Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre

[NativeNewYorker]

Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#0

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:29pm

I was completely obsessed with this show as a child and just got the DVDs...I was watching them and realized that I still know most of them by heart and that A LOT of the jokes went over my head the first time :)

This show showcased a bunch Broadway stars...

Bernadette Peters in Sleeping Beauty (she was so pretty in it! And she sings in it as well)

John Lithgow in Goldilocks

Matthew Broderick in Cinderella

Billy Crystal in The Three Little Pigs

Definitely leaving some out...

This show was just brilliant...so glad they are available now!

[CapnHook]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#1

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:30pm

THEY ARE OUT ON DVD?? LINK PLEASE!!

"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."
--Aristotle

[CapnHook]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#2

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:30pm

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were also in THREE LITTLE PIGS along with other big names...

"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."
--Aristotle

[AnothaPartofMe]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#3

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:33pm

PEE WEE HERMAN AS PINNOCHIO!!!

And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...

[rainbow high]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#4

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:34pm

I only remember Pee Wee Herman being in it, because I knew who he was as a little girl. That's so cool, though! I tried finding episodes available online or something, but I couldn't really find any. Any info on where I could find them? Those things were so great!

[CapnHook]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#5

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:35pm

Oops, not Martin and Baldwin. Wonder why that popped into my head.

But yes- watched these as a kid. Rumpelstilskin and Hansel & Gretel.

"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."
--Aristotle

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#6

Posted: 1/5/05 at 3:39pm

Haha, I was going to correct you on that, but didn't want to sound as crazy as I actually am. Jeff Goldblum was the wolf.

My favorites were Goldilocks, Cinderella, The Snow Queen and The Dancing Princesses.

http://www.starmaker2.com/

I got mine from Barnes and Noble...not all of them were in the warehouse, though.

[SamIAm]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#7

Posted: 1/5/05 at 6:27pm

These were great tapes. I loved watching them with my kids. I think they are still available but I haven't looked recently.

"Life is a lesson in humility"

[Elphaba4]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#8

Posted: 1/5/05 at 7:27pm

Yeah, Carrie Fisher in Thumbelina was my favorite!

"There will always be women in rubber flirting with me" ~Maureen, RENT

[OhSoWicked]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#9

Posted: 1/5/05 at 7:46pm

Oh my goodness I LOVED these shows when I was little. I would rent them from Blockbuster ALL . THE . TIME.

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#10

Posted: 1/5/05 at 10:45pm

And Lainie Kazan in Pinnochio...

Robin Williams in The Frog Prince...

Jennifer Beals in Cinderella...

Tatum O'Neal and Carole King in Goldilocks...

Leslie Ann Warren in The Dancing Princesses...

Melissa Gilbert in The Snow Queen...

Mary Steenburgen and Malcoln McDowell in Little Red Ridinghood (plus that old lady who was the old lady in EVERYTHING for a while)

and Herve V...(Tatu) in Rumplestiltskin

Those movies were SO GREAT.

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#11

Posted: 1/5/05 at 11:13pm

And Liza Minelli in Princess and the Pea!

[wildcat]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#12

Posted: 1/5/05 at 11:21pm

Now why didn't SHE ever play Princess Winnifred??

[kec]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#13

Posted: 1/6/05 at 6:05am

Wasn't Chris Reeve in one of them?

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#14

Posted: 1/6/05 at 11:23am

Yes, he was the prince in Sleeping Beauty.

[Belle-arina]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#15

Posted: 1/6/05 at 11:26am

They're on DVD?????? SO Excited!

"No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy.....no dreams within her heart but dreams of love."

[hannahshule]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#16

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:38am

I liked Dancing Princesses with LAW best, though I haven't seen it in a while.

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

[joeybiltmore1]

re: Broadway performers/Faerie Tale Theatre#17

Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:29am

I LOVED these!

You can buy the complete series on DVD from Amazon for $68. They also sell them individually for just $7 each. I may actually get the whole set. So glad for the original post - thanks for bringing nice memories back!