If you could see one Lincoln Center Recording — Page 3

Well, considering those two shows didn't have any replacement casts, I assume you are wondering if they were filmed while the understudies were on. The only "cast replacement" in either show was Lauren Kennedy in Side Show while Emily Skinner was on sick leave.

What is the website to see what they have?

Is there any footage of the original Night Music at the research library? I never thought there was, let alone that any existed.

Can someone here go through the whole process again? I still don't get it!

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For some reason I've always wanted to see the Raggedy Ann recording.

The plot for the flop musical sounds so dark and odd.

Ha ha, I'm never going to have luck nobodyhome. I just got excited.

Just thought I would bump this thread. I finally went to Lincoln Center. Well, twice actually. Last night I saw South Pacific (y'know I held a grudge that it beat Gypsy for Best Revival, but I now see why - holy CRAP was that beyond stupendous. And even though I got an understudy for O'Hara, Szot is back and oh-so-Tony-deserving) and then this afternoon I went and viewed the original touring production of Company. And even though it was in black and white, was out of focus for a majority of the show, and never really showed any of the actor's facial expressions - what a show to see. I felt so honored for those two hours, sitting there and observing history. Even though I have listened to all three versions countless times, have seen the most recent incarnation on DVD dozens of times, and consider myself a huge fan of this show, seeing the original shed so much light on Company as a whole. It was so mind-blowingly easy to go and see this that I can't imagine why more people don't do it, even if they are just tourists like me. I have lined up Side Show and Grey Gardens for tomorrow and next Thursday so I am beyond excited. Again, I owe all my happiness to the people on this thread and on this board for teaching me all I know. Really people - thank you from the bottom of my theater-loving heart. I never even knew this was possible, and now I have an entire new venue to see such classical shows.

So today I went and saw The Wild Party (LaChiusa) at Lincoln Center and was astounded at how great it is. The show is truly amazing with some damn good performances by all involved. How Collette lost the Tony still shocks me. I was going to start a new thread titled "Why did Toni Collette lose the Tony", but I know those types of threads aren't really loved all that much on here. And I'm pretty sure the majority of responses would just be, "Because Heather Headley won". But REALLY (and spoilers ahead for those who haven't seen the show) Collette is astounding as Queenie. I know her mainly for her film work and for United States of Tara, so I've always known she's good. But she made Queenie strong, sexy, damaged, and somehow played her as both the victim and this "sexually ambitious" person who feels no pain. Though I've always liked her on the recording, really seeing it for my own eyes just showed me how great it all was. The last scene, where the cast sings parts of "Queenie Was a Blonde" and she just stands there holding herself, before removing her makeup - so powerful.

So this is mainly a suggestion to go see this production at Lincoln Center. The quality is magnificent. Closeups at the right time, good sound, and even captures some of the cards denoting the "scene/skit/act" titles.

I also saw Grey Gardens yesterday (same goes for the shockingly great quality, though a lot is lot in translation seeing it on film) and took nobodyhome's advice and saw the first revival of Candide (Hal Prince). Definitely correct about the quality there. Although it was obviously lacking compared to the aforementioned post-millennium recordings, it was still much better than I had expected. It should be seen by anyone who is a fan of the show or even fans of mesmerizing staging. The setup for it is one of the most unique I've ever seen, utilizing dropped platforms as bridges, audience space, and things falling down from the ceiling to bring this production to life.

All in all a great bunch of shows and I would recommend them (especially Wild Party) strongly.

WOW! I am SO jealous!

I can't post as much as I'd like right now so I'll leave it at this: The Broadway WILD PARTY is my favorite score written for the theatre, yes even above FOLLIES or WSS. This show was something so special and unique - truly, the last musical, as much as FOLLIES was. Everything of the past, present and future in theatre was on that stage. Wolfe and LaChiusa rivel Prince/Bennett/Sondheim with this masterpiece.

And I actually prefer the previews version of the show, which had a heartbreaking solo for Queenie that actually constitutes my favorite moment of the score. It occurred after Black's monologue (also cut), right before Burrs enters.

Please post your favorite moments! So much delicate detail in every single scene, particularly when you notice what is going on in the background as the party truly never ended until the fire escape scene and "People Like Us". Bliss.

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I saw both performances- Headley deserved it. And it wasn't even close.

"|There are so many extraordinary videos there. Of the ones I've seen, if I could have one for myself, it would be the video of the national tour of the original production of Company. But it's one of the earliest videos they shot. It's in black and white and the camera never goes in very close and the cast of the tour at the time this was shot is uneven. Still, it's a thrilling document. But I know some people who've viewed it have not been able to get past the video quality.| |

This is the video I'm most dieing to see as well. The original production of Company fascinates me, and the fact that there's no video record of it really out there (I know there isn't for Night Music or Follies either--except Follies we have those three home video recordings which nearlky everyone has seen now at least--which I believe the Lincoln Cneter Archives houses a copy of as well). When I finally get to New York seriously this is topping my list (I am so obsessed I doubt I'll have any trouble with the recording quality)

There's this fallacy that seems to be growing among younger fans that the original production of Company was too big, Tick Tock and Bennett's choreography in general not needed, the modern scaled back versions bring so much to it, bla bla that I'd really like to see at least partially turned around. but I can't see that happening anytime soon.

Updated On: 11/13/09 at 10:32 PM

I know Fosse refused to have most of his shows filmed (booo!) for the archive. I know they have Big Deal, I believe they used the bootleg that's floating around (as they did with some other flop shows like Merrily We Roll Along). But does anyone know if they have the 80s revival of Sweet Charity?

I can't for the life of me work the online catalog. I clicked on the link on thefirst page which takes me to the NYPL catalog but from there I dunno where to go to access the archive.

Updated On: 11/14/09 at 11:31 AM