Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
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Actor: Kristin Chenoweth, Lonny Price, Patti LuPone, Paul Groves, Sir Thomas AllenBrand: LUPONE,PATTI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
DVD Review: Excellent performances; poor filming
Summary: 3 Stars
While this simplified production of Candide includes some really stellar work, it's horribly marred by terrible filimg: awful angles, missed shots and shakey cameras. I'm hoping the director of photography never works anywhere again.DVD Review: CANDIDE
Summary: 5 Stars
Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE sung and directed to perfection. The vocal is superbly recorded and the diction simply outstanding. Mind boggling performances by ALL the artists and the orchestra.Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances) Patti Lupone's OLD LADY is extra-ordinary to say the least.I loved every minute . A collectors piece for all music theatre lovers.DVD Review: Worst of All Possible Productions
Summary: 1 Stars
It doesn't seem possible that a cast and production team with this much talent could unleash a disappointment this, well, awful. Technically, it's a mess. Sound is garbled in places, cameras are focused on areas where nothing is happening, and empty spots on the stage are hit with spotlights that then are yanked away. The formidable cast are each in fine voice, but their voices don't sound fine when they sing together, It's the aural equivalent of wearing stripes and plaids at the same time.
But worst of all is the direction of the concert. Candide is a timeless tale, and its power lies in the universal message. Inserting jokes about catholic priests buying boys to molest, placing a Donald Trump imitator as a judge of the inquisition, and countless other gags not only are not funny, but they show how little understanding of the material the directing team has.
Candide is one of the great works of American musical theater. Hopefully it will never be this poorly presented again.
DVD Review: candide
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked it. Was familiar with the story/music, etc. but enjoyed re-viewing it. Unable to see live performance at local theater, but this was almost as good.DVD Review: Terrific
Summary: 5 Stars
Terrific!!!!
Lots of fun!!!!
Excellent cast!!!!!!
Excellent sound and visuals.
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Description of Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under theguidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons, this tune-filled frolic features Tony Award?-winners Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth heading a dazzling cast with Paul Groves, Stanford Olsen, Sir Thomas Allen and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. The impeccable score (with lyrics by luminaries including Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Wilbur and John La Touche) includes a host of delightful songs such as "Life Is Happiness Indeed," "It Must Be So," "You Were Dead, You Know" and "Make Our Garden Grow." Now enjoy this all-new production of a musical comedy favorite with Broadway's top stars!When a show's pit band is the New York Philharmonic, you can expect something special, and that's what this all-star Candide delivers. It is a concert performance, without scenery but with costumes, makeup, a bit of dancing, and a lot of acting. Musically, it sounds like the best of all possible Candides. Besides an unusually talented cast, its strong points include the pacing and accentuation of Marin Alsop, one of the brightest individuals in the younger generation of conductors; the polished presence of Thomas Allen, who doubles as the narrator and Dr. Pangloss, and the spirited participation of the brilliant Westminster Symphonic Choir.
Taught in childhood to believe they live in "the best of all possible worlds," the young characters struggle to preserve their optimism through a harrowing sequence of war, famine, shipwreck, piracy, slavery, rape, and disease with a sparkle in their eyes and a tune on their lips, until, with difficulty, they finally reach a sense of reality.
Candide spans the traditional division between opera and Broadway. The soloists, all headliners, are recruited from both worlds. Broadway is represented by Patti LuPone, who became a legend in Evita, and Tony award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Paul Groves and Stanford Olsen have distinguished operatic backgrounds. They all sing Leonard Bernstein's catchy tunes and the show's clever lyrics with gorgeous voices, a lot of acting skill and a witty, flippant response to Voltaire's cynical (or, rather, realistic) philosophy. --Joe McLellan
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