For Broadway tapings, TOFT uses multiple cameras; for Off-Broadway, it's usually a single camera, with zooming in and out, panning, etc. But TOFT tapes do not look like cable-friendly TV adaptations, with rapid cutting. They're still archival videos.
An illegal bootleg is bound to eventually show up on YouTube. The entire production of Next to Normal is there, with original cast, and the author/owner team has apparently done nothing to get it yanked down.
It's up right now and has been for months. Full video of original Broadway cast. Just search Next to Normal on YouTube and it's the first one that pops up.
The archival recordings aren't great but they get the job done. Usually the sound is a bit off and the coloring isn't too great.
Most shows that are filmed for mass distribution make changes to the lighting to accommodate the color spectrum of the cameras. That doesn't happen for the archival tapings and it shows.
Anyone can go to the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center and watch what they have on file (everything). I've seen a few shows there. It's surprisingly boring.
"Anyone can go to the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center and watch what they have on file (everything)."
They do not have everything, some shows close before arrangements to have TOFT come in can be made. And some shows will put restrictions on who can view the recording, it is not the free for all that some seem to think it is.