Joined: 12/31/69
Hey there,
I hadn't heard of this yet, but another one is coming soon!
Volume 3, due for broadcast on PBS in August and onsale from Acorn Productions in the DVD format in October, will feature 23 performances: the company of Merrick's 42nd Street ["We're In the Money"], Gwen Verdon performing "Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees along with, among others, an eight minute tribute to Ethel Merman, a Julie Andrews medley and numbers from Fossee, A Funny Thing..., How Now Dow Jones, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate, Peter Pan, Ragtime and West Side Story.
It'll be Debbie Allen doing "America". Hooray!!!
It'll be worth it for "Step To The Rear" from DOW JONES. It's hilarious, and Tony Roberts looks about 18 and rather hot.
Ken Mandelbaum keeps baiting me with the promise of footage of No No Nanette w/Ruby Keeler , Helen Gallagher and Bobby Van, on each new one, but it would seem I'm not getting it again. Damn!
I'm also excited about Dow Jones. Step to the Rear is a wonderful song and I've always wanted to see it. I wonder if that show could be revised for revival. It does have a great score. A man can dream, right?
I wish someone would release the American Dance Machine special from the late 70s. That had some wonderful routines including "You Can Dance With Any Girl", the Clog Dance from WALKING HAPPY, Susan's dance from FINIAN'S RAINBOW, de Mille's "June Is Bustin' Out All Over". It's drenched with historical goodies!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
Where did you get that image?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
Bump.
P.S. I can't wait for that! I wonder if the Bonus Performances on the DVD will be shows that I've actually heard of this time! lol I know that I've heard of Joseph on the last DVD, but not of everything else.
I wonder who's "I'm Flying" we'll get -- Rigby, Duncan or Charlotte D'Amboise from JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY. I hope it's Duncan's....
I'm hoping for Sandy Duncan's too!!
Wow!! This is exciting - we were just discussing a wishlist yesterday.
But still - I feel this is fake. RAGTIME? INTO THE WOODS? Love them to death - but too contemporary to be a "Lost" Treasure.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Last night after the Tony's, BWW wasn't working for me, so I visited Broadwaystars.com and buried away in a "Tony Scrapbook" type of thing, I found this at the bottom.
I looked on Amazon and the distributor's (Acorn Media) site, and saw nothing, which I found odd.
Nonetheless, I just pasted the image from that site.
O MY GIASH I CAN'T WAIT! i'm really excited to see we're in the money!! its with the dimes and everything right?
so does any one know like the exact date of it?? cause pbs.org doesn't even have it on the website.
I really wish they would release "And I'm Telling You." It was supposed to be in the first edition.
Believe the Dreamgirl numbers are held up with legal troubles
I am still waiting for "24 Hours A Day" from Golden Rainbow & "Smile Smile Smile" from Hallelujah Baby
The "Nanette" sequence is good, but not nearly as effective as it is in the theatre. Van and Gallagher seem a little uncomfortable during "You Can Dance With Any Girl" and I don't think they used all of the tap dancers for "I Want to Be Happy". Since there's no set, you don't have that crazy moment where like 25 dancers come rushing in from all directions of the house to dance witb Ruby Keeler. Still, Donald Sadler's work is sublime.
"Step to the Rear" is pretty phenomenal by the way. There's a hilarious bit with those five crazy ladies doing "Washington upon the Delaware" that cracks me up every time.
But I must ask... Where the hell is "Vodka"?!?!
maybe they could have stuff from Carry?
These are performances culled from the Tony Awards. Carrie wasn't nominated for anything and didn't perform.
I am SO excited. Thank you for posting this, I would have been devestated if I had missed it.
Yeah....now I can see something from RAGTIME...which is a "Lost Treasure" because it went way before its time..and should have had a longer run.
Do we know a date this is going to air on PBS??
Updated On: 7/7/05 at 10:30 AM
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