I saw this production twice, it was so touching and Tyne was amazing. I have a signed program form this show!!!

I saw this show twice, it was so touching and Tyne was amazing!!!! I have a signed program form the show!!!

Tge song About The Deppressed!,Woman ! ?? Sounds Like !.. Arthur in the Afternoon!!😂

I just want to hug all of you here and you, dear man, who put this here for us. I saw this cast (or most of it) in January, '80. I was 19 and had come to NYC to study acting with the great and infamous Mira Rostova. I lived in a disgusting 4th floor walk-up in the LOWER East Village, St. Mark's Place and 8th Ave. I had been in Nashville most of my life! I saw this, and my hair stood on end, I am sure! Stunning!!!! Nobody will believe me, but I sat in the audience with my friend and Glen Close. My friend was a close college buddy of Glen Close (who had THAT DAY auditioned for "Barnum"; we talked about her audition in the cab!). "Glenny" was living with Cariou. We had stopped by their apartment to get her for the performance. After the performance, because we had "Glenny" with us, I got to go backstage and meet Lansbury and Cariou. They actually met us later at Jo Allen's. What a night! Thanks for taking me back to a fabulous experience. I can report that to a Nashville boy all of these stars were so kind and generous to me. I also saw this show that spring with Cariou and THE COOL WHIP LADY, Marge Redmond! She was wonderful. Then I saw it with Hearn and Dorothy Louden! Such memories!

One of the deadest audiences in the universe. My goodness.

Collaboration is the key to Art to life, politics, everything. The more 'like anyone else" Liza is trying to be the more divine she becomes.

Michael Ball... Absolutely FABULOUS!

I have the privilege to see Miss Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls 23 times and never got tired of it. Even one time her voice was so powerful doing I am telling you that she blew the speakers and busted them. We had to wait 45 minutes to have themreplaced and she did I am telling you again for the audience. We gave her a 10 minute standing ovation that she deserved.

My very favourite song, yes love does change everything. Hold on to those you love, and cherish them ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Imagine even of thinking about doing this today, and rightfully so. Forget it. But no one can deny the amazing talents here.

Thanks so much. I love this play, but have never seen this version before - what a treat!

Very interesting

If you've seen the 2024 London revival of Starlight Express, you'll recognise this song as "Whistle At Me" in Act 1.

Wonderful interview! Thanks and sleep a lifetime, dearest Stephen (ZT'l)

This upload is so appreciated as someone who was born in 1999 and would've never had a chance to see this live with this cast. Bless you for this!!! Ive watched it three times already 😂

I'm 60, grew up with Johnny and Ed, and this is the first time I ever heard him sing.

Oh my!!! Coming across this recording has just made my year!! ❤❤❤❤

i love them together

I was in a production of this show when I was in college, in 1988. I played Clement Musgrove. I don’t remember any of us having a problem with the act one finale, where he punches Rosamund in the face, sings a cute song, and then commences to rape her while she’s unconscious. It is extremely troubling to me now, and I can’t believe this was ever part of the play. I mean, he could just sing the song to her while she’s coming on him.

Not just the singer of the "Gimme a Break" theme song. This woman was amazing!

Thanks, friend!❤rip.

In Jesus Christ, the Creator God John 1:1-5 who was incarnated into human flesh John 1:14 as the Son of God and who gave His life and paid with His blood so that all who believe in Him will never die John 6:50 but will live forever as He was resurrected from the dead by the power of God. For in Him Jesus Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead Father, Son and Holy Spirit bodily Col. 2:9

OMgosh, do you realize that other than terrible B roll this is the only other BALLROOM footage out there!!!!!!!

WOW. What a treasure!

Gosh that was beautiful ❤❤❤

I must have watched several times. Len Cariou really is Sweeney Todd. You can feel the sadness he puts into the character.

Anyone 2024 may and went to the joseph show in blenheim marlborough nz and joseph was spencer kingi

Mr jester got that split personality

Nice dry humour .

I saw this orig. prod. of Sweeney some 27 times. People forget Sweeney was written for Len Cariou. Unfortunately here Mr. Len was not in his best voice. In late spring 1979 he had some throat trouble. The rest of the run he usually quite marvelous.

BeBe definitely is one of the best dancers among generations 😍

I cant believe somebody actually captured this absolute gold

johnny was kind of cranky there wasnt he hahaha

I went to see a local production several years ago and it's still on my top list of shows. The actors were able to sing in the audience at times and it was really fun! There was a sequence where The Beadle was strolling around singing his little nonsense songs and it always sticks in my mind lol 😊

Jonathan Scott-Taylor was a brilliant young actor who went on to play Damien in Omen 2. However, he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. I have tried to find out what became of him and what he is doing now, but there is no information on him at all. Even his Wiki page tells us very little. There is no date of birth for him and there are no names of his parents. Very mysterious indeed.

The first act of the original musical is absorbing, but that second act... Bernstein entrusted the play to Lerner and he had no idea how to resolve the thing.

Amazing, but so dangerous, heels, long tight dresses and steps. One slip and any of them could be out for weeks or worse. Hope they got hazard pay!

thank you bootlegger from 1983. you're a legend.

First time coming across this I love Dalton’s, beautiful voice .

Thank you for posting this performance. How this “flopped” I’ll never understand. And how there aren’t revivals and multiple different studio and concert recordings of this work I will also never understand. This reminds me of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s life story: from Wunderkind to Box Office Poison, not through any real altering of audience tastes but through jealous acts and critic-engineered sabotage.

This was an incredible experience, I've only imagined this cast based on the album but seeing them here makes me realize their real genius, and the pit and crew. Amazing. What a production, what a piece of history.

Someone should give this the AI treatment if possible!

1:13:59

A great melody, a great singer. ❤❤❤

And people say Hans Zimmer is better…

odd question, why doesn't this one have judge turpin's version of johanna? it's in the cast recording, so i'm curious as to why it isn't in the show.

I was 11 when I saw this. I get the same chills now that I did when I sat in that seat in the balcony❤

Eddie Murphy... deserved an Oscar for his performance! Just seeing the Original makes me appreciate the remake. So many talented men and women! Beautiful!

My favorite cast of all time ❤

So Buetiful