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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:
May 11th, 2008


Most Recent Additions

THE CARMEN MIRANDA COLLECTION - 5 disc box-set that will include GREENWICH VILLAGE, 1944 (with Don Ameche, Vivian Blaine, The DeMarcos, The Revuersm Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Judy Holliday, briefly seen); SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS, 1944 (with Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Peggy Ryan, Perry Como, Judy Holliday, briefly seen as a defense plant welder); DOLL FACE, based on the play “The Naked Genius” by Gypsy Rose Lee, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como); IF I’M LUCKY, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Phil Silvers); and a remastered THE GANG’S ALL HERE. Also available separately. Release date: June 2008


Future Releases in Alphabetical Order

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - special edition of the MGM classic directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch and Georges Guetary.

BUGSY MALONE - Alan Parker musical movie starring Jodie Foster and Scott Baio. Songs by Paul Williams.

BUSBY BERKELEY COLLECTION 2 - box-set to include Gold Diggers of 1937, Gold Diggers In Paris, Varsity Show and Hollywood Hotel. Release date: 2008

THE CARMEN MIRANDA COLLECTION - 5 disc box-set that will include GREENWICH VILLAGE, 1944 (with Don Ameche, Vivian Blaine, The DeMarcos, The Revuersm Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Judy Holliday, briefly seen); SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS, 1944 (with Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Peggy Ryan, Perry Como, Judy Holliday, briefly seen as a defense plant welder); DOLL FACE, based on the play “The Naked Genius” by Gypsy Rose Lee, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como); IF I’M LUCKY, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Phil Silvers); and a remastered THE GANG’S ALL HERE. Also available separately. Release date: June 2008

COMPANY - PBS presentation of the recent Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical. Directed by John Doyle and starring Raul Esparza, Elizabeth Stanley, Keith Buterbaugh, Matt Castle, Robert Cunningham, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Kristin Huffman, Amy Justman, Heather Laws, Leenya Rideout, Fred Rosel. Release date: May 2008

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.

FRANK SINATRA: THE EARLY YEARS - DVD box-set that will include: DOUBLE DYNAMITE, with Jane Russell and Groucho Marx; HIGHER AND HIGHER, with Michèle Morgan and Jack Haley; STEP LIVELY, with George Murphy and Gloria DeHaven; IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN, with Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson and Peter Lawford; THE KISSING BANDIT, with Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller and Cyd Charisse. Also for sale separately. Release date: May 2008

THE FRANK SINATRA AND GENE KELLY COLLECTION - DVD box-set that will include: ON THE TOWN, TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME and ANCHORS AWEIGH. Extras: interviews with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, outtakes and excerpt from “When the Lion Roars” documentary; deleted musical numbers from Take Me Out...: "Baby Doll" and "Boys and Girls Like You and Me." Also for sale separately. Release date: May 2008

GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS - 1969 movie musical directed by Herbert Ross and starring Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Alison Leggat and Sian Phillips. Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Release date: 2008

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

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.

SWEENEY TODD - reissue of the televised version of the Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler's musical taped before a live audience at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1982. Starring George Hearn, Angela Lansbury, Cris Groenendaal, Edmund Lyndeck, Ken Jennings and Betsy Joslyn. Release date: April 2008

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.

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

XANADU - 1980 film with Electric Light Orchestra songs and starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Dimitra Arliss, Cherise Bate, Michael Beck, Teri Beckerman and Sandahl Bergman. Directed by Robert Greenwald. Extras include: "Going Back to Xanadu" featurette, theatrical trailer and the complete soundtrack on CD. Release date: June 2008

 

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