Detroit | 1983 | MP4
Cast: Cleo Laine (Desiree Armfeldt), Ron Raines (Fredrik Egerman), Rebecca Luker (Anne Egerman), Heather St. Clair Cross (Fredrika Armfeldt), Martha Schlamme (Madame Armfeldt), Charles Tighe (Henrik Egerman), Melanie Sonnenberg (Petra), Louis Otey (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Gloria Capone (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Brian Davis (Mr. Lindquist), Shirley Jaron (Mrs. Nordstrom), Roberta Brickman (Mrs. Anderssen), Roy Wilbur (Mr. Erlanson), Sally Stevens (Mrs. Segerstrom) Notes: Pro shot shot by in-house camera with zooms |
Palo Alto, CA | 1988 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Catherine Sheldon (Desiree), Warren Brown (Fredrik), Mary Workman (Anne), Roger Spiecher (Mme. Armfeldt), Joseph Colletti III (Henrik), Derek Evan (Carl-Magnus), Laura Donovan Rodgers (Charlotte), Elisa Camahort (Petra), Alexandra Diamond (Fredrika), Jon Jensen (Mr. Lindquist), Victoria Graham (Mrs. Nordstrom), Nancy Tuthill (Mrs. Andressen), Philip R. Garay (Mr. Erlanson), Catherine Petrek (Mrs. Segstrom) Notes: Charming small-scale production. Multi-camera pro shot |
New York City Opera | November 9, 1990 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Regina Resnick (Madame Armfeldt), George Lee Andrews (Fredrik Egerman), Michael Maguire (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Maureen Moore (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Susan Terry (Petra), Kevin Anderson (Henrik Egerman), Danielle Ferland (Fredrika Armfeldt) Notes: Proshot. Includes interview, host speech, art cover and more. |
Los Angeles | June 1991 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Lois Nettleton (Desiree Armfeldt), Glynis Johns (Madame Armfeldt), John McMartin (Fredrik Egerman), Jeff McCarthy (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Marcia Mitzman (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Kathleen Rowe McAllen (Petra), Franc D'Ambrosio (Henrik Egerman), Michelle Nicastro (Anne Egerman), Polly Heard (Fredrika Armfeldt), Joe E Chrest (Frid) Notes: Much better quality than you'd expect from a video of this age. |
National Theatre | London | 1995 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Judi Dench, Joanna Riding, Sian Phillips, Issy Van Randwyk, Patricia Hodge Notes: 30 minutes long highlights which are several musical numbers and some dialogues; featured musical numbers: Now - Later - Soon, The Glamorous Life, Send in the Clowns, final Waltz and Bows |
San Jose | 1996 | MP4
Cast: Leslie Easterbrook, Joe Vincent, Lee Lobenhofer, Cornelia Whitcomb, Jennifer Lee Andrews, Timothy Gulan, Lila Lloyd, Liana Young, Emily Ravenscroft, Rachel Michelberg, Mandy Munnell, Susan Powers, Peter Vilkin, Philip Werfelmann, Britt Gunter, Annmarie Martin, Andrew Ragone, Renee Hewitt Notes: Pro-Shot |
National Theatre | London | March 11, 1996 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Dame Judi Dench (Desiree Armfeldt), Siân Phillips (Madame Armfeldt), Laurence Guittard (Fredrik Egerman), Joanna Riding (Anne Egerman), Brendan O’Hea (Henrik Egerman), Lambert Wilson (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Patricia Hodge (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Issy van Randwyck (Petra), Claire Cox (Fredrika Armfeldt) |
San Francisco | December 7, 1998 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Meg Mackay (Desiree Armfeldt), Richard Gould (Frederik), Ruth Kobart (Madame Armfeldt), Karen Culliver (Charlotte Malcolm), Franc D. Ambrosio (Henrik), Krista Wigle (Petra), Lisa Groman (Anne Egerman), Bonnie Rappl (Frederika), Christopher Carl (Carl Magnus) |
Madrid | November 2, 2000 | MP4
Cast: Xavier Fernandez (Sr. Lindquist), Anna Argemi (Sra. Nordstrom), Ana Feu (Sra. Anderssen), Albert Garcia Demestres (Sr. Erlanson), Teresa de la Torre (Sra. Segstrom), Miranda Gas (Fredicka Armfeldt), Angel Llacer (Henrik Egerman), Constantino Romero (Frederick Egerman), Vicky Peña (Desiree Armfeldt) Notes: Proshot |
Ravinia Festival | August 2002 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Patti LuPone (Desiree Armfeldt), Zoe Caldwell (Madame Armfeldt), George Hearn (Fredrik Egerman), Johanna McKenzie Miller (Anne Egerman), John McVeigh (Henrik Egerman), Marc Kudisch (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Hollis Resnik (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Sara Ramirez (Petra) |
Washington, D.C. | August 16, 2002 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Blair Brown (Desiree Armfeldt), Barbara Bryne (Madame Armfeldt), John Dossett (Fredrik Egerman), Douglas Sills (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Randy Graff (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Natascia Diaz (Petra), Danny Gurwin (Henrik Egerman), Sarah Uriarte Berry (Anne Egerman), Kristen Bell (Fredrika Armfeldt), Erik Sorensen (Frid) Notes: Audience cam Kennedy Center production. Shot from first row mezz, very clear with lots of close-ups. Great production, from master. |
Performance Riverside | Los Angeles | October 2, 2004 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Victoria Strong (Desiree), R.F. Daley (Frederik), Kristi Holden (Ann), Cathy Gene Greenwood (Mdm. Armfeldt), Sydney Dever (Fredrika), Brian Maples (Henrik), Eric Anderson (Carl-Magnus), Debbie Prutsman (Charlotte), Eric Whitehead (Frid), Brittany Paige (Petra), Craig Colclough, Anne Fraser Thomas, Beth Obregon Notes: Pro-shot. Cast list is slightly wrong on the DVD and is corrected here per Performance Riverside website |
London | July 21, 2009 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Hannah Waddingham (Desiree Armfeldt), Maureen Lipman (Madame Armfeldt), Alexander Hanson (Fredrik Egerman), Alistair Robins (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Kelly Price (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Kaisa Hammarlund (Petra), Gabriel Vick (Henrik Egerman), Jessie Buckley (Anne Egerman), Lynden Edwards (Mr. Lindquist), Fiona Dunn (Mrs. Nordstrom), Laura Armstrong (Mrs. Anderssen), John Addison (Mr. Erlanson), Nicola Sloane (Mrs. Segstrom) Notes: An amazing capture of the West End revival before it went to Broadway. Filmed in 16:9 with hardly any blackouts or obstructions. Does not include Curtain Call. |
Broadway | December 2009 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones (Desiree Armfeldt), Alexander Hanson (Frederik Egerman), Angela Lansbury (Madame Armfeldt), Aaron Lazar (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Erin Davie (Countess Charlotte Malcom), Leigh Ann Larkin (Petra), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (Henrik Egerman), Ramona Mallory (Anne Egerman), Bradley Dean (Frid), Betsy Morgan (Mrs. Segstrom), Jayne Paterson (Mrs. Nordstrom), Marissa McGowan (Mrs. Anderssen), Kevin David Thomas (Mr. Erlanson), Keaton Whittaker (Fredrika Armfeldt), Stephen R. Buntrock (Mr. Lindquist) Notes: Act 1 only. One blackout that lasts about 6 minutes during the first scene between Fredrika and Madame Armfeldt through the first part of the next scene between Anne and Henrik (it picks up again just after Fredrik enters). One head in the bottom left corner of the screen, but it affects very little of the video. Virtually no washout and sound is a little quiet in places. |
Paris | 2010 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Leslie Caron, Lambert Wilson, Greta Scacchi, Rebecca Bottone Notes: This is the first production of Sondheim's show ever in France. Produced at the world-famous Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. In English and Pro-shot video, full stage shot with clear sound but no closeups. |
Broadway | May 4, 2010 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones (Desiree Armfeldt), Angela Lansbury (Madame Armfeldt), Alexander Hanson (Fredrik Egerman), Aaron Lazar (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Erin Davie (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Leigh Ann Larkin (Petra), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (Henrik Egerman), Ramona Mallory (Anne Egerman), Katherine Leigh Doherty (Fredrika Armfeldt), Bradley Dean (Frid) |
Broadway | September 4, 2010 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Bernadette Peters (Desiree Armfeldt), Elaine Stritch (Madame Armfeldt), Alexander Hanson (Fredrik Egerman), Bradley Dean (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Erin Davie (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Leigh Ann Larkin (Petra), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (Henrik Egerman), Ramona Mallory (Anne Egerman), Keaton Whittaker (Fredrika Armfeldt) |
Houston, TX | March 6, 2014 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Elizabeth Futral, Chad Shelton, Joyce Castle, Mark Diamond, Carolyn Sproule, Andrea Caroll, Alicia Gianni, Brenton Ryan Notes: Presented by Houston Grand Opera. This production is creatively set in a gorgeous forest, filled with nymphs and fairies, and looks like a cross between Into The Woods and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed using one camcorder on a tripod with audio patched in from the soundboard at the final dress rehearsal before an invited audience. |
Barrington Stage Company | August 14, 2022 | shesmydoctor's Master | MP4
Cast: Emily Skinner (Desirée Armfeldt), Jason Danieley (Frederick Egerman), Sierra Boggess (Charlotte), Mary Beth Peil (Madame Armfeldt), Cooper Grodin (Count Carl-Magnus), Sabina Collazo (Anne Egerman), Noah Wolfe (Henrik Egerman), Sophie Mings (Petra), Kate Day Magocsi (Fredrika), Adam Richardson (Mr. Lindquist), Rebecca Pitcher (Mrs. Nordstrom), Stephanie Bacastow (Mrs. Anderssen), Andrew Maughan (Mr. Erlanson), Leslie Jackson (Mrs. Segstrom), Slater Ashenhurst (Frid) Notes: Good capture focused on the characters and staging of this phenomenal regional production! There is slight obstruction at the bottom of the stage from a head during act one, which is cleared up after a brief blackout at the beginning of act two. Other than that, it is unobstructed and follows the action well. |