Best Theater Films of 1999
Victor/Victoria
This filmed stage production ... the last musical performance by Andrews prior to the damage incurred to her singing voice after undergoing subsequent surgery. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Sideshow: Alive on the Inside
Sideshow: Alive on the ... old-time sideshow attractions such as Zip the Pinheaded Man, Siamese twins, the Human Pincushion, bearded ladies, and many more. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tim Rice and Andrew ... stars Joan Collins as Mrs. Potiphar and Maria Freidman as the Narrator. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber served as producer. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
I Can Do Bad ... creation Madea. The storyline concerns how Madea keeps her family from being torn apart when sisters begin acting selfishly. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Oklahoma!
Before hitting it big ... Top," and the title song. Oklahoma! was broadcast on PBS in November 2003, coinciding with its U.S. video release. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
Documentarian Richard Morris examines ... and Ross both as artists and members of the gay community without patronizing or exploiting them in the process. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
Wagner's massive opera cycle ... hands, somebody ends up dead"). Sing Faster won honors in its premier showing at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Dwight Marcus & Chamber of Poets: News From the West
Mixing verse, performance and ... "the last new art form to emerge from the 20th century" and Generation X's answer to the Beat Movement. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
Cirque du Soleil is ... a huge, rotating stage and arching trapeze platforms to bring the performers right over the heads in the audience. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
La Belle Hélène
This take on Offenbach's ... itself remains the same (i.e. a statement on the grossly decadent upper classes of Paris during the composer's lifetime). [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Damnation of Faust
This DVD release records ... subtitles in several languages, options for wide-screen and multi-angle viewing, and background notes on the opera and its performers. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Barrage: The World on Stage
Barrage: The World on ... sounds. The stand-out group has packed venues around the globe. In this showcase of highlights, they keep listeners guessing. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Tristan und Isolde
Jon Fredric West is ... whom she has been pledged to marry. Zubin Mehta conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Der Freischutz
Carl Maria Von Weber's ... The Chorus of the Hamburgische performs under chorus master Jürgen Schulz, and conductor Ingo Metzmacher leads the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Carmen
This opulent production of ... Miriam Gauci, and Alain Fondart. Originally filmed in 1999, this opera took place at London's acclaimed Earls Court theater. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
L'Orfeo
The BBC and Opus ... Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2002. Conducted by Jordi Savall, this production also features stage direction by Gilbert Deflo. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Simplicus
The Chorus and Orchestra ... stage of the Opernhaus Zürich in a 1999 production conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and featuring libretto by Victor Léon. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Ariadne auf Naxos
Conducted by Sir Colin ... meets a suitable replacement for Theseus -- the god Bacchus, who persuades her to join him in the heavens. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Platée
This production of Jean ... conducts the French orchestra that provides the music for the production. The television broadcast was directed by Don Kent. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
Leonard Bernstein Mass
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Hansel und Gretel
The German opera takes ... enjoyed by parents and children across the globe with a release that brings the wonder of the theater home. [ best theater films - 1999 ]
