Best video recording of a live production

[holdmetouchme]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:48pm

The other day I watched a DVD of The Pirates of Penzance with Ronstadt, Kline, Smith & Rose. It was filmed in Central Park. Despite the poor quality of both the video and the audio the real excitement of a live production came through the screen.

There is NOTHING like sitting in a theater and watching a live production but, despite (or perhaps because of) the poor quality of the taping, for me this has come the closest to that excitement.

Does anyone know of another recording of a live production that comes close to the feel of the live production?

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:55pm

Try Sunday In the Park With George. I love the filming of that.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:49pm

Passion probably worked better on video than it did in the theater, though I'm sure it would work great in a very small theater.

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:54pm

Into the Woods for me.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:55pm

Buffy, You're right about Passion in a small theatre. I had a front row seat for it on B'way, but a friend of mine saw it from the balcony and said the show itself was too small for the Plymouth.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:21pm

Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan (NOT the Mary Martin production)

Updated On: 6/4/05 at 02:21 PM

[James2]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:27pm

My favorite is Sweeney Todd with Hearn & Lansbury.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:28pm

Rigby's Peter Pan is really well done. The camera angles are broad enough to give you a consistent view of the stage and the special effects, and they went in afterward and digitally erased the flywires, so the flying effects are just amazing.

Passion is great, as are all the Sondheim American Playhouse recordings. Sweeney's my favorite of the lot.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:37pm

Sweeney Todd with Lansbury and Hearn is incomparable.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:45pm

Where can you get Sweeney Todd on video? Do most video rental places have it? Or do you have to order online?

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:48pm

The DVD is available at amazon.com. That's probably the most likely place to find it. As you might imagine, it's not your customary Blockbuster Video kind of show.
Sweeney DVD

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:48pm

I doubt that rental stores would have it. Borders probabally would although I purchased mine on AMAZON.COM.

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:49pm

I know Netflix has it. But you will probably want to own it after seeing it! I got mine from Amazon.com.