Leonard Bernstein's New York / Mandy Patinkin, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy
by Hart Perry
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Actor: Audra McDonald, Dawn Upshaw, Judith Blazer, Mandy Patinkin, Richard MuenzDirector: Hart Perry
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Leonard Bernstein's New York / Mandy Patinkin, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy
Movie Review: A wonderful treat.
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked up the CD of this a number of years ago but only recently received this DVD as birthday gift. What a treat. Let me just say that I'm a big fan of every one of the singers/actors represented here. The location photography is hit and miss, but the performances are uniformally great. My favorites - the numbers I consider the highlights - are Donna Murphy's "Ain't Got No Tears Left" (when are we going to get a solo CD from this terrific singer???), McDonald's "A Little Bit in Love," "What a Waste" sung by Muenz, Upshaw and Murphy) and, most especially, Patinkin's reading of "Some Other Time" (an all-time favorite song of mine). There are a number of interviews with stars of the original Broadway productions as well as Harold Prince. Lover's of Bernstein and the musical theatre will find this DVD a treasure.
Summary of Leonard Bernstein's New York / Mandy Patinkin, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy
A new generation of American musical theater artists come together in a "glorious mosaic of Leonard Bernstein's show tunes" (New York Times). Brilliantly filmed in the very New York locations celebrated by the songs - Coney Island, Central Park, Times Square - this DVD joins today's performers with the ageless music of perhaps New York's greatest musical personality. On the Town, Wonderful Town and West Side Story chronicle the city in all its variety and excitement, and these performances bring a heightened measure of entertainment to Bernstein's singular achievement. "New York, New York! a helluva town!" the company sings - it was never truer than in "Leonard Bernstein's New York" today.With Dawn Upshaw . Mandy Patinkin . Donna Murphy . Audra McDonald . Judy Blazer . Richard Muenz. Produced and directed by Hart Perry.
On The Town: New York, New York (ensemble) . Ya Got Me (Murphy, Blazer, Patinkin) . Come Up To My Place (Patinkin, Blazer) . Lonely Town (Upshaw) . Some Other Time (Patinkin) . Ain't Got No Tears Left (Murphy)
Wonderful Town: What a Waste (Muenz, Upshaw, Murphy) . A Quiet Girl (Muenz) . Wrong Note Rag (Patinkin) . Story of My Life (Blazer) . A Little Bit in Love (McDonald)
West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart (Upshaw, Muenz) . Balcony Scene (Tonight) (McDonald, Patinkin)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Leonard Bernstein's New York is a video companion to the 1996 CD of the same name, which collects songs from the three Broadway musicals Bernstein wrote that were set in--and celebrate--New York City: West Side Story, On the Town, and Wonderful Town. In the documentary, the singers--Mandy Patinkin, Judy Blazer, Donna Murphy, Audra McDonald, Richard Muenz, and Dawn Upshaw, the most glorious voices in musical theater at the time--explain their affinity for Bernstein's music and how it captures the heart and soul of the city. Additional comments by Bernstein scholars and director Hal Prince are interspersed with songs performed by the singers in evocative New York locales--Patinkin singing "Some Other Time" at Coney Island, Blazer driving Patinkin in a cab in "Come Up to My Place"--in the recording studio, or alongside pianist Eric Stern (who also conducted the orchestral numbers)--such as Murphy in a slinky yellow gown torching up "Ain't Got No Tears Left" or Upshaw making "Lonely Town" one of the most achingly beautiful things you'll ever hear. The music is so good, the only thing a viewer could wish for would be more of it. --David Horiuchi
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