In the month of March, Filmed Live Musicals is celebrating Stephen Sondheim! On the podcast, we have a three-part series with musical theatre historian Margaret Hall. Part 1 (Feb 28) is an overview of filmed live Sondheim musicals, part 2 (March 14) will be a deep dive into Pacific Overtures, and part 3 is a deep dive into the 2011 New York Philharmonic production of Company, the musical that inspired this very website! 

To accompany this week's episode on filmed live Sondheim musicals, here’s a list of where you can watch those musicals! 

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Candide

• 1986 New York City Opera: not officially available
• 1988 Scottish Opera: not officially available
• 1989 Barbican Theatre (conducted by Bernstein): DVD
• 2004 Lincoln Center concert: DVD

Company

• 1996 Donmar Warehouse production: was released on DVD, but now appears to be out of print.
• 2007 Broadway revival: DVD and Blu-Ray
• 2011 New York Philharmonic concert: DVD

Follies

• 1985 concert version documentary: DVD
• 2013 Opera de Toulon production: DVD (Region 2 only)
• 2017 National Theatre production: Not available beyond its initial cinema release, though Symphony Space in NYC is holding encore cinema screenings March 30 - 31, 2022. 

Gypsy

• 2015 West End revival: Apple TV, Amazon, DVD

Into the Woods

• Original Broadway production: Amazon, Blu-Ray, DVD
• 2010 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production: Digital Theatre, Apple TV

Merrily We Roll Along

• 2013 Menier Chocolate Factory production: Digital Theatre (UK only)

Pacific Overtures

• Original Broadway production: YouTube

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• Original Broadway production filmed live on tour in Los Angeles in 1982: Apple TV, Amazon, DVD, BroadwayHD
• Concert version with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (2001): DVD and Blu-Ray
• Concert version with the New York Philharmonic (2014): Not officially available

Passion

• Original Broadway production filmed for American Playhouse: DVD
• Lincoln Center concert version: not officially available

Putting it Together

• Original Broadway production: Apple TV, DVD, BroadwayHD

Sunday in the Park with George

• Original Broadway production: Apple TV, DVD,
• Theatre du Chatelet (2013): not officially available

In 2015 Image Entertainment released the Stephen Sondheim Collection, a 6-disc DVD collection of Sondheim’s work including Into the Woods (1990), Company (2011), Sunday in the Park with George (1986), Follies in Concert (1985), Sweeney Todd (2001), and Sondheim: The Birthday (2010), though it appears to currently be out of print.

You can learn more about all of the above musicals in the Filmed Live Musicals database. There are more to be added, including the 1994 National Theatre and 1995 Barcelona productions of Sweeney Todd. Know of other filmed live Sondheim recordings? Send us an email! Remember, to be included in the database, a musical must have been legally filmed in front of a live audience, and made available to the general public. 

Happy watching! 

Join host Luisa Lyons for a 3-part chat with musical theatre historian Margaret Hall where we'll be discussing the work of Stephen Sondheim! 

In part 1, take a fun tour through the catalog of filmed live Sondheim musicals. You can also learn about Margaret’s journey from Bones to Wicked, how she started teaching and writing about musical theatre history, and how advice from Michael Cerveris compelled her to take on the project of writing Paul Gemignani’s memoir. 

Part 2 (out March 14) will be a deep dive into Pacific Overtures, and Part 3 (out March 28) will look at the 2011 New York Philharmonic concert production of Company, the musical that inspired this very website! 

Margaret Hall is one of the foremost emerging theatre historians of her generation. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama (Musical Theatre) from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and is currently obtaining her Masters in Musical Theatre History from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, the first degree of its kind to be granted worldwide. Margaret is currently the Night and Weekend Editor for Playbill.com, in addition to her work as a teacher of musical theatre history. Her first book, Gemignani: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond will be released Spring 2022. @itsmargarethall

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Host Luisa Lyons chats with Tralen Doler, the Vice President of Partnerships & Brand Engagement at Broadway Licensing. 

Topics include how the pandemic has changed the game for theatre streaming, the importance of teachers in the early days of the pandemic, ShowShare, Tralen’s “yes and!” approach to digital theatre content and his genius idea for for filming Wicked live, how streaming sports can provide a model for theatre, the case for an abundance of theatre streaming and more! 

Tralen Doler Vice President of Partnerships & Brand Engagement at Broadway Licensing, previously served as the VP of Partnerships & Programming for Broadway On Demand. Before joining Broadway Licensing, he was the Content Manager at Music Theatre International and Artistic Director of The Little Theatre on the Square. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for New York Theatre Barn and produces the Night of a Thousand Genders gala, benefitting the Gender and Family Project.

Visit www.broadwayondemand.com to find a wealth of theatre content from around the world! ​

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