Recorded musicals

[stage_star]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:27pm

Would anyone be kind enough to make a list of musicals that were oficially recorded? :)

So far, the ones I own are:
- Into The Woods: Original Broadway Cast (1991)
- Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: (some of the) Original Broadway Cast (1982)
- Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008 ) (is there another version?)
- Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway (2000)
- Leonard Bernstein's Candide: Live with the New York Philharmonic (2005)
- The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

EDIT: forgot the concerts
- Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert (199
- Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert (2010)

What else is out there? :)









Updated On: 8/3/14 at 02:27 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:29pm

Memphis, baby!!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:31pm

That Sweeney Todd DVD is not the original Broadway cast.

[The Josh]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:34pm

Sunday in the Park with George
Company (Broadway revival and NY Philharmonic)
Barnum
Carousel with NY Philharmonic
South Pacific (Broadway revival and concert version with Reba)
The Light in the Piazza
Shrek the Musical
Pippin


Updated On: 8/3/14 at 02:34 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:34pm

Yeah, the OBC started in 1979, not 1982. This recording features three of the original stars of the 1979 Broadway production.

[Pumpkin]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:34pm

Shrek is on Netflix

[Showface]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:35pm

Pippin (Toronto version)
Sweeney Todd (NY Phil)

[stage_star]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:37pm

Wow, so many recordings, thank you guys Keep 'em coming!

(as for the Sweeney Todd issue, my bad... corrected it already)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:46pm

There's also Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews (the stage version not the movie) and Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. Some of those titles that Josh listed are not available to purchase but you can get them from traders.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:49pm

Here is a pretty decent list.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R3IU9085LQDVSR

[philly03]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:50pm

A Tale of Two Cities (the musical by Jill Santoriello) was recorded by PBS a few years ago also, with a lot of the original Broadway cast (James Barbour, Brandi Burkhardit, Natalie Toro & Kevin Earley). Sort of concert, sort of staged. Narration by Michael York as its only an hour and a half, I believe.

The Ten Commandments with Val Kilmer, Lauren Kennedy, Kevin Earley & Luba Mason was also recorded out in LA - the show never make it to NY (Thank God!)

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:53pm

PASSION was recording with the original broadway cast
FOLLIES had a concert version taped (but it's a hack job)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG was recorded in London
PACIFIC OVERTURES was recorded as well
LOVE NEVER DIES was recorded in Australia
MEMPHIS was filmed live on Broadway
CATS was filmed live in a Broadway-style production
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE was filmed live on Broadway
CAMELOT was filmed live
OKLAHOMA was filmed live in London with Hugh Jackman
FOSSE was filmed live on Broadway

Those are just musicals, there are a lot more plays.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:59pm

Legally Blonde was filmed and aired on MTV

There is a pro-shot of the off-broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors which was aired in Japan.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 2:59pm

Legally Blonde was filmed and aired on MTV

There is a pro-shot of the off-broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors which was aired in Japan.

[jo]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 6:15pm

The Royal National Theatre OKLAHOMA! BluRay/DVD ( with Jackman et al) includes a lengthy Behind the Scenes feature. It's kind of shocking to hear that Curly has an Australian accent, Laurey and Aunt Eller speak with British accents in real life

The creative team included Trevor Nunn, Susan Stroman, and Warren Carlyle assisting Susan as choreographer.

Updated On: 8/3/14 at 06:15 PM

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/3/14 at 6:40pm

Stop The World, I Want To Get Off was sort of filmed as a stage show.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 5:15am

I did not know Cats was filmed live. Didn't they record in the studio and lip-synced and use different takes?

I know there is a Pro-Shot from Aint Misbehavin with Nell Carter, Amelia McQueen and company. But I don't know if that was an official release or not.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 5:21am

Cats was most definitely not filmed live. It was filmed at the then vacant Adelphi Theatre while the original production was still running at the New London Theatre. There was no audience present and the score was indeed prerecorded.

Updated On: 8/4/14 at 05:21 AM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 4:06pm

Victor/Victoria was filmed live, though I think the DVD is now out of print.

The Will Rogers Follies was also filmed and aired in Japan.

PBS filmed a few productions at Papermill for Great Performances back in the late 80s/early 90s. I've seen parts of their Show Boat and Crazy for You.

City Opera's first mounting of A Little Night Music was also filmed for Great Performances. At one point the whole show was on YouTube, not sure if it's still there or not.

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 4:29pm

Well, for that matter, Live From Lincoln Center filmed various shows - but they are not for sale, though pieces are on YouTube.

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Light in the Piazza
South Pacific

Wikipedia says A Little Night Music (1990) Candide (1986)

There is a theatre camera view of Pacific Overtures in Los Angeles on YouTube, but I believe that was the original Broadway cast, since the show had just closed on Broadway.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 4:55pm

The revised version of The Magic Show
By Jeeves
The Ten Commandments

Several other TV broadcasts (some released on VHS) of live musicals or made-for-TV broadcasts:
Eubie!
Play On!
Sophisticated Ladies
The Robber Bridegroom
Something's Afoot
Scrambled Feet
Wonderful Town
Bloomer Girl
She Loves Me
It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman!
Working
Story Theater
Cinderella
Once Upon a Mattress
The Music Man
Annie
South Pacific
Gypsy

Updated On: 8/4/14 at 04:55 PM

[finebydesign]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 5:34pm

There does exist a recording of the original Little Shop of Horrors off-broadway. I've never seen it, but I know someone close to the project who owns a copy.

[Pauly3]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 6:50pm

Passing Strange ( 2008 )

Non-English language:
Elisabeth (Vienna, 2005)
Rudolf – Affaire Mayerling (Vienna - with Drew Sarich, 2009)
Carmen (Czech Republic - 2D & 3D, 2012)





Updated On: 8/4/14 at 06:50 PM

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 11:02pm

Another non-English recording would be the Hamburg production of Tanz der Vampire in 2005. Elisabeth also had another proshot, if I'm not mistaken, with the original cast. ^

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/4/14 at 11:09pm

Oh, and Billy Elliot will be getting a proshot released soon, we can't forget that.