Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of “Sweeney Todd”, this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical’s director, composer and actors.
Tag: musical theater
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Follies: In Concert
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
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Shrek the Musical
Put out of his swamp solitude by a wicked tyrant’s order, grumpy ogre Shrek goes on a journey – accompanied by a chatterbox donkey – to retrieve a beautiful princess from a tower, unaware that she has secrets all her own.