Broadway Video Database - 2009

Complete listings of Broadway shows that have been filmed, taped or adapted, films that have made their way to the stage or vice-versa, concerts, documentaries, films with a theatrical focus and more! If it's theatre or star related and available on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Netflix or Amazon ... we've got it!

Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall (1/1/2014) Liza Minelli: Live From Radio City Music Hall chronicles her sold-out 1992 tour, filled with dazzling choreography and gorgeous costumes. Liza is in rare form with renditions of "Some People," "Imagine," "Theme From 'New York, New York'," and more
The Boy Friend (7/8/2011) The star has injured an ankle, but the show - and inexperienced stage assistant Polly Browne - must go on. Break a leg, kid. And don't let the presence of Hollywood director and talent scout Mr. De Thrill add any pressure. And so begins this colorful tale of theater hopefuls with stars in their eyes and greasepaint in their veins, a work that, under the guidance of director Ken Russell, is not just an affectionate filmization of Sandy Wilson's London/Broadway stage hit but also an homage to the...
Hair (6/7/2011) Claude leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly indoctrinated into the youth subculture and subsequently drafted.
New York, New York (6/6/2011) Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese teams with Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro in this splashy, flashy musical spectacle celebrating the glorious days of the Big Band Era in the Big Apple! Jimmy is a joint-jumpin saxophonist on his way to stardom. Francine is a wannabe starlet who dreams of singing in the spotlight. When they meet, sparks flyand when he plays and she sings, they set New York on fire! It's the beginning of a stormy relationship, asthe two struggle to ba...
12 Angry Men (2/9/2010) A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.
An Evening With John Barrowman (1/1/2009) This concert sees the multi-talented John Barrowman performing his favourite and most well-known songs from the world of stage, screen and pop with his amazing talent, charm, personality and enthusiasm.
Othello (1/1/2005) Gloriously cinematic despite its tiny budget, Orson Welles's Othello is a testament to the filmmaker s stubborn willingness to pursue his vision to the ends of the earth. Unmatched in his passionate identification with Shakespeare's imagination, Welles brings his inventive visual approach to this enduring tragedy of jealousy, bigotry, and rage, and also gives a towering performance as the Moor of Venice, alongside Suzanne Cloutier as the innocent Desdemona, and Micheal MacLiammoir as the schemi...
Meet Me in St. Louis (4/6/2004) In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.
Carola (7/23/2002) Legendary actress Leslie Caron (An American In Paris) stars as a beautiful French actress struggling to avoid the deadly politics and forbidden passions of Nazi-occupied France.
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (1/1/2002) Star, legend, force of nature--whatever you call Elaine Stritch, it probably applies, and it's never more apparent than in her deeply personal one-woman show, At Liberty.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (3/7/2000) This oscar-winning feel-good comedy won the hearts of moviegoers partly for its lavish costumes and devotion to abba but mostly for the great performances of three drag artists who are on the road trip of a lifetime. Special features: subtitles in french and spanish theatrical trailer and much more.
Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs (1/1/1999) Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly eight decades, she has been the recipient of several accolades, including one British Academy Film Award, one Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and three Grammy Awards. Andrews was made a Disney Legend in 1991, and has been honoured with a Honorary Golden Lion as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2000, Andrews was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts.
Oklahoma! (1/1/1999) Oklahoma! is a 1999 British film adaptation of Rogers and Hammerstein's 1943 musical Oklahoma!, which in turn was based on the 1930 play Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs. The film was directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman. The production featured the entire 1998 West End Revival cast at the Royal National Theatre led by Hugh Jackman as Curly McLain, Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey Williams, Maureen Lipman as Aunt Eller, and Shuler Hensley as Jud.
Barbra Streisand - The Concert (1/1/1994) Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning seven decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).
Michael Crawford: Touch of Music in the Night (1/1/1993) A companion to the album of the same name, watch Michael sing songs including Music of the Night, Stormy Weather, She Used to Be Mine, Tell Me on a Sunday, When You Wish Upon a Star, Only You and more...
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore (1/1/1993) Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1/1/1993) The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a haunting film adaptation based on the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. An opium-addicted choirmaster, John Jasper (Claude Rains), becomes obsessed with a young student named Rosa Bud (Heather Angel). His nephew, Edwin Drood (David Manners), also holds a torch for the girl and asks her to marry him. Circumstances in their small Victorian town grow more perplexing when Drood disappears and the sordid details of Jasper’s secret life come to light. Featuring beau...
Cry-Baby (1/1/1990) Clean-cut 'squares' face off against hoodlum 'drapes' in this hilarious send-up of 1950s teen flicks - juvenile delinquents, straight-faced craziness, and cool musical numbers. Directed by John Waters.
'night, Mother (1/1/1986) Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft star in ‘Night Mother, a taut, emotional study about a mother's attempt to stop her distraught daughter from committing suicide. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by author Marsha Norman, the moving production casts Spacek as epileptic with a failed marriage and a delinquent son who decides to take control the only way she can - by taking her own life. Bancroft, as the widowed mother with whom she lives, is oblivious to her daughter's depression until sh...
The Magic Show (1/1/1981) This 1981 filmed version of the highly successful Broadway play The Magic Show brings magical illusions as well as engaging music to the story of a talented young magician Doug (Doug Henning) using his magic for "good" over the villainous "evil" magic performed by the dastardly Van Zyskind. The music and magic presented here highlight a dazzling display of wizardry by Doug Henning, who triumphs in the end to the delight of all. This is the only version of one of Broadway's most beloved and long...
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1/1/1976) The Last of Mrs. Lincoln is a play by James Prideaux. It depicts the final 17 years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life that follow her husband's assassination. It ran on Broadway from December 12, 1972 to February 4, 1973, and featured Julie Harris (as Mrs. Lincoln), George Connolly, Kate Wilkinson, Tobias Haller, David Rounds, and Leora Dana. Harris and Wilkinson reprised their roles in a 1976 television film adaptation of the play (which also featured Denver Pyle) for PBS' Hollywood Television Th...
Story Theatre (1/1/1973) Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm come to vivid life in these innovative, narrative stories - Such classics featured are: "The Golden Goose," "The Blue Light," "The Clever Gretel."
The Typists (1/1/1971) Veteran husband-and-wife acting couple, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, reprise their roles from the original Broadway hit, as a couple of workers in a duplicating shop, consigned to spend the rest of their lives there.
Hamlet (1/1/1970) The play starred IAN McKELLEN in the title role and featured FAITH BROOK, JAMES CAIRNCROSS, JULIAN CURRY, SUSAN FLEETWOOD and JOHN WOODVINE
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1/1/1966) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are ideal as malevolent marrieds Martha and George in first-time-director Mike Nichols’ searing film of Edward Albee’s groundbreaking Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Taylor won her second Academy Award* (and New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and British Film Academy Best Actress Awards). Burton matches her as her emotionally spent spouse. And George Segal and Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Sandy Dennis score as another couple straying into...
Shenandoah (1/1/1965) A Virginia farmer's son is taken prisoner during the Civil War and he must venture out on the killing fields to find him.
Bad Girls The Musical Bad Girls is a fresh, funny and original British musical, based on characters from the award winning and hugely popular television drama. It has been developed by the creators of Bad Girls, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, in collaboration with composer and lyricist Kath Gotts, and director Maggie Norris.
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Discovering Hamlet Exclusive interview with Derek Jacobi (34 min.) Bonus disc with behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, and extended production interviews with Jacobi (162 min.) 12-page viewer’s guide with an introduction by director Mark Olshaker, a history of the Renaissance Theatre Company, critical reactions to the production, and an article on Hamlet’s textual challenges Hamlets Through the Ages profiles cast biographies Patrick Stewart biography photo gallery SDH subtitles
Discovering Hamlet Exclusive interview with Derek Jacobi (34 min.) Bonus disc with behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, and extended production interviews with Jacobi (162 min.) 12-page viewer’s guide with an introduction by director Mark Olshaker, a history of the Renaissance Theatre Company, critical reactions to the production, and an article on Hamlet’s textual challenges Hamlets Through the Ages profiles cast biographies Patrick Stewart biography photo gallery SDH subtitles
Kiss Me, Kate 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, telecast.
The Birdcage Lies and deceptionit's all in the family when Robin Williams must convince his future in-laws that he's as upstanding and uptight as they are in "the funniest comedy you'll see this year" (Gene Shalit, "Today Show"). Co-starring Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski and Calista Flockhart, The Birdcage is an uproarious comedy that will send your spirits soaring. Armand (Williams) and Albert (Lane) have built the perfect life for themselves tending to their gaudy Miami nightc...
Elf After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.
Bring it On A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.
Little Miss Sunshine Take a hilarious ride with the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families in comedy history. Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program...with no success. Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers?the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive ...
The Producers A "startling, stunning, outrageous [and] breathtaking debut" (Los Angeles Times) from acclaimed writer/director Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs), this Oscar®-winning* comedy combines "pure pell-Mel lunacy [and] wild, ad-lib energy [into an] uproariously funny" (Time) film! Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a...
Barbra Streisand - The Television Specials The five spectacular DVDs contained in this boxed set speak volumes about vision and integrity, fearless instinct, and a passion for discovery. If you think you remember these specials from watching them when they first aired, you'll be astonished how time has only enhanced their vitality. The five DVDs are: My Name is Barbra, Color Me Barbra, and Belle of 14th Street, Barbra Streisand: Happening in Central Park, and Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments.
New Faces New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer ...
Waking Sleeping Beauty By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts - maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney re...
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown The Peanuts gang perform the classic Broadway musical. In addition to the classic songs, we see Charlie Brown and his friends perform the various comedy sketches of the play.
Try to Remember - The Fantasticks 17,162 Performances, 42 Years, One Show, The Fantasticks!
The Mikado Described by critics as "scintillating," "exquisite," and "breathtaking," this version of the famous comic opera was a blockbuster hit at the world-renowned Stratford Festival. Cloaked in the guise of a Japanese musical drama, The Mikado is a spoof of Victorian English society. Centered on Ko-Ko (Eric Donkin), a lowly tailor, it chronicles his transformation from prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord Executioner. But Ko-Ko is plagued by a terrible quandary: the emperor (Gidon Saks) has...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- The Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour Here they are! The complete theatrical stage show, filled with songs and excitement. Over 90 minutes of non-stop thrills and chills as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Master Splinter, and reporter April O'Neal sing and dance their way to victory over Shredder. THE MAKING OF THE COMING OUT OF THEIR SHELLS TOUR: The real story. Behind the scenes with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Take the fantastic journey with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as they transform themselves into one of America...
Stage by Stage: Les Misérables An interview with the production team behind the hit Broadway musical as they discuss the conception and development of Les Miserables as a pop-culture phenomenon.
Broadway's Leading Ladies: Shirley Jones & Florence Henderson Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts Performances of Broadway's leading ladies Shirley Jones & Florence Henderson. Recorded between 1960-1966.
Sarah Brightman in Concert Singer Sarah Brightman's first recorded concert. Feutering many hit songs and cameos by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andrea Bocelli.
Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! Live at the London Palladium RUFUS WAINWRIGHT RUFUS! RUFUS! RUFUS! DOES JUDY! JUDY! JUDY! LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM - DVD ALONG WITH A 36-PIECE ORCHESTRA RE-CREATES JUDY GARLAND'S CELEBRATED 1961 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT SONG-FOR-SONG
The Rocky Horror Tribute Show The Rocky Horror Show was born at the Royal Court's tiny Theatre Upstairs on June 16, 1973, and went on to become an international stage smash hit and a major motion picture. Now, Rocky Horror Company and The Royal Court Theatre present this historic program, Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Tribute Show. In 2006, Richard O'Brien, who wrote the book, music and lyrics, rewrote the narration for the show and a cast of performers was put together from previous stars of the show and other amazing per...
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years 'Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years' is an all new documentary that captures the creative excellence, the brilliant fusion of song and dance, the glamorous Bob Mackie costumes and the non-stop excitement that were the hallmark of her glittering annual television events. Experience the ground breaking Emmy winning performances, unseen for three decades, as well as photos and footage from Gaynor's personal archive that illuminate the behind-the-scenes stories and impact of her landmark...
Tony Palmer's Film About The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford Michael Crawford has starred in some of the biggest box-office hits of all time. This DVD is a behind-the-scenes intimate portrait of one of the funniest and most versatile actors, whose popularity in the United States outshines any other British entertainer in the last 30 years.