ACORN ANTIQUES - THE MUSICAL! (Channel 4 )

The stage musical version of Victoria Wood’s spoof soap opera, recorded live AT the Haymarket Theatre, London. Starring Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Sally Anne Triplett, Duncan Preston, Victoria Wood, Neil Morrissey and Josie Lawrence. Featuring the full length show as well as bonus.

Rated by Jorge: * * *

AUTANT EN EMPORTE LE VENT (Warner Vision France)

The French stage musical version of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind" filmed live on stage. Featuring Laura Presgurvic, Vincent Niclot, Cyril Niccolaï. Score by Gerard Presgurvic.

BAD GIRLS - THE MUSICAL (2 Entertain)

West End musical based on the first season of the British TV show set in a women's prison which had much of its cast reprising their roles on stage. Score by Kath Gotts and Book by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus. Starring Emily Aston, Phil Barley, Camilla Beeput and David Burt.

BARNUM (Water Bearer)

Music by Cy Coleman - Lyrics by Michael Stewart - Starring: Michael Crawford, Eileen Battye, Michael Heath, Christine Collier, Sharon Benson and Paul Miller

Rated by Jorge: * * *

BEYOND THE FRINGE

Rare "Farewell Performance," shown in 1964 on BBC-TV. Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Jonathan Miller performing skits from the satirical West End/Broadway revue.

LA BOHEME (Image Ent.)

Baz Luhrmann's production recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in 1993.

Music by Giacomo Puccini - Starring: Cheryl Baker, Christine Douglas, David Hobson, David Lemke, Gary Rowley and Roger Lemks

BY JEEVES

A completely new adaptation of the musical specially filmed for video.

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Starring: Martin Jarvis, John Scherer - Directed by Alan Ayckburn

CAMELOT (Acorn Media)

HBO presentation of the 1982 revival of Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe's CAMELOT, starring Richard Harris as King Arthur, Meg Bussert as Guenevere and Richard Muenz as Lancelot; also with Barrie Ingham, James Valentine and Richard Backus

CANDIDE (Kultur)

2003 production from Rome's Teatro Argentina, featuring Michael Slattery, Rosalind Elias, Robert Orth, Nancy Allen Lundy, Gabrielle Ribis, Hilda Ramos, and Benjamin Brechler, directed by Enrico Castiglione.

CATS (Universal/Polygram)

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Lyrics by T. S. Eliot - Starring: Elaine Paige, John Mills and Ken Page

Rated by Jorge: *

CHESS (Mono Music)

Double DVD of the live recording of the 2003 Swedish Production of this musical. Music by Benny Anderson & Tim Rice and Lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus. Starring Tommy Korberg, Helen Sjoholm, Andres Ekborg, Josephin Nilsson, Per Myrberg and Rolf Skoglund. Sung in Swedish.

COMPANY (Image Ent)

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.

Rated by Jorge: * * * *

LES DIX COMMANDEMENTS (Mercury)

Live recording of the French stage musical adaptation of "The Ten Commandments", starring Daniel Levi, Nourith, Ahmed Mouici, Gini Line and Josué Villafanca. Directed by Elie Chouraqui and with a Score by Pascal Obispo.

EDGAR ALLEN POE - THE MUSICAL

Filmed live at Abbey Road Studios in 2003, this musical “takes you on a gothic journey through the life and work of master horror writer Edgar Allan Poe.” Music and Lyrics by Eric Woolfson (creator and writer of the “Alan Parsons Project” which has sold over 45 million albums world-wide). Starring Steve Balsamo and Fred Johanson.

ELISABETH (Hitsquad)

Region-free DVD release of the 2005 Original Vienna Cast of the musical by Austrian by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay. Sung in German and starring Maya Hakvoort, Maté Kamaras, Serkan Kaya and André Bauer. This is is the complete version of the show.

FOREVER PLAID

Film version of Stuart Ross Off-Broadway musical. Shown on some PBS stations. Starring Stan Chandler, David Engel, Larry Raben and Daniel Reichard. David Hyde Pierce narrates. Written and directed by Stuart Ross and Alan Helm.

FOSSE (Image Ent.)

Starring: Ben Vereen, Ann Reinking, Meg Gillentine, Edwaard Liang, Eugene Fleming, Dana Moore, Ken Alan, Rachelle Rak and Brad Anderson

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS (New Video Group)

Filmed version of 1985 Philadelphia production of Bob Telson's musical adaptation of "Oedipus at Colonus". Featuring Jevetta Steele, Isabell Monk, Robert Earl Jones, Carl Lumbly, Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama (who collectively play Oedipus) and Morgan Freeman.

IMAGINE THIS

Recording of a live performance at the New London Theatre in London`s West End. Starring Peter Polycarpou, Richard Cotton, Simon Gleeson, Leila Benn Harris, Sarah Ingram, Cameron Leigh, Roy Litvin, Bernard Lloyd, Michael Matus, Gary Milner, Steven Serlin and Sevan Stephan. Music by  Shuki Levy, Lyrics by David Goldsmith and Book by Glenn Berenbeim.

IN FASHION (Kultur/Broadway Archive))

Music by Jerry Blatt - Lyrics by Lonnie Burstein - Starring: Charlotte Rae, Max Wright, Pamela Hall, Ken Jenkins, Donna Curtis, Kevin McCarthy, Donna Curtis, Daniel Davis

INTO THE WOODS (Image Ent.)

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim - Starring: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge and Robert Westenberg

Rated by Jorge: * * *

JEKYLL & HYDE (Goodtimes)

Music by Frank Wildhorn - Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse - Starring: David Hasselhoff, Coleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette, George Merritt, Barrie Ingham and Martin Van Treuren

JERRY SPRINGER, THE OPERA

Filmed live at the Cambridge Theatre, London. Starring David Soul, David Bedella, Leon Craig, Carrie Ellis, Alison Jiear, Christopher Key, Benjamin Lake, Ryan Molloy, Claire Platt and Guy Porritt.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Universal/Polygram)

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Lyrics by Tim Rice - Starring: Glenn Carter, Jerome Pradon, Renee Castle, Fred Johanson and Rik Mayall

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Universal/Polygram)

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber - Lyrics by Tim Rice - Starring: Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough, Joan Collins, Nicholas Colicos, Patrick Clancy, Amanda Courtney-Davies, Jeff Blumenkratz, Gerry McIntyre and Robert Torti