Broadway Video Database - 2017

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!

Auntie Mame (12/5/2017) An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (11/1/2017) The story of the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The Complete Second Season (10/17/2017) Last season on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) moved to West Covina, California, inspired by her seemingly providential run-in with old summer-camp boyfriend Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III). Rebecca’s arrival has unforeseen consequences for everyone in town - most of all for herself. As she battles her demons, trying to carve out a happy, useful, moral place in the world – in the town where Josh Chan just so happens to live – Rebecca for the first time in her life, has the f...
Annie Get Your Gun: Starring Mary Martin (9/15/2017) Irving Berlin's great musical about Annie Oakley is filled with hit songs including "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Anything You Can Do," and "They Say It's Wonderful." In 1957, Broadway stars Mary Martin and John Raitt (yes, Bonnie's dad) united for a special run of the show and a live telecast on Thanksgiving Eve. Broadcast in color, preserved in black and white, it's full of charm, warmth, and beguiling melodies. "A joyous event"--New York Herald Tribune. 105 min, 1 DVD, B&W.
Richard M. Sherman: Songs of a Lifetime (9/5/2017) 2015 Emmy-nominated PBS special. An hour with Disney musical legend Richard M. Sherman as he talks and sings about his career with brother Robert; the two wrote some of the most beloved songs of all time. Guests include Ashley Brown, Juliana Hansen, Wesley Alfvin, and The Dapper Dans of Disneyland
Those Redheads From Seattle (5/23/2017) Newly Restored in HD and 3-D from 2K Scans! A married woman (Agnes Moorehead) takes her four unmarried redheaded daughters (Rhonda Fleming, Teresa Brewer, Cynthia and Kay Bell of The Bell Sisters) to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush so they could help their father run his newspaper. All four are members of the singing sister act The Edmonds Sisters, and upon arriving in Yukon they find out their father was murdered. The four heroines get work at the saloon owned by Johnny Kisco (Gene Barry). Ka...
La La Land (4/25/2017) Winner of 6 Academy Awards® including Best Director for writer/director Damien Chazelle, and winner of a record-breaking 7 Golden Globe® Awards, LA LA LAND is more than the most acclaimed movie of the year - it's a cinematic treasure for the ages that you'll fall in love with again and again. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star as Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams - and finding each other - in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams, and love.
The Young Girls of Rochefort The Criterion Collection (4/11/2017) Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (...
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg The Criterion Collection (4/11/2017) An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched into stardom by this glorious musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas o...
Vitaphone Varieties Volume Three 1928-1929 (3/21/2017) It’s time to once again take your front-row seats to the best variety show of the Jazz Age, as the vaunted and venerable Vitaphone presents a third collection of vintage Vaudeville and more sound shorts! Stars and almost-stars of song, stage and screen from the East Coast to the West Coast can all be seen – and most importantly heard – in this scintillating collection of 16 shorts that present a passport to the vanished entertainments of 1928 and 1929.
Fences (3/14/2017) A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Gilbert & Sullivan: Hardback Book and 4 DVD Set (3/1/2017) Gilbert and Sullivan created innovations in their productions which influenced musical theater throughout the 20th Century. Producer Richard D’Oyly Carte brought them together and built the Savoy Theatre in London in 1881 to stage their shows which became known as the Savoy Operas. He also formed the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company which performed and promoted their shows for over 100 years. Including images and librettos of many of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most famous works. Also included are four sup...
Live From Lincoln Center: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2/28/2017) Transferring the setting of a brooding Hungarian play, Carousel, to a remote fishing village, shaping their vision around themes of brutality, poverty and disappointment, Rodgers and Hammerstein composed some of the most glorious music ever written for the stage.
Love Letter To Sondheim (2/14/2017) A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim" filmed in May 2016 at The Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, CO. Collins will take the audience through Sondheim's remarkable treasure-trove of music, interweaving stories of Broadway with her personal anecdotes.
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2/7/2017) An intimate portrait of two of Hollywood's most fascinating personalities, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds has become, poignantly, both a requiem and celebration of the two movie icons, who sadly and unexpectedly died one day apart in December 2016: Star Wars actress/author Carrie Fisher and her mother, Singin' in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds. Shot mainly inside the Beverly Hills compound where both Fisher and Reynolds lived (their two houses were connected by one wal...
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (7/15/2016) Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy.
Melissa Errico: What About Today? Live at 54 BELOW (12/15/2015) Melissa Errico, Tony Award® nominee, has starred on Broadway, on network television and film and is an accomplished recording artist and musical concert performer. This DVD is live footage from her opening night cabaret performance of 'What About Today?' at New York City's acclaimed supper club 54 BELOW. On this DVD you will see Melissa perform a 15-song collection that includes 11 tracks, which Melissa has never recorded before including the strong title track by David Shire and an alluring da...
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (10/13/2015) Based on the beloved film and winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Billy Elliot: The Musical Live from London's West End is a celebration of one of the world's most popular and successful stage shows. A modern-day fairy tale of a young boy who exchanges boxing gloves for ballet shoes, Billy's story is set during the 1980's miner's strike in northern England, where his determination inspires an entire community. From the creative team behind the original film and music legend Elton J...
Jonas Kaufmann - Carmen - Tosca - Faust - Werther [4 DVD] (8/28/2015) Jonas Kaufmann is one of the undoubted opera superstars of today, and his electric stage presence is perfectly captured in these DVD/Blu-ray sets. Kaufmann is renowned for his versatility, and this varied selection of four Opera productions showcases his vocal flexibility in style, genres and languages.
The Inspiration of Broadway (8/14/2015) Play list: Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music) Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamc The Music Of The Night (Phantom Of The Opera) - J Mark McVey Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Guys and Dolls) The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) Get Away Jordan (American Spiritual) - Ernie Haase & Signatu Ol' Man River (Show Boat) You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) Bye, Bye Baby (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) - Wayne Haun Seasons of Love (Rent) Get Happy (The Nine-Fifteen Revue)...
Tutto Puo' Accadere A Broadway [Italia] [Blu-ray] (4/2/2015) On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Romeo and Juliet [Blu-ray] (2/9/2015) Orlando Bloom ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and Condola Rashad ("Sex and the City 2") adapt and modernize the famous title characters in this Broadway stage production of Shakespeare's timeless romantic classic, "Romeo and Juliet".
Jersey Boys (11/11/2014) The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
700 Sundays (10/24/2014) In 700 Sundays, legendary comedian and actor Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family and fate, loving and loss.
Last Ship - Live at the Public Theater (9/23/2014) In an intimate evening of music and storytelling filmed on Sting's birthday during a run of benefit concerts at The Public Theater in New York City, "The Last Ship" features Sting joined by 14 musicians performing original songs from his critically acclaimed album and Broadway musical of the same name. Inspired by his childhood experiences, "The Last Ship," is set in the seafaring community of Wallsend in the North East of England where Sting was born and raised and marks his Broadway debut as ...
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (6/24/2014) The uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema vérité.
Six by Sondheim (6/13/2014) An intimate and candid look at the life and art of the legendary composer-lyricist.
PROFILES Featuring Lea Salonga (5/9/2014) Profiles host Mickey Burns interviews singer and actress Lea Salonga, well known for starring in the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon - for which she won Outer Critics, Drama Desk and Tony awards. A native of the Phillipines, Lea is also the first Asian actress to play the roles of Eponine and Fantine in the musical Les Miserables on Broadway and in concert. Lea Salonga began her singing career at age ten, when she recorded her first album. She soon flourished on Broadway and woul...
Broadway Idiot (5/6/2014) From punk rock mosh pits and sold out stadiums to the Great White Way, this electrifying documentary follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong as he works with Broadway veterans to turn his mega-hit album, American Idiot, into a Broadway musical. Broadway Idiot is a portrait of a world famous artist having the guts to try something totally new. The film provides insider access to the actors' rehearsals, the creative team's process, and live performances that reveal Billie's personal transformati...
THE WILDE SPIRIT (As Performed and Restaged by Kerry Ashton, Off-Broadway 1996) (3/11/2014) This DVD, just released to the public in 2014, captures the motion picture filming of a live stage performance of the 1996 Off-Broadway production of "THE WILDE SPIRIT," the critically-acclaimed and award-winning one-man play with music, based upon the life and works of Oscar Wilde. With Book, Music and Lyrics written by and starring Kerry Ashton in the performance of a lifetime as Oscar Wilde, this DVD features a version of the play that was restaged by Kerry Ashton at Theatre-Off-Park in N...
A Chorus Line (1/14/2014) Michael Douglas stars as a choreographer who subjects 16 dancers to a grueling audition in this Academy Award-nominated* adaptation of the landmark Broadway musical. Featuring Marvin Hamlisch's music and Jeffrey Hornaday's (Flashdance) sizzling choreography, this thrilling portrayal of life behind the velvet curtain is truly "One Singular Sensation"! After narrowing down hundreds of Broadway hopefuls, Zach (Douglas) leads a select group of dancers on the tryout of their lives. In an audition tw...
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
Shrek the Musical (10/15/2013) The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in SHREK THE MUSICALr, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit movie. Called a "triumph of comic imagination" (Elysa Gardner, USA Today) that "never stints on spectacle or laughs" (David Rooney, Variety), SHREK THE MUSICALr received eight 2009 Tony Awardr nominations including Best Musical. Featuring a fantastic score of 17 all-new songs, along with unforgettable characters and outrageous humor, it's ogre-s...
Sistas (6/4/2013) With news of their grandmother’s passing, a group of sisters come together to pick a song to honor their grandmother’s legacy at her memorial service. While cleaning out her attic, they find old memories celebrating her life and contributions to their family and the community. In the process, they are reminded of many songs that trace the history of Black women, spanning from the days of Jim Crow, the Girl Groups of the 60’s, female empowerment of the 90’s and the challenges of today’s youth. W...
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (5/7/2013) Engaging, humorous, and provocative, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film showcases the work of legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim. Interviews with songwriters and luminaries including Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Schwartz, Harold Prince, Arthur Laurents, Charles...
Jesus Christ Superstar (5/7/2013) JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR stars Ted Neeley as Jesus Christ, Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot, Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene and Barry Dennen as Pontius Pilate. The film was released in 1973 and was a huge hit, earning more than $10 million in its original release. Subsequently, Andrew Lloyd Webber has supervised two home video versions of the piece, first with a 2000 film and most recently with an HD capture of the new 2012 UK arena tour starring Ben Forster, Tim Minchin and Melanie Chisholm.
Les Miserables (3/19/2013) Helmed by The King's Speech's Academy Award-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, LES MISERABLES tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, Sacrifice and redemption-a timeless Testament to the survival ...
Cabaret: 40th Anniversary Edition (2/5/2013) CABARET, Bob Fosse’s ground-breaking Oscar®-winning musical drama starring Liza Minnelli (Arthur, The Sterile Cuckoo), Michael York (the Austin Powers films), Joel Grey (TV’s “Oz”), Helmut Griem, and Marisa Berenson (I am Love), celebrates its 40th anniversary with a Blu-ray debut on February 5, 2013. Remastered for the first time in over 20 years, Cabaret is presented in its original aspect ratio (16 x 9 format). Winner of eight Academy Awards®, including Director (Fosse), Actress (Minnell...
Smash: Season 1 (1/8/2013) "Smash" is a musical drama that celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a Broadway star The series stars Emmy Award winner Debra Messing ("Will & Grace"), Oscar winner Anjelica Huston ("Prizzi's Honor"), Jack Davenport ("Pirates of the Caribbean" films), Tony Award winner Christian Borle ("Peter and the Starcatcher"), Katharine McPhee ("American Idol"), Megan Hilty ("9 to 5: The Mu...
Les Miserables: 10th Anniversary Dream Cast (Special Edition) (11/20/2012) Rediscover the definitive concert performance of the world’s longest-running musical, when BBC Home Entertainment brings you the newly remastered Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert Special Edition. The top stars from the original London and Broadway productions, along with a 150-voice chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, join together for the most magical gala performance of Les Misérables ever produced. Extra bonus features include never before seen interview footage with the cre...
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand (11/13/2012) On February 11, 2011, Barbra Streisand was honored as the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year. At a gala event in Los Angeles, Barbra and an all-star cast of guests performed many of the songs she made famous throughout her illustrious career. Proceeds from the sale of this product will provide essential support for MusiCares®, which ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need. Track Listing: Down With Love. Diana Krall Guilty. Seal S...
NY Philharmonic: COMPANY (11/13/2012) On April 7, 2011, the New York Philharmonic presented Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking Company with an all-star cast led by Neil Patrick Harris as Robert for four sold-out performances through April 9, 2011. Company revolves around Robert - a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage - the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Presented as a series of short vignettes linked by a celebration for Robert's 35th birthday,...
Annie 30th Anniversary Edition (10/22/2012) The sun will come out October 2nd when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the beloved musical classic ANNIE with its Blu-ray™ debut. This charming motion picture was adapted from the smash Tony Award®-winning musical comedy based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip about a young, red-haired orphan, Annie, and her dreams of a better life outside the orphanage walls. Filled with musical numbers that have become Broadway classics, such as “Tomorrow,” “Easy Str...
The Sterile Cuckoo (10/16/2012) The Sterile Cuckoo will be released on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on October 16, 2012 by Olive Films. Alan J. Pakula’s 1968 directorial debut stars Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) as Pookie Adams, a relentlessly kooky coed who falls in love with a reserved young college student, Jerry Payne (Wendell Burton). She actively pursues the shy boyish-man and helps him through the tough first months in school. They both benefit from the relationship; he gains self-confidence and she’s now able to come ...
Little Shop of Horrors: Director's Cut (10/9/2012) A skid-row florist's "mean green mother" of a monster plant is the center of "the looniest, nuttiest, most outrageous movie musical comedy in years" (Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Preview). Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Ellen Green, Billy Murray and other comedy greats star. Special Features - Theatrical version of the film with optional commentary - The Directors Cut featuring the newly restored 20-minute alternate ending - "Frank Oz and Little Shop of Horrors: The Director's Cut," an introdu...
Rock of Ages Expanded Version (10/9/2012) "Rock of Ages" tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more. Special Features - 80's Fashion: Dressing A Decade - The 80's Look - Defining A Decade - It's All About The Moves - Defining A D...
Rock of Ages (10/9/2012) New Line Cinema's adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ROCK OF AGES tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more. The movie musical stars Julianne Hough ("Burlesque"), with actor/singer Diego Bonet...
Broadway: The American Musical (10/2/2012) Hosted by Academy Award-winning star of stage film and television Julie Andrews. "Broadway" tells two stories: the 100-year history of musical theater and the story of its relationship to 20th-century American life from the immigrant experience at the turn of the century to today's Broadway where big budget new productions and revivals of classic favorites compete for box office success.
The Yeomen of the Guard (9/25/2012) 1957 telecast has a cast led by Celeste Holm, Alfred Drake, Barbara Cook, Bill Hayes, & Henry Calvin. At the time of its airing, The New York Times praised the opulent production, which was a joy to see and hear. Contributing to the success of the telecast was the "masterful" direction by George Schaefer and Franz Allers' rich musical direction. Live telecast, April 10, 1957. 79 min.
The Tempest (9/25/2012) Christopher Plummer takes the classical theatrical role of a lifetime to the big screen, starring as Prospero in Shakespeare's culminating masterpiece, performed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.