Bernarda Alba (3/14/06) Off Broadway

Bernarda Alba (3/14/06) Off Broadway
Phylicia Rashad , Daphne Rubin-Vega , Nikki M. James , Sally Murphy , Saundra Santiago , Yolande Bavan , Judith Blazer , Candy Buckley , Nancy Ticotin , Laura Shoop. Great Video. A
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Broadway
One steady shot, zooms in at times. Major dropouts during the two opening songs, then again during the beginning of Act II. Includes the reprise of "Texas Has a Whorehouse in It" and the longer version of "The Sidestep" which were not on the cast recording. Complete show. Suffers from generational loss. C
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
The Best Man (6/20/12) Broadway
CCandice Bergen, Mark Blum, Kerry Butler, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, Jefferson Mays, Eric McCormack, Curtis Billings, Coreey Brill, Tony Carlin, Donna Hanover, Sherman Howard, Olja Hrustic, Bill Kux, James Lecesne, Dakin Matthews, Angelica Page, Fred Parker, Amy Tribbey Quality/Notes: Disc Includes Bonus Interviews/Behind The Scenes Footage. Very nice picture, great sound. Lots of amazing close-ups. 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 Fish (5/4/13) Oriental Theatre - Chicago, IL
Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Baldwin, Bobby Steggert, Krystal Joy Brown, Zachary Unger, Ryan Andes, Ben Crawford, Brad Oscar, Katie Thompson. Out of Town Tryout. 2 Discs
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. B-
Billy 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 Elliott (11/2/06) London
Matthew Koon (Billy) Great capture of the show. 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. A-
Billy Elliot (11/15/08) Broadway
Trent Kowalik, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Santino Fontana, Frank Dolce, Stephen Hanna, Joel Hatch, Leah Hocking. A-
Billy Elliot (2/14/2009) Broadway
Cast: Kiril Kulish, David Bologna, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Leah Hocking, Grant Turner (Older Billy u/s) A-
Blackbird (6/10/2007)MCCFinal 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. Includes scanned Playbill information. Filmed at the closing night of the show at the Manhattan Theatre Club. A-
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). A-
The Blonde In The Thunderbird, A One Woman Show (7/2005) Broadway
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers' one-woman Broadway show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird, a collection of stories about her life and career. The show was supposed to run for at least 3 months, but negative publicity and disappointing ticket sales caused an early closing. The show reportedly took in only $5,000.00 in ticket sales, and played for just 9 performances; professionally filmed for video, but never officially released. A
Blood 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
Blood Brothers (3/2010) London
Cast: Melanie C (Mrs Johnstone), Philip Stewart (Narrator), Stephen Palfreman
(Mickey), Richard Reynard (Eddie), Vivienne Carlyle (Mrs Lyons), Louise Clayton
(Linda), Michael Southern (Sammy), Owen Oldroyd (Mr Lyons) A
Blood Brothers (2010) UK Tour
Nikki Evans, Paul Davies, Sean Jones, Kelly Ann Grover, Tracy Spencer
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (10/31/10) Broadway
Benjamin Walker, Kristine Nielson, James Barry, Darren Goldstein, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Cameron Ocasio, Bryce Pinkham, Nadia Quinn, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young, great capture of this show, high energy rock show based on Andrew Jackson's life, A
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (11/10/10) Broadway
Benjamin Walker, Kristine Nielson, James Barry, Darren Goldstein, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Cameron Ocasio, Bryce Pinkham, Nadia Quinn, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young, great capture of this show, high energy rock show based on Andrew Jackson's life, A
Boeing-Boeing (4/19/2008) Broadway Revival
Christine Baranski, Bradley Whitford, Mark Rylance, Gina Gershon, Mary McCormack Kathryn Hahn. Great Capture of the Revival. A
Bombay Dreams (9/15/02) 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
Bombay Dreams
(10/6/02) London, Apollo Victoria Theatre
Digital video. A few head obstructions and mostly shot between two heads but full of zooms and great close-ups from the dress circle (mezzanine). A-
Bombay Dreams (4/19/04) Broadway
Manu Narayan, Madhur Jaffrey, Sriram Ganesan, Tanvir Gopal, Deep Katdare, Anisha Nagarajan, Ayesha Dharker Good quality video but because of battery problems, the taper only taped the musical numbers and the video ends during “Wedding Quawali”, nice otherwise; Masters copy had battery die, so no end of show. B-
Bonnie and Clyde (11/14/09) La Jolla, CA
Starring: Laura Osnes, Stark Sands, Melissa van der Schyff, Claybourne Elder, Chris Peluso, Wayne Duvall, Mare Winningham, Michael Mulligan, Michael Lanning
A very nice capture of this new show. This was only the fifth preview, so the show is sure to change in the future. The first couple minutes of each act are blacked out while everyone got settled, and then there's a couple very short blackouts throughout the show, but those are less than 30 seconds each. There's a little washout in some of the wide shots, and there's one head on the left that blocks the actors' legs occasionally. A
Bonnie & Clyde (11/9/11) Broadway
Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Claybourne Elder, Melissa Van Der Schyff, Louis Hobson, Joe Hart, Talon Ackerman, Leslie Becker, Mimi Bessette, Alison Cimmet, Daniel Cooney, Jon Fletcher, Kelsey Fowler, Victor Hernandez, Michael Lanning, Garrett Long, Matt Lutz, Marissa McGowan, Tad Wilson. Excellent quality and amazing show! 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. A-
The Book of Mormon (3/1/11) Broadway
Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham), Andrew Rannelss (Elder Price) Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley), Michael Potts (Mafala Hatimbi), Nikki M James (Nablungi), Scott Barnhardt, Justin Bohon, Graham Bowen, Ta’Rea Campbell, Darlesia Cearcy, Lewis Cleale, Kevin Duda, Jared Gertner, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Tyson Jennett, Clark Johnsen, Mala Nkenge Wilson, John Eric Parker, Benjamin Schrader, Michael James Scott, Brian Sears, Jason Michael Snow, Lawrence Stallings, Brian Tyree Henry, Rema Webb, Tommar Wilson
The Book of Mormon (3/7/11) Broadway
Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Nikki M. James, Rory O'Malley, Michael Potts, Lewis Cleale. Excellent quality, some camera wandering at first, but once things settle down, an excellent capture. A
Book of Mormon (9/6/12) National Tour, Los Angeles
Elder Price (Gavin Creel) , Elder Cunningham (Jared Gertner) , Nabulungi (Samantha Marie Ware) , Mafala Hatimbi ( Kevin Mambo) , Elder McKinley/ Moroni (Grey Henson), General ButFuckingNaked (Derek Williams) A
Book of Mormon (12/23/12) National Tour, Chicago
Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt, Syesha Mercado, Pierce CAssedy, James Vincent Meredith, Christopher Shyer, David Aron Damane. 2 DVDs
Bounce (2003) Chicago
Howard McGillin, Richard Kind, Michelle Pawk. Chicago production of Sondheim musical. Not too bad. A-
Boy 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. A-
Boy 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. A-
The Boys in the Photograph
(2008) Winnipeg, Canada
- Press Reels
Tony Le Page, Erica Peck, Richard McMillan, Kathryn Ballantine, Matthew Bradley, Caleb Cosman, Tracy Dawson, Tom Delbello, Kelly Fletcher, Jacquelyn French, Jeff Giles, Richard Harte, Allie Hughes, David Hurwitz, Joanna Keats, Cody Scott Lancaster, Brandon McGibbon, Adrienne Merrell, Shawn Meunier, Matt Murray, Carson Nattrass, Laura Olafson,Ange Pagano, Kristen Peace, Justin Stadnyk
Pro-shot press reels, highlights only. Formerly known as The Beautiful Game. A
The 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. A-
Boys from Syracuse (8/3/02) BroadwayRevival
Jackee Harry, Tom Hewitt, Lauren Mitchell, Chip Zien. Great Capture. A-
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (3/9/13) Broadway
Emilia Clarke (Holly Golightly), Cory Michael Smith (Fred), George Wendt (Joe Bell), James Yaegashi (I.Y. Yunioski), Suzanne Bertish (Madame Spanella), John Rothman (Editior/Sir Arbuck), Tony Torn (Rusty Trawler), Lee Wilkof (OJ Berman), Kate Cullen Roberts (Mag Wilwood). Filmer sat about 15 rows from the stage, some occasional heads at the bottom of the screen, but over a great video, contains nudity
Bridges of Madison County (3/9/2014) Broadway
Cast: Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, Hunter Foster, Cass Morgan, Kevin Kern, Caitlin Kinnunen, Whitney Bashor. 2 DVDs
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