Best Theater Films of 2001
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
Robert Louis Stevenson's story ... where Hasselhoff is afforded the opportunity to incorporate his experience as a television actor with his vocal recording background. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry: Season 01
The inaugural season of ... Yellow Rage, Danny Hoch, Black Ice, Sarah Jones, Beau Sia, muMs, Poetri, Nikki Giovanni, Steve Colman, and Amiri Baraka. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Experience the origins of ... in raising her spirits and showing her that she has yet to enjoy the best years of her life. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
A Huey P. Newton Story
Spike Lee directed this ... premium cable network on June 18, 2001; the film was later shown on the PBS and African Heritage networks. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Cirque du Soleil: La Magie Continue
What began on the ... the magic. Their second production, this traveling road show is caught on tape as they toured Canada in 1986. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience
What began on the ... setting, the Cirque Du Soleil mesmerizes their audiences with illusion and physical perfection rarely seen inside the three rings. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks
Sony presents this behind-the-scenes ... tracks for the musical's soundtrack album. Released in 2001 and originally shown on PBS, the program runs 85 minutes. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
If you don't know ... video features a specially staged performance of the show, shot on high-definition video and featuring the original Broadway cast. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Fosse
This Broadway stage tribute ... why Bob Fosse's physically exuberant choreography still sets the standard for the musicals today, ten years after his death. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Nutcracker (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovski's The ... Vladamir Malakhov as La Prince Casse Noisette, and Oliver Matz as Drosselmeyer. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin Orchestra. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Sweeney Todd in Concert
Patti LuPone and George ... the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Also appearing in the cast is Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser, M.D. fame. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Macbeth
Known to superstitious actors ... his loyal, cold-hearted wife differs from others in that the actors eschew the traditional affected accents of Shakespearean performers. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Falstaff
Based on a character ... title role is sung by Willard White and music is provided by Orchestre de Paris under conductor Enrique Mazzola. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Maria Stuarda
This production of Gaetano ... features Carmela Remigio singing the title role. Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts the orchestra, while Valentino Metti leads the chorus. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Otello
Giuseppi Verdi's operatic adaptation ... Valeri Alexejev, and Andreas Schmidt. Conductor Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Dutch Staatsoper Berlin sings chorus. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Return of the Firebird
Featuring three of the ... Firebird, Petrushka and Scheherazade bring the magic of the theater into your living room as you never thought possible. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse In Patria
Claudio Monteverdi's two-act opera ... in this 2002 production starring Vesselina Kasarova, Malin Hartelius, and Isabel Rey. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Orchestra La Scintilla. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Rinaldo
Georg Frideric Handel's three ... audience in this release starring David Daniels and Deborah York, and featuring Harry Bicket conducting The Bavarian State Orchestra. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner's three-act drama ... James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, this production offers set and costume design by Jürgen Rose. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. 2: King Lear
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Vol. 9: The Tempest
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Don Giovanni
Enrico Castiglione directs this ... as choir master. Mozart culled the by-now-familiar story from the legend of Don Juan, the world's most gifted lover. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Cosi Fan Tutte
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Le Nozze di Figaro
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
This performance of Richard ... opera, Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Chorus was conducted by James Levine. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
Tintypes
The social and political ... Anna Held. The cast of Tintypes includes Trey Wilson, Jerry Zaks, Carolyn Migini, Mary Catherine Wright, and Lynne Thigpen. [ best theater films - 2001 ]
