Your Guide To The Best Theater DVDs Starting With The Highest Reviews.

Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey

Starring: Felicity Jones
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH Boston
Release Date: 2008-01-22
Running Time: 86 minutes

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Carousel (50th Anniversary Edition)

Starring: Shirley Jones
Rated: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2006-11-07
Running Time: 245 minutes

Like its immediate predecessor, Oklahoma!, this 1956 screen musical boasted then state-of-the-art widescreen cinematography, stereophonic sound, a starring romantic duo with onscreen chemistry, and the Rodgers & Hammerstein imprimatur. Adding to its promise was a source (the venerable Ferenc Molnar play Liliom) that had already been filmed three times. Yet unlike the original Broadway prod... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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SCTV, Second City Television Network Volume 3 (5 Disc Set)

Starring: Dave Thomas
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: John Bell (XI)
Studio: Shout Factory Theatre
Release Date: 2005-03-01
Running Time: 720 minutes

This volume offers nine 90 minute shows from the fourth season to feed the demand for more SCTV. Broadcast on NBC in 1982, these episodes introduce new cast member Martin Short and Chronicle the height of success for characters Bob & Doug. It is here where the Shmenge Brothers (John Candy and Eugene Levy) make their first appearance and the Great White North gets the special Treatment in the "Grea... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Children of Theatre Street - The Story of the Kirov Ballet School

Starring: Konstantin Saklinsky
Rated: G (General Audience)
Directed By: Robert Dornhelm
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2004-04-13
Running Time: 92 minutes

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The First Churchills

Starring: John Neville
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2004-09-21
Running Time: 533 minutes

Based on Sir Winston Churchill’s biography of his ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this classic BBC miniseries is a tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the 17th-century English court.

At a time when most marriages were made for money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. And their love lasted throughout their long lives sp... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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Hamlet / Kline, New York Shakespeare Festival (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: Bill Camp
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2001-09-18
Running Time: 173 minutes

With a daring and depth few of his American contemporaries seem prepared to match, Kevin Kline stars in and directs Hamlet for the New York Shakespeare Festival. Now with the felicitous addition of Kirk Browning as co-director, he has brought his indelible Hamlet to television where, as The New York Times stated, "It is eloquent, moving and at times thrilling. The shrewdly edited ver... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)

Starring: Patti LuPone
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2005-05-17
Running Time: 116 minutes

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 Gr... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Masterpiece Theatre - The Cazalets

Rated: Unrated
Studio: WGBH Boston
Release Date: 2004-11-23
Running Time: 360 minutes

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Alice at the Palace (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: Betty Aberlin
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2002-06-25
Running Time: 75 minutes

Meryl Streep displays the talent that would soon make her a movie star in Alice at the Palace, a musical theater adaptation by Elizabeth Swados of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Dressed in pink overalls, Streep sings and dances through such famous scenes as the Mad Tea Party and playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. This production, from the earl... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Persuasion

Starring: Sally Hawkins
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Release Date: 2008-01-15
Running Time: 93 minutes

Jane Austen fans will delight in the sumptuous production design and first-rate acting in the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre version of Persuasion. Sally Hawkins is controlled and moving as Anne Elliot, the quietly heartbroken but sensible heroine who was "persuaded" (read: forced) to turn away her true love but still carries an unseen torch for him. Hawkins's performance is genteel yet s... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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