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Best video recording of a live production

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?

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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

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

re: Best video recording of a live production

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.

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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

Into the Woods for me.

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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.

re: Best video recording of a live production

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

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

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
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Updated On: 6/4/05 at 02:21 PM

re: Best video recording of a live production

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

My favorite is Sweeney Todd with Hearn & Lansbury.

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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.

re: Best video recording of a live production

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

Sweeney Todd with Lansbury and Hearn is incomparable.

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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?

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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.

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re: Best video recording of a live production

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.

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