For All You TABOO Fans
For All You TABOO Fans
#0For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:03pm
They filmed the London version of the show (and released it on DVD for all of you with an uber fancy coded dvd player).
And... oddly enough, they're releasing it in Japan as a feature film!
You can check out the website and see a trailer at the below website!
It's good to see some Taboo again!
Taboo- The Film
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#2re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:18pmI love the subtitles!
#4re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:38pm
I just ordered the 3-disc collector's edition from Amazon UK earlier this week!
From Amazon UK
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#5re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:39pm
may be they will eventually release it here.
Id be interested in seeing it.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#6re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:43pmMe too.
To Kill A Mockingbird
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:54pmDo any of you guys on the site have a "fancy" decoder DVD?
#9re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:41pmI think you can play Region 2 (or whatever region they are) DVDs on your computer...
#10re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:49pmSo this decoder ring I sent off for is worthless???
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#11re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:51pm
BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE
Ovaltine?
a crummy commercial!?
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#12re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:19amYes, you can totally play region 2 dvds on your computer.
#13re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:23amit all confuses me. so far I know my DVD player plays region 1, obviously, and region 6 DVDs but it doesn't say anywhere on it or in the instruction book that it is region free. will it play region 2 also?
#14re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:33am
hmm... i dunno.
is your dvd player tres fancy?
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#15re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:38amGood to know the comp plays it. I might have to pick this up. How different are the physical productions of Taboo? I'm not talking lyrics, I mean sets and lighting? Anyone have the video yet? Is it any good?
#16re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:45am
the London production is much less... glossy.
i like it better.
#18re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:55am
I much prefer the Broadway version.
The stats of the 3 disc dvd says:
Region: All Regions.
Does that mean it is playable on US DVD players?
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#19re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 12:57am
Munk: have you seen "Jesus is Magic" ? I watched it last night and I laughed my ass off. She's brillant.
...sorry..carry on...
#20re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 1:55am
Oh, of course.
I'm obsessed with it and her. So brilliant.
"When life gives you AIDS, make lemonaids."
#21re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 2:43pm
I bought the DVD a couple of years ago, and I had to buy a "decoder" DVD because my computer at the time wasn't handling it. But my new computer plays it.
The show itself had some major issues with the book, it was clunkier and less streamlined than the broadway version. Design-wise they did a nice job for the small venue they were in. The sound on the DVD is crappy at times, I think they used the sound board feed and some audience mics, instead of using their own system. So at times you hear loud coughing and shuffling around. That said, the small band arrangements were great, Euan was as great as I remembered in the role (on either shore), and the performances were pretty good translated onto video.
What's great are the extras, especially if you get the extra disc - George and company trolling through London in full Leigh Bowery getting attention for the show, George on the radio, and fun behind-the-scenes peek at the dressing room, outtakes of George and Gary Amers (who was the ridiculously hot Marilyn I saw live) doing an ad for a Karma Chameleon phone, and more.
(When I actually saw the production in The Venue I was suprised by the size, for a West End venue. And more so by the fact that is was a basement!)
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#22re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:03pm
This 3-DVD set was released years ago and only the 3rd disc (the Bonus disc) is 'region free'.
Unfortunately, this 3-DVD set is of the London production which was a totally different monster than what appeared on Broadway. I actually preferred the Broadway version over this one.
Not only is the physical production different (in London it was staged in a very small basement-like theatre, with the actors walking among the audience), but there are different characters and some different songs. Also, the storyline is totally different from the Broadway version. There is no semblance from one to the other -- they were completely different shows, really.
The only characters that crossed over into the Broadway version were: Boy George, Philip, Leigh Bowery and Marilyn. That's it. Big Sue doesn't even exist in the London version. Oy!
So those expecting to see again the fabulous Broadway version will be sourly disappointed. I sure was. Ugh!
The Original Broadway Cast recording is all that survives.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#23re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:58pmYeah, I prefer the Broadway cast recording. Was the Taboo in London considered a "West End" show? Or was it their "off-Broadway"? If so, what theater?
#24re: For All You TABOO Fans
Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:09pm
The venue is called "The Venue".
According to my program (which I had to dig for) and an article by Nick Hobbs, The Venue was the first new permanent license for a commercial theatre in 74 years, and a "full-fledged West End theatre"...it was designed to seat 329, smaller than the major West End theatres, but larger than a fringe theatre. Right after getting the license, they had planned on turning the space from club/dance hall to theatre after a couple years. Then Taboo came up, so they grabbed the opportunity, and they changed over the space in weeks.
The space is right in Leicester Square. If I recall correctly, it was right next to a big cinema, and you could almost miss the door, because you did have to walk downstairs a couple of flights to get in there. And the venue, I believe, was above a church, so it was a bit confusing!
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
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