Broadway's Lost Treasures II - 8253

Product Description The annual Tony Award® broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway’s best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys® features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Jerry Orbach introduce these 18 one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony® memories. "Praise be to the theatre gods. . . for what was ‘lost’ is found." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the first Broadway’s Lost Treasures. THE LEADS Patti LuPone, Anything Goes Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur, Mame Robert Morse, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Jane Lapotaire, Piaf Richard Kiley, Man of La Mancha ALL SINGING, ALL DANCING Nell Carter, cast, Ain’t Misbehavin’ Michael Jeter, Brent Barrett, Grand Hotel Gregory Hines, Jelly’s Last Jam Walter Bobbie, Nathan Lane, Guys and Dolls REVIVALS AND RECORD BREAKERS George Hearn, cast, La Cage aux Folles Cast, Les Misérables Shirley Verrett, cast, Carousel Jerry Orbach, Chicago BONUS PERFORMANCES Katharine Hepburn, Coco Robert Lindsay, Me and My Girl Tom Bosley, Fiorello! Kathi Moss, cast, Nine Bill Hutton, cast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat BONUS EXTRAS Five additional performances not seen on the PBS broadcast Historical information about the original Broadway productions PLAYBILL cover art Amazon.com The follow-up to the original Broadway's Lost Treasures delivers more of the same--historic performances of great moments in American musical theater televised on the Tony Awards--but is a step up in terms of sheer entertainment value. The first volume included only performances before 1987, and while they had bigger stars (Yul Brynner, Robert Preston), some of them were lip-synced and considerably less polished than their feature-film equivalents. Broadway's Lost Treasures II features newer performances that are almost indistinguishable from an actual show, including scenes from splashy, high-energy revivals such as Anything Goes (Patti LuPone and company performing the title tune) and Guys and Dolls (the fabulous "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat"), and new shows such as Grand Hotel (Michael Jeter and Brent Barrett in a gloriously exuberant "Take a Glass Together"), Les Miserables ("One Day More"), La Cage aux Folles (George Hearn solo and with a chorus line in drag in "I Am What I Am"), and Jelly's Last Jam (Gregory Hines tapping "That's How You Jazz"). There are classic performances too, including Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur's 1987 reunion of "Bosom Buddies" (Mame), Richard Kiley's "The Impossible Dream" (Man of La Mancha), Jerry Orbach's "All I Care About" (Chicago), and (in the DVD's bonus content) Katharine Hepburn in a 15-minute part-dramatic, part-musical scene from Coco. Fans were disappointed when performances from Dreamgirls and A Chorus Line were pulled from the first program due to rights issues, and those still aren't included here, but one can always hope they might appear in a future volume. --David Horiuchi
ASIN: B0002TSZN8
VSKU: DBV.B0002TSZN8.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Regina Ahlgren|Bea Arthur|Lauren Bacall|Brent Barrett|Walter Bobbie|Nell Carter|Michael Cline|Melissa Haizlip|George Hearn|Gregory Hines|Michael Jeter|Richard Kiley|Chris Cohen|Michael Coelho|Sharon Radcliffe|Erach Screwvala|Hildy Parks|Steven B. Hecht
Binding: Dvd