A definite crowd pleaser.
348850
Durable and lightweight. Get many positive comments from students, colleagues, and parents. I also purchased the Algebra and Geometry signs!
2187793
Both mouthwatering and eye appealing. What fabulous cake decorations. Time to get to work on it.
1928384
This Christmas Carol knows how to please its audience, which are mostly kids. It also knows how to fill a giant stage with spectacular production numbers. Dickens may turn over in his grave as his story is sweetened and shortened. But he's used to that after "Oliver". I'll stop being a Scrooge and admit that it is joyous with an excellent score by Menken and Ahrens.
3106643
While not remarkable, this is a charming and enjoyable performance.
2065300
Beautiful. The beginning has a fair amount of crowd noise but that subsides and it's just wonderful. Disc 3 has some nice surprises as well (original loops and a rare b-side). The cover is a still from the film they projected behind them during the concert. Highly recommended.
4754691
Fun, exciting and intriguing along with the beautiful people gracing the show with their presence.
2201940
Gilbert & Sullivan purists should avoid this.  Everyone else - set sails for a great time.  This is not the film version but a gloriously live performance from the outdoor Delacorte Theatre in  Central Park.

Much hullabullo was made when this show arrived:  non-traditional singers/actors in a work almost historically bound by traditions.  The orchestrations were sacked in favor of synthesizers, marimbas and such and on its own merits the score is delightful.

Technically, the video quality is a bit on the rough side, but give yourself a couple of minutes and you won't notice it.  You'll be too busy getting caught up in the delightful high(and low!) jinx of the once-in-a-lifetime cast.

Ronstadt is ravishingly beautiful and in mostly terrific voice (a couple of incredibly high notes go a little wiry, but what the heck).  This was her stage debut and as long as she's singing (which is most of the time) she's affective and loaded with charm.  When speaking, alas, the pop diva ain't so convincing - but there's mercifully few of those moments.

Kevin Kline is a hoot and full of high camp as the Pirate King, impressively executing some tricky  choreography by Graziella Danielle.  George Rose IS the very model of a modern major general, Patricia Routledge is hilarious as Ruth and Rex Smith sounds terrific having a ball as Frederick.

Indeed the sense of live all-out-fun here is remarkable and more than a few musical moments pack some legitimate thrills.  The Act I finale with its improbable lyrics "But they give up the felicity Of unbounded domesticity, Though a doctor of divinity  Is located in this vicinity" gives

Ronstadt opportunity to let loose some legitimate soprano high notes and the sound is thrilling.

The audience is clearly relishing one whale of a good time and at times threaten to stop the show with cheers and applause.

There are many such moments and, well, heck, if you can't have a good time with this, I just give up!
4712028
Shirt was totally awesome and has been getting rave reviews whenever worn.  Can;t believe how many comments would come from total strangers.  It's the hit of the party.
3604293
This a great Fledermaus?
Here's why:

The Vienna State Opera produces a "near perfect" production including:

Edita Gruberova's Adele--her singing and acting are incomparable here--she's totally "on" and constantly involved in the action--the consummate chambermaid-turned-belle of the ball.

Walter Berry, is a cute, lovable, frolicking Dr. Falke.

Helmut Lohner is the epitome of the jailer--a laid-back civil servant who is sincerely shocked that anyone would expect him to work. He adds some impressive footwork that will make him live on in your memory as the perfect Frosch.

Yes, of course the music was excellent, led by Theodor Guschlbauer, but I've saved the best for last:

A young Bernd Weikl dazzles with his singing, acting, and athleticism. During the waltzes, when he isn't carrying two ladies on his shoulders, he's doing a sort of walrus-trot that adds to the "devil-may-care" hilarious atmosphere of this wonderful party. This is a delightful Viennese party you'll watch again and again. Enjoy it with friends!
2285548
It certainly is an eye turner. Got a lot of smiles for the loudness of it. Gave me a laugh.
2301747
The Boss at his absolute best.  Fantastic crowd and setting.  His singing with the little boy was a special moment.
1251982
It made me laugh to read it, so I thought it might be a success.  It was.  Audience response was great, we had people come who had not been in our theater before.  The story is silly, made for a good time.  Clean, inoffensive.  We made it extra fun with lots of appropriate sound clips to accent the scenes and keep the momentum going.
1420656
This thing is a crowd pleaser! I wish I had one 3 times bigger! Do they make those? Send me one!
1941908
I was absolutely delighted to view this tape with my daughter. It is a musical performance that appeals to children as well as adults. You can tell that the Rise and Shine band might be studio musicians who never made it big in spite of their talents, and one of the feel-good payoffs of that is they really stretch their legs musically in a couple of songs, especially Day-Oh.  What is particularly tell-tale about the quality of this performance is that, in the last few songs, the adults in the audience are almost totally connected to the music, the beauty of the music having moved me too.
Quick anti-flame: kids in the audience asleep per a previous review... Perhaps four hundred kids between 2 to 6 years old, one or two of them falling asleep isn't exactly unusual. All the rest of the kids were singing and dancing in the aisles.
The performance started with energy, slowed down in tempo, speed up again, then there was some stretching time, and then peaked with the final "we are one" set of songs, the arrangement having artistic appeal in addition to varying so as to successfully keep the children's attention. The encore was superb as well.
2013294
Works great!  Even in a crowd.  Arrived promptly and packaged properly.
2273401
The Celtic Women have outdone themselves!  Incredible production, beautiful music, upbeat and lively.  The setting was marvelous, the music varied, and the performers unmatched.  The happy faces in the audience said it all.  Even the Irish heavens cooperated with a perfect night for a concert.
811758
Unexpected delight that no one has ever heard of.  I showed it to a bunch of people and everyone loved it!