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Into the Woods (5/3/14) Fullerton, CA
Bets Malone, Jeff Skowron, Viva Carr, Jeanette Dawson, Tim Martin Gleason, Julie Morgentaler, Jordan Lamoureux, Tracy Rowe Mutz, David Allen Jones, Christanna Rowader, Cameron Sczempka, Lisa Dyson, Melina Kalomas, Melanie Mockobey, Cliff Senior, Leslie Stevens, Mueen Jahan, Renna Nightingale, Allison Sheppard, Sally Struthers. Notes: Extremely well filmed with no washout, obstruction or blackouts; a bit dark overall, but nothing is missed; steadily filmed in 16:9 video and excellent sound; includes curtain call.  2 DVDs

Heather Headley (Witch), Rob McClure (The Baker), Erin Dilly (The Baker's Wife), Ken Page (Narrator), Elena Shadow (Cinderella), Ryan Silverman (Rapunzel's Prince), Andrew Samonsky (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), Jason Gotay (Jack), Sara Kapner (Little Red Ridinghood), Ellen Harvey (Cinderella's Stepmother) 2 DVDs

Raymond Baker, Cynthia Carle, Alma Cuervo, Sandy Faison, Harry Groener, Philip Hoffman, David Patrick Kelly, Maureen Silliman, James Widdoes Recorded from the balcony. Even though this show only had a 6 performance run on Broadway, it has gone on to successfully play regional theatres, college campuses and community theatres the world over. Blackouts for the first minute or two. Some generational loss. Disc also includes a short Entertainment Tonight piece on Oh! Calcutta! becoming the world's longest running musical.

Classic 1960’s musical in the made for TV version show in 1975. An interesting show. A

It's a BIRD, It's a PLANE, It's SUPERMAN! (3/21/13) City Center, Encores!
Edward Watts (Superman), Jenny Powers (Lois Lane), David Pittu (Dr. Sedgwick), Adam Monley (Jim Morgan), Scott Weber, Craig Henningsen, Suo Liu, Alli Mauzey (Sydney), Jason Ng, James Saito (Father Ling), Will Swenson (Max Menken) 

Nathan Lane (James Wicker), Matthew Broderick (Peter Austin), Megan Mullally (Julie Budder), Stockard Channing (Virginia Noyes), Rupert Grint (Frank Finger), F. Murray Abraham (Ira Drew), Micah Stock (Gus P Head) A good capture of the play’s original cast. The play is absolutely hysterical — Nathan, Megan, and Micah being particularly fantastic. This capture has no washout and only minor obstruction, but most of the first 26 minutes of Act One are blacked out. After that, the show is very nicely captured with just one head that can occasionally be seen at the bottom of the screen and does not affect the action. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is very good overall, but there is more shuffling and static than usual; all of the dialogue is listenable. Includes playbill scans.

Blair Brown, Daisy Egan, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Stephen Spinella, Christopher Walken. Shot from the balcony with a rail across the stage. Mostly a full to mid stage shot. Sound is decent, though a little low during the dialog. B

Jane Eyre - Marla Schaffel, Edward Rochester - James Barbour, Mrs. Fairfax - Mary Stout. Good taping - clear audio and video. Overall, an excellent tape, and the action is easy to follow. Good sound, too. Some washout from lights. A-

Marla Schaffel, James Barbour, Mary Stout Good and OBC. Mostly close-ups. B+

Shoshana Bean, Eden Espinosa, Jenna Leigh Green, Megan Hilty, Katie Thompson, Marty Thomas, James Snyder, Elizabeth Brackenbury, Aynsley Bubbico, Scarlett Cherry, Deborah S. Craig, Nick Galbraith, Katie Kern, Jen Malenke, Lesli Margherita, Vic Mazzone, Aaron Neely, Leslie Odom, Jr., & Jackie Seiden., notes from the filmer: A musical adaptation of the 1999 film, "Jawbreaker." The musical is described as "a darkly comedic, stylish girl clique musical with the mythic story of Courtney 'Satan in heels' Shayne and her minions who play a nasty birthday prank on their picture perfect bestie. It wasn't their fault the jawbreaker got stuck in her throat...or was it?" The musical is performed as a staged concert reading. Rather than one person per role, the concert is done with some of Broadway's best alternating in the roles.  Shot from the front of the venue. The show was sold out and everyone was literally packed in like sardines, so some head obstructions here and there, but the master worked around them well and managed to get good coverage and close ups that made for a good capture, A

Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll/Hyde), Linda Eder (Lucy), Christiane Noll (Emma), George Merritt (John Utterson), Barrie Inghman (Sie Danvers Carew) B

Original Broadway Cast. This is the performance when Linda Eder was unwell so she spoke her lines but her songs were sung by Emily Skinner from off stage. Amazing this was even caught on tape. B

Robert Evan, Colleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette. Good Video. Great Performances from Cast. B+

Pro Shot with David Hasselhoff. A+

Oringal Broadway Cast. A GREAT VIDEO!!! Very clear, great close ups. Lots of extras like playbill and New York 1 and even some reviews. A+

John Lloyd Young (Frankie Vallie), Christian Hoff (Tommy Devito), Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio), J. Robert Spencer (Nick Massi) Great DVD. A

Erich Bergen (Bob Gaudio), Christopher Kale Jones (Frankie Valli), Deven May (Tommy De Vito), Michael Ingersoll (Nick Massi), John Altieri, Miles Aubrey, Sandra DeNise, Courter Simmons, Eric Gutman, Nathan Klau, Brandon Matthieus, Jackie Seiden, Joseph Siravo, Melissa Strom. Best of this cast, gorgeous close ups, excellent filming on tapers part, knows the show well and it shows on this video. A

Mark Rylance (Johnny “Rooster” Byron), Max Baker (Wesley), Mackenzie Cook (Ginger), Alan David (The Professor), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Phaedra), Aiden Eyrick (Marky), John Gallegher Jr. (Lee), Geraldine Hughes (Dawn), Danny Kirrane (Davey), Charolette Mills (Tanya), Sarah Moyle (Ms. Fawcett), Molly Ranson (Pea), Harvey Robinson (Mr. Parsons), Richard Short (Danny Whitworth), Barry Solane (Troy Whitworth), Jay Sullivan (Frank Whitworth)

Glenn Carter (Jesus), Tony Vincent (Judas), Maya Days (Mary), generation loss, but great cast and good video B

PreBroadway: Paul Nolan, Jeremy Kushnier as (u/s) Judas, Chilina Kennedy, Sandy Winsby as (u/s) Pilate, Bruce Dow, Marcus Nance, Lee Siegel, Aaron Walpole, Mike Nadajewski. Nice capture of the PreBroadway Production. Great staging and performances of this revival headed to Broadway. Great to see Jeremy in the role of Judas.

Paul Nolan, Josh Young, Chilina Kennedy, Tom Hewitt, Bruce Dow, Marcus Nance, Aaron Walpole

Proshot. Tim Minchin (Judas) Melanie C (Mary Magdalene), Chris Moyles (King Herod), ITV “Superstar” winner Ben Forster as Jesus. A+

Vanessa Lemonides, Becky London, Lorry Goldman, Josh Heine, Rosanne Ma, Jeremy Rishe, Joel Rooks. The longest running comedy in off broadway history. Will filmed and crystal Clear, but heads appear along the bottom of the screen in wider shots. Filmed on closing night. Includes scanned Playbill information. A

Jason Donovan, Linzi Hateley. Jason Donovan’s final performance. B

Lee Mead, Fiona Reyes (alt. Narrator), Dean Collinson, Stephen Tate, John Alastair, Neal Wright. Great Produciton with the winner of the “Any Dream Will Do” series, Lee Mead; nicely captured and performed with great picture and sound. A

Faith Prince, Kevin GreyGreat, clear video with excellent close-ups. Sound a bit low at times, but perfectly comprehensible. B+