Show Business comes to DVD Oct. 16

Among the special features included on the PG-rated movie's DVD will be audio commentary with director Berinstein, producer Cumming and Avenue Q co creator Jeff Marx, more than 60 minutes of deleted scenes, Tony Award promotional spots and trailers.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110453.html

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Yay! I'm so excited see this movie! I missed it when it was here in NYC.

Just ordered my copy at Amazon. Hoping I might be able to get some use out of this in my theatre arts class.

I thought that quote was annoying. Of course, as a straight guy I don't care for the stereotype, and if theatre really was all gay people . . . Wouldn't TABOO have lasted at least a few more months?
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I'm pretty excited for this dvd. The film never did play in my hometown, so I'll finally be able to see it.

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YES!! Finally.

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In the midst of watching...knowing the outcome really destroys the suspense, but so far, it's a very interesting film.

The most interesting part is hearing the table of Riedel/Pacheko/Winer/LeSourd discuss what they think will succeed..."Avenue Q will be gone by January," quoth Riedel.

I thought it was very disappointing. It didn't touch on any of the controversies, which would have been more interesting then what is in the film. I mean come on! Esparza v. O'Donnel, Avenue Q's about face with the tour and its blatant no-shame Tony campaign...Idina's Tony win! So much to comment on and NOTHING!

Idina doesn't stop to give autographs?

I think Idina has no problem when normal people stop her. Would you want a bunch a screeching loneygirl13's pawing at you?

Phyllis gonna watch it tonight, yo!

for those with the dvd....is it in widescreen format or Full screen?

"Fosse - I agree with you. I thought they marketed it as containing a lot of information about the Rosie/Boy George/Taboo controversy, but it didn't seem to provide anything that we didn't already know. There definitely some gems in this documentary, don't get me wrong, but it is, as Brody said, an overview. If you're expecting details, you'll be disappointed."

That's because YOU are not the target audience for the film, no one here is, or any other theater forum. You are a built in, a given. This is for people who have gone to a show or never have, to see how it's done. You know all the details, about press rehearsals and such, this puts faces and people to the work. If they didn't capture the Raul/Rosie riff on film, then they are just repeating gossip and that isn't what the piece was about. Maybe in the real world the incident really wasn't as important as The NY Post would have you believe since of all four shows, between the footage and commentaries, it's basically la love letter to "Taboo" with more than one person including the competition stating it was a shame the lack of respect it received.

I watched it last night. The main thing it left me thinking was, "What exactly is going on with Steven Schwartz's face?" Seriously, he's starting to look like Jocelyn Wildenstein.

As for the movie... I really thought it was just okay. I agree that I wasn't sure exactly who the audience for this movie was. It wasn't dishy enough for the insiders, but may have been a little too insidery for the casual fan.

It DID make me wish I'd seen Caroline, or Change.