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'''''Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway''''' is a 2001 television film of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of the [[Musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' as captured live in performance on Broadway featuring the show's final Broadway cast. The show was captured at Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre in New York City December 2000 utilizing multiple high definition cameras by [[Broadway Worldwide]].
'''''Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway''''' is a 2001 television film of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of the [[Musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' as captured live in performance on Broadway featuring the show's final Broadway cast. The show was captured at Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre in New York City December 2000 utilizing multiple high definition cameras by [[Broadway Worldwide]].


The film was released March 10, 2001 as a one-night-only event in seven digital cinemas in Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Washington DC with showings on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.<ref>{{cite web
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Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway
DVD Cover Art
Based onJekyll & Hyde
by Leslie Bricusse
Frank Wildhorn
Directed byDon Roy King
StarringDavid Hasselhoff
Coleen Sexton
Andrea Rivette
George Merritt
Barrie Ingham
Theme music composerFrank Wildhorn
Leslie Bricusse
Steve Cuden
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time135 minutes
Original release
Release
  • March 10, 2001 (2001-03-10)

Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway is a 2001 television film of the Broadway production of the musical Jekyll & Hyde as captured live in performance on Broadway featuring the show's final Broadway cast. The show was captured at Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre in New York City December 2000 utilizing multiple high definition cameras by Broadway Worldwide.

The film was released March 10, 2001 as a one-night-only event in seven digital cinemas in Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Washington DC with showings on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.[1] This marked the first time that a non-film had been distributed for digital cinema showing.[2] The program was released on DVD and VHS September 11, 2001 by Good Times Video, with a DVD re-release November 14, 2006 by Image Entertainment.[3] HBO bought the program in December 2002 for a two-year contract on the network.[4]

There was an professionally shot performance as a rehearsal for the official one used for the DVD. In the former it starred Rob Evan, an understudy and veteran with the production, in the title role. It is currently available on Youtube.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Playbill Online. "BTN Airs Wildhorn-Bricusse's Jekyll & Hyde on PPV, March 10". playbill.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2001. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde the Musical: Broadway Video". jekyll-hyde.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde the Musical: Broadway Video". jekyll-hyde.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "HBO To Offer Jekyll & Hyde, Smokey Joe's Cafe & Putting It Together". playbill.com. Retrieved 2 December 2002.