Tony Vincent, Nigel Planer, Alexander Hanson, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D Clark, Nigel Clauzel, Kerry Ellis. Producers copy, multi-camera video of the entire live show. Has counter numbers running across the bottom of the screen. Pro-Shot A+
The Wedding Singer (4/1/06) Broadway
Stephen Lynch, Laura Benati, Amy Spanger, Kevin Cahoon, Matthew Saldivar, Richard Blake, Felicia Finley, Rita Gardner. Broadway Preview Amazingly shot, fun show, beautiful closeups, nice sound. A+ The Wedding Singer (4/11/06) Broadway
Stephen Lynch, Laura Benati, Cara Cooper (u/s for Holly), Kevin Cahoon, Matthew Saldivar, Richard Blake, Felicia Finley, Rita Gardner. Nicely filmed with an understudy. AThe Wedding Singer (4/15/06) Broadway
OBC. First show with the new song, ‘Someday.’ Amazing Quality. Final Version of the Show. A The Wedding Singer (2007) Madrid, Spain Naím Thomas (Robbie), María Adamuz, Silvia Casanova, María Ángeles Virumbrales, Pro-Shot. A+ Whistle Down the Wind (1996) Washington DC World
Premiere Davis Gaines (The Man), Irene Molloy (Swallow), Abbi Hutcherson (Brat), Cameron Bowen (Poor BabyCandy ), Steve Scott Springer (Amos), Hornhohl (Candy), Timothy Nolen (Boone), Buckley (Aunt Dot), MikeLacey Hartman (Sheriff)
This is pro shot dress rehersal. The colors are faded but the picture is very clear; includes hidden shot of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman and Hal Prince discussing the show after performance in the theatre. AWhistle Down the Wind (9/6/2000) London
Jerome Pradon (The Man), Vikki Coote, Mark McGee (Amos), Cat Simmons (Candy), Rohan Tickle, Rupert Bradshaw. Good Quality. AWhistle Down the Wind (1/5/01) London
Jerome Pradon, Laura Michelle Kelly, Rohan Tickell, Mark McGee, Cat Simmons. Great video. AWhistle Down the Wind (10/13/07) National Tour ~ St. Paul
Andrea Ross, Eric Kunze, Austin J. Zambito-Valente, Nadine Jacobson, Dann Fink, Carole Denise Jones, Matt Skrincosky, Gerry McIntyre, Adam Shonkwiler. A beautiful capture and an amazing show. A White Christmas (12/3/2005) Boston
John Anthony,Terry Beaver, Stephen Bogardus, Katherine Doherty as Susan Waverly, Michael Gruber, Isenegger, Karen Morrow, Kerry O'Malley. Awesome Video. A Wicked (10/12/03) Broadway
Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and Original Bway Cast. Great video A
Wicked (1/9/2004) Broadway
Elphaba: Idina Menzel, Glinda: Kristin Chenoweth, Fiyero: Taye Digges, The Wizard: Joel Grey, Mrs. Morrible: Carole Shelley, Nessarose: Michelle Federer, Not a bad video. By far not the best out there, but its great to see Taye and Idina together, they have great chemistry. AWicked (7/18/04) Broadway
Kristen after theChenoweth, show. A Idina Menzel. Kristin’s last performance. Includes Idina’s speech Wicked (01/09/05) Broadway
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Shoshana Bean (u/s), George Hearn, Carolle Shelley, Joey McIntire + Appearance by Idina Menzel. Idina Menzel's Last Appearance. She doesn't actually appear until the final few minutes of the play and performs the last few lines. Includes Speech at end of show. Quality: A. Wicked (4/23/05) Cannon Theatre Toronto
Stephanie Block, Kendra K. and original touring Cast. Got my copy from master. Great Video A Wicked (7/1/05) Oriental Theatre Chicago
Ana Gastyer and Kate Reiners and Chicago Cast. Great Video AWicked (8/17/05) Broadway
Shoshanna Bean, Megan Hilty, Ben Vereen, David Ayers, Adinah Alexander (u/s), Megan Sikora (u/s), Jeffery Kuhn, Sean McCourt About five minutes worth of cover-ups at the beginning (you see Glinda’s entrance) because of latecomers and few more random ones during the first act. The first few minutes of the second act are similar to those of Act 1. One of the best show videos of Wicked out there. No obstructions and great close ups. A Wicked (10/26/2005) Oriental Theatre Chicago
Elphaba: Kristy Cates, Glinda: Sarah Jane Everman, Fiyero: Kristoffer Cusick, Madame Morrible: the show. Rondi A (+) Reed, Nessarose: Heidi Kettenringer. The best video I’ve ever seen of Wicked (03/14/06) Tour, Cincinnati
Julia Murney (Elphaba), Kendra Kassebaum (Glinda), Sebastian Arcelus (Fiyero), PJ Benjamin (Wizard), Alma Cuervo (Morrible), Timothy Britten Parker (Dillamond), Jennifer Waldman (u/s Nessa), Logan Lipton (Boq) Several brief blackouts with only sound. Sound only for first half of "Thank Goodness." Good close-ups. AWicked (3/29/06) Broadway
Saycon Sengbloh (u/s elphaba), Megan Hilty, Jenna Leigh Green, Robb Sapp, Carol Kane, Ben Vereen, Derrick Williams. Shot close to the stage, tons of closeups. A
Wicked (5/23/06) Atlanta,
GA National Tour Julia Murney (Elphaba), Kendra Kassebaum (Glinda), Sebastian Arcelus (Fiyero), Alma Cuervo (Madame Morrible), P.J. Benjamin (Wizard), Logan Lipton (Boq), Jennifer Waldman (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Doctor Dillamond). Great Video. A Wicked (5/28/06)
Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Megan HiltyMorrible), (Glinda), Derrick Williams David Garrison (Wizard), Carol Kane (Mme. Robb Sapp (Boq),(Fiyero), Jenna Leigh Green (Nessarose). Incredible sound and amazing close-ups. Includes menus & stage-door. 2 DVDs. Megan Hilty’s Last Show. AWicked (5/28/06) Atlanta, Tour
Victoria Matlock (Elphaba), Annaleigh Ashford (Glinda), Sebastian Arcelus (Fiyero). Shot from orchestra. Slightly washed out with a lot of obstructions, but sound is great. B+ Wicked (7/9/06) Japan
Condensed theme park version of the show. App. 32 minutes in length. songs are performed randomly in either English or Japanese. It is interesting to note, that in the Japanese culture they have very little knowledge of the srcinal Wizard of Oz story – so the show has been modified a bit to make sense to them. AWicked (7/29/06)
Broadway Eden Espinosa & Kate Reinders, Jenna Leigh Green, Robb Sapp. Great Vid. A Wicked (11/8/06) London
Idina Menzel, Helen Dallimore, Adam Garcia and the OLC. Great crystal clear video. A Wicked (12/13/06) Oriental Theater
Erin Mackey, Dee Roscioli, Rondi Reed,Gene Weygabdt, Brad Bass, William Youmans.Very close and clear quality! A Wicked (2/9/07) Broadway
Julia Murney, Kendra Kassebaum, Sebastian Arcelus, Jayne Houdyshell, David Garrison, Cristy Candler, Logan Lipton, Steven Skybell. A Wicked (8/4/07) Los Angeles
Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty, Kristoffer Cusick, Carol Kane, John Rubinstein, Jenna Leigh Green, Adam Wylie, Timothy Britten Parker. A Wicked (10/18/07) London
Kerry Ellis, Dianne Pilkington, Oliver Tompsett, Susie Blake, Nigel Planer, Katie Rowley Jones, James Gillan, Andy Mace. A Wild Party (2000) Off Bway
Andrew Lippa version Off Bway. The only bootleg video out there. great sound but hard to see a lot of the action. Single still camera C The Wild Party (Lippa)(2000) - Off-Broadway
Brian d'Arcy James (Burrs), Julia Murney (Queenie), Idina Menzel (Kate), Taye Diggs (Black) *NEWLY RELEASED PRESS REELS & SOME PROSHOT SHOW - 1 HOUR, 20 MINUTE SHOW PLUS PRESS REELS* A+ The Wild Party (6/8/2000) Broadway
Toni Collette (Queenie), Mandy Patinkin (Burrs), Eartha Kitt (Dolores), Tonya Pinkins (Kate), Yancey Arias (Black), Marc Kudisch (Jackie), Norm Lewis (Eddie), Brooke Sunny Moriber (Nadine) Approximately the first ten minutes of the show is blackout; also blackout during "Like Sally". Occasional spotlight washout but some good closeups; camera sometimes wanders off-center. Audio remains clear and consistent throughout the show. Witches of Eastwick, London
2nd Cast of Show. Great show but ok video. Shot from in house camera from back of house. Audio is a bit low but one of the only video of the shows out there. B Witches of Eastwick (2/25/05) Holland
Cast: Henk Dikmoet, Frederique Sluyterman van Loo, Janneke Iking, Babbe Groenagen, Nienke van Hassel. Pro-shot A(1984) Broadway Stephanie Mills. Outstanding video and sound with very little generational loss! B+ The Wiz
The Wizard Of Oz Broadway
Roseanne, Jessica Grove. Madison Square Garden version. Some Generation loss. B The Wizard of Oz (11/05/95) Proshot PBS Version
Jackson Browne (The Scarecrow), Natalie Cole (Glinda), Jewel (Dorothy), Lucie Arnaz (Aunt Em), Roger Daltrey (The Tin Woodman), Joel Grey (The Wizard of Oz), Debra Winger (The Murney, Wicked Witch of the West), & Christy Baron, John Snow, Jay Kiman, Mayer, Julia Catherine Ruivivar, Stephanie Seeley,Dr. Phoebe Tom Neal Treadwell, Jennifer L. Neuland, David Sanborn, Robin Skye (Background Singers) The Woman in White (02/25/05) London
Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Angela Christian, Martin Crewes, Jill Paice. Not a bad video, great organization on disc. A(December 2003) Broadway Donna Murphy, Jennifer Westfeldt, Gregg Edelman, David Marguiles, Nancy Anderson, Ken Barnett. This is an Excellent DVD; Beautiful digital video; great close-ups (A-) DVD (2 Disc) Wonderful Town
Xanadu (11/10/07) Broadway
Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Tony Roberts, Andre Ward, Ryan Watkinson (u/s), Anika Larsen, Kenita Miller. A great clear recording. A Xanadu (11/11/07) Broadway
Cheyenne Jackson, Kerry Butler, Tony Roberts, Jackie Hoffman, Mary Testa, Ryan Watkinson as (u/s) Thalia, Anika Larsen, Kenita Miller. Blindly shotand from 15 feet wanders at times, things here there. Notfrom greatthe butstage, the sound is good. B some nice Xanadu (2/19/08) Broadway
Patti Murin (Clio/Kira u/s), Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Curtis Holbrook, Kate Loprest (Euterpe u/s), Kenita Miller, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Andre Ward. A A Year with Frog and Toad (6/13/2003) Broadway
Jay Goede, Mark Linn-Baker, Danielle Ferland, Jennifer Gambatese, Frank Vlastnik. Great filming of a great show. A You’re a Good Man Charlie BrownRevival, Tour Hybrid
Kristen Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp and Bway Cast Revival. Some White outs but and ok Video B+ Young Frankenstin (8/28/07) Seattle
Roger Bart (Dr Frankenstein), Sutton Foster (Inga), Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Andrea Martin (Frau Blucher), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Fred Applegate (Inspector Kemp / Hermit). A Young Frankenstein (11/10/07) Broadway
Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Andrea Martin, Fred Applegate, Christopher Fitzgerald. Amazing capture and fun performances. The changes from Seattle tighten up the show. Also includes Transylvania Mania, Roll in the Hay, Together Again as performed on The Today Show. AZanna Don't Off-Bway
Jai Rodriguez, Anika Larsen, Amanda Ryan Paige, Enrico Rodriguez, Jared Zeus, Shelley Thomas. Fantastic video of srcinal cast. Great close-ups....a few heads in the wide shots, but taper shoots around them nicely, and captures all the action. 1st generation. Includes pro-shot press reels. AZombie Prom (1998) Off-Broadway
Richard Roland, Jessica-Snow Wilson, Karen Murphy, Cathy Trien, Natalie Toro and Stephen Bienskie. Some generation loss, but you get the general idea. B+ Scores
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