Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 1, 1992
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301648897
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,559 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Songs and performers:

1. Everything's Coming Up Roses--Ethel Merman (Gypsy) 
2. Quadrille--the American Dance Machine (Can-Can)  
3. Get Some Cash for Your Trash--Nell Carter (Ain't Misbehaving)        
4. You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Donna McKechnie, Pamela Myers, Susan Browning (Company)
5. You Made Me Love You--Debbie Reynolds (Irene)   
6. Try to Remember--Jerry Orbach (The Fantastics)   
7. Shriner's Dance--Chita Rivera and the American Dance Machine (Bye Bye Birdie)
8. Summer Loving--Barry Bostwick and Carol Demas (Grease)
9. Sleeping Bee--Diahann Carroll (House of Flowers)
10. Never Will I Marry--Anthony Perkins (Greenwillow)
11. All for the Best--Stephen Nathan and David Haskell (Godspell)
12. Mean to Me--Nell Carter (Ain't Misbehaving)
13. I Believe in You--Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
14. Could I Leave You--Alexis Smith (Follies)
15. Charlie's Place--Donna McKechnie, Wayne Cilento, and the American Dance Machine (Over Here)
16. Little One New York--Chita Rivera and the American Dance Machine (Tenderloin)
17. Pretty Woman--Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd)
18. Send in the Clowns--Glynis Johns and Len Cariou (A Little Night Music)
19. Those Were the Good Old Days--Ray Walston (Damn Yankees)
20. They Say It's Wonderful--Ethel Merman (Annie Get Your Gun)
21. Lullaby of Broadway--Jerry Orbach and the entire company

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live Broadway Captured!, October 25, 2002

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"kat519" (Bolton, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That's Singing: Best of Broadway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This taping absolutely blew me away! I originally bought it for the single purpose of seeing Barry Bostwick perform "Summer Loving" (instead of the talentless Travolta) after hearing the recording of the orginal "Grease!" cast. What an incredible find. As someone who is in love with musical theatre-I consider this film a treasure! To see such talented performers reviving the roles that they created is a once in a life time oportunity caught here for generations to fall in love with. You are treated to Broadway's Grand Dame Ethel Merman singing 2 of her timeless classics, Nell Carter bringing character and energy to Cole Porter music, Barry Bostwick and Carol Demas proving once and for all who the real Danny and Sandy were, Stephen Nathan and David Haskell tackling probably one of the most challenging duets ever-from "Godspell", the enigmatic Chita Rivera dancing to "The Shriners' Ballet" as well as singing and hoofing to "Little One New York",multi-talented Jerry Orback singing "Try to Remember" and the show-stopping "Lullaby of Broadway", and Ray Walston, gleefully reminising "The Good Ol' Days". Any self-respecting Broadway and/or musical theatre fan should own this taping. It gives the audience a glipmse back to a time when it took pure talent to make in on the Great White Way!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning Tribute!, January 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: That's Singing: Best of Broadway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Wonderful! If you really want to experience the thrill of Broadway Musicals, this is it. Some of the best performances seen on a video collection. For Musical fans, a must!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Tape Full Of Talent, April 16, 2002

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: That's Singing: Best of Broadway [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video was ordered to introduce our children to the virtually lost art form of American musical theater, and it succeeds admirably. Hosted by the self-effacing Tom Bosley (of "Happy Days" fame), this program features excellent performances by a plethora of famous and not-so-famous singers, such as Barry Bostwick, Debbie Reynolds, Ray Walston, Anthony Perkins (yes, Norman!), Glynis Johns, Jerry Orbach and, of course, Ethel Merman. The singing is punctuated by fine hoofing by the American Dance Machine. Many standards are sung with obvious love by the performers who originally sang them on Broadway. Two of our personal favorites were Glynis Johns's wistful rendition of "Send In The Clowns" and Jerry Orbach singing "Try To Remember" (Yes, he had a long musical career before singing the part of Lumiere in "Beauty and the Beast" or acting on "Law & Order"). An extremely pleasant surprise was Barry Bostwick's soulful and humorous job of belting out "Summer Nights" from "Grease"---we still can't believe that he was passed over for the movie role in favor of the considerably less talented John Travolta (Who, by the way, sings even more poorly than he danced disco. Even Anthony Perkins sings better!). The only gripes we had were: The tape is too short, and that's probably because an entire segment of composers were left out. What happened to Rodgers and Hammerstein---or Lerner and Loewe? We love Stephen Sondheim, but felt there was way too much time devoted to his stuff. Perhaps the producers of this program figured that the famous duos didn't really need the exposure, but it was still an appalling oversight, given their contributions to the American stage. Other than that, this was a crisp, enjoyable set of performances by a group of people madly in love with their work. Very close to perfection!