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| It's true, I don't have direct access to information from the DVD labels, but unfortunately it seems there aren't many releases related with Musical Theatre schedule for the future. On the other hand, the same can't be said about Movie Musicals. |
Last update: June 20th, 2009 |
 Most Recent Additions |
THE WIZARD OF OZ: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition - 1939 MGM film with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan. Remastered with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio on a 4 discs DVD box or on a 3 discs Blue-Ray ediiton. Includes plenty of extras. - Release date: September 2009 HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND DANCING: THE 1920s - Documentary hosted by Shirley Jones. Maurice Chevalier, Rudy Vallee, John Boles, Nina Mae McKinney, Jeanette MacDonald, Al Jolson, Helen Morgan, Eddie Cantor, Bebe Daniels, Sophie Tucker. - Release date: July 2009 HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND DANCING: THE 1980s, 1990s AND 2000s - Documentary hosted by Shirley Jones. Kevin Spacey, Johnny Depp, John Travolta, Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Renee Zellweger, Julie Andrews, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joel Grey, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson. - Release date: July 2009 |
| Future Releases in Alphabetical Order |
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BUGSY MALONE - Alan Parker musical movie starring Jodie Foster and Scott Baio. Songs by Paul Williams. A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS - 1937 RKO musical starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Bruns, Gracie Allen, Reginald Gardiner and Constance Collier. Directed by George Stevens and with songs by George & Ira Gershwin. DANCING LADY - 1933 MGM musical starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Franchot Tone, May Robson, The Three Stooges, Nelson Eddy. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS – 1939 animated musical directed by Dave Fleischer, with songs by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. Voices by Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer and Sam Parker. - Release date: March 2009 HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND DANCING: THE 1920s - Documentary hosted by Shirley Jones. Maurice Chevalier, Rudy Vallee, John Boles, Nina Mae McKinney, Jeanette MacDonald, Al Jolson, Helen Morgan, Eddie Cantor, Bebe Daniels, Sophie Tucker. - Release date: July 2009 HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND DANCING: THE 1980s, 1990s AND 2000s - Documentary hosted by Shirley Jones. Kevin Spacey, Johnny Depp, John Travolta, Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Renee Zellweger, Julie Andrews, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joel Grey, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson. - Release date: July 2009 THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND - 1968 Disney musical about the adventures oa a republican family at the 1888 covnention. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and starring Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, John Davidson, Lesley Ann Warren, Janet Blair, Kurt Russell, Richard Deacon and Goldie Hawn. Music and Lyrics by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. ONE FROM THE HEART - Francis Ford Coppola musical starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia and Nastassja Kinski, with music by Tom Waits. The DVD includes, among other things, deleted and alternate scnenes, rehearsal footage, featurettes and audio comentary by Coppola. ORCHESTRA WIVES - Archie Mayo directs Ann Ruthford, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Carole Landis, Jackie Gleason and Cesar Romero in this 1942 movie. SECOND FIDDLE - Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Edna May Oliver, Rudy Vallee, Mary Healy and Lyle Talbot star in this 1939 musical directed by Sidney Landfield and with Songs by Irving Berlin. THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM - 1946 musical directed by George Seaton and starring Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Anne Revere, Allyn Joslyn, Gene Lockhart and Elizabeth Patterson. Songs by George & Ira Gershwin. SHOW BOAT, THE COMPLETE - box-set to include the 1929 (Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Otis Harlan, Emily Fitzroy, Stepin Fetchit), 1936 (Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Paul Robeson), 1951 (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and Joe E. Brown) films. Release date: 2008 A STAR IS BORN - New 6K digital restoration of the 1954 film featuring Judy Garland and James Mason. Directed by George Cukor. STRIKING 12 - this year's engagement of Striking 12, (“The holiday-themed show centers on a handful of lost urban souls — modern and 19th-century — on New Year's Eve. Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" is a central spark in the tale, which tugs at a traditionalist's heart but also prompts laughter from the most jaded of hipsters”) will be videotaped for an upcoming DVD release. Music and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda. SUN VALLEY SERENADE - 1941 movie starring Sonja Henie, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, John Payne, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and with songs by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon. TOO MANY GIRLS - George Abbott directed this 1940 movie adaptation of the Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart musical, starring Lucille Ball (dubbed by Trudy Erwin), Desi Arnaz, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford and Harry Shannon. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - “In 1978 Jeff Wayne composed and produced one of the most groundbreaking and best-selling musical works of all time. In 2006, after much anticipation, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds was brought to the stage for the first time, playing to sold-out arenas across the UK. WE'RE NOT DRESSING - Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Leon Errol, Ethel Merman, Jay Henry and Ray Milland, starred in this 1934 movie musical directed by Norman Taurog, with songs by Harry Revel & Mack Gordon WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER I'LL SKATE - 1979 Great Performances presentation of the Vinnette Carroll's musical, starring Cleavant Derricks, Lynne Thigpen, Lynne Clifton-Allen, Clinton Derricks-Carroll THE WIZARD OF OZ: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition - 1939 MGM film with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan. Remastered with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio on a 4 discs DVD box or on a 3 discs Blue-Ray ediiton. Includes plenty of extras. - Release date: September 2009 THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AND BEYOND - this feature documentary takes a look at the phenomenon that is “The Wizard of Oz”, using clips and interviews with such celebrities as Tommy Tune, Joan Leslie, Mickey Rooney, Joel Grey as well as three of the original munchkins from the classic 1939 film and producer Mervyn LeRoy. Tells the complete history of “The Wizard of Oz”, highlighting some of the earliest stage and screen adaptations, such as the 1925 silent version and the even earlier, “His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz”, through the quintessential 1939 film to the musical “Wicked”. Bonus material includes the 1925 original version of “Wizard of Oz” featuring a young Oliver Hardy. Release date: February 2009 |
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