Updated 5/13/04
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Videos
AIDA
Broadway - 12.3.02 Matinee
OBC: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott
Good picture; Digital; Show is very well captured; Best AIDA video available. A-
Avenue Q
Broadway – 10.18.03
OBC: Jennifer Barnhart, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada, Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia
Excellent quality picture and sound; occassional coverups but very good tape; 1st generation from the master; tape includes Avenue Q on Breakfast with the Arts on A&E A
Bat Boy
Off-Broadway – 11.30.01
OOBC: Kerry Butler, Kaitlin Hopkins, Sean McCourt, Deven May
Very Clear; Many closeups; Heads in the way; Closing Friday Night; Kaitlin Hopkins’s last show; Best Bat Boy video available. B
Cabaret
London, Donmar Warehouse - 1993
Alan Cumming, Jane Horrocks
Pro-shot; Much generation loss, so that full stage-shots are difficult to see; Good sound. B+
National Tour - 1998
Norbert Leo Butz
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
Broadway – 11.13.01
Peter Benson, Candy Buckley, Raul Esparza, Gina Gerson, Larry Keith, Carole Shelley
Good video; Nice closeups. B+
New York - 9.22.03
Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Josh Groban, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Adam Pascal
Actor's Fund BCEFA Benefit Performance; Pro-shot; Pretty good picture, well-shot, amazing sound. A
Falsettos
Vancouver, BC - 1.26.02
Cary Shields
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Off-Broadway
Michael Cerveris as Hedwig. More info soon.
Off-Broadway – 1.2.99
OOBC: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
Pro-shot; Broadcast quality; Filmed on three camera angles; Some generation loss (I'm looking for a lower-generation video). A-
Pittsburgh, PA – 5.25.03
Anthony Rapp, Sarah Siplak
Excellent video. A-
Into the Woods
Broadway – 1991
OBC: Tom Aldredge, Kim Crosby, Joanna Gleason, Bernadette Peters, Robert Westenberg, Chip Zien
Pro-shot. A
Broadway - 2002
OB Revival Cast
Very nice video. A-
Jason Robert Brown in Concert
Cooper Union, NYC – 10.25.02
Jason performing songs from Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last 5 Years, and many others; Including his band a 60-piece choir; Also performing are Lauren Kennedy, Keith Byron Kirk, and Adriane Lenox; Shot from last row center, but no heads in the way; Worth it for the last song (“Someone to Fall Back On”) alone. Jason is a funny, funny, brilliant man. A-
The Last Five Years
Skokie, IL – 2001
OC: Norbert Leo Butz, Lauren Kennedy
Pro-shot; Good video and sound. Some generation loss. A-
Off-Broadway – 4.30.02
OOBC: Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott
Nice video and sound. A-
Little Shop of Horrors
Broadway – 9.21.03
OBC: Rob Bartlett, Kerry Butler, Hunter Foster, Carla J. Hargrove, Trisha Jeffrey, DeQuina Moore, Douglas Sills
Beautiful video; Many closeups; Shot from 3rd row mezzanine; Digital; Slight buzzing in background throughout. A-
Matt Caplan and Joshua Kobak Gig
Ann Arbor - 8.23.01
Merrily We Roll Along
Sondheim Celebration, Washington DC – 8.18.02
Raul Esparza, Michael Hayden, Miriam Shor
Very clear; Many close-ups; Shot from 2nd row mezzanine; Digital. A
A New Brain
Off-Broadway - 1998
OOBC: Kristin Chenoweth, Lewis Cleale, Malcolm Gets, Liz Larsen, Norm Lewis
Some shakiness/heads in the way & slight generation loss. B
Parade
Broadway – 12.8.98
OBC: Carolee Carmello, Brent Carver, Kirk McDonald
Made from closed-circuit system in Vivian Beaumont Theatre; Stage shot entire time; No color; Very difficult to watch. C
Ragtime
Broadway
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
RENT
Broadway – 4.29.96
OBC
Great first act, and same old black lines for about 30 minutes in second act; Cam. video. B+
Broadway - 10.98
Norbert Leo Butz, Wilson Cruz, Calvin Grant, Marcy Harriell, Matt Murphy, Jacques C. Smith, Gwen Stewart
Shot from Left Balcony with obstruction. Good video, though; low Generation, excellent video with almost all close-ups. B+
Benny Tour - 8.26.00
Joshua Kobak
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
5th Anniversary Reunion Concert: Studio 54, New York - 6.4.01
OBC A-
Broadway – 2.14.02
Karmine Alers, Maggie Benjamin, Matt Caplan, Myiia Watson Davis, Trey Ellet, Mark Ford, Stu James, Chad Richardson, Jai Rodriguez
Not the greatest video; good closeups; film (not camera) is jumpy at times and sometimes goes black/white for a moment; the sound is sometimes warped and there is a buzzing in the background throughout; still watchable if you want to see Matt Caplan's Roger. B-
Collins Tour (Galveston, TX) - 2.15.02
Bridget Anne Mohammed, Matthew S. Morgan, Justin Rodriguez, Sara Schatz, Kevin Spencer, Krystal L. Washington, Jay Wilkinson, Bruce Wilson Jr.
Great zooms; Very clear picture; Great sound; Some obstruction. A-
Broadway – 8.11.03
Maggie Benjamin, Matt Caplan, Stu James, Catrice Joseph, John Eric Parker, Todd E. Pettiford, Kenna J. Ramsey, Andy Senor, Cary Shields, Krystal L. Washington
Digital; Fantastic picture and sound; Very steady; Shot from first row mezzanine, house left; Slight obstruction from railing, so many waist-up shots and tight headshots; Steady, clear, and well shot; 1st generation from the master; One of the best RENT videos available. A+
Broadway - 3.30.04
Mayumi Ando, Sebastian Arcelus, Maggie Benjamin, D'Monroe, Mark Ford, Justin Johnston, Catrice Joseph, Kristin Lee Kelly, Joshua Kobak, Jeremy Kushnier, Destan Owens, Enrico Rodriguez, Dominique Roy, Andy Senor, Haneefah Wood
Kobak as Mark, Dominique as Mimi. Great video; More info coming soon.
The Rocky Horror Show
Broadway - 4.20.01
Raul Esparza, Joan Jett, Kristin Lee Kelley, Daphne Ruben-Vega
Digital; Nice video; Great sound; 2nd Generation. B+
Sunday in the Park with George
Broadway – Date unknown
OBC: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters
Pro-shot. A
Sondheim Celebration, Washington DC – 6.16.02
Melissa Errico, Raul Esparza
2nd Generation. A
Taboo
London
Euan Morton, Paul Baker, Lyn Paul, John Partridge, Boy George
Mix from the first and the second London cast when Boy George took over the role of Leigh Bowery; Pro-shot from the very small theatre where the show was at, and you can easily feel the atmosphere. The perfect recording of the imperfect show. A+
Broadway - 11.1.03
OBC: Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jennifer Cody, Raul Esparza, Liz McCartney, Euan Morton, George O'Dowd, Cary Shields, Asa Somers
4th preview; Great show and great video with nice closeups throughout; 1st generation from the master. A
Broadway - 2.8.04
OBC: Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jennifer Cody, Raul Esparza, Liz McCartney, Euan Morton, George O'Dowd, Cary Shields, Asa Somers
Closing night video; Includes great ad-libs and audience asides by the performers; Very enthusiastic audience - great show, great songs; Great video; Nice close-ups; 1st generation from the master. A
Take Me Out
Broadway - 3.26.03
David Eigenberg, Neal Huff, Denis O'Hare, Daniel Sunjata, Frederick Weller
Digital; Excellent picture and sound qulaity; Nice closeups; 1st generation from the master. A
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Broadway - 5.10.02
Gavin Creel, Sutton Foster Harriet Harris, Marc Kudisch
Fantastic video; Digital. A
tick, tick . . . BOOM!
Off-Broadway - 5.31.01
OOBC: Jerry Dixon, Raul Esparza, Amy Spanger
Full Stage Shot, but the stage is small enough that the camera captures almost all of the action; Preview performance, includes one song later cut from the show; Good picture and sound. B+
Off-Broadway – 9.18.01
OOBC: Jerry Dixon, Raul Esparza, Amy Spanger
Beautiful video; Shot from front row mezzanine; Many close-ups; Digital; Amy Spanger’s second-to-last. A
Dallas, TX - 1.9.03
Wilson Cruz, Christian Campbell, Nicole Snelson
Shot pretty steady with zooms; Occassional spotlight washout on faces on wider stage shots. A-
Dallas, TX - 1.11.03
Wilson Cruz, Trey Ellet, Nicole Snelson
Shot pretty steady with zooms; Occassional spotlight washout on faces on wider stage shots. A-
Urinetown
Broadway
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
Wicked
Broadway – 10.12.03
OBC: Norbert Leo Butz, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, Idina Menzel, Carole Shelley
Very nice video; Shot from rear mezzanine; No heads in the way; Digital. A
The Wild Party
Broadway – 6.8.00
OBC: Toni Collette, Eartha Kitt, Mandy Patinkin
First 10 minutes from different, lesser quality video with same cast; Cam. video. A-
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Off-Broadway
Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp
MORE INFO COMING SOON.
Audios
Chess
New York - 9.22.03
Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Josh Groban, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Adam Pascal
Actor's Fund BCEFA Benefit Performance. CD.
Idina Menzel
Ars Nova - 7.10.02
Idina sings originals, songs from her own shows ("Life of the Party" from The Wild Party, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked), and songs from other shows ("Not a Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along) with accompanist/arranger Stephen Oremus. Plenty of chat as well. Cassette.
RENT
Broadway - 1.4.98
Norbert Leo Butz, Wilson Cruz, Marcy Harriel, Kristen Lee Kelly, Michael McElroy, Anthony Rapp, Jacques C. Smith, Gwen Stewart
Anthony Rapp's last. CD.
Benny Tour - San Francisco: 7.15.01
Jacquline B. Arnold, Maggie Benjamin, Haven Burton, Matt Caplan, Marcus Chaney, Curtis Cregan, Cicily Daniels, Shaun Earl, Mark Ford, Jeremy Kushnier, Brian M. Love, Dominique Roy
Benny Tour closing. CD.
Broadway - 4.13.02
Maggie Benjamin, Matt Caplan, Jodi Carmelli, Myiia Watson-Davis, Trey Ellet, Mark Ford, Stu James, Owen Johnston II, Darryl Ordell, Todd E. Pettiford, Chad Richardson, Jai Rodriguez, Dominique Roy, Antonique Smith, Maia Nkenge Wilson
Matt Caplan as Roger. CD.
Broadway - 5.12.02
Karmine Alers, Sebastian Arcelus, Maggie Benjamin, Matt Caplan, Amy Ehrlich, Trey Ellet, Mark Ford, Justin Johnston, Catrice Joseph, Todd E. Pettiford, Manley Pope, Enrico Rodriguez, Jai Rodriguez, Kim Varhola, Maia Nkenge Wilson
TEP as Benny, Maia as Joanne, Matt Caplan as SOLoist, Catrice as SOLoist, Sebastian as Gordon, Enrico as Paul. CD.
Broadway - 7.22.02
Karmine Alers, Sebastian Arcelus, Maggie Benjamin, Matt Caplan, Maia Watson-Davis, Mark Ford, Justin Johnston, Catrice Joseph, Darryl Ordell, John Eric Parker, Todd E. Pettiford, Chad Richardson, Jai Rodriguez, Antonique Smith, Kim Varhola
Chad Richardson as Roger. CD.
Broadway - 11.21.03
Karmine Alers, Mayumi Ando, Sebastian Arcelus, D'Monroe, Shaun Earl, Cristina Fadale, Colin Hanlon, Justin Johston, Kendra Kassebaum, Jeremy Kushnier, Philip Dorian McAdoo, Todd E. Pettiford, Kenna Ramsey, Andy Senor, Gwen Stewart
Colin Hanlon as Mark, TEP as Collins, Karmine as Mimi, Philip as SOLoist, Sebastian as Gordon. CD.
-Amour
-Assassins (at Studio 54)
-Floyd Collins
-Frankenstein the Musical
-Hello Again
-Jason Robert Brown in Concert at Cooper Union (4/28/01)
-John and Jen (any production)
-The Last 5 Years in Concert at Cooper Union w/JRB and Lauren Kennedy (audio or video)
-Marie Christine
-Parade (any production)
-Songs for a New World
-The Violet Hour
-The Wild Party (Lippa)
Also . . .
-anything Neil Patrick Harris (Cabaret, Proof, Sweeney in Concert, etc.)
-anything Sondheim that I don't already have
-anything Hedwig that I don't already have