Instead of offering a linear plot, Company explored the concept of marriage through a series of scenes between Bobby, a year-old bachelor, and a variety of his married friends. The Broadway revival production is available on DVD. The concert production is available on DVD. Together, they tell the story of Marvin, a gay man trying to navigate his relationships with his former wife, their child, and his boyfriend, all against the backdrop of s New York when all of this was completely uncharted territory.
Block , Tracie Thoms, and Betsy Wolfe. It was also filmed for television broadcast—part of Live From Lincoln Center —but it ultimately found its way to movie theatres, and is now available for streaming online.
Sunday in the Park With George Though revived in to acclaim in a production starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford , the original production of Sunday in the Park With George remains a particular favorite among theatre fans. Available on DVD from Amazon. The show started in London, with a cast that included Roger Rees in the title role. Though the Broadway production closed in , the London production ran through and was filmed live on stage in Wilkinson, the ballet teacher.
Elaine Stritch at Liberty Elaine Stritch was nearly as famous for her onstage performances as she was for her offstage persona—and her storytelling. And she does it wearing nothing but a white blouse and black semi-sheer pantyhose. Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Neither of the Broadway leads were still with the production when it was filmed, but the great news is that they were replaced with Brent Barrett and Rachel York , both Broadway stars in their own right.
Peter Pan J. Though there have been several musical adaptations of the story, it is the musical with a score by Moose Charlap, Jule Styne , Betty Comden , Adolph Green , and Carolyn Leigh that tends to be the best known amongst theatre fans. This version of the story was filmed four separate times. Though they were not filmed on a stage, all three are faithful recreations of the original Broadway production in a television studio.
A revival of the show starring Cathy Rigby, the most prolific stage Peter Pan of the last 30 years, was filmed live on stage in and was released on DVD. The and black and white broadcasts are available on Blu-ray from Amazon. The black and white broadcast is available on DVD from Amazon.
Appearing alongside Kline in this most recent production were an all-star cast that included Kate Burton , Kristine Nielsen , and Cobie Smulders. This production was filmed on stage before the curtain fell for the final time. The story is a grisly tale of revenge and murder, with a famous plot twist that has the denizens of London gobbling up human flesh in the form of meat pies.
The original Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince , was filmed during its national tour. Though the complete original cast was not captured, the recording does feature Angela Lansbury in her Tony-winning performance , Ken Jennings, and Edmund Lyndeck.
Broadway replacement George Hearn stars in the title role. It was this production that made theatre history when it became the first Broadway show to be live streamed, and only the second to be broadcast live following Carol Channing in Show Girl in , which was broadcast live on pay-per-view TV in Canada.
Legally Blonde , however, is its own special case. As the first Broadway musical to be broadcast in its entirety while still open and with no plans to close, the deal struck between its producers and the MTV executives had very specific regulations. And once that was done, it was done. Not if you think about it. Our interest is in having them come see the show, either on Broadway or on the national tour, which launches this fall.
And, if at some point further down the line, years from now, if that becomes of interest, we would have to go to the studio and all of the different unions to see if this is something everyone wants to do. Lindsey Wilson, who is temporarily filling in for Zachary Pincus-Roth, is a theatre writer whose work has also been seen in The Syracuse Post-Standard.
She can be reached by emailing LindseyAnnWilson gmail. This week's question comes from several Playbill. Read Reviews for the Tick, Tick The tour of the Tony-winning revival officially opened in Minneapolis November 9. The Steven Spielberg-directed film premieres December 10 in theatres.
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