Petition to release The Boy from Oz (Broadway) on DVD/VHS
Wed, 4 Aug 2004, 03:17 amVocalLizzy10 posts in thread
Petition to release The Boy from Oz (Broadway) on DVD/VHS
Wed, 4 Aug 2004, 03:17 amHello from New York City!
The fans of "The Boy From Oz" (starring one of your more stellar exports -- Hugh Jackman!!) are petitioning the producers to record the show on DVD. Since it would be an excellent way to share Mr. Jackman's performance with theater goers all over the world, we ask that you help us by signing the petition. The link is:
http://www.petitiononline.com/BFOonDVD/petition.html
I know it is a longshot to get this done (though shows have been
released in the past - Victor / Victoria, J&H, the recent London
production of Oklahoma starring...what's his name...LOL) but in a month we've collected almost 4,000 signatures (including a cast member or two and several of their family members - talk about an ultimate home movie). There's obviously a healthy bit of interest.
This could also help motivate producers to release more shows on DVD -
nothing will replace live theater but it is a chance for those who
are unable to attend for whatever reason (financial, geographical,
etc) to experience a bit of theater magic...
Thanks for reading this far and remember...if you're gonna live, LIVE!
Lizzy
Campaign Director
TBFO on DVD
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The fans of "The Boy From Oz" (starring one of your more stellar exports -- Hugh Jackman!!) are petitioning the producers to record the show on DVD. Since it would be an excellent way to share Mr. Jackman's performance with theater goers all over the world, we ask that you help us by signing the petition. The link is:
http://www.petitiononline.com/BFOonDVD/petition.html
I know it is a longshot to get this done (though shows have been
released in the past - Victor / Victoria, J&H, the recent London
production of Oklahoma starring...what's his name...LOL) but in a month we've collected almost 4,000 signatures (including a cast member or two and several of their family members - talk about an ultimate home movie). There's obviously a healthy bit of interest.
This could also help motivate producers to release more shows on DVD -
nothing will replace live theater but it is a chance for those who
are unable to attend for whatever reason (financial, geographical,
etc) to experience a bit of theater magic...
Thanks for reading this far and remember...if you're gonna live, LIVE!
Lizzy
Campaign Director
TBFO on DVD
[%sig%]
Re: Petition to release The Boy from Oz (Broadway) on DVD/VHS
Wed, 4 Aug 2004, 03:20 pmNot intending to discredit the petitioners, and I fully understand there are some pretty die-hard fans out there...but is a DVD of a stage show really such a good idea?
In my view, such attempts to put a live stage show on film usually make the show die a horrible death...because everything ends up looking so (surprise, surprise) STAGED.
I saw Hugh Jackman's filmed version of Oklahoma, and even though it was shot and edited especially to go to DVD, it really seemed bizarre. The original film version of Oklahoma worked because it was translated into the film world, with real set locations (the only bit that seems stupid now is the staged dream/dance sequence). To film it on a theatrical set with the limitations of stage seems incongruous with the possibilities of film.
I think live theatre is fantastic...but what makes it work is the very EVENT, the fact that it is live and immediate, and that you are watching it in a shoulder-to-shoulder mob of witnesses, whose very breathing becomes in synch with the rhythm and tempo of the play; it's a shared creation by the performers creating the context and the audience agreeing to fill in the missing pieces, suspending disbelief and endowing the world of the stage with the elements required to become emotionally involved with the story being told.
Putting that stage show on film removes the vital element of audience participation...in fact, the very VITALITY. It would exist as an interesting 'record' of a stage show, but could never supply any of the potential a stage show can.
Having said this, I've not seen The Boy From Oz, and it may, for all I know, translate very well being enacted before a camera.
Cheers,
Craig
In my view, such attempts to put a live stage show on film usually make the show die a horrible death...because everything ends up looking so (surprise, surprise) STAGED.
I saw Hugh Jackman's filmed version of Oklahoma, and even though it was shot and edited especially to go to DVD, it really seemed bizarre. The original film version of Oklahoma worked because it was translated into the film world, with real set locations (the only bit that seems stupid now is the staged dream/dance sequence). To film it on a theatrical set with the limitations of stage seems incongruous with the possibilities of film.
I think live theatre is fantastic...but what makes it work is the very EVENT, the fact that it is live and immediate, and that you are watching it in a shoulder-to-shoulder mob of witnesses, whose very breathing becomes in synch with the rhythm and tempo of the play; it's a shared creation by the performers creating the context and the audience agreeing to fill in the missing pieces, suspending disbelief and endowing the world of the stage with the elements required to become emotionally involved with the story being told.
Putting that stage show on film removes the vital element of audience participation...in fact, the very VITALITY. It would exist as an interesting 'record' of a stage show, but could never supply any of the potential a stage show can.
Having said this, I've not seen The Boy From Oz, and it may, for all I know, translate very well being enacted before a camera.
Cheers,
Craig
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