hairspray and other shows taping???

does anyone know if they are planning on taping hairspray for the great performances or gonna do what they did with rent?? also if any other show that might/will be getting a taping

Updated On: 12/13/08 at 09:48 PM

Updated On: 12/13/08 at 10:07 PM

Why would they need to tape Hairspray? They already have the movie musical.

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Updated On: 12/13/08 at 10:37 PM

Nope.

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I'm pretty sure they'll be taping GYPSY.

I doubt they'd make that announcement if they weren't in the final steps of negotiating some kind of deal. If they do, it'll be tricky. It's a very small show with very big performances and while it works like magic on stage, recording the onstage performances may seem over-the-top on film.

I wish Great Performances recorded more Broadway shows. Like AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY.

You mean inkling, TimeSquare? LOL
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Yeah, spell check said I was wrong but didn't give the right spelling so I figured that someone would get what I meant.

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"Why did they need to tape Rent?"

And Gypsy has two movie adaptations for that matter :P so by that logic it least deserves to be recorded.

*But hopes Gypsy will be taped over all :P*

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Um...Why do you single out fags and tweens? I am sure more than gays and young people would like to see shows on DVD.

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I TotaLLY agree with Bobbybuddy! All points are valid and true! Bravo to Spike Lee for filming such an interesting, unique show. I can't wait to see it! Keep in mind, a lot of the big broadway musicals are taped for the lincoln center library and you can go there and watch them. I realize it's not a sale dvd but it's better than nothing. Also keep in mind, theater is not tv. The whole point is to see it LIVE and have a THEATRICAL experience. It isn't necissarily meant to be seen OVER and OVER and OVER until you can say every line and sing every line along with the actors on stage. At least that's the way I feel about it. Savor it for a once in a lifetime theatrical experience. it's more special that way! When I have seena broadway show more than once, and I have in two or three cases, it was usually not as thrilling as the first time. Remember that, boys and girls, when you want to go see Phatom of the Opera for the twentieth time.

Bob Fosse agrees with this "theater has to be experienced LIVE, not on tape" mantra, so he never had any of his stage shows 'filmed'. None of them was filmed by the Lincoln Center Archives -- not CHICAGO, not DANCIN', not even BIG DEAL. This is what prompted Chet Walker and Gwen Verdon to document and notate ALL of Bob Fosse's work before it was forgotten forever. They brought in Ann Reinking and grouped together as many former Fosse dancers they could gather and did just this. This is how the Broadway revue of Bob Fosse's career work FOSSE came to be.

I wish they could tape Hairspray because fans of the movie could then see what the real hairspray is like.

Bob Fosse's original 1972 Broadway production of PIPPIN was never filmed. The 1981 tour was filmed, funded and produced by other sources -- not Bob Fosse. He DID provide his input as his assistant Kathryn Doby recreated his choreography and direction for this tour and sent him tapes of the filming. He eventually did his own 'cut' using all of the footage that was filmed but the director and producer of the film/tape, David Sheehan, chose to do his own edit, which explains why this PIPPIN film is truncated.

If it were up to Bob Fosse, this film would never have been made to begin with. He had no control over it, rights wise, so he tried to be cooperative. When all was said and done... David Sheehan had full control over the film and did exactly what he pretty much damn well pleased with it.

"There is no real need to tape the final performance of Hairspray. Harvey and Winouker are already captured on cast album."

This is why it would be great IF they did decide to tape it now.

Usually, if things do get taped, they get taped near the end of the run, when all the replacement members are in, and then we lament that it would have been better to tape the original cast. Now you are complaining that two members of the original cast are back, but they've already been recorded on a cast album, so no need to tape them again?

While I agree that theatre should be best enjoyed live, there are shows that I would like to see in New York, but the expense of going there is often times too great, and it might take a while before a regional production pops up (I still would love to see "Caroline, or Change", but it feels like no one in Seattle is ever going to produce it), so it would be really nice to see them on video, especially if it's closing on Broadway anyway. I don't really see a DVD release cannibalizing sales of live theatre too much anyway. If you are a musical theatre fan, you would want to see it in the Theatre live on stage, even if you have worn out your Angela Lansbury "Sweeney Todd" DVD.

That, and we would have a more permanent record of shows done. Theatre seems like one of the few art forms where there is less of a better record of things done that some other artistic mediums, which leads to only having fuzzy memories and arguments over what has really happened.

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