Jekyll & Hyde

Don't wait for a tour; wait for the latest mess* of a regional production!

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* it is not possible for this show not to be a mess

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haha, I recently saw a community theatre production of it where the entire thing was played up for camp, with Hyde mutilating a teddy bear at one point in the show. No lines were changed, the actors were just playing up the dumb parts, which sort of worked. (But I do personally prefer the darker version)

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The darker version is the only truly Jekyll and Hyde in my opinion. The way it has beeen tinkered with over the years is just disappointing.

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" It's on dvd. You can watch The Hoff do hid thang! "

There is a DVD recording of the show? Is it the Broadway version, tour, or what?

If this is true you just made my day!

oh my!

*runs frantically to amazon and ebay to see if i can find a copy of this!*

Lol It's true. The Broadway show woth David Hasselhoff was recorded and sold on dvd. It is campy and he is horrible, but his Lucy and Emma are great and you will be able to see what the show looked like on Broadway. The amount of laughing you will do is worth the price of the dvd!

Okay... so is the DVD version the "darker" one you speak of or the alterred one that many seem to not like?

[im guessing the latter]

It is the latter.

And does anyone remember the details on why the mirror was removed from the confrontation scene. If I remember correctly, there was a problem between the creator of the effect itself and the shows creators. I seem to remember there was some riff between the two and the creator of the effect itself took away the rights for the show to use the effect.

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I beleive that a lot of the elements were removed due to the space at the plymonth theatre. The touring version played in mostly big houses that held several thousand people The plymonth is very small, mainly designed for plays, not musicals. The orchestra was in a box on the side of the theatre and not in a pit. This was probably why the technical director was so frustrated. They should really have held out for a bigger theatre.

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I am pretty sure that the mirror was taken out not because of space, but because of the problem I talked about in my previous post. I am trying to find the article on it that I read. I am sure someone here knows what happened exactly.

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If you like the music and didn't see the original touring version it isn't as bad as it sounds. It was just a disappointment after seeing what the show was and how it had changed. It is frustrating that they filmed probably the worst version of the show. Having said all of that, sometimes having a glimpse of something is better than nothing at all. The female leads, are good and they have some of the strongest songs, so if you like listening to the music, go ahead and get it you will enjoy seeing some of the elements performed live. I was at the show the week they filmed the DVD and later saw it. I still have it and occasionally watch it, it does bring back great memories of being in New York and of the first time I saw the show on tour. I am glad to at least have that.

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Updated On: 3/22/07 at 01:48 PM

Hey uncageg, that would be great if you could find that article, I have always wondered why a lot of the elements and effects were removed. It made no sense artistically, so I knew that there had to be another reason. I know that a lot of the staging was changed becuase of the size of the theatre so that was the only thing that I could think of that would make sense. The effects that were removed rival that of a lot of really good shows.

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