Rosie O Donnell Show to DVD

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:05pm

"TV TO DVD" seems to be a growing fad. I visited two movie studios websites and both had pop-up surveys about TV titles to DVD.

Everything from classics to contemporary TV series are now or coming soon to DVD, including Johnny Carsen Show, Carole Burnett Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Alias, Buffy, Simpsons, Muppet Show, Law & Order, ER, Star Trek: Voyager, and many other various titles. Even reality shows such as Survivor and The Mole: Hawaii are on its way.

Do you think it's probable that the ROSIE O DONNELL SHOW will put her six seasons onto DVD? I'd LOVE to have all those Broadway performances on DVD. If she can't do it by the season, maybe a "Best of Season 1..2..3..." (which I think is more likely anyway).

[FrancisGumm]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:07pm

it would be cool if she had a dvd on all the broadway performances on her show

[BroadwayKate]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:09pm

Oh man I miss the good ole' days of watching the shows on Rosie! I remember getting so excited whenever she announced that a show would be performing! Please please please make a DVD!!

kate

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:14pm

I loved it when they did a show dedicated to all broadway shows. It was always before the Tony's. It's to bad nothing like that isn't on tv any more =(.

[FrancisGumm]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:25pm

for her last show,didnt they have all the shows on?

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:25pm

I miss the Rosie show so much! I used to watch it everyday after school... Ah, memory, all alone in the moonlight...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 7:57pm

Me too, me too...back in the days when Rosie was gay but not out and we all enjoyed her wit. Plus the Broadway performances were always welcome. I saw a lot of them throughout the years. I remember Sutton doing "Gimmie, Gimmie" and way back in 2001 when Eartha Kitt did a song from "The Wild Party", but I missed the last few. I missed Suessical's performance, but I saw Brad and Steven do "We Can Do It" from The Producers. And the final episode with Nathan Lane was awesome...I miss that show. We need a talk show network to rerun all these old shows. We have a game show network and a soap opera network...why no talk network? Updated On: 4/8/04 at 07:57 PM

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:07pm

I would buy it. Maybe we could start a petiton and send it to rosie's website or something. If she saw that enough people wanted her to have her show on dvd then we would all be able to get it!

And think of the money she could make to help her with the loss of TABOO.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:11pm

That trick never works.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:16pm

I remember the Seussical performance, and it really was quite lovely.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:39pm

Here is full list of Broadway performances:

Season 1:
June 21, 1996: RENT
June 28, 1996: SEVEN GUITARS
July 8, 1996: BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK
July 19, 1996: STOMP
October 16, 1996: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
March 19, 1997: LES MISERABLES
April 9, 1997: ANNIE
May 12, 1997: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
May 23, 1997: CHICAGO
May 26: 1997: "BEST OF BROADWAY SHOW" (of that Tony season)
May 27, 1997: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
May 28, 1997: THE LIFE
May 29, 1997: STEEL PIER
May 30, 1997: THE LIFE
June 16, 1997: BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK

Season 2:
October 3, 1997: RIVERDANCE
October 21, 1997: RENT
November 7, 1997: THE LION KING
November 18, 1997: CATS
November 25, 1997: THE CAPE MAN
December 11, 1997: A STREETCORNER SYMPHONY
January 19, 1998: RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL
January 20, 1998: THE KING AND I
January 27, 1998: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
January 29, 1998: THE LION KING
March 9, 1998: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
April 16, 1998: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
April 20, 1998: CABARET
May 21, 1998: CABARET
September 3, 1998: SIDE SHOW
May 28, 1998: RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL
June 1, 1998: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
June 2, 1998: THE LION KING
June 4, 1998: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
June 5, 1998: "SALUTE TO THIS YEAR'S TONY AWARDS"

Season 3:
November 10, 1998: ON THE TOWN
November 24, 1998: PETER PAN
December 14, 1998: FOOTLOOSE
January 7, 1999: FOSSE
January 15, 1999: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
January 25, 1999: PARADE
February 5, 1999: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
March 12, 1999: FOSSE
April 2, 1999: CIVIL WAR
May 31, 1999: IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES
June 1, 1999: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
June 2: 1999: FOSSE
June 3, 1999: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
June 4, 1999: CIVIL WAR

Season 4:
November 1, 1999: KISS ME, KATE
November 3, 1999: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
November 8, 1999: PUTTING IT TOGETHER
January 28, 2000: RENT
February 1, 2000: SWING
March 9, 2000: AIDA
March 13, 2000: BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS
April 5, 2000: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
April 7, 2000: CONTACT
April 12, 2000: AIDA
April 20, 2000: THE MUSIC MAN
May 25, 2000: THE WILD PARTY
May 26, 2000: CONTACT
May 29, 2000: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
May 30, 2000: AIDA
May 31, 2000: KISS ME KATE
June 1, 2000: SWING
June 2, 2000: THE MUSIC MAN

Season 5:
September 8, 2000: CATS
October 13, 2000: THE FULL MONTY
November 1, 2000: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
November 16, 2000: JANE EYRE
November 17, 2000: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
December 11, 2000: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
March 14, 2001: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
March 22, 2001: A CLASS ACT
April 17, 2001: FOLLIES
April 19, 2001: ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
April 24, 2001: 42nd STREET

Season 6 (final season):
September 21, 2001: DREAMGIRLS
September 25, 2001: LES MISERABLES
October 2, 2001: CHICAGO
October 3, 2001: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
October 11, 2001: AIDA
November 2, 2001: MAMMA MIA!
March 5, 2002: ONE MO' TIME
March 19, 2002: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
April 18, 2002: OKLAHOMA
April 25, 2002: THOROUGHLY MORDERN MILLIE
May 2, 2002: INTO THE WOODS
May 14, 2002: THE PRODUCERS
May 22, 2002: ROSIE'S LAST SHOW, featuring Nathan Lane, John Lithogow, Vanessa Williams, and the casts from all current Broadway shows, including INTO THE WOODS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, CHICAGO, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, MAMMA MIA!, OKLAHOMA, THE PRODUCERS, RENT, and more. Rosie opens the show appearing in Times Square, followed by performances in the streets from Broadway shows wishing Rosie a farewell.

There were over 100 Broadway performances, in addition to interviews and other musical performances not listed here, including Disney, Linda Eder, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley, Nathan Lane, Elton John, Chita Rivera, and more.

Credit for performance list goes to http://www.acmewebpages.com/rosie/

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:46pm

Seussical performed three times, twice with David Shiner cast, once with Cathy Rigby cast.

I remember after the second performance of the David Shiner cast, the next day John McDaniel randomly started to play a song from SEUSSICAL. Rosie looked puzzled, felt interrupted, and asked "John, why are you playing SEUSSICAL music?" and he says "Well, we have a special visit here, Horton, and he has to ask you something."

Then Horton came out and had a poem set for Rosie, asking her to put on the Hat and become their "Cat" while David was out. That was one of my favorite Rosie Show moments. During her actual run on Broadway, she had a segment on her show with clips from rehearsals and herself in the actual show.

I also discovered Linda Eder because of Rosie. Rosie in her opening monologue talked about how she went to a concert and saw Linda Eder perform and fell in love with her. Later in the week, Eder came and sang "Vienna" on her show. I fell in love too with Eder, because of Rosie.

Rosie is going to have another website, after her website for her show then her magazine shut down. Rosie.com is coming soon. We should suggest the DVD release then.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 8:47pm

wow. I missed a lot! They really need to put that on DVD. It's just not fair that I missed all those!

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 9:03pm

one can only dream...

d.b.j

[Becky]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 10:36pm

Wouldn't there be some kind of Equity violations if the Broadway performances were sold on DVD?

I would *love* for that to happen though. And good lord, I forgot how many Broadway performances she had on! Looking at that list makes me even more irritated at how quick people forgot all she did for Broadway when they were slamming her and her quest with Taboo.....

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 11:29pm

omg Becky!! i never relized how much she did do for broadway. She was one of the reasons why i fell in love with broadway (or reinforced it). That would be awesome if they came out with a dvd of all the performances. I doubt it will happen though!!

[Becky]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 11:43pm

omg Becky!! i never relized how much she did do for broadway.

Seriously!! I mean, c'mon. What other show would feature "Seven Guitars"? She gave a platform to productions that would have never seen network TV.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/8/04 at 11:57pm

I remember when THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER performed. "To Hear You Say My Name". It was beautiful. Why is there no CD of that show? Good lord! Updated On: 4/8/04 at 11:57 PM

[Benzy92]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 12:05am

the music to tom sawyer is amazing! i wish there was a cd

[localonecrew]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 12:18am

lets not forget the glorious day when she told her viewing audience not to see the Annie revival and used a baseless rumor as the reason. or the way she turned her final show into a large musical piece all about how great rosie is.
good riddance

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 4:22am

tell me more about this rumor? What happened?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 10:13am

"Wouldn't there be some kind of Equity violations if the Broadway performances were sold on DVD?"

I'm not positive. Consent was given for the performance on the show, so technically, doesn't the show belong to Rosie/NBC? and can't they now do what they want with it, such as a DVD release?

I have "The Johnny Carsen Collection" on DVD, with performances and interviews with Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Steve Martin, and many other entertainers. I don't think he and/or CBS needed permission from the entertainer's, since they signed a contract that their interview on the show becomes CBS' property.

In any case, yes, Rosie did a LOT for Broadway, regardless if you agree with her opinions on issues or not. Hundreds of performances, an equal amount of interviews with performers, she hosted the Tony's, she gave her audience tickets to see shows frequently, she did SO much. I loved that she got a "Lifetime Broadway Ticket Pass" in her final show.

[Becky]

Posted: 4/9/04 at 12:30pm

tell me more about this rumor? What happened?

I'm not sure if this is what the poster was referring to (feel free to correct me), but I believe they might be talking about the firing of Joanna Pacitti prior to the Broadway run. Brittney Kissinger replaced Joanna on the road (after Joanna was chosen to be "Broadway's new Annie" after a series of auditions..they had kind of turned it into a contest and aired the audition process on TV.)There was a lot of controversy surrounding this and many were calling for people to boycott the show. The reason for her firing? I believe their official reason was she didn't have chemistry with Daddy Warbucks. Heh. They could have come up with something better than that. After all, the show wasn't called "Daddy". I personally believe they realized they didn't have a long life with Joanna (she was older - 12 I think? - taller), and Brittney was this little 7/8 year old who they would be able to have around for a while....and they did. She played the role on Broadway and on the road for years. Joanna would have outgrown the part very quickly. However, that's show business. I can't remember any other 'rumor' Rosie referred to back then, so if I'm wrong, please remind me. It's been a while....

BTW, it wasn't just Rosie who had a problem with some of the dealings of that production. There were a LOT of angry people in the press, Broadway community, etc. And Rosie *did* have Brittney and the rest of the orphans singing "Hard Knock Life" promoting the show after they hit Broadway...for what it's worth. Updated On: 4/9/04 at 12:30 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/24/04 at 5:40pm

Does anyone on here on the Boards maybe have a bunch of performances taped? Would love to have them recorded.

I have some, myself.

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 4/24/04 at 7:31pm

I wish I could remember those performances!! I always watched the show, so I know I saw them, it was just back then I didn't care at all about what was going on on Broadway, although I liked musicals. But, heck, I was like 8 years old! Which is another reason I can't remember the shows.... grrr....