actos actually watch there bootleg shows?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 3:54pm

anyone wonder if broadway actors watch there bootleg shows on youtube? lol

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:01pm

Oh yes. On chance occasions, they actually put them on their websites.

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:02pm

Yes, they do. Not all, but many. A friend of mine who was in a show that closed quickly and was never recorded told me that he was grateful his show had been bootlegged, since that might be the only way people could be introduced to it.

[Barcelona]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:07pm

I've heard stories of actors who talk to people about their bootlegs at the stage door or actively go searching for recordings of themselves, but I don't know how much truth is in that

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:08pm

THEIR

GAH!

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:10pm

Barcelona--there is lots of truth in that.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:11pm

Some do, some don't. I actually know some that get copies from fans directly.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:12pm

I used to hear that the Spring Awakening actors would actively discuss bootlegs with fans at stage door.

[staunchcharacter]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:36pm

AH! I have a little story about this! After the first time I saw Young Frankenstein in San Francisco, I had a chat with Joanna Glushak. I told her that she was by far my favorite performance of frau bleucher. she asked if I saw Andrea Martin and I responded "........bootlegs.." under my breath. She looked around,leaned in, and said: "me too." Funny stuff.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 4:43pm

Yes... they... do AND appreciate them as much as all of us do.

Marissa Jaret Winokur was quite vocal about giving her understudy the then brand-new bootleg video of HAIRSPRAY so she could learn the show instead of having to learn it sitting in the audience.

Also, Katie Finneran is grateful that someone 'captured' her final performance in PROMISES, PROMISES as it is the ONLY record of her in the show playing Marge with her growing pregnant belly.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 5:15pm

While not as common with the videos, many audios are the results of tha actors themselves. How else do you think soundboard recordings happen? They are certainly not the result of a random audience member asking the board op if they can plug into the system.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 5:23pm

A certain famous bootleg of Carrie was filmed by an actor in the show. He set up a camera before the house opened, but the battery died after the first act, and thus we have the incomplete bootleg of Carrie on Broadway. While Patti LuPone has yelled at people for taking pictures, I've heard that she h as looked up videos of herself performing. Krysta Rodriguez once talked about watching the bootleg of the final performance of Good Vibrations, but she didn't go on for that performance.

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 8:39pm

On YouTube, I've seen many comments by actors, thanking the uploader for putting a certain bootleg clip on there.

[ChiChi]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 9:00pm

I'm sure I would if I were them.

[muchadoabout_me2]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 9:47pm

Of course, they're not ALWAYS on board. There's also the exact opposite...

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 10:02pm

I have to wonder how she came across that clip if she's so against people filming her performances.

[xoffender45]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 11:18pm

I posted on Twitter that I had gotten a copy of a recent Broadway show, and one of the actresses DM'ed me and asked me if I could send her a copy. And she's a fairly well-known one at that. We talked about bootlegs for a while, and turns out she has a fairly large collection herself.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 8/12/11 at 11:46pm

Can we take a moment to talk about how current bootlegs are illegal and looked down upon, yet, for instance the original Follies footage is 'classic' ?

[darreyl102]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 12:19am

I can speak from experiance that they certainly do appreciate it- atleast the ones i have encountered. When i wrote to Linda Hart, Isabel Keating and Ashley Spencer i sent them all bootlegs of Hairspray. When i met them at the stage door they were all sooo greatful and thanked me for send them to them. They told me that it was the only way they could actaully see themselves in the show and it helped perserve their memories of the show.

[littlegreen2]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 2:17am

I've been asked by an actress if I know where I can get my hands on audio or video of specific performances. It was her older work though. I think a lot of actors appreciate that it is being preserved.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 2:27am

In regards to the SA cast openly talking about it at the stage door I can add some truth to that. When I saw the show, I talked with a specific actor about how I was used to watching the show at the Atlantic and about all the changes and I guess i referenced a video they hadnt seen and I directed them how to get it. I think like any actor, they get curious and want to see their work.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 2:56am

Can we take a moment to talk about how current bootlegs are illegal and looked down upon, yet, for instance the original Follies footage is 'classic' ?

Something Illegal + Time = History

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 9:57am

Without the origin theatrical bootleggers, we would have no Shakespeare!

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 10:02am

While not as common with the videos, many audios are the results of tha actors themselves. How else do you think soundboard recordings happen? They are certainly not the result of a random audience member asking the board op if they can plug into the system.

Many boots I've seen appear to be shot from the house camera...would that be a similar situation, too?

[FrauleinKost]

Posted: 8/13/11 at 10:21am

as someone with many actor friends, many of whom have been on Broadway (past and present)--the vast majority of them do--at least my friends, anyway! I've provided many a friend with many a bootleg