#sj fowler

[llovelymoonn]

some of my favourite poems i've read this month:

emily jungmin yoon bell theory

sumita chakraborty dear, beloved

s.j. fowler violence on the internet

david bromwich separate dwelling

a.m. sullivan symbols for deceit

g.e. murray arts of a cold sun: "long story short"

john murillo upon reading that eric dolphy transcribed even the calls of certain species of birds,

tory dent the moon and the yew tree

alice fulton personally engraved

[reavenedges-lies]

NHL Draft Round 3:

65. ANA- Coulson Pitre RW

66. CBJ William Whitelaw RW

67. CHI- Nick Lardis LW

68. NSH- Jesse Kiiskinen RW

69. MTL- Jacob Fowler G

70. ARI- Jonathan Castagna C

71. SJS- Brandon Svoboda C

72. ARI- Noel Nordh LW

73. DET- Noah Dower-Nilsson LW

74. STL- Quinton Burns D

75. VAN- Hunter Brzustewicz D

76. STL- Juraj Pekarcik LW

77. VGK- Mathieu Cataford C

78. LAK- Koehn Ziemmer RW

79. DAL- Brad Gardiner C

80. CGY- Aydar Suniev LW

81. ARI- Tanner Ludtke C

82. WPG- Zach Nehring

83. NSH- Dylan Mackinnon D

84. SEA- Caden Price D

85. ANA- Yegor Sidorov RW

86. BUF- Gavin McCarthy D

87. PHI- Egor Zavragin G

88. ARI- Vadim Moroz RW

89. VAN- Sawyer Mynio D

90. NYR- Drew Fortescue D

91. PIT- Emil Pieniniemi D

92. BOS- Christopher Pelosi C

93. CHI- Jiri Felcman C

94. CAR- Jayden Perron RW

95. PHI- Denver Barkley C

96. VGK- Arttu Karki D

[boxscorehockey]

2023-24 Transaction Register

March 13 Buffalo signs Gustav Nyquist F NSH and waives Jack McBain F ARZ.

March 11 Quebec acquires Linus Ullmark G BOS, David Rittich G LAK and the New York 1st 2024 in exchange for Bowen Byram D BUF, Jake Neighbours F STL and Hunter Brzustewicz D CAL.

March 11 Winged Wheel acquire the New York 2nd 2024 in exchange for Jake Guentzel W CAR.

March 3 Seattle signs Michael Kesselring D ARZ and waives Benjamin Gaudreau G SJ.

March 1 Seattle signs Tanner Molendyk D NSH and releases Oliver Wahlstrom F NYI.

March 1 Seattle acquires Carson Rehkopf F SEA, Matthew Knies F TOR, Matthew Wood F NSH, Daniil But F ARZ and Cutter Gauthier F ANA from New York in exchange for Travis Konecny F PHI, Mike Matheson D MTL and Simon Nemec D NJ.

February 28 Seattle signs Corson Ceulemans D CBJ and waives Ryan Chesley D WSH.

February 28 New York signs Brandon Bussi G BOS and waives Jonathan Drouin C COL.

February 25 Seattle signs Oscar Fisker Molgaard F SEA and waives Michael Carcone F ARZ.

February 24 Buffalo acquires Samuel Ersson G PHI and Filip Forsberg F NSH from Seattle in exchange for Daniil Tarasov G CBJ and Edouard Sale F SEA.

February 24 Winged Wheel sign Juraj Pekarcik F STL and waive Adam Ruzicka F F/A.

February 10 Seattle signs David Goyette C SEA Eetu Makiniemi G CAR.

February 10 Seattle signs Ryan Greene C CHC and waives Drew Helleson D ANA.

February 10 New York signs Nick Lardis F CHC and waives Nikita Zadorov D VAN.

February 10 Seattle acquires 4 New York waivers in exchange for Philip Broberg D EDM and Nikita Zadorov D VAN.

February 1 New York signs Clay Stevenson G WSH and waives Braden Schneider D NYR.

January 21 New York signs David Rittich G LAK and waives Carl Lindbom G VEG.

January 14 New York signs Blake Coleman F CAL and waives Jordan Dumais F CBJ.

January 10 Seattle signs Philip Tomasino F NSH and waives Raphael Lavoie F EDM.

January 7 New York signs Jonathan Drouin F COL and waives Philip Tomasino F NSH.

January 7 New York signs Jonathan Quick G NYR and waives Josh Doan F ARZ.

January 7 Seattle acquires Michael Hrabal G ARZ, Cayden Primeau G MTL, Jacob Fowler G MTL, and Erik Portillo G LAK from New York in exchange for Pyotr Kochetkov G CAR and Arturs Silovs G VAN.

January 3 Buffalo signs Theo Lindstein D STL and waives Conor Timmins D TOR.

January 3 New York signs Vinny Trocheck F NYR and waives Zac Jones D NYR.

January 3 Buffalo signs Maxim Strbak D BUF and waives Ondrej Palat F NJ.

January 3 Buffalo signs Felix Unger- Sorum F CAR and waives Ryan Hartman F MIN.

December 13 Squid sign Michael Carcone F ARZ and releases Conor Garland F VAN.

December 9 Squid sign Jet Greaves G CBJ and waives Alekski Heimosalmi D CAR.

December 8 New York signs Carson Rehkopf C SEA and waives Gracyn Sawcyhn F FLA.

December 8 Squid sign Tye Kartye F SEA and waives Ville Koivunen F CAR.

December 8 Squid sign Martin Jones G TOR and waives Zach Dean C STL.

December 1 Winged Wheel acquire Alex Lyon G DET, Joonas Korpisalo G OTT, Anton Forsberg G OTT and Levi Merilainen G OTT from the Seattle Squid in exchange for the Wheel 2nd rd pick 2024.

December 1 Seattle signs Alex Lyon G DET and waives Ty Nelson D SEA.

November 28 Winged Wheel acquire Patrick Kane RW DET from New York in exchange for Cutter Gauthier RW PHI.

November 26 Seattle signs Samuel Ersson G PHI and waives Semyon Voyzavoi G SEA.

November 22 Seattle signs Chris Driedger G SEA and waives Arber Xhekaj D MTL.

November 18 New York signs Isaac Poulter G NJ and waives Matvei Petrov W EDM.

November 16 Squid sign Charlie Strammel F MIN and waives Carson Soucy D VAN

November 16 Squid sign Dmitri Simashev D ARZ and waives David Goyette C SEA.

November 15 Winged Wheel sign Yegor Sidorov W ANA and releases Trey Fix-Wolansky F CBJ.

November 15 Winged Wheel sign Kasper Halttunen F SJ and releases Alex Kerfoot F ARZ.

November 15 Winged Wheel sign Maxence Guenette D OTT and releases Jakub Skarek G NYI.

November 15 Winged Wheel sign Arttu Karki D VEG and releases Martin Jones G TOR.

November 9 Squid sign Mathieu Joseph F OTT and release Jack Studnicka C VAN.

November 8 Winged Wheel signs Jaroslav Halak G CAR and waives Kevin Labanc F SJ.

November 5 Squid sign Dmitry Voronkov F CBJ and releases Alexander Romanov D NYI.

October 28 New York signs Frank Vatrano F ANA and waives Nick Lardis F CHC.

October 28 Squid sign Jonas Johansson G TB and waives Adam Beckman F MIN.

October 25 Squid sign Tommy Novak F NSH and release Erik Kallgren G NJ.

October 25 New York signs Joshua Roy RW MTL and waives Vincent Trocheck F NYR.

October 25 Squid sign Kaeden Korczak D VEG and waive Nolan Foote F NJ.

October 25 Squid sign Tristan Luneau D ANA and waive Klim Kostin F DET.

October 25 Squid sign Jackson LaCombe D ANA and waives Zach Whitecloud D VEG.

October 23 Quebec acquires Ross Colton F COL and Ivan Prosvetov G COL from the Squid in exchange for one 2023-24 Quebec waiver.

August 24 Quebec acquires Robert Thomas C STL from New York in exchange for Logan Cooley C ARZ.

August 14 Winged Wheel acquires Daniel Sprong F DET from Seattle in exchange for the Wheel 6th 2023 (#27).

August 13 Winged Wheel acquire Alex Debrincat F DET and Alex Tuch F BUF from New York in exchange for the Winged Wheel 2023 1st (pick 2), Winged Wheel 3rd 2023 (pick 12), and Winged Wheel 5th 2023 (pick 22).

August 9 Seattle acquires Adam Boqvist D CBJ, Nils Lundkvist D DAL, New York rd 5 2023 (pick 25) and New York Rd 7 2023 (pick 35) from New York in exchange for the Seattle 5th 2023 (pick 21), Seattle 7th 2023 (pick 31).

[antonyad3]

The hyphen is a dagger (LO1)

I found this talk on poetry by SJ Fowler to be highly inspirational, particularly in the context of my current exploration of poetry. Fowler emphasised that poetry is more about the experience than the end result. It is about the significant collaborative effort involved in its creation and publication. He discussed the need for adapting poetry to the possibilities of letterpress, suggesting that sometimes, one must let go of expectations and allow the work to flow based on the available type, sizes, materials, etc. I found this aspect of the talk truly inspirational.

[andrewbadblood]

Poetry at National Gallery Lates : SJ Fowler, Andrew Kötting, Safia Kamel, Marcia Knight Latter

[m58]

a review by Clark Allison

2022 Anthology (Broken Sleep Books) ed. Aaron Kent, Charlie Baylis 332pp

Broken Sleep Books, run by Aaron Kent, are to my impression quite a vital and unique publisher of innovative poetry and prose, occupying quite a distinctive patch out of the contemporary poetry writing terrain. Perhaps foremostly, they are unusually hospitable to new and unfamiliar writers; and they sustain a definite kind of syntactic sophistication or inventiveness among contributors, often with curious and sometimes not yet well mapped out content or subject description and elaboration. This is their fifth annual anthology, arranged according to month of publication, mostly poetry but some prose also. I might suggest that with the lyric invention comes a novelty of subject matter, and some of this material veers towards and verges on what I might call illicit or hitherto unavailable, even suppressed content description, which lends the book a little touch of controversy if not dare along with our usual assumptions and expectations.

I counted 73 contributors in a 300 page book, each of whom gets at least 3 pages of material, or 3 pieces, some a little more. Now, given that Broken Sleep, as I would see it, are concentrating on new authors, there weren’t many names here I recognised, besides James Byrne, SJ Fowler and a surprising and well on form JH Prynne.

Here is a snippet of Robert Bal;-

              no one dreams of ending up a piece of shattered glass but here we are, all scuttling past like there were non transgressed and never a transgressor (‘the unfree versus’ p228)

This might be taken as a prominent theme here, given that many of these poems deal with relatively unexpressed or unexplored territory;- lines are pushed and perhaps crossed. But this is very indicative of the poetry world we inhabit. Our very idea of taboo or impropriety shifts, possibly quite significantly, and it can certainly be slightly unexpected and even uncomfortable at times. But of course poets must deal with life and life issues as they see it. There is no stock form or standard practice to rein these poets in. Nonethless it is no free for all. And the regular standard of enunciation is certainly writerly, that is not just diaristic or polemical.

Of course, one might wonder whether Broken Sleep takes too many risks with this. They resemble Knives Forks and Spoons for volume and novelty of output. Yet they don’t seem to be getting behind too many particular authors in a progressive kind of way, ie house authors, if you like. The variousness can be a little overwhelming; but then ‘lay out your unrest’ is their abiding motto. Kent describes himself as ‘working class’, but then that category is undergoing a curious reassessment and valuation, but well, plainly no claims to be high brow. Baylis, I think a very distinctive and original writer, says at times he can be ‘adrift of reality’. Although this too is a sign of the times, in a world of spin, fragmentation and fake news. Rather than watch ‘real’ news on TV many instead are resorting to miniseries on streaming channels; which, if anything, might be the tip of the iceberg. There is much preoccupation with identity and just how to express it.

Would the anthology have been more persuasive, had it been organised thematically rather than chronologically? Well, probably, but then we do well in having a publication that samples so extensively, indeed every book Broken Sleep have put out this year. It does, admittedly, perhaps make a little more work for the reader. I have to admit it took me a while to have gained stride and settled in.

A poem I particularly liked is the short ‘Depth’ by Fokkina McDonnell;-

              Heart of Darkness with Kurtz

              is a book   not a destination

              dark water   leaking boats

              somewhere around now the river deepens   (p210; double spaced in original)

This is quite aware literarily and yet the author is quite unknown, even if she knows who Kurtz is. But this is perhaps one way to describe our condition;- ‘the river deepens’. If anything we have become used to poetry discussing certain kinds of topic and only those; it would seem that the remit is having to be extended, into areas it has not greatly been previously; in this Broken Sleep are certainly innovators.

I have then a sense that I quite welcome this enterprise; and indeed probably as surprised as anybody that Prynne has been generous to Kent in his criticism and that he has been hospitable to being published here; but of course what to anticipate from Prynne but the unexpected. As I suggested previously the press might more firmly establish its territory with its own house authors, which hasn’t really happened yet, although Aaron Kent has been published by KFS and Shearsman; and Charlie Baylis’ style is highly original and of the contemporary. Might I say I wish them well as long as they can keep it going, in whatever form, in these somewhat volatile and uncertain times.

[whiteemotion]

Join us Wednesday night, Nov 23rd,7 30pm free entry @iklectikartlab for #europepoetfest 18 poets in 9 pairs! SJ Fowler @benedmusic @blancareginart @julessprake @EgidijaCW @danielkramb @Lilysbarnmate @LaDaBel @PrueBussLain et al www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/camarade22 It’s free! Join us and spread the word! #poetry #music #improvisation #duos #london #iklectikartlab (at I K L E C T I K) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMPDC-oaZA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[garadinervi]

European Poetry Festival presents Europoe. An Anthology of 21st Century Innovative European Poetry, Edited by SJ Fowler, Kingston University Press, London, 2019

[theimportanceofbeingaloof]

Close reading - SJ Fowler - Wolves in Chernobyl

Wolves in Chernobyl

                            today is nothing. the future won’t come                             Vasyl Stus

      April 26th 1986

                 Ø 

but even apart from our wood I do not know how one should say things in the dark have colour

will the wise do things, things that are forbidden, knowing it won’t be found out? a simple answer isn’t easy to find but freedom from trouble in the thing and from pain in the thing are still in the pleasure, but joy in the thing, and exultation, are considered, involving motion.

                   Ø

all the day life in the town goes on as normal  families shop and walk their dogs fisherman lug their tackle off to the Prypyat river couples sunbath around the cooling ponds football matches go ahead as do sixteen outdoor weddings sponsored by the communist youth league

                    Ø

how can an object be good if it withdraws the pleasure of taste, (retreat for the cowardly) and withdraws the pleasures of love.... and withdraws the pleasures of hearing... and call of the button and withdraws the pleasurable emotions caused to sight by beautiful form? yet it can be, good, giving, living in the goodness of our wood. by stable conditions, by well-being, by the sure hope of its continuance, Kyiv, it was good, rightly calculated do not eat green vegetables or milk.

                       Ø

the nature of the universe is things and void. the nature of all existing things is body and space. the nature of all space is things and colour. if you wish to make me wealthy, with me not to make me glow, but diminish my desire.

yet do not extinguish my desire, allow me just enough left that I may not preach of being one, or without desire, and above my peers, but happy in the clutching of a ball or an artist’s postcard. or a parents plot of land. I hold in my hand my most precious object - one’s own pickled, cancerous appendix.

                     Ø

I am thrilled with pleasure in the thing’s body. I spit black spit on clear glass that is not somehow opaque - or how we say ‘frosted’ - not for its own sake, ancient armour, a gift from the basalt, that blocks waves because of the inconveniences that follow them. With protection we may have a feast.

                    Ø

the schools debated whether or not to go ahead with a planned ‘Health run’ and settled on outdoor gymnastics instead

                    Ø

this is not anxious to please the mob. for what pleases them, it does not know, and what it does know is far removed from their comprehension. it knows that when flesh cries aloud, not possessing flesh, it is unnatural that the mind should cry aloud too. a silent stomach communicates in sweeping thoughts

                     Ø

it is better to be a thing of wool and rag that provokes freedom from fear than a golden couch that brings trouble and woe.

sweet is the simple memory of a dead thing, a friend, a flag and how one would not mind so much the joining of you both.

more firemen came up complaining of vomiting and acute headaches

                    Ø

if this wooden thing listened to the prayers of all men, all men would quickly have perished; for they are forever playing death against one another.

if the prayers of women were to come true... of this i cannot speak, knowing not.

a foal had been born with eight legs piglets without eyes calves without heads or ribs.                 deformities due to inbreeding

                     Ø

vain is the thing that does not heal suffering in man for there is nothing new happening in the universe, the warp closes like a mouth, always readied for opening.

If we consider the infinite time passed, and thus there is no excuse for distractions. dumb things are for drowning, thus the sea is deep.

helped us understand we are a colony

What is it?

‘Wolves in Chernobyl’ is a mysterious, unrhymed poem in nine parts. There are no wolves in the poem, except for the title, yet there is a palpable sense of their presence, or the presence of something dangerous, lurking in the woods. This could be wolves ‘living in the goodness of our wood’, it could be a nefarious woodland spirit, it could be impending nuclear disaster, it could be something else entirely. The poem is dated April 26th 1986, the date of the calamitous safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, but again the poem makes no direct reference to the disaster, only leaving sparse clues, for example ‘more firemen came up / complaining of vomiting and acute headaches’ and ‘I spit black spit’. The poem is preceded by an epigraph from the Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus: ‘today is nothing. the future won’t come’, which ties together various hints that the events of the poem mostly take place before the effects of the nuclear accident, a peaceful moment where ‘life in the town goes on as normal’, before imminent destruction wreaks havoc.

Why it works

The poem is set on a precipice, much like the film Titanic, the reader already knows the outcome  [the biggest nuclear disaster in history] which looms over the poem, amplifying the tension. The poem moves back and forth between descriptions of human activity by the woods and philosophical musings which seem to emanate from the woods or are the woods themselves speaking.

The poem is unlike a lot of contemporary British poetry, which tends to be quite insular, as it bears a strong influence of post-war European poetry, it benefits from this influence, making it stranger and more adventurous. It is a poem which rewards multiple readings, never giving the answers to the riddles it poses, always teasing and probing. Wolves in Chernobyl works as a window into a brilliant mind, it shows of the depth of Fowler’s investment in poetry and is one of his most beguiling and accomplished poems.

Anything else?

The Ukrainian poet who Fowler quotes in the epigraph, Vasyl Stus, died the year before the Chernobyl disaster while on hunger strike in a forced labour camp, serving a ten year sentence for ‘anti soviet activities’. He is now celebrated as one of Ukraine’s greatest poets.

Fowler seems the unlikeliest of poets to quote from the Bible, but in the last section ‘there is nothing new happening in the universe’ seems too similar to the famous phrase from the Book of Ecclesiastes ‘there is nothing new under the sun’ to be coincidental.

The Rottweiler’s Guide to the Dog Owner, the collection in which Wolves in Cherbobly can be found, contains the affidavit “ALL ERRATA IS INTENTIONAL AND THIS WORK HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY PROOFED” - a helpful note for readers unfamiliar with the nuances of experimental poetry.

_________________________

Buy a copy of The Rottweiler’s Guide to the Dog Owner

[marcogiovenale]

state of

[sharksfannatalie4life]

“Fowler might have a case of Hertlitis”

-Brodie 12.27.2018

[boxscorehockey]

2023 Boxscore Hockey Live Draft

1 Chicago- Connor Bedard C CHC 2 New York (via WW)- Matvei Michkov RW PHI 3 Buffalo- Adam Fantilli F CBJ 4 Quebec- William Smith F SJ 5 New York- Zach Benson F BUF

6 New York - Gabriel Perreault F NYR 7 Winged Wheel- Axel Sandin Pellikka D DET 8 Buffalo- Leo Carlsson F ANA 9 Quebec- Calum Ritchie F COL 10 Winged Wheel (via NYS)- Nate Danielson F DET

11 New York (via Seattle)- Ryan Leonard F WSH 12 New York (via WW)- Michael Hrabal G ARZ 13 Buffalo- Andrew Cristall F ARZ 14 Quebec- Mikhail Gulyayev D COL 15 New York- Oliver Moore F CHC

16 Seattle- Adam Gajan G CHC 17 Winged Wheel- Trey Augustine G DET 18 Buffalo- Eduard Sale F SEA 19 Quebec- Oliver Bonk D PHI 20 New York- Nikolai Kovalenko F COL

New York - Coby Barlow F WPG 22 New York - Jacob Fowler G MTL 23 Buffalo- Brayden Yager F PIT 24 Quebec- Riley Heidt F MIN 25 Seattle (via New York)- Dalibor Dvorsky F MIN

Seattle- Quentin Musty F SJ 27 Seattle (via Wheel)- Tom Wilander D VAN 28 Buffalo- Jayden Perron F CAR 29 Quebec- Bradly Nadeau F CAR 30 New York- Matthew Wood F NSH

31 New York (via Seattle)- Daniil But F ARZ 32 Winged Wheel- Samuel Honzek F CAL 33 Buffalo- Carson Bjarnson G PHI 34 Quebec- Matthew Poitras F BOS 35 Seattle (via New York)- Damian Clara G ANA

36 Seattle- William Dufour F NYI 37 Winged Wheel- Pass 38 Buffalo- David Reinbacher D MTL 39 Quebec- Lukas Dragicevic D SEA 40 New York- Anton Wahlberg C BUF

41 Seattle- David Edstrom C VEG 42 Winged Wheel- Pass 43 Buffalo- Gavin Brindley F CHC 44 Quebec- Etienne Morin D CAL 45 New York- Nick Lardis LW CHC

46 Seattle- Easton Cowan F TOR 47 Winged Wheel-Pass 48 Buffalo- Yegor Zavragin G PHI 49 Quebec- Nikita Ishimnikov D COL 50 New York- Gracyn Sawchyn F FLA

51 Seattle- Tristan Bertucci D DAL 52 Winged Wheel- Pass 53 Buffalo- Scott Ratzlaff G BUF 54 Quebec- Nico Myatovic LW ANA 55 New York- Pass

56 Seattle- Otto Stenberg F STL 57 Winged Wheel- Pass 58 Buffalo- Pass 59 Quebec- Sergei Murashov G PIT 60 New York- Pass

61 Seattle- Denton Mateychuk D CBJ 62 Winged Wheel- Pass 63 Buffalo- Pass 64 Quebec-Hunter Brzustwicz D VAN

65 Seattle- Ethan Gauthier F TB 67 Winged Wheel- 68 Buffalo- 69 Quebec- Koehn Ziemmer F LAK 70 New York-

SEA Final 6 picks

Niklas Kokko G SEA Jack Studnicka C VAN Nikita Zadorov D CAL Andrew Mangiapane F CAL Sean Couturier F PHA Joey Daccord G SEA

Draft Complete for 2023.

[haverthorn]

y'all, we had fun at the Nunnery Gallery this month. Readings from Maria Sledmere, Ghazal Mosadeq, Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Iris Colomb, Andrew Wells, SJ Fowler, & Julia Rose Lewis. Not in that order. Ya shoulda been there, but you can check out the work of all these poets!

[andrewbadblood]

I will be presenting/performing words at the National Gallery next Friday 30th June - curated by the indefatigable SJ Fowler

[mysticalhearth]

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Cabaret - Bad Hersfeld - 1995 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Act 1 only

CAST: Peter Heinrich (Emcee), Pia Douwes (Sally Bowles), Witta Pohl (Fräulein Schneider), Utz Richter (Herr Schultz), Frank Jordan (Clifford Bradshaw), Patrik Fichte (Ernst Ludwig), Annika Bruhns (Fräulein Kost), Barbara Köhler, Claudia Waucshke, Julia Hillens, Manuela von Englen, Nane Broning, Susanne Riegger, Suzanne Back

Cabaret - Donmar Warehouse - 1993 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Alan Cumming (Emcee), Jane Horrocks (Sally Bowles), Sara Kestelman (Fräulein Schneider), George Raistrick (Herr Schultz), Adam Godley (Clifford Bradshaw), Michael Gardiner (Ernst Ludwig), Charlotte Medcalf (Fräulein Kost), Loveday Smith (Lulu/Two Ladies Dancer), Kevin Walton (Herman/Customs Officer/Max), Anthony Hunt (Bobby/Two Ladies Dancer), Charlotte Storey (Texas), Christopher Staines (Victor), Matt Kane (Rudy)

NOTES: Pro-Shot

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Cabaret - Fifth US National Tour (Roundabout 50th Anniversary Tour) - February 17, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Randy Harrison (Emcee), Andrea Goss (Sally Bowles), Sharan Cochran (Fräulein Schneider), Mark Nelson (Herr Schultz), Lee Aaron Rosen (Clifford Bradshaw), Ned Noyes (Ernst Ludwig), Alison Ewing (Fräulein Kost)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the new tour, with no obstructions. Randy does a terrific job in the role. Great cast and very strong performances! A+

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Cabaret - The Netherlands - 1989

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Willem Nijholt (Emcee), Alexandra van Marken (Sally Bowles)

NOTES: Generation loss

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Cabaret - Third Broadway Revival - May 3, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Alan Cumming (Emcee), Michelle Williams (Sally Bowles), Linda Emond (Fräulein Schneider), Danny Burstein (Herr Schultz), Bill Heck (Clifford Bradshaw), Aaron Krohn (Ernst Ludwig), Gayle Rankin (Fräulein Kost)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture with no obstructions and features the entire Revival Cast. Alan gives a terrific return performance as the Emcee. Gayle and Linda still give such beautiful performances that are wonderful to watch! A

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Cabaret - Third Broadway Revival - August 19, 2014 (SJ Bernly's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Alan Cumming (Emcee), Michelle Williams (Sally Bowles), Linda Emond (Fräulein Schneider), Danny Burstein (Herr Schultz), Benjamin Eakeley (u/s Ernst Ludwig), Kaleigh Cronin (u/s Fräulein Kost), Stacey Sipowicz (u/s Lulu/Two Ladies Dancer), Andrea Goss (Frenchie/Gorilla), Leeds Hill (Bobby/Two Ladies Dancer), Kristin Olness (Helga), Jessica Pariseau (Texas), Dylan Paul (Victor), Kelly Paredes (u/s Rosie), Evan D Siegel (Hans/Rudy)

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Cabaret - Third Broadway Revival - November 20, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Alan Cumming (Emcee), Emma Stone (Sally Bowles), Kristie Dale Sanders (s/b Fräulein Schneider), Philip Hoffman (s/b Herr Schultz), Bill Heck (Clifford Bradshaw), Aaron Krohn (Ernst Ludwig), Gayle Rankin (Fräulein Kost), Katrina Yaukey (u/s Lulu/Two Ladies Dancer), Benjamin Eakeley (Herman/Customs Officer/Max), Andrea Goss (Frenchie/Gorilla), Leeds Hill (Bobby/Two Ladies Dancer), Kristin Olness (Helga), Jessica Pariseau (Texas), Dylan Paul (Victor), Stacey Sipowicz (Rosie), Evan D Siegel (Hans/Rudy)

NOTES: Excellent HD capture with Emma joining the cast as Sally. She does a dazzling job in the role and very precise in detail. Lovely performances from Kristie and Philip. A

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Caesar and Cleopatra - Stratford Festival - 2009 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Christopher Plummer (Julius Caesar), Nikki M James (Cleopatra)

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Camelot - Second Broadway Revival - 1982 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Richard Harris (King Arthur), Meg Bussert (Queen Guenevere), Richard Muenz (Sir Lancelot), James Valentine (Merlyn), Barrie Ingham (Pellinore), Richard Backus (Mordred), William Parry (Sir Dinadan), Thor Fields (Tom of Warwick), Jeanne Caryl (Nimue), William James (Sir Lionel), Andy McAvin (Sir Sagramore)

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Candide - New York Philharmonic - May, 2004 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  AVI (HD)

CAST: Paul Groves (Candide), Sir Thomas Allan (Dr. Pangloss), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Maximilian), Kristin Chenoweth (Cunegonde), Janine LaManna (Paquette), Patti LuPone (The Old Lady)

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Candide - Paris - December 31, 2006 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: William Burden (Candide), Lambert Wilson (Dr. Pangloss), David Adam Moore (Maximilian), Anna Christy (Cunegonde), Jeni Bern (Paquette), Kim Criswell (The Old Lady)

NOTES: Recorded by the BBC.

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Candide - Scottish Opera Production - May, 1988 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Mark Beudert (Candide), Nikolas Grace (Dr. Pangloss), Mark Tinkler (Maximilian), Gaynor Miles (Paquette), Ann Howard (The Old Lady), Nikolas Grace (Cacambo)

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The Capeman - Broadway - 1998

FORMAT:  AVI (SD)

CAST: Ruben Blades (Adult Salvador), Renoly Santiago (Tony), Ednita Nazario (Esmerelda), Michelle Rios (Aurea), Elan Ruz Rivera (Cookie), Sara Ramirez (Wahzinak)

NOTES: "THE CAPEMAN" OBC 1998 (mp4) Very poor picture quality, but clear audio. Marc Anthony (Young Salvador), Ruben Blades (Adult Salvador), Renoly Santiago (Tony), Ednita Nazario (Esmerelda), Michelle Rios (Aurea), Elan Ruz Rivera (Cookie), Lugo (Baba Charlie Cruz), Sara Ramirez (Wahzinak).

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Caroline, or Change - Broadway - July 24, 2004

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Tonya Pinkins (Caroline Thibodeaux), Veanne Cox (Rose Stopnick Gellman), Anika Noni Rose (Emmie Thibodeaux), Chandra Wilson (Dotty Moffett), Chuck Cooper (The Dryer), Larry Keith (Mr. Stopnick), Alice Playten (Grandma Gellman)

NOTES: Fixed the brightness balance. Sound improved. Includes TV appearances.

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Caroline, or Change - Toronto - February 1, 2020 (The Musical Speakeasy's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Jully Black (Caroline Thibodeaux), Evan LeFeuvre (Noah Gellman), Deborah Hay (Rose Stopnick Gellman), Damien Atkins (Stuart Gellman), Vanessa Sears (Emmie Thibodeaux), Alana Hibbert (Dotty Moffett), Keisha T Fraser (The Washing Machine), Stewart Adam McKensy (The Dryer), Samantha Walkes (The Radio), Measha Brueggergosman (The Moon), Sam Rosenthal (Mr. Stopnick), Oliver Dennis (Grandpa Gellman), Linda Kash (Grandma Gellman), Moses Aidoo (Jackie Thibodeaux), Micah Mensah-Jatoe (Joe Thibodeaux)

NOTES: Features a speech from the artistic director of the Musical Stage Company regarding the commencement of Black History Month. This is my first ever complete video capture, save for a short blackout for about the last sixty seconds of the closing number. A worthwhile watch that begins Musical Stage Company's residency of the Winter Garden Theatre!

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Caroline, or Change - West End Revival - December, 2018 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Sharon D Clarke (Caroline Thibodeaux), Jack Meredith (Noah Gellman), Lauren Ward (Rose Stopnick Gellman), Alastair Brookshaw (Stuart Gellman), Abiona Omonua (Emmie Thibodeaux), Naana Agyel-Ampadu (Dotty Moffett), Me'sha Bryan (The Washing Machine), Angela Caesar (The Moon)

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Carousel - New York Philharmonic Concert - March 2, 2013 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Nathan Gunn (Billy Bigelow), Kelli O’Hara (Julie Jordan), Stephanie Blythe (Nettie Fowler), Jessie Mueller (Carrie Pipperidge), Jason Danieley (Enoch Snow), Kate Burton (Mrs. Mullin), John Cullum (The Starkeeper), Shuler Hensley (Jigger Craigin), Tiler Peck (Louise), Robert Fairchild (Fairground Boy)

NOTES: HD Pro-shot from PBS, recorded 3/2/13 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and marks the orchestra's 75th appearance on the series. Aired on April 26, 2013.

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Carousel - Third Broadway Revival - March 2, 2018 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Joshua Henry (Billy Bigelow), Jessie Mueller (Julie Jordan), Renée Fleming (Nettie Fowler), Lindsay Mendez (Carrie Pipperidge), Alexander Gemignani (Enoch Snow), Margaret Colin (Mrs. Mullin), John Douglas Thompson (The Starkeeper), Amar Ramasar (Jigger Craigin), Brittany Pollack (Louise), Garett Hawe (Enoch Snow, Jr.), Andrei Chagas (Fairground Boy)

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Carrie: The Musical - Broadway - May 15, 1988 (Closing Night) (Highlights)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Betty Buckley (Margaret White), Charlotte d'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Darlene Love (Lynn Gardner)

NOTES: Act 1 only.

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Carrie: The Musical - Chicago/Stage Door Fine Arts - August 9, 2015 (Closing Night) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Anna Blanchard (Carrie White)

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Carrie: The Musical - Hamburg - August, 2019 (Rumpel's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Lorena Dehmelt (Carrie White), Kaatje Dierks (alt Margaret White), Larissy Pyne (Sue Snell), Tim Taucher (Tommy Ross), Rita Sebeh (alt Chris Hargensen), Nils Marckwardt (Billy Nolan), Isabelle Schubert (Lynn Gardner), Nicolas Schulze (Mr. Stephens), Kerstin Leowin (Norma), Selina Bögelein (Frieda), Dominic Angler (George), Piero Ochsenbein (Freddy), Sara Kettmann (Helen), Dominik Thätner (Stokes)

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Carrie: The Musical - Hamburg - July, 2019 (Rumpel's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Lorena Dehmelt (Carrie White), Maya Hakvoort (Margaret White), Larissy Pyne (Sue Snell), Tim Taucher (Tommy Ross), Alexandra Nikolina (Chris Hargensen), Nils Marckwardt (Billy Nolan), Isabelle Schubert (Lynn Gardner), Nicolas Schulze (Mr. Stephens), Kerstin Leowin (Norma), Selina Bögelein (Frieda), Dominic Angler (George), Piero Ochsenbein (Freddy), Sara Kettmann (Helen), Dominik Thätner (Stokes)

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Carrie: The Musical - Hartford - March, 2015

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Caroline Cannon (Carrie White), Diana Zee Chandler (Margaret White), Maggie Powderly (Sue Snell)

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Carrie: The Musical - Off-Broadway - February 4, 2012 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Molly Ranson (Carrie White), Marin Mazzie (Margaret White), Christy Altomare (Sue Snell), Derek Klena (Tommy Ross), Jeanna de Waal (Chris Hargensen), Ben Thompson (Billy Nolan), Carmen Cusack (Lynn Gardner), Wayne Alan Wilcox (Mr. Stephens), Blair Goldberg (Norma), Jen Sese (Frieda), Corey Boardman (George), F Michael Haynie (Freddy), Elly Noble (Helen), Andy Mientus (Stokes)

NOTES: Great capture of this beautifully retooled revival. The performances were astonishing and the whole cast was senstational. Marin and Molly are pure perfection! The campiness has been removed from the show and there is such a sad and powerful story that remains. A-

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Carrie: The Musical - Off-Broadway - March 18, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Molly Ranson (Carrie White), Anne Tolpegin (u/s Margaret White), Christy Altomare (Sue Snell), Derek Klena (Tommy Ross), Jeanna de Waal (Chris Hargensen), Ben Thompson (Billy Nolan), Carmen Cusack (Lynn Gardner), Wayne Alan Wilcox (Mr. Stephens), Blair Goldberg (Norma), Jen Sese (Frieda), Corey Boardman (George), F Michael Haynie (Freddy), Elly Noble (Helen), Andy Mientus (Stokes)

NOTES: Terrific capture, one of my favorite shows. Marin was more of a Barbara Cook portrayal, Anne was more of a Betty Buckley. Rare performance as Anne only went on a handful of times. A-

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Carrie: The Musical - Off-Broadway - April 5, 2012 (Highlights)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Molly Ranson (Carrie White), Marin Mazzie (Margaret White), Christy Altomare (Sue Snell), Derek Klena (Tommy Ross), Jeanna de Waal (Chris Hargensen), Ben Thompson (Billy Nolan), Carmen Cusack (Lynn Gardner), Wayne Alan Wilcox (Mr. Stephens), Blair Goldberg (Norma), Jen Sese (Frieda), Corey Boardman (George), F Michael Haynie (Freddy), Elly Noble (Helen), Andy Mientus (Stokes)

NOTES: Highlights only, including ‘And Eve Was Weak’, ‘Carrie’, ‘I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance’, ‘Stay Here Instead’-’When There's No One’, ‘Destruction’. Recorded vertically on a phone

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Carrie: The Musical - Seattle - October 10, 2013 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Keaton Whittaker (Carrie White), Alice Ripley (Margaret White), Larissa Schmitz (Sue Snell), Kody Bringman (Tommy Ross), Tessa Archer (Chris Hargensen), Andrew Brewer (Billy Nolan), Kendra Kassebaum (Lynn Gardner), Brian Lange (Mr. Stephens), Erin Herrick (Norma), Melissa Maricich (Frieda), Frederick Habreen (George), Riley Neldham (Freddy), Alexandria Henderson (Helen), Eli Wills (Stokes)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of one of the Final Dress Rehearsals. Top notch production and thrilling performances from Alice, Keaton, and the whole cast! This is quite a unique capture since it was the first time the blood was dropped. Too many amazing things to point out here, don't miss this one!!! A+ Well filmed with a nice mix of close-ups and full stage shots and no obstructions. Based on the revised Off-Broadway version, and presented at the Balagan Theatre. Because this was recorded at the final run-through prior to opening night, there are a few “holds” as they worked out any kinks: * After “Evening Prayers” there is a hold to change all microphone batteries, resulting in most of the song being run a second time (the sound check was removed and put as a bonus at the end of act two). * During the scene where Carrie is getting ready for the prom a microphone made a "farting" noise and Alice grabbed her butt and said "sorry" which made the cast and tech crew laugh. 

Carrie: The Musical - Seattle - October 13, 2013 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Keaton Whittaker (Carrie White), Alice Ripley (Margaret White), Larissa Schmitz (Sue Snell), Kody Bringman (Tommy Ross), Tessa Archer (Chris Hargensen), Andrew Brewer (Billy Nolan), Kendra Kassebaum (Lynn Gardner), Brian Lange (Mr. Stephens), Erin Herrick (Norma), Melissa Maricich (Frieda), Frederick Habreen (George), Riley Neldham (Freddy), Alexandria Henderson (Helen), Eli Wills (Stokes)

NOTES: One of the first regional productions of the revised Carrie. Good to have Ripley in something.

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Carrie: The Musical - Stagedoor Manor - July 31, 1999

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Julie Kleiner (Carrie White), Vivienne Cleary (Margaret White), Nina Sturtz (Miss Gardner), Kaily Smith (Chris), Erin Evers (Sue), Blair Late (Tommy)

NOTES: Another abridged version. Video suffers from gen loss but has cleaned up decently. Piano is the only instrument in the orchestra, and it drowns out some of the singers. This has been incorrectly labelled as an authorized production,which is incorrect - this was an unauthorized production (e.g., no rights were secured before the production), though Gore (and Cohen) were in the audience of this performance and chose not to sue Jeff Murphy and Stagedoor over copyright infringement, partly because Gore said he had always wanted to see the show done with actual teenagers (reported by Jeff Murphy, the director).

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Carrie: The Musical - Stratford-Upon-Avon - February 16, 1988 (Preview) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Linzi Hateley (Carrie White), Barbara Cook (Margaret White), Sally Ann Triplett (Sue Snell), Paul Gyngell (Tommy Ross), Charlotte d'Amboise (Chris Hargensen), Gene Anthony Ray (Billy Nolan), Darlene Love (Lynn Gardner)

NOTES: Filmed professionally for the RSC archives on the third night of the performance (February 16, 1988). Shot from first row mezzanine center with no obstructions with audio taken directly from the soundboard. Mostly a full stage shots without zooms. This is usually incorrectly labelled as "Opening Night (February 13, 1988)", which is incorrect, as on opening night, Barbara Cook was almost decapitated right after the set changes from "Don't Waste The Moon", which not seen in this video (also verified by the person who copied this from the archives).

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Catch Me If You Can - Broadway - April 27, 2011

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Aaron Tveit (Frank Abagnale, Jr.), Norbert Leo Butz (Agent Carl Hanratty), Tom Wopat (Frank Abagnale, Sr.), Rachel de Benedet (Paula Abagnale), Kerry Butler (Brenda Strong), Linda Hart (Carol Strong), Timothy McCuen Piggee (Agent Cod)

NOTES: A nice capture of the short lived show. Disc also includes around 100 minutes of interviews, B-Roll, behind the scenes, etc. Great video with nice picture and clear sound. A

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Catch Me If You Can - Seattle, WA (Pre-Broadway) - August 4, 2009 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Aaron Tveit (Frank Abagnale, Jr.), Norbert Leo Butz (Agent Carl Hanratty), Tom Wopat (Frank Abagnale, Sr.), Rachel de Benedet (Paula Abagnale), Kerry Butler (Brenda Strong), Linda Hart (Carol Strong)

NOTES: This is a great capture of the show. The show is filled with wonderful talent. Aaron and Norbert have a great chemistry together and Aaron has a huge voice. Kerry and Felicia both have great songs and great vocals. The show itself is very sleek and mod. A

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Catch Me If You Can - Seattle, WA (Pre-Broadway) - August 15, 2009

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Aaron Tveit (Frank Abagnale, Jr.), Norbert Leo Butz (Agent Carl Hanratty), Tom Wopat (Frank Abagnale, Sr.), Rachel de Benedet (Paula Abagnale), Kerry Butler (Brenda Strong), Linda Hart (Carol Strong)

NOTES: Some very quick blackouts, none last more than 30 seconds or so.Very little obstruction, just heads on the bottom and the right, mostly in wideshots, and they're hardly noticeable.

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Cats - Broadway Revival - July 22, 2016 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Ahmad Simmons (Alonzo), Daniel Gaymon (Admetus/Macavity), Christine Cornish Smith (Bombalurina), Christopher Gurr (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Emily Pynenburg (Cassandra), Guiseppe Bausilio (Carbucketty), Corey John Snide (Coricopat), Kim Faure (Demeter), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Ricky Ubeda (Mr. Mistoffelees), Jess LeProtto (Mungojerrie), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Quentin Earl Darrington (Old Deuteronomy), Shonica Gooden (Rumpleteazer), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks), Emily Tate (Tantomile), Georgina Pazcoguin (Victoria), Sharrod Williams (Pouncival), Arianna Rosario (Sillabub)

NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new Broadway Revival. Everything is nicely captured with dance numbers full stage shot. High energy performances with some choreography and song tweaks from the original! A

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Cats - International Tour - April 22, 2019 (Closing Night) (Highlights) (mymummysaysimamiracle's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Elizabeth Futter (u/s Grizabella), Lloyd Davies (Alonzo), Thomas Inge (Admetus/Macavity), Dean Ambrose (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Sally Frith (Bombalurina), Matt Harrop (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Katie Deacon (Cassandra), Louis van Leer (Carbucketty), Fletcher Dobinson (Coricopat), Ella Nonini (Demeter), Amy Whittle (u/s Jellylorum), Grace Swaby (Jemima), Ceili O´Connor (Jennyanydots), Alex Harrison (Mr. Mistoffelees), Billy Mahoney (Mungojerrie), Jak Skelly (Munkustrap), John Ellis (Old Deuteronomy), Kirsty Ingram (Rumpleteazer), Dan Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Matthew Rowland (Skimbleshanks), Eilish Harmon-Beglan (Tantomile), Hannah Kenna Thomas (Victoria)

NOTES: Highlights only(Opening, Mungo and Rumple, Old Deuteronomy, Jellicle Ball, Skimbleshanks and Moments of Hapiness)!

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Cats - Italy Tour - 2010

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Luca Giacomelli (Admetus/Macavity), Azzurra Adinolfi (Bombalurina), Gianluca Ciatti (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Silvana Isolani (Cassandra), Denise Brambillasca (Demeter), Federica Baldi (Jemima), Stefania Fratepietro (Jennyanydots), Salvatore Marchione (Mungojerrie), Roberta Miolla (Rumpleteazer), Roberto Colombo (Skimbleshanks), Tiziano Edini (Pouncival), Alessandro Lanzillotti

NOTES: Non-replica production. House Cam with no zooms.

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Cats - Japan - 2006

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Koji Tomita (Cassandra), Masashi Kikuchi (Carbucketty), Yuka Takizawa (Demeter), Chie Inoue (Jellylorum), Kazue Haruhara (Jemima), Yoko Ishi (Jennyanydots), Hitoshi Tsuzi (Mungojerrie), Shoichi Fukui (Munkustrap), Kensan Ishi (Old Deuteronomy), Shinobu Aikawa (Rumpleteazer), Emi Takakula (Tantomile), Kyoko Sato (Victoria), Eliko Mulata (Sillabub)

NOTES: Filmed from the very front row

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Cats - Netherlands - June 29, 2007

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Pia Douwes (Grizabella), Merlijn Wolsink (Alonzo), Pierre Alexandre (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Anouk van Nes (Bombalurina), Paul Donkers (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Caroline Beuth (Cassandra), Michael Macalintal (Coricopat), Suzanne Heijne (Demeter), Veerle Casteleyn (Electra), Annemieke Van Der Veer (Jellylorum), Cindy Belliot (Jemima), Marleen van der Loo (Jennyanydots), Mark John Richardson (Mr. Mistoffelees), Mark van Beelen (Mungojerrie), Roberto de Groot (Munkustrap), Marco Bakker (Old Deuteronomy), Marjolein Teepen (Rumpleteazer), Stanley Burleson (Rum Tum Tugger), Marcel Visscher (Skimbleshanks), Hannah van Meurs (Tantomile), Anique Bosch (Victoria), João Paulo De Almeida (Pouncival)

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Cats - Netherlands - July 28, 2007

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Anita Meyer (Grizabella), Merlijn Wolsink (Alonzo), Pierre Alexandre (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Anouk van Nes (Bombalurina), Paul Donkers (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Caroline Beuth (Cassandra), Michael Macalintal (Coricopat), Suzanne Heijne (Demeter), Veerle Casteleyn (Electra), Annemieke Van Der Veer (Jellylorum), Veerle Casteleyn (Jemima), Maaike Schuurmans (Jennyanydots), Mark John Richardson (Mr. Mistoffelees), Mark van Beelen (Mungojerrie), Roberto de Groot (Munkustrap), Paul Walthuis (Old Deuteronomy), Marjolein Teepen (Rumpleteazer), Gino Emnes (Rum Tum Tugger), Marcel Visscher (Skimbleshanks), Hannah van Meurs (Tantomile), Anique Bosch (Victoria), João Paulo De Almeida (Pouncival)

NOTES: Starts at the The invitation to the Jellicle ball and missing a couple of minutes at the start of act 2 two. Act one is filmed in night shot, and act two comes with a verry clear picture. Veerle Castelyn is followed a lot.

 Cats - Netherlands - September 16, 2007

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Penny Voss (Grizabella), Merlijn Wolsink (Alonzo), Pierre Alexandre (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Anouk van Nes (Bombalurina), Paul Donkers (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Caroline Beuth (Cassandra), Michael Macalintal (Coricopat), Suzanne Heijne (Demeter), Veerle Casteleyn (Electra), Annemieke Van Der Veer (Jellylorum), Veerle Casteleyn (Jemima), Maaike Schuurmans (Jennyanydots), Mark J Richardson (Mr. Mistoffelees), Mark van Beelen (Mungojerrie), Roberto de Groot (Munkustrap), Paul Walthuis (Old Deuteronomy), Marjolein Teepen (Rumpleteazer), Gino Emnes (Rum Tum Tugger), Marcel Visscher (Skimbleshanks), Hannah van Meurs (Tantomile), Anique Bosch (Victoria), João Paulo De Almeida (Pouncival)

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Cats - Tecklenburg, Germany - August 29, 2015 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Maya Hakvoort (Grizabella), Andrew Hill (Alonzo), Zoltan Fekete (Admetus/Macavity), David Pellerin (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Sabine Hettlich (Bombalurina), Yngve Gasoy-Romdal (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Lucy Castelloe (Cassandra), Tobias Joch (Coricopat), Caroline Frank (Demeter), Leah Delos Santos (Jellylorum), Celine Vogt (Jemima), Benjamin Eberling (Jennyanydots), David Pereira (Mr. Mistoffelees), Nils Haberstroh (Mungojerrie), Armin Kahl (Munkustrap), Reinhard Brussmann (Old Deuteronomy), Anna Carina Buchegger (Rumpleteazer), Shane Dickson (Rum Tum Tugger), Stephan Luethy (Skimbleshanks), Eleonora Talamini (Tantomile), Taryn Nelson (Victoria), Hakan T Aslan (Pouncival), Marthe Römer (Etcetera)

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Cats - The Netherlands - 1987

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Ruth Jacott (Grizabella), Kyle Boynton (Munkustrap), Fred Butter (Rum Tum Tugger)

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Cats - The Netherlands - August 18, 1992

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Ellen Evers (Grizabella), Joyce Stevens (Bombalurina), Wilma Hoornstra (Demeter), Michiel Verkoren (Mungojerrie), Brian Galliford (Old Deuteronomy), Meike Staring (Rumpleteazer), Fred Butter (Rum Tum Tugger)

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Cats - The Netherlands - August 18, 1992

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Ellen Evers (Grizabella), Joyce Stevens (Bombalurina), Wilma Hoornstra (Demeter), Michiel Verkoren (Mungojerrie), Brian Galliford (Old Deuteronomy), Meike Staring (Rumpleteazer), Fred Butter (Rum Tum Tugger)

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Cats - Vienna - 1988 (Pro-Shot's master)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Broadway - April 20, 2017 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Christian Borle (Willy Wonka), Ryan Foust (Charlie Bucket), John Rubinstein (Grandpa Joe), F Michael Haynie (Augustus Gloop), Kathy Fitzgerald (Mrs Gloop), Emma Pfaeffle (Veruca Salt), Ben Crawford (Mr Salt), Trista Dollison (Violet Beauregarde), Alan H Green (Mr Beauregarde), Michael Wartella (Mike Teavee), Jackie Hoffman (Mrs Teavee), Emily Padgett (Mrs Bucket)

NOTES: Great HD capture of the new musical based on the Roald Dahl classic novel. A fresh dark take on the material, which was fun and very enjoyable! A great comedic cast and innovative production. A

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Broadway - May 1, 2017 (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Christian Borle (Willy Wonka), Jake Ryan Flynn (Charlie Bucket), John Rubinstein (Grandpa Joe), F Michael Haynie (Augustus Gloop), Kathy Fitzgerald (Mrs Gloop), Emma Pfaeffle (Veruca Salt), Ben Crawford (Mr Salt), Trista Dollison (Violet Beauregarde), Michael Wartella (Mike Teavee), Jackie Hoffman (Mrs Teavee), Emily Padgett (Mrs Bucket)

NOTES: Fantastic HD video with excellent picture and clear great sound; Video has great close-ups and good stage shots for dancing numbers.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - West End - January 22, 2015 (Lanelle's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD)

CAST: Alex Jennings (Willy Wonka), Zachary Loonie (Charlie Bucket), Billy Boyle (u/s Grandpa Joe), Vincent Finch (Augustus Gloop), Amy Carter (Veruca Salt), Rhianna Dorris (Violet Beauregarde), Daniel Rhodes (Mike Teavee)

NOTES: Fun show with very imaginative staging, though I do wish they used more songs from (either) movie. The first 5 minutes of Act One has some wandering and blackouts, but after that it is a steady and unobstructed shot. Includes curtain call.

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Chasing Rainbows - Paper Mill Playhouse - October, 2019 (StarCuffedJeans's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Karen Mason (Ma Lawlor), Stephen DeRosa (LB Mayer), Colin Hanlon (Roger Edens), Karen Mason (Kay Koverman), Ruby Rakos (Judy Garland), Lesli Margherita (Ethel Gumm), Max von Essen (Frank Gumm), Michael Wartella (Mickey Rooney)

NOTES: Great HD capture of this Judy Garland bio musical focusing on her early years, leading up to The Wizard of Oz, with a couple of fun tap numbers! Act One starts when Judy sings a version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow (same tune but with different lyrics). Act Two starts part way through the number right before they enter the MGM studio. Please do not post screenshots of this video on Twitter ever. Gifs on Tumblr are okay after the NFT date, but don't go linking things to actors and shows.

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The Cher Show - Broadway - April, 2019 (StarCuffedJeans's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Stephanie J Block (Cher (Star)), Teal Wicks (Cher (Lady)), Micaela Diamond (Cher (Babe)), Jarrod Spector (Sonny Bono), Michael Berresse (Bob Mackie), Michael Campayno (Rob Camilletti), Matthew Hydzik (Gregg Allman), Emily Skinner (Georgia Holt)

NOTES: Beautiful HD close-ups but some long drop-outs and quite a few obstructed scenes. The rake in the mezzanine at the Neil Simon kinda stinks and I'm pretty sure the ushers were playing flashlight tag with each other the entire show. but I began to care a lot less as the night went on Video is very Cher-centric...choreography in "Dark Lady" is captured beautifully, but for the rest of the show I was mostly focused on getting those Stephanie, Teal, and Micaela zooms. We start at the scene before "Half Breed" and when Stephanie tells everyone to stand up for the finale it's all over for my filming ability.

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The Cher Show - Broadway - January, 2019 (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Stephanie J Block (Cher (Star)), Teal Wicks (Cher (Lady)), Micaela Diamond (Cher (Babe)), Jarrod Spector (Sonny Bono), Michael Berresse (Bob Mackie), Michael Campayno (Rob Camilletti), Matthew Hydzik (Gregg Allman), Emily Skinner (Georgia Holt)

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Chess - Netherlands - November, 2006 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Jeroen Phaff (Anatoly Sergievsky), Joke de Kruijf (Florence Vassy), Jasper Kerkhof (Freddie Trumper), Mieke Dijkstra (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Ben Cramer (Molokov)

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Chicago - Broadway Revival - 1996 (Highlights) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Ann Reinking (Roxie Hart), Bebe Neuwirth (Velma Kelly), James Naughton (Billy Flynn), Joel Grey (Amos Hart), Marcia Lewis (Matron "Mama" Morton), D Sabella (Mary Sunshine)

NOTES: Almost the full show (2 hours and 7 minutes). Usually referred to as Press Reels, this is actually the unedited footage shot for press or archival purposes. Decent amount on generation loss with some distortion at the top of the screen, and a time code at the bottom. Sometimes incorrectly labeled as 1995 .

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Chicago - The Netherlands - 1999 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Simone Kleinsma (Roxie Hart), Pia Douwes (Velma Kelly), Stanley Burleson (Billy Flynn), Marjolijn Touw (Matron "Mama" Morton)

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Chicago - The Netherlands - Fall, 1999 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Ellen Evers (u/s Roxie Hart), Pia Douwes (Velma Kelly), Stanley Burleson (Billy Flynn), Serge Henry Valke (Amos Hart), Marjolijn Touw (Matron "Mama" Morton)

NOTES: Good capture; multicam proshot. One camera is centre stage, the other is on the left balcony.

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Chicago - West End Revival - 2004

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Frances Ruffelle (Roxie Hart), Pia Douwes (Velma Kelly), Alex Bourne (Billy Flynn), Zee Asha (Matron "Mama" Morton)

NOTES: The same video as the March 27, 2004 video

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Broadway - April 16, 2005

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST! Working on uploading

CAST: Raúl Esparza (Caractacus Potts), Erin Dilly (Truly Scrumptious), Kevin Calhoun (Childcatcher), Marc Kudisch (Baron Bomburst), Jan Maxwell (Baroness Bomburst), Phillip Bosco (Grandpa Potts)

NOTES: A little shaky at times, and some ducks, but otherwise excellent. Includes news footage.

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A Chorus Line - Broadway Revival - September 30, 2006 (Preview)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Michael Berresse (Zach), Tyler Hanes (Larry), Brad Anderson (Don), Mara Davi (Maggie), Jeffrey Schecter (Mike), Yuka Takara (Connie), Michael Paternostro (Greg), Charlotte d'Amboise (Cassie), Deirdre Goodwin (Sheila), Ken Alan (Bobby), Alisan Porter (Bebe), Heather Parcells (Judy), James T Lane (Richie), Tony Yazbeck (Al), Chryssie Whitehead (Kristine), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Val), Paul McGill (Mark), Jason Tam (Paul), Natalie Cortez (Diana), Michelle Aravena (Tricia), E Clayton Cornelious (Butch), David Baum (Roy), Mike Cannon (Tom), Nadine Isenegger (Lois), Grant Turner (Frank), Lorin Latarro (Vicki)

NOTES: Commonly mislabelled as Opening Night (October 5, 2006), however menu says it is September 30, 2006. Video includes the playbill and some bonus news features of the Pre-Opening, Opening Night and the Review.

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A Chorus Line - Hollywood Bowl - July 29, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Mario Lopez (Zach), Spencer Liff (Larry), Michael Starr (Don), Mara Davi (Maggie), Robert Fairchild (Mike), J Elaine Marcos (Connie), Denis Lambert (Greg), Sarah Bowden (Cassie), Leigh Zimmerman (Sheila), Kelsey Walston (Bebe), Tiana Okoye (Judy), Cornelius Jones Jr (Richie), Justin Michael Wilcox (Al), Courtney Lopez (Kristine), Sabrina Bryan (Val), Ross Lynch (Mark), Jason Tam (Paul), Krysta Rodriguez (Diana)

NOTES: This all star cast gives energetic and nuanced performances, cast as a whole is a stand out with absolutely incredible dance numbers, nicely filmed, no obstructions, no washout, just a couple of quick dropouts, filmed from stage directly, screens are never shown, filmed in 16:9 with a mix of wides, mediums and close-ups, show is 125 minutes on one disc includes curtain call and playbill scans.

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A Chorus Line - North Shore Music Theatre - November, 2010 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Derek Hanson (Zach), Kurt Domoney (Larry), Joe Grandy (Don), Cary Michelle Miller (Maggie), Jonathan Day (Mike), Hannah Chin (Connie), Aaron Umsted (Greg), Rebecca Riker (Cassie), Katie Cameron (Sheila), Sean Quinn (Bobby), Katerina Papacostas (Bebe), Bethany Moore (Judy), Delius Doherty (Richie), Venny Carranza (Al), Nancy Renée Braun (Kristine), Leslie Donna Flesner (Val), Christopher Shin (Mark), Miguel Angel Falcon (Paul), Julie Kotarides (Diana), Maggie Marino (Tricia), Brian Bailey (Roy), Michael McCrary (Tom), Sarah Shepler (Lois), Taylor Shubert (Frank), Wendy O'Byrne (Vicki)

NOTES: Performed in the round, two cameras and sound patched in from the soundboard.

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A Chorus Line - Off-Broadway - July 12, 1975 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Robert LuPone (Zach), Thommie Walsh (Bobby Strong), Clive Clerk (Larry), Ron Khulman (Don), Kay Cole (Maggie), Wayne Cilento (Mike), Baayork Lee (Connie), Michael Stuart (Greg), Donna McKechnie (Cassie), Kelly Bishop (Sheila), Nancy Lane (Bebe), Patricia Garland (Judy), Ronald Dennis (Richie), Don Percassi (Al), Renne Baughman (Kristine), Pam Blair (Val), Cameron Mason (Mark), Sammy Williams (Paul), Priscilla Lopez (Diana)

NOTES: The original Broadway cast filmed prior to moving to Broadway. Professionally filmed using multiple cameras for the Lincoln Center Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) archives. Newly surfaced video which is a HUGE improvement over the previous version which has been in circulation for a while. This is also complete and includes the opening announcement alerting the audience that the show is being filmed. Amazing quality, but still has a little generational loss. In black and white. The DVD has been enhanced with chapter stops for all of the musical numbers. This, along with the tapes of Crazy for You and Passion, is amongst the only three TOFT tapes that have been leaked.

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A Chorus Line - The Netherlands - 2002 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Wilbert Gieske (Zach), Fons van Kraaij (Larry), Roy Kullick (Don), Marieke van Hulst (Maggie), Birger van Severen (Mike), Hannah van Meurs (Connie), Thomasj Vets (Greg), Ellis van Laarhoven (Cassie), Anouk van Nes (Sheila), Hans van der Heijden (Bobby), Manon Novak (Bebe), Carolien Canters (Judy), Perry Dossett (Richie), Job Vlaar (Al), Eva Roest (Kristine), Jacqueline Aronson (Val), Paul Boereboom (Mark), Hein Gerrits (Paul), Cystine Carreon (Diana), Cyrille Carreon (Tricia), Peter van Dosselaer (Butch), Axel de Graaf (Roy), Regi Severins (Lois), Peter Stoelhorst (Frank), Roeselien Wekker (Vicki)

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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong - BBC Special - December 30, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Henry Shields (Chris), Henry Lewis (Robert), Charlie Russell (Sandra), Dave Hearn (Max), Chris Leask (Trevor), Nancy Zamit (Annie), Greg Tannahill (Jonathan), Jonathan Sayer (Dennis), Ellie Morris (Lucy), Diana Rigg (Aunt Diana), Derek Jacobi (Scrooge/Himself)

NOTES: Mischief Theatre 2017 BBC Special proshot.

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A Christmas Story - Broadway - November 7, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  AVI (HD)

CAST: Johnny Rabe (Ralphie), Dan Lauria (Jean Shepherd), John Bolton (The Old Man), Erin Dilly (Mother), Zac Ballard (Randy), Caroline O’Connor (Miss Shields)

NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the Broadway transfer. This is such a fun show and a top notch cast that delivers the perfect blend of performances. Nice changes from the previous PreBroadway tour from last year and a perfect show to get into the holiday season!

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Cinderella (Pantomime) - Mercury Theatre Colchester - 2020 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Mari McGinlay (Cinderella), Mari McGinlay (Prince Charming), Deborah Tracey (The Fairy Godmother), Nicholas McLean (Buttons), Nerine Skinner (Dandini)

NOTES: aired to raise money for covid-19

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Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway - March 2, 2013 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Laura Osnes (Ella), Santino Fontana (Topher), Victoria Clark (Marie), Harriet Harris (Madame), Ann Harada (Charlotte), Greg Hildreth (Jean-Michel), Marla Mindelle (Gabrielle), Phumzile Sojola (Lord Pinkleton), Peter Bartlett (Sebastian)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of this classic show, with this being the first time having appeared on Broadway! Really a top notch cast and a beautiful production, nicely staged! A

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Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway - April 17, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Carly Rae Jepsen (Ella), Joe Carroll (Topher), Victoria Clark (Marie), Fran Drescher (Madame), Ann Harada (Charlotte), Todd Buonopane (Jean-Michel), Stephanie Gibson (Gabrielle), Peter Bartlett (Sebastian)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture with no obstructions. Carly and Fran were wonderful in the roles and really gave them their own touch! Great to see the show still in wonderful shape. A+

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Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Second National Tour - May, 2018 (House-Cam's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Tatyana Lubov (Ella), Louis Griffin (Topher), Leslie Jackson (Marie), Sarah Smith (Madame), Joanna Johnson (Charlotte), Corbin Williams (Jean-Michel), Nicole Zelka (Gabrielle), Antonio Beverly (Lord Pinkleton), Christopher Swan (Sebastian)

NOTES: Video is filmed in a house cam format. There is a lot of spotlight washout so you can't really make out faces, but the sound is wonderful. Soundboard. Location unknown

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Ciske de Rat De Musical - The Netherlands - 2007 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  DVD ISO (SD)

CAST: Danny de Munk (Cis de Man), Hugo Haenen (Meester Bruijs), Hajo Bruins (Vader Frans Vrijmoeth), Mariska van Kolck (Tante Jans), Marjolijn Touw (Moeder Marie Vrijmoeth), Marleen van der Loo (Suus Bruijs), Ad Knippels (Kinderinspecteur Muysken), Sjoerd Pleijsier (Bovenmeester Maatsuyker), Ids van der Krieke (Oom Henri), Jacobien Elffers (Bet(je)), Ger Otte (Pater de Goey), Jorge Verkoost (Jan Verkerk)

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City of Angels - West End Revival - March 9, 2020 (Preview) (BwaytoWestEnd's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Theo James (Stone), Hadley Fraser (Stine), Jonathan Slinger (Buddy / Irwin S. Irving), Rosalie Craig (Gabby / Bobbi), Rebecca Trehearn (Donna / Oolie), Rob Houchen (Jimmy Powers), Vanessa Williams (Carla / Alaura), Marc Elliott (Pancho / Munoz), Nicola Roberts (Avril / Mallory)

NOTES: Stage Shot filmed from Stalls. Awful audio.

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Clueless: The Unauthorized Musical Parody - Rockwell Table & Stage - September 10, 2015

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Laura L Thomas (Emma), Tom Detrinis (Weston), Spencer Strong Smith (Josh), Emma Hunton (Tai), Corbin Reid (Dionne), Christopher Chatman (Murray)

NOTES: A production of Rockwell Table & Stage; well filmed from the audience with clear picture and excellent sound; musical selections included "I'll be There for You" (aka the Friends theme), "Wonderwall," "Barbie Girl," "Like a Virgin," "Rolling in the Deep," "Dancing On My Own," "Big Yellow Taxi," a brief excerpt of "Popular" from Wicked, "Always Be My Baby," "Love Shack," and a clever version of "Proud Mary" that incorporated the famous "rollin' with the homies" bit from the movie.

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The Color Purple - Broadway - March 28, 2006 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  AVI (SD)

CAST: LaChanze (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo)

NOTES: Beautiful capture of this show, crystal clear picture and sound, great closeups. A

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The Color Purple - Broadway Revival - November 11, 2015 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Jennifer Hudson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie)

NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new revival which been stripped down and streamlined to focus on Celie's journey. Some beautiful moments in the show with the direction and simplicity spotlighting the story. A few blackouts in the first 5 minutes as clueless ushers fumbled around. A

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The Color Purple - Broadway Revival - May 11, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Highlights

CAST: Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Heather Headley (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie)

NOTES: Beautiful capture of the ever stunning Heather Headley joining the cast. There really is no need to say anymore! A

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The Color Purple - First National Tour - April 22, 2007 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Jeannette Bayardelle (Celie), Michelle Williams (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Rufus Bonds Jr (Mister), Stu James (Harpo), LaToya London (Nettie), Stephanie St James (Squeak)

NOTES: I have to say I enjoyed this cast more than the OBC. Jannette is amazing here and will give you chills and Michelle is stunning. Beautiful capture. A+

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The Color Purple - First National Tour - September 6, 2009 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Fantasia Barrino (Celie), Reva Rice (u/s Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Rufus Bonds Jr (Mister), Stu James (Harpo), LaToya London (Nettie), Tiffany Daniels (Squeak)

NOTES: This is the performance following the day Fantasia missed two performances from "Food Poisioning", which made the Chicagoland News. Despite that, she still gives a great performance as Celie and has such a powerful voice. Reva knocks it out of the park as Shug! A

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Come From Away - Australia - 2019 (Highlights) (Press Reel's master)

FORMAT:  M4A (untracked)

CAST: Zoe Gertz (Beverley/Annette & others), Douglas Hansell (Kevin T./Garth & others), Richard Piper (Claude & others), Simon Maiden (Oz & others), Sarah Morrison (Janice & others), Nicholas Brown (Kevin J./Ali & others), Nathan Carter (Nick/Doug & others), Angela Kennedy (Diane & others), Sharriese Hamilton (Hannah & others), Emma Powell (Beulah & others), Kellie Rode (Bonnie & others), Kolby Kindle (Bob & others)

NOTES: Proshot B-Roll of Welcome to the Rock, Me and the Sky & Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere

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Come From Away - Australia - September 12, 2019 (WizardWisdom's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Zoe Gertz (Beverley/Annette & others), Douglas Hansell (Kevin T./Garth & others), Richard Piper (Claude & others), Simon Maiden (Oz & others), Sarah Morrison (Janice & others), Nicholas Brown (Kevin J./Ali & others), Nathan Carter (Nick/Doug & others), Katrina Retallick (Diane & others), Sharriese Hamilton (Hannah & others), Emma Powell (Beulah & others), Kellie Rode (Bonnie & others), Kolby Kindle (Bob & others)

NOTES: HD capture of the Australian company of this fantastic musical. Includes a video of a post-show Q&A with the cast in honour of the 18th anniversary of September 12. Shot from the back row of the dress circle, so a head blocks the centre at times but it’s shot around where possible. Most noticeable in the group numbers where a lot of the action is downstage. The first 4 minutes or so is mostly wandering shots as I was setting up my camera and evading ushers. A lot of great close-ups - Zoe’s “Me and the Sky” is a highlight.

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Come From Away - Broadway - March 10, 2017 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Jenn Colella (Beverley/Annette & others), Chad Kimball (Kevin T./Garth & others), Joel Hatch (Claude & others), Geno Carr (Oz & others), Kendra Kassebaum (Janice & others), Caesar Samayoa (Kevin J./Ali & others), Lee MacDougall (Nick/Doug & others), Sharon Wheatley (Diane & others), Q Smith (Hannah & others), Astrid Van Wieren (Beulah & others), Petrina Bromley (Bonnie & others), Rodney Hicks (Bob & others)

NOTES: A beautiful capture of the new Broadway musical. The score is fantastic and the production is wonderful.

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Come From Away - Broadway - February, 2020 (StarCuffedJeans's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Becky Gulsvig (Beverley/Annette & others), Tony LePage (s/b Kevin T./Garth & others), Joel Hatch (Claude & others), Paul Whitty (Oz & others), Pearl Sun (t/r Janice & others), Caesar Samayoa (Kevin J./Ali & others), Jim Walton (Nick/Doug & others), Sharon Wheatley (Diane & others), Kenita R Miller (Hannah & others), Astrid Van Wieren (Beulah & others), Petrina Bromley (Bonnie & others), De'Lon Grant (Bob & others)

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Come From Away - First National Tour - February, 2020 (Hollis Mizner's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Marika Aubrey (Beverley/Annette & others), Andrew Samonsky (Kevin T./Garth & others), Kevin Carolan (Claude & others), Harter Clingman (Oz & others), Julia Knitel (Janice & others), Nick Duckart (Kevin J./Ali & others), Chamblee Ferguson (Nick/Doug & others), Christine Toy Johnson (Diane & others), Danielle K Thomas (Hannah & others), Julie Johnson (Beulah & others), Sharone Sayegh (Bonnie & others), James Earl Jones II (Bob & others)

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Come From Away - Toronto - January 7, 2020 (The Musical Speakeasy's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Eliza-Jane Scott (Beverley/Annette & others), Jeff Madden (Kevin T./Garth & others), George Masswohl (Claude & others), Cory O’Brien (Oz & others), Cailin Stadnyk (u/s Janice & others), Ali Momen (Kevin J./Ali & others), Clint Butler (u/s Nick/Doug & others), Barbara Fulton (Diane & others), Kate Etienne (u/s Hannah & others), Lori Nancy Kalamanski (u/s Beulah & others), Kristen Peace (Bonnie & others), Kevin Vidal (Bob & others)

NOTES: As far as I know, the first ever video of the Toronto production! I had the entire show in VOB format ready to post but, unfortunately, I lost the USB it was on in the middle of an airport. Luckily I was able to salvage all but thirty minutes of the original footage, so all that's lost is part of the scene after "I Am Here" and a portion of "Somewhere In The Middle Of Nowhere". If you find a USB the size of a thumbnail around Pearson, it's a $5 reward! A flu passed around the cast that they were all just recovering from, and at one point you can see Bev take a tissue out of her pilot's jacket and blow her nose. It explains the large number of understudies on, particularly of interest is that of the role of Hannah being played by a Caucasian actress, which causes her absence for the bus scene and leads to a severely different dynamic I'd not seen the character played as before.

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Come From Away - Washington D.C. - September 24, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Jenn Colella (Beverley/Annette & others), Chad Kimball (Kevin T./Garth & others), Joel Hatch (Claude & others), Geno Carr (Oz & others), Kendra Kassebaum (Janice & others), Caesar Samayoa (Kevin J./Ali & others), Lee MacDougall (Nick/Doug & others), Sharon Wheatley (Diane & others), Q Smith (Hannah & others), Astrid Van Wieren (Beulah & others), Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan (Bonnie & others), Rodney Hicks (Bob & others)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the PreBroadway try out in DC. Terrific ensemble piece telling the stories of stranded passengers during the 9/11 attacks. A

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Come From Away - West End - November 5, 2019 (wheredidtherockgo's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Rachel Tucker (Beverley/Annette & others), David Thaxton (Kevin T./Garth & others), Clive Carter (Claude & others), Harry Morrison (Oz & others), Emma Salvo (Janice & others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J./Ali & others), Robert Hands (Nick/Doug & others), Helen Hobson (Diane & others), Cat Simmons (Hannah & others), Jenna Boyd (Beulah & others), Jennifer Tierney (s/b Bonnie & others), Nathanael Campbell (Bob & others)

NOTES: The bottom left of the video is slightly obstructed by a lighting rail. The master accidentally stop recording during '38 Planes' but realized right away so it’s only missing a second or two. Some nice close-ups. Clive misses the cue for the first “Welcome to the Rock!”

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Come From Away - West End - April, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master)

FORMAT:  MOV (HD)

CAST: Rachel Tucker (Beverley/Annette & others), David Shannon (Kevin T./Garth & others), Clive Carter (Claude & others), Harry Morrison (Oz & others), Emma Salvo (Janice & others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J./Ali & others), Robert Hands (Nick/Doug & others), Helen Hobson (Diane & others), Cat Simmons (Hannah & others), Jenna Boyd (Beulah & others), Mary Doherty (Bonnie & others), Nathaniel Campbell (Bob & others)

NOTES: This video is never to be publicly shared on YouTube, tumblr, Facebook, Stagedork etc. 

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Come From Away - West End - February, 2020 (queenofthedead's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Alice Fearn (Beverley/Annette & others), Mark Dugdale (Kevin T./Garth & others), James Doherty (Claude & others), Harry Morrison (Oz & others), Emma Salvo (Janice & others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J./Ali & others), Alasdair Harvey (Nick/Doug & others), Kate Graham (Diane & others), Cat Simmons (Hannah & others), Jenna Boyd (Beulah & others), Mary Doherty (Bonnie & others), Tarinn Callender (Bob & others)

NOTES: Slightly obstructed by one head but worked around the best I could.

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Come From Away - West End - November, 2019 (queenofthedead's master)

FORMAT:  M2TS (HD)

CAST: Rachel Tucker (Beverley/Annette & others), David Thaxton (Kevin T./Garth & others), Clive Carter (Claude & others), Harry Morrison (Oz & others), Emma Salvo (Janice & others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J./Ali & others), Bob Harms (s/b Nick/Doug & others), Helen Hobson (Diane & others), Chiara Baronti (s/b Hannah & others), Jenna Boyd (Beulah & others), Jennifer Tierney (s/b Bonnie & others), Nathanael Campbell (Bob & others)

NOTES: Incomplete: starts 12 mins in. Shot around heads. The combination of the revolve and the lighting of this show might make it a jolty watch but the action is caught as best as possible. If I had to decide who to film, I chose Rachel Tucker.

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The Comedy About A Bank Robbery - West End - August 20, 2019 (wheredidtherockgo's master)

FORMAT:  AVI (SD)

CAST: Sean Carey (Sam Monaghan), David Coomber (Neil Cooper), Charlotte Duffy (u/s Caprice Freeboys), George Hannigan (Everyone Else), Liam Jeavons (Mitch Ruscitti), Damian Lynch (Mr. Freeboys), Killian Macardle (Officer Shuck), Jon Trenchard (Warren Slax), Ashley Tucker (Ruth Monaghan)

NOTES: My first video ever. I couldn’t see what I was filming so the camera has a tendency to film upward toward the ceiling. You can hear me laugh pretty loudly since I was holding the camera close to my face.

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The Comedy About A Bank Robbery - West End - December, 2019 (queenofthedead's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Tom Hopcroft (u/s Sam Monaghan), Ross Virgo (u/s Neil Cooper), Charlotte Duffy (u/s Caprice Freeboys), George Hannigan (Everyone Else), Eddy Westbury (u/s Mitch Ruscitti), Damian Lynch (Mr. Freeboys), Killian Macardle (Officer Shuck), Jean-Luke Worrell (e/c Warren Slax), Ashley Tucker (Ruth Monaghan)

NOTES: Masters Notes: Shot around 2 heads. A few dropouts that add up to about 5 minutes overall. Not the most focused capture and a lot of fidgeting from the master, but action is captured mostly well enough.

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Company - Kennedy Center - June, 2002

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: John Barrowman (Bobby/Bobbie), Lynn Redgrave (Joanne), David Pittu (Harry), Christy Baron (Susan), Emily Skinner (Jenny), Marc Vietor (David), Kim Director (April/Andy), Elizabeth Zins (Kathy/Theo), Marcy Harriell (Marta/PJ), Alice Ripley (Amy/Jamie), Matt Bogart (Paul), Jerry Lanning (Larry)

NOTES: This video gets listed under various dates including June 5th, June 6th, June 15th, July 7th, and different copies exist in varying quality and size.

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Company - Second West End Revival - January, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Rosalie Craig (Bobby/Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Mel Giedroyc (Sarah), Gavin Spokes (Harry), Daisy Maywood (Susan), Ashley Campbell (Peter), Jennifer Saayeng (Jenny), Richard Henders (David), Richard Fleeshman (April/Andy), Matthew Seadon-Young (Kathy/Theo), George Blagden (Marta/PJ), Jonathan Bailey (Amy/Jamie), Alex Gaumond (Paul), Ben Lewis (Larry)

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Company - Third Broadway Revival - March 10, 2020 (Preview)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)|Gifted: Upon Request

CAST: Katrina Lenk (Bobby/Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Jennifer Simard (Sarah), Christopher Sieber (Harry), Rashidra Scott (Susan), Greg Hildreth (Peter), Nikki Renée Daniels (Jenny), Christopher Fitzgerald (David), Claybourne Elder (April/Andy), Kyle Dean Massey (Kathy/Theo), Bobby Conte Thornton (Marta/PJ), Matt Doyle (Amy/Jamie), John Arthur Greene (u/s Paul), Terence Archie (Larry)

NOTES: Wideshot MP4 Gifted Upon Request

Company - West End - Novemeber 28, 2018 (Diodenes of Catania’s master)

Format: MP3 (tracked)

Cast: Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Mel Giedroyc (Sarah), Gavin Spokes (Harry), Daisy Maywood (Susan/Priest), Ashley Campbell (Peter), Richard Henders (David), Jonathan Bailey (Jamie), Alex Gaumond (Paul), Ben Lewis (Larry), Richard Fleeshman (Andy), George Blagden (PJ), Matthew Seadon-Young (Theo)

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Copacabana - Netherlands - 2002 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Danny de Munk (Tony Starr/Stephen), Cystine Carreon (Lola Lamar/Stephanie), John Leddy (Sam Silver), Jacqueline Aronson (Gladys), Sophia Wezer (Conchita), Edwin Jonker (Rico)

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Coriolanus - Donmar Warehouse - January 30, 2014 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (SD)

CAST: Alfred Enoch (Titus Lartius), Brigitte Hjort Sørensen (Virgilia), Deborah Findlay (Volumnia), Elliot Levey (Brutus), Hadley Fraser (Aufidius), Jacqueline Boatswain (Valeria), Mark Gatiss (Menenius), Peter de Jersey (Cominius), Tom Hiddleston (Coriolanus)

NOTES: Often circulated with hard subtitles. The June 4 2020 YT livestream version does not have them. 

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Coriolanus - Stratford Festival - 2018 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Alexis Gordon (Virgilia), Andre Sills (Coriolanus), Brigit Wilson (Valeria), Graham Abbey (Aufidius), Lucy Peacock (Volumnia), Michael Blake (Cominius), Stephen Ouimette (Brutus), Tom McCamus (Menenius)

NOTES: Great quality video and audio. This is a professionally filmed version of Coriolanus, presented by the Stratford Festival (Stratford, Ontario, Canada) in 2018 and streamed online on April 30, 2020. Original file format: one MP4 file

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Cruel Intentions - Los Angeles - July 31, 2015

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Katie Stevens (Kathryn Merteuil), Constantine Rousouli (Sebastian Valmont), Molly McCook (Annette Hargrove), Shelley Regner (Cecile Caldwell), Tyler Sheef (Blaine Tuttle), Spencer Strong Smith (Greg Mcconnell), Alexander Pimentel (Ronald Clifford), Pamela Holt (Mrs. Bunny Caldwell)

NOTES: Notes: Well filmed from the audience with clear picture and excellent sound; featuring songs by The Goo Goo Dolls, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Meredith Brooks, Natalie Imbruglia, Spice Girls, Counting Crows, The Verve and Christina Aguilera

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Broadway - November 22, 2014 (Lanelle's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Alex Sharp (Christopher Boone), Francesca Faridany (Siobhan), Ian Barford (Ed), Enid Graham (Judy), Helen Carey (Mrs. Alexander)

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Broadway - December 30, 2014 (Matinee) (SJ Bernly's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Taylor Trensch (alt Christopher Boone), Francesca Faridany (Siobhan), Tim Wright (u/s Ed), Enid Graham (Judy), Helen Carey (Mrs. Alexander), Mercedes Herrero (Mrs. Shears and others), Ben Horner (Mr. Thompson and others), Richard Hollis (Roger Shears and others), David Manis (Rev. Peters and others)

NOTES: "Nicely filmed. There's a couple of quick dropouts and not many washouts, but no obstructions or blocking. A-"

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - National Theatre - September 6, 2012 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Luke Treadaway (Christopher Boone), Niamh Cusack (Siobhan), Paul Ritter (Ed), Nicola Walker (Judy), Una Stubbs (Mrs. Alexander)

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Curtains - West End - October 8-12, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Jason Manford (Lieutenant Frank Cioffi), Carley Stenson (Georgia Hendricks), Ore Oduba (Aaron Fox), Rebecca Lock (Carmen Bernstein), Samuel Holmes (Christopher Belling), Leah Barbara West (Niki Harris), Alan Burkitt (Bobby Pepper), Martin Callaghan (Oscar Shapiro), Emma Caffrey (Bambi Bernét), Nia Jermin (Jessica Cranshaw), Adam Rhys-Charles (Daryl Grady), Mark Sangster (Sidney Bernstein), Minal Patel (Johnny Harmon)

NOTES: Pro-shot streamed by The Turbine Theatre on 4/14/20 as a fundraiser for coronavirus relief efforts.

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Cyrano de Bergerac - Netherlands - 1992, 1993 (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT:  MP4 (HD)

CAST: Bill van Dijk (Cyrano), Ryan van den Akker (Cyrano's love interest Roxane), Peter de Smet (Ragueneau), Danny de Munk (De Guiche)

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Quarantine Pt.1

I did it! I posted it "today" (at least in my timezone)! Unfortunately, I don't know how to SHUT THE F*** UP, so this will need to be two parts. I'm sorry about that, but I hope you still enjoy!

Warm. He felt too warm, kicking off the blankets, panting as he tried to cool down. A function he rarely uses activates, water coating his skin, sweating. The heat was the least of his problems. Every joint, synthetic muscle, even every wire that compiled his nervous system hurt. A throbbing pain that won't leave him alone. 

He was a fool.

Connor should have stayed home. Fowler had even offered him paid leave until a firewall or antivirus was created, but he was an advanced android. He had far more advanced security measures than the average android. Only Nines could match it. So many androids are under a Stay-At-Home order, but both RKs are considered essential workers, and they were happy to continue to keep the peace. He was so sure he couldn't be infected.

Two rookies had gone to break up a public meeting of androids at a park. They ended up arresting one on assault of an officer. What the rookies failed to do was announce that they had an android in custody. The virus spreads by forcing wireless connection, passing it when an infected android comes within 10ft of another android. For this reason, any androids brought into custody needed to be announced so any android personnel could vacate to the area.

 Connor, both unfortunate and fortunate, was the only android in the bullpen when they walked by. A flash of code, followed by a buzzing sensation was his only warning, which was more warning than any other android received. When the rookies locked the android in a quarantine cell downstairs, Connor reprimanded the two officers, writing them up and sending the information for Capt. Fowler to review, along with a note that he needed to enter quarantine himself, as a precaution. He still believed that he would be fine. His programming will destroy it.

Fowler agreed, allowing him to go home once he was tested positive by the technician on duty, aka you. He immediately headed to the android repair ward, which you deemed a "glorified nurse's office". Before he entered, he informed you he was on his way, receiving the go-ahead that no other androids were there.

"Oh my god, Connor! Not you too!" You exclaimed. You were moving frantically, your hair out of place. With three of the five technicians working in the precinct being androids, you have been kept exceedingly busy, sleeping in shifts with the other technician, Cleon, on the small couch in your office. You've been pressing the department to hire more help, but they are slow-moving with your requests. 

He watched as you sent a report, grabbed a device, answered a call, jotted down an address, before moving back to him.

"Open up, " you requested, and he revealed the port on the nape of his neck. You hastily shoved the wire from the appliance in your hand into his port, making him wince. You didn't notice as you shoved the device in his hands and went about re-filling an emergency repair bag, adding cold compresses and thirium you had stored in a freezer. After a few minutes, the device beeped twice and you yanked the cord out of his neck. He grunted, rubbing at his poor, abused port. You looked at the screen and finally froze. You read over the data several times, hoping you were reading it wrong.

"Shit... Dammit! Fuck!" You cursed. Connor surmised that it was not good, but you have yet to address him. Instead, you took the note and the bag, going into your office and tossing the bag on Cleon's stomach, making him jump. "Take care of this, please, " you call to him before grabbing a stack of papers from your desk and leaving the office and the repair ward completely.

 Connor got up and went to the door, watching you march into Fowler's office. Cleon squeezed past him, still very much asleep and probably cursing the fact that he is low man on the totem pole. In Fowler's office, things were getting heated based on your body language, but he couldn't see your lips to determine what you were saying. Eventually, you dropped the stack of papers on his desk, jabbing at them before storming out.

"Come on, Connor, you're coming with me, " you demanded, giving him no choice but to follow you out. You were kind of freaking him out. He already knew he was positive, but his systems will take care of it. You have yet to say anything about it though, going to the car and pulling out your phone. You switched it to auto-drive as Connor sat in the passenger seat. He preferred to drive, enjoying the simple tasks. Why can't he drive while you make your phone calls?

"Hey, Hank, " you called Hank? That makes sense. He was out to lunch when the incident happened, "Connor tested positive." He could hear the lieutenant cursing and shouting into the phone.

"I don't fucking know! I'm taking him home now and we'll be out for the next two weeks, " two weeks? He can't be out that long! Especially during a crisis! You must know he isn't the average android! He'll be fine by tomorrow!

 "Yes, I already talked to Fowler... I gave him a stack of applications! I warned him that if Connor or Nines got it, I'd need to be their primary, so he can fuck off!" When did you do that? "Yeah, I'll talk to him next... No, it doesn't work like that. Alright, bye." Connor thought you were done and he'd get some answers, but instead, you called someone else.

"Hey, I just wanted to let you know, Connor tested positive, " heat settled in his cheeks. Were you telling everyone? "No, you are going to stay away.... Don't give me that bullshit! It works faster on advanced firewalls! That's why we haven't been able to stop it yet!" What? That's it. Connor wanted answers and he wanted them now. He grabbed your phone, briefly seeing the image of his stoic brother holding Gavin in a headlock before he hung up and tossed the phone in the backseat. You only stared at him, dumbfounded.

"What are you talking about?" He bared down on you. You were scaring him. He thought he was going to be fine, that it wouldn't affect him. 

"This virus is designed for military-grade androids, which regularly upgrade their security programs. Your advanced programming makes you an easier target."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" He felt a bit betrayed. You withheld that important information from him, you, who he trusts more than anyone.

"I'm sorry! Honestly, I thought I did!" You tried to think back, but your mind was a scrambled mess with how exhausted you are. You were lucky If you got 8 hours for the whole week. Connor noticed how distressed you were, so certain that you had told him.

"What... What's going to happen to me?" The car pulled up into the driveway, but neither moved to get out. He knew some of the symptoms, but believing he was safe, he didn't study it extensively.

"It's similar to a really bad flu in humans. Fever, body aches, coughing, and the like. Symptoms will probably start appearing over the next couple days, " you take his hand, "don't worry, I'm going to take care of you." He gently pulled his hand away and got out of the car. He knew you meant well and you didn't mean to forget to inform him, but he still felt hurt, and he was dreading what the following days are going to be like. 

He unlocks the door of his shared house, SJ waiting at the doorway already. Connor reached up and grabbed his leash. A walk should calm his mind.

"Connor? Connor, wait!" You called out to him and he realized why. He can't walk SJ. He's infectious, and it's his responsibility to keep others safe. Reluctantly, he hands you the leash, bending down to pet SJ, then mopes back into the house.

Seeing him like this broke your heart, and knowing you neglected to tell him of his vulnerability filled you with guilt.

"SJ, what am I going to do?" You whine at the oversized pup. He looked up at the mention of his name and snorted before returning to smelling a lamppost. Well, that was useless. If Connor was human, you would make him his favorite meal as an apology, but that wasn't an option. You didn't mean to forget! There were so many things going on, and you had reminded yourself so many times, you legitimately thought you told him. Now, he is sick and it's all your fault. How do you even begin to apologize for that? 

Then there was the virus itself. It was a terrorist act, and the FBI was already investigating it. Someone or some group had created this virus with the intent to take out as many military-grade androids as possible, so as to weaken the USA's army. What they didn't anticipate was how it spread. All androids could be affected by it, even foreign-built ones, and while it wasn't as deadly as they probably would have liked, without proper care, some androids have shut down from it. While it originated in the Artics, it has since traveled globally, resulting in a halting of the economy worse than even the Android revolution caused. 

SJ finished his business and when you were done cleaning up after him, you both made the trek back home. Connor might not be able to leave the house, but he can still play fetch in the backyard. At least until he starts showing symptoms, you thought gloomily. Once you get home, you're gonna need to do a run-down of what you have and will need for the next two weeks. You know you'll need to stick some thirium in the freezer for when his fever spikes. Maybe you should pick up some fruit-flavored popsicles. Connor usually enjoys them, since it's one of the few food items he can eat without affecting his systems. 

"I'm back, " you called out. Connor was still pouting, sitting on the couch. He didn't even bother turning on the tv, preferring to ruminate in his depression. Unclipping SJ, you moved to behind the couch, throwing your arms around the pouty deviant. SJ settled in his bed, ready for an undeserved nap.

"I really am sorry I didn't tell you, " you mumbled against him. He sighed, long and heavy before relaxing into your grasp.

"I can't fault you completely. You've been overworked, and you are not an android with perfect recollection, " he spoke lowly.

"Rub it in, why don't ya?" You joke, earning a small laugh.

"I've never been sick before, " you could hear the worry in his voice.

"I know. I'll take care of you, I promise."

"You should be at work. Mr. Sunderland can't handle it by himself."

"Who?" Who the fuck is Mr. Sunderland?

"You don't know Cleon's last name?" Connor asked incredulously, "wasn't he your trainee?"

"He was, but I just called him either 'trainee' or Cleon. In any case, this is just what the precinct needed to "inspire" them to bring on some extra help. I already did the interviews and checked credentials. I literally did all the work for them!" You kissed his temple, right where his LED is, watching it flicker, "I swore if something happened to you or Nines, I would take care of you both. I'm registered to care for both models. If I didn't, you would have to go to the hospital to receive treatment." Both androids hate the hospital, Nines especially. You don't know why, but it seems to be the only thing he fears. 

"But, if Nines gets sick now-"

"I will travel between here and his place to check on him. I've also discussed this with Gavin, even giving him a run-down on the basics. Nines would be fine. You are my concern right now, so if you start to feel odd, even if you think it's not a big deal, I need you to tell me, okay?"

"Okay, " Connor agreed. You settled back against him, but he wasn't satisfied. Turning slightly, he grabbed you by the waist and pulled you over, onto his lap. You laughed as he snuggled against you, peppering you with kisses. The android had no intention of letting you go anytime soon, not that you really minded. You'll just have to make the list of things you need in your head.

"I have at least 24 hours, correct? Might I make a final request?" He murmured against your cheek.

"You're not dying, you know that right?" You giggled.

"Is that a no?" He gazed at you, pouting his lip, pulling off his trademark puppy dog face.

"As if that's ever an option, " you purred, kissing his nose, then his cheek, down his jaw before teasing him with a peck next to his lips. When you went to do it again, he turned his head and caught your lips.

"You're right, " he speaks against you, "it's not."

...........

You weren't able to escape his grasp until almost 3 am, body aching and satiated. Connor was in stasis, lying on his side in bed, blanket draped over his hips. It isn't common for you to be awake while he sleeps, but usually you try to soak up every second. He looks so peaceful, relaxed, and nothing like the relentless hunter he is at work. You had an obligation, however, and you weren't going to fail him again. Carefully, you pull the blanket up over his shoulders, his LED flickering a few times before slowing once again.

Taking one last look, you begrudgingly head into the kitchen, taking a couple of bottles and pouches of thirium from the fridge and sticking them into the freezer. Next, you headed for your emergency kit, checking for your iv needles and how much numbing lotion you had. Satisfied, you looked for your Liquid Ice. You looked all throughout your bag, even dumping the contents on the floor, but you could not find it.

"Shit, " you mumbled under your breath. Cyberlife stores are having trouble keeping it in stock. If they're out, you might need to sneak into work and grab a bottle, or message Hank. He'd do it for you. You take the time to organize your bag while picking up the spilled contents. A nose blocks your hand from grabbing your tube of liquid rubber-stoppers. 

"SJ, shoo!" You whisper yelled, "I don't need help." SJ looked at you and snorted, right in your face. Disgusted, you wipe your face on the sleeve of your robe, "you really are your daddy's child, aren't you." Grabbing the last items, you push on his head to stand back up, patting his head, "I need to run to the store real quick to help Con. Think you can keep an eye on him for me until I get back?"

SJ let out a low borf, "good boy!" You patted his head once more before going into the bedroom to get dressed. Connor was still asleep, so you quickly found some clothes and started to put them on. The dog, though, saw the vacant spot in bed. With the same amount of grace Hank has after a few drinks, SJ scrambled into the bed. 'Wow, just dance all over my grave, why don't you,' you thought.

Connor stirred, opening his eyes and expecting to see his enchanting lover, he is instead met with a hairy beast looking down at him. SJ leaned down and gave him a lick on the cheek.

You come around to his side of the bed, hand on his shoulder as he tries to get up.

"Where are you going?" He asks, voice heavy with sleep. A simple stasis update, but boy, could that voice get you going. 

"I gotta run to the store. I'll be right back, " you murmur.

"It's 3:42 in the morning."

"Which means no crowds. Store down the road is still doing three shifts. I wanna get supplies before you start showing symptoms. Just go back to sleep, ok? and I'll be back before you know it."

Usually, Connor would fight you on it, insisting it can wait or wanting to come with you. This time, he simply nods, laying his head back on the pillow. He felt... tired. It probably is a good idea, that way you'll be here when he needs you. He felt your lips on his temple, along with a whispered 'I love you'.

"I love you, too, " he hums, slipping back into stasis. 

............

When he woke up again, he wished he never did. Now, he was lying in bed, drenched in artificial sweat, body aching. When he tried to turn off his sensors, the program immediately kicked back on, an instant of excruciating pain before dropping back down. He looked over, praying you would be there, but even SJ had left when the deviant started tossing in his sleep, leaving your side vacant. He tried calling for you, but his throat burned. The action triggered a coughing fit, which made everything so much worse. When it subsided, he pulled his hand away, seeing blue blood dotting his palm. 

You rushed in when you heard the coughing, having been putting up groceries. One look told you how miserable he felt, the virus starting to run its course. Grabbing a tissue from your nightstand, you sat next to him and wiped his hand.

"Don't worry, that's normal, " you spoke, tossing the used tissue in the trash before feeling his forehead, as if it wasn't obvious he was overheating, "you're really warm." 

"I know, " he rasped. 

"Come on, I've already ran you a cool bath, " you helped Connor to his feet, guiding him to the bathroom. His vision kept swimming, and his gyroscope was malfunctioning, making the room spin. You tried to keep a firm grasp on the disoriented deviant, despite how slick his skin is. After a few failed attempts, he managed to step into the tub, relying heavily on you as you eased him down, letting him lie back against the wall.

 The water was cool, but not cold. Pleasant. You took a small pitcher and filled it with water, tipping his head back and pouring it over his scalp. He sighed at the small relief, enjoying the cooling sensation. You did it a couple more times, until some of the color left his face.

"I'm gonna go switch the sheets and find you some shorts to wear, okay?" 

He hummed, sinking down further into the tub, nose just above the water.

"Please, don't drown." 

He hummed again, making no moves to sit up higher. It didn't put your mind at ease, but you'll only be a moment. You shot Hank a text, asking if he could swipe a can of Liquid Ice for you, then you pulled the blankets off the bed, sheets soaked from Connor's feeble attempts to keep cool. You peered into the bathroom as you walked to the laundry room, making sure he didn't sink any lower. You started the wash and grabbed fresh linens, checking on Connor, making the bed, checking on Connor, grabbing some supplies, then grabbing him a pair of basketball shorts and re-entering the bathroom. 

The water was starting to warm, which you figured was going to happen. Connor was simply sitting there, eyes half-lidded but unblinking, his LED in a constant state of yellow. He focused on the cooling water, trying to forget his aches and pains. Was this how you felt last year, when you caught the flu? It's no wonder your mood had been so volatile.

"You ready to get out?" his eyes slowly landed on you before he started to stand, bracing himself against the wall. You immediately reached out, ready to help. He managed to get out of the tub before being hit with another coughing fit, crumpling to the floor and taking you with him. The violent fit triggered a gag reflex, body trying to clear his airways and cool down. Thirium poured from his mouth, staining the floor blue. You rubbed his back, comforting him until his breathing evened out. He tried to grab a hand towel from the tub to clean it up, but you stopped him.

"I got it. Let's get you back in bed, " easing him up, you moved around the mess, grabbing a towel and walking him to the bedroom.

"Sorry, " Connor huffed while you helped him into his shorts. He sat down, legs aching so much more just by standing. 

"Don't be. You're sick, and I'm partially to blame, " you took the towel and gently ruffled his hair, "I told you I'm here to take care of you and that's exactly what I'm going to do." You had grabbed some extra pillows, so when he laid back he was gently propped up. You took some adhesive ice packs and stuck one on the base of his neck, one on his forehead, and one on his chest, right over his thirium pump. 

"How do you feel?" You ask.

"Everything... hurts, " he manages to answer. You grab a bottle of lotion and start rubbing it all over him. Instantly, he could feel his body go numb.

"This stuff disrupts the impulses to your sensors. It won't work if the pain is too strong, but it's good for minor aches." In a way, you were envious. Any pain relief you want, you have to wait to kick in, "how's your thirium level?"

"92%." Too early to fill. If you want his body to cool down, it would need to be below 80%.

"Well, there is something I got for you that I think you might like, " you smile down at him before pulling out a jar and a spoon, "lucky for you, raw honey is safe for you to consume even with a fever and it should help your throat." You took a spoonful and put it to his lips. He happily took it, letting it coat his mouth and drip down his throat. Connor loves honey. He could feel it soothing the burn. You gave him two more spoonfuls before setting it aside. 

"You should get some rest while you can, love, " you stroke his cheek.

"Stay with me?" He now understands why you don't want to be alone when you're sick, "at least until I enter stasis?" You move to lay on his other side, so he can reach the trash can if need be.

"Sure."