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Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl | 
 enlarge | Director: Gary Halvorson
Actors: Charlie O'donnell, Rita Moreno, Davis Gaines, Florence Lacey, George Hearn
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 126584
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6304558139
UPC: 030206585209
EAN: 9786304558133
ASIN: 6304558139
Theatrical Release Date: March 4, 1994
Release Date: July 29, 1997
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This 1993 tribute to Jerry Herman collects numbers from the songwriter's Broadway shows, performed by a wide variety of stars, many with strong ties to Herman. You've got Carol Channing, of course (the original and forever Dolly), Leslie Uggams (Jerry's Girls), George Hearn (La Cage aux Folles), Bea Arthur (with her trademark "Man in the Moon" from Mame), Lee Roy Reams and Karen Morrow (An Evening with Jerry Herman), Florence Lacey (The Grand Tour), Lorna Luft (Judy Garland's daughter), Davis Gaines, Michael Feinstein, and Rita Moreno, all backed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Don Pippin (Herman's longtime musical director) before a live audience at the Hollywood Bowl. Pippin leads the orchestra in instrumental medleys of waltzes and marches, Liza Minnelli, Paul and Linda McCartney, and Angela Lansbury offered prerecorded greetings, and humorous moments are provided by Luft's grouchy "Put It Back On" response to the dance team's "Take It All Off" (the producers make it up to her later by giving her Mack & Mabel's great ballad "Time Heals Everything"). There's also Reams's impressions of Channing, Pearl Bailey, and Louis Armstrong performing "Hello, Dolly"; and Arthur, who explains that Mame was not named after her character simply because nothing would rhyme with "Vera"--though "Sondheim could have done it." The guest of honor laughs right along with the crowd, and then takes the stage himself for the finale--for Jerry Herman fans, this concert is the best of times indeed. --David Horiuchi
Description
The program: 1. Introduction--Liza Minnelli
2. Overture--L.A. Philharmonic
3. Welcome--Carol Channing
4. It's Today (from Mame)--Leslie Uggams
5. Movies Were Movies (Mack & Mabel)--George Hearn
6. It Only Takes a Moment (Hello, Dolly)--Florence Lacey
7. Put On Your Sunday Clothes/Before the Parade Passes By (Hello, Dolly)--Lee Roy Reams
8. The Waltzes--L.A. Philharmonic
9. Wherever He Ain't (Mack & Mabel)--Lorna Luft, Leslie Uggams, Florence Lacey
10. Song on the Sand (La Cage aux Folles)--Davis Gaines
11. Take It All Off (Jerry's Girls)--Lorna Luft and the Girls
12. We Need a Little Christmas (Mame)--Karen Morrow
13. If He Walked Into My Life (Mame)--Leslie Uggams
14. Greetings--Paul and Linda McCartney
15. Hello Dolly (Hello, Dolly)--Lee Roy Reams, Leslie Uggams, Lorna Luft, International Dollies, Carol Channing
16. The Marches--L.A. Philharmonic
17. The Man in the Moon (Mame)--Bea Arthur
18. Bosom Buddies (Mame)--Leslie Uggams, Rita Moreno
19. Time Heals Everything (Mack & Mabel)--Lorna Luft
20. Greetings--Angela Lansbury
21. Mame (Mame)--L.A. Philharmonic
22. I Won't Send Roses (Mack & Mabel)--Michael Feinstein
23. I Don't Want to Know (Dear World)--Karen Morrow
24. Tap Your Troubles Away (Mack & Mabel)--Rita Moreno
25. Kiss Her Now (Dear World)--Leslie Uggams, Florence Lacey
26. La Cage aux Folles (La Cage aux Folles)--Lee Roy Reams
27. I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folles)--George Hearn
28. The Best of Times (La Cage aux Folles)--Jerry Herman, the entire cast, and fireworks
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 Good for fans December 3, 2007
Lorenzo Gonzalez (Mexico, DF Mexico)
Jerry Herman has become a legend by his own merits this special is filled with the best of his music, and with appearences of some of the stars that have acted in them. Is a lovely show but it doesn't have enough chorus to fullfilled the big Herman numbers. I wait for more stars but there were few. Good for Hermans an Broadway fans
A Jewel of a Concert! July 2, 2007
NelsonMc
What a unique and wonderful evening this was at the Hollywood Bowl! For those of us who were not lucky enough to be there in person, this DVD provides the perfect next-best-thing. What a marvelous chance to hear this music - some well-known and some not-so-well-known - sung by such a superb cast. The incomparable voice of Davis Gaines is a standout, caressing "Song on the Sand" with such tenderness and power, he turns it into both an anthem and a lullaby.
Superb. Glad it's finally on DVD August 21, 2006
Stephen M. Toplis (Essex UK.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for myself but will have to order 3 more for friends of mine, they love it so much. I am so glad the concert is now available on DVD and hope other concerts will follow!
One Fantastic Concert! May 17, 2006
R. Siegel (Edina, MN United States)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
This has to be the best concert I have ever seen. Two hours of great performers (too bad Angela Lansbury could not be there) singing the music of Jerry Herman (Mame, La Cage, Hello Dolly, Dear World, The Grand Tour, Milk and Honey, Mack and Mabel, and for tv Mrs. Santa Clause). We get a full plate of great stars including Bea Arthur, Carol Channing, Michael Feinstein, and many more.
The sound on this program is superb, great stereo separation. The filming was first rate. The performances are timeless. The nicest part is that Don Pippin, Jerry Herman's right-hand man for orchestration and conducting, is here, and leads the full orchestra with the type of orchestrations that make Jerry's music shine, and exactly the kind of orchestrations he likes for his music, so no 2nd rate arrangements. There are also 3 orchestral medleys that are terrific. My favorite on the disc is Michael Feinsteins superb rendition of "I Wont Send Roses." No other person could sing this so so beautifully. Other highlights include Channing doing Hello Dolly to 3 standing ovations, Bea Arthur doing a her song from Mame, "The Man in the Moon," and from Mack and Mabel, a great tap dance to "Tap Your Troubles Away." Sadly, nothing was used from The Grand Tour, while not a hit, was a great score, and I was sad to see "Tomorrow Morning" or "One Person" from Dear World was not included. I also wish there had been a few big production numbers like the "Mame" theme song, but it is done here in a great orchestral version. These complaints are very minor, I have watched this concert more than 15 times and plan to see it many more.
If you like Broadway music and the scores of Jerry Herman, this is a must. If you've been under a table and not sure about this music, Jerry is one of the best broadway showtune composers ever, and I highly suggest you give this program a viewing (or 2).
It Only Takes A Moment April 19, 2005
Dolores Luzinski (Toledo, Ohio)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
It only takes a moment to fall in love everlastingly with the immortal music of Jerry Herman. This DVD is a sublime treatment of some of the best of the best. It is impossible to listen to this music and not love it.
The cliche is true: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll experience the full range of human emotions. The entire show is one big highlight, but for me, some transcendant standouts include Michael Feinstein's perfect rendition of the classic "I Won't Send Roses" from Mack and Mabel, as well as "Song in the Sand" from La Cage aux Folles. And watching Jerry Herman himself being moved to tears by Leslie Uggams' great "If He Walked Into My Life" shows how much that song means to its creator, and to millions of others.
Jerry Herman is irrefutable evidence that human beings can create works that the angels in Heaven would envy. Buy this DVD! You will never regret it.
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