Bright Lights, Big City (6/22/06) Philadelphia, PA

Bright Lights, Big City (6/22/06) Philadelphia, PA

Carmen Cusack, AJ Shively, Wayne Alan Wilcox, Wayne Duvall, Allison Briner (u/s Mama Murphy, Stephen Lee Anderson, Stepehn Boardus, Jeff Hiller, Kate Loprest, Hannah Elles, Libby Winters. Very well silmed in 16:9 with no obstructions or blackouts; some slight washout in a couple scenes; excellent clear picture and sound is excellent. Nice video. 2 DVDs

Donald O'Connor, Chita Rivera, Maria Karnilova, Marcel Forestieri, Maurice Hines, Robin Morse. Camcorder video. Surprisingly good for its age. B+

PreBroadway, Taylor Louderman, Adrienne Warren, Jason Gotay, Elle McLemore, Ryann Redmond, Adriana DeBose, Gregory Haney, Neil Haskell, Janet Krupin, Kate Rockwell, Nicolas Womack. From the National Tour that would eventually lead to a run on Broadway. An excellent capture of this new musical that was surprisingly a great time. A

Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Alice Ripley, Tom Hewitt, Emily Skinner, Charles Busch, Michele Lee, Greg Butler, Daphne Rubin-Vega. Pro Shot. A

Pro-Shot A-

Aliane Baquerot, Laura Bell Bundy, Patrick Cassidy, Jennifer Cody, Mikala Frietas, Katy Grenfell, Gregg Goodbrod, Denis Jones, Jai Rodriguez, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia

Pro-Shot A

Kyle Dean Massey, Miriam Shor, Lady Bunny, Jennifer Tikkey, Rachel Potter, Judith Light, Christopher Sieber and over 200 of Broadway's HOTTEST singers and dancers. Pro-Shor A+

Eden Espinosa, Ramona Keller, Lee Morgan, Karen Olivia. Great performance, good capture. A-

Great filming, lots of close ups A

Reed Birney, Michael Cullen, Shannon Cochran, Amy Landecker, Michael Shannon. Not a bad video at all. A-

Zach Braff, Vincent Pastore, Betsy Wolfe, Helene Yorke, Karen Ziemba, Brooks Asmanskas, Lenny Wolpe, Nick Cordero, Janet Dickinson (Helen u/s). Nicely filmed from the balacony using a HD camcorder. Balcony railing is visible in the wider shot frames. 2 DVDs. A

Michael Urie Good capture (from the front side of the theater,) very good sound and video. includes Theatre Talk with Michael Urie and the playwright, and interviews from Broadway Showbiz Network.

John Scherer, Martin Jarvis, Donna Lynne Champlin, Heath Lamberts, Don Stephenson - pro-shot for TV. A

John Scherer, Martin Jarvis, Donna Lynne Champlin, Don Stephenson, James Kall, Becky Watson. not the pro shot commercially released video; the cast and action slightly differ from official video version. A

Bianca Marroquin, James Patterson,Ari Butler, Madeleine Doherty, Mary-Pat Green, Alessa Neeck, Robert Saoud, Adam Piispanen, Edward M. Barker, Jeremy Benton, Joe Bowerman, Shavanna Calder, Elizabeth Clinard, Gina Duci, AJ Hughes, Laura Irion, Andy Jones, Charlie Logan, Paul Miller, Peter Mills, Mara Newbery, Ellen Peterson, Scott P. Sambuco, Dawn C.Tucker, Kirstin Tucker
Performed in the round; recorded during dress rehearsal with no audience; pro shot, nice video A

John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Dee Hoty, Bill Irwin, Jayne Houdyshell, Nolan Gerard Funk, Allie Trimm.    A

Joel Grey, Alyson Reed. Not a bad video for its age. Joel Grey is wonderful. B+

Alan Cummings (Emcee), Jane Horrocks (Sally Bowles), Adam Godley (Clifford Bradshow), Michael Gardiner (Ernst Ludwig), Sara Kestelman (Fraulein Schneider), George Raistrick (Herr Schultz). Pro-shot for TV. Good vid. A

Pro-shot archival tape. Great production in the round. A

Neil Patrick Harris, Deborah Gibson. Not a bad video. A-

Adam Pascal. Final Performance of the Show. Shot from 1st balcony it seems, some heads in the way at some points seems like only for the first ten minutes. Camera doesn't move around much. B+

Highlights. Samantha Barks, Wayne Sleep, Jenny Logan, Matt Zimmerman, Henry Luxemburg, Karl Moffatt, Susanne Braun, Dannie Bowen.

Richard Harris. Pro-shot from HBO. A+

Michael York, Rachel York, James Barbour, Daniel Guzman, Eric Anderson, Robert J. Townsend, beautiful production, very nicely filmed and crystal clear, a little shake for the first minute or two then the filmer settles down for an amazing video. A-

Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario, Natascia Diaz, Philip Hernandez, Luba Mason, Sara Ramirez. Pro Shot Footage which was used to make reviewers reel, with time code at the bottom.

Starring the late Michael Jackson and Anjelica Houston, this 17-minute musical adventure as directed by Francis Ford Coppola, executive-produced by George Lucas and choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday was a major attraction at Disneyland for 8 years. The attraction returned to the Disney theme parks in 2010. This DVD contains both Widescreen and Pan/Scan versions (the latter is of a much higher quality) as well as 'the Making Of'.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Douglas Sills, Anna Hathaway, Debbie Gravitt. Good picture, good video. B+

A North Shore Music Theater presentation of a musical revue in two acts starring Carol Channing and Chita Rivera. Each of these show-business legends does her own Vegas /summer-circuit act, appearing in alphabetical order. Performed "in-theround." The first act belongs to Carol, the second act is all Chita's. Channing's credits: musical director, Robert Wendel; choreography, Honi Coles; costumes, Bob Mackie. Rivera's credits: writer-director, Fred Ebb; musical director, Greg Dlugos; choreography, Chris Chadman,Wayne Cilento, Ron Field, Lisa Mordente, Chet Walker. Chita's Boys: Richard Amaro, Lloyd Culbreath, and Richard Montya. Filmed using multiple cameras with sound patched directly into the cameras from the soundboard. Has counter numbers on the bottom of the screen. A

Audra McDonald. An Older video, some tracking issues. A-

Hugh Jackman, Audra McDonald. Some Generation Loss B+

Original Cast. Full show from Stratford (thank god for the person who found this!!) Archival video of show, great view for age! A-

Press Reels, Some News Reviews, First act from Balcony of Last Performance B

Energetic Cast. Only group officially allowed to perform the show since it closed on Bway. Proshot. A-

Nicely filmed using one camera in the back of the house.  Some slight generational loss. Sound sometimes fades out. B