Film Broadway Bootlegs- Page 7

[chellie]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 10:52am

Is that the one from 4/14/65? I heard there was an understudy on that day, so I absolutely MUST have it.

[njmasquers]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:08pm

I know a HS director in NE Bergen County who used a bootleg video production of "The King and I" several years ago prior to staging his show in 2006. He showed it to his cast and crew before rehearsals began. His scenic designer copied the complete staging off the bootleg. When the HS awards in NJ were given out, the scenic designer won BEST DESIGN, despite the fact that the scene design was NOT ORIGINAL!!!

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:16pm

I have the the John Raitt audio of that performance but will only trade for an HD of the original workshop of Phantom of the Opera with the black phantom please!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:18pm

I have the workshop of Phantom but the quality is really bad cuz Webbers cat threw up on the tape

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:23pm

That damn cat! No wonder it got run over.

Does it have the BLACK phantom?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:24pm

It's got Stokes, so I guess that's up to you.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 12:48pm

Due to this thread, I watched last night my HD video of Barbra in FUNNY GIRL at the Winter Garden Theatre that she commissioned to be done a few months into her run. I read somewhere that the entire 4th, 5th and 6th rows Orchestra Center were kept empty so that the single camera set-up wasn't blocked nor interrupted by audience members. Its so delicious hearing 1964 Broadway audience laugh and react to Barbra. Watching her reaction to the delayed (and slow moving) phone booth set piece in the train station sequence at the end of Act 1 is priceless. Wow!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:08pm

Is that the one where she says, "You're late!" to the phone booth?

Or the one where she picks up the ringing phone and says, "Wrong number!"?

I have both.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:13pm

I have an early preview video where she picks it up, farts into it and says "wrong number, Mutha F*CKa"! And slams it down.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:23pm

I have an HD Wicked OBC with a Swing on for "Pure Water Could Melt Her" track. And where the 3rd ensemble member from the left is off half a step in the choreography during the Ballroom scene.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:32pm

Is that the one where she says, "You're late!" to the phone booth?

Or the one where she picks up the ringing phone and says, "Wrong number!"?


It's the one where she says, "... you're late!"

After she finishes her line she stands there with her fists on her waist while the phone booth set piece sloooooowly goes into its place. After a long pause from her, she eyes it up and down then says to it: "... you're late!". The whole theatre starts howling and applauding for almost a full minute.

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:06pm

I have the original cast of Romeo and Juliet from like 1591 or something like that. It's not labeled with the date so I can't know when it was. I got it after trading with someone who wanted the October 2, 2012 Elfarba 2nd understudy performance. I hated to give it up for boring Romeo and Juliet, but I did because you can see Carol Channing in the front row. It's a must see just for that! I mean, after all, Shakespeer is crap.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:11pm

Is that the one where Juliet stumbles on her way to the balcony?

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:15pm

No, it's the one where Juliet actually stabs herself and has to be rushed off in an ambulance. However, she does have a little trip while going up to the balcony, that may be what you're talking about. I wouldn't consider it a "stumble" or like a "stumbl." Not enough to be a stumble, but almost.

[byebyebaby12]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:19pm

I heard about that! The next show was Annaleigh Ashford's one and only performance.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 11:18pm

For real, actually.

Barbra. Opening night of Funny Girl. March 26,1964.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XC3mSrS3xc

A radio broadcast from her dressing room.

[suttonfoster]

Posted: 8/9/11 at 9:32pm

I was watching a bootleg before and I STILL have no idea how some of these people ZOOM and follow the actors and film the show so well when people get caught taking pictures all the time!

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/9/11 at 9:54pm

Pictures make flashes.

[LegallyBroadway2]

Posted: 8/9/11 at 11:40pm

At sister act, the entr'acte began. A women was standing in the aisle. I was thinking. . is she going to sit down? She was searing normal clothing.

Finally she did sit, a aisle seat, after scanning the audience.

After a few minutes, she pulled out a flashlight and waved it a few rows in front of me. I'm guessing at a bootlegger? She stood up and left.
Updated On: 8/9/11 at 11:40 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 1:49am

I was watching a Lestat video and about five minutes in the picture goes blank and you can hear an usher say " You need to stop recording right now." The picture stayed black for another minute, then the picture came back up and there it stayed till the end. I was pretty impressed that they were able to keep filming.

[Idiot]

Posted: 8/10/11 at 2:29am

Oh my.

That radio recording of Streisand in the dressing room before the FUNNY GIRL opening is astonishing. She comes across as an enormous bitch. I guess that didn't happen after superstardom.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 8/20/11 at 3:29am

I have recorded hairspray 10 times in audio formatt. i never did on Broadway- which i have since regreted since i saw soo many understudys that i can't find recording of. but did do Tour and regional Productions. The only thing i've ever filmed on video is the second part of YCSTB and that was only 3 times. i have tons of Hairspray stuff on my youtube channel including my own stuff.
It has always puzzled me how people can film shows soo well and not get caught- i mean don't you need to look at the camera to make sure it follows everything?
I agree that it won't stop a person from seeing a show live. there is NOTHING like seeing a show live. where you can take in the whole picture and look at what you want not just where the camera is pointed. But i am very thankful to the people who do bootleg shows because it preserves them. Also i met many actors who really apprciate the bootlegs that are out there.

[Dave13]

Posted: 8/20/11 at 2:44pm

Today, it is so easy to record with the technology. Even with small cell phones, you can get good recordings.

If someone is smart, they cover up any lights that would show they were recording.

Also, I often wonder if some of the bootlegs are allowed "unofficially".

I think it is good marketing, and only draws more interest to a show.

[AGermano]

Posted: 8/20/11 at 5:41pm

Haha I am sorry to ask and this may be a stupid question but...

what does 9/11 have ANYTHING to do with show curtains?
(someone posted about it a few pages back and i am so confused at the connection between the two.. unless it was a joke?)

[AGermano]

Posted: 8/20/11 at 5:42pm

^ (which wouldn't be a funny joke at all...)