Best video recording of a live production
Best video recording of a live production
holdmetouchme
Chorus Member Joined: 5/3/05
#0Best 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?
Perhaps it was not a dream.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#1re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:55pmTry Sunday In the Park With George. I love the filming of that.
#2re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:49pmPassion 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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#3re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:54pmInto the Woods for me.
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#4re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:55pmBuffy, 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.
#5re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:21pmCathy Rigby's Peter Pan (NOT the Mary Martin production)
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Updated On: 6/4/05 at 02:21 PM
--Aristotle
#6re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:27pmMy favorite is Sweeney Todd with Hearn & Lansbury.
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#7re: 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.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#8re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:37pmSweeney Todd with Lansbury and Hearn is incomparable.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#9re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:45pmWhere 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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#10re: 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
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#11re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:48pmI doubt that rental stores would have it. Borders probabally would although I purchased mine on AMAZON.COM.
#12re: Best video recording of a live production
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:49pmI 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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