Image Entertainment Announces July 24 Release of Stephen Sondheim's ``Follies: In Concert'' on DVD and Videocassette; ``Follies'' Revival to Open on Broadway April 5.Entertainment Editors CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 4, 2001 Lincoln Center All-Star Cast Includes Carol Burnett, Mandy Patinkin, Barbara Cook, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch and The New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall and has long been considered one of the best orchestras in the world. Image Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:DISK), a leading licensee and distributor of DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. programming in North America, today announced the July 24 release of the all-star classic concert performance of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim's "Follies: In Concert" with the New York Philharmonic on DVD and videocassette A removable magnetic tape module for storing video data. The cassette contains supply and takeup reel (hubs) in the same housing. See VCR. . Sondheim's landmark musical "Follies" originally opened on Broadway in 1971 and is considered one of the finest musicals in the history of the American Theatre. With a cast that included Alexis Smith, Gene Nelson, Dorothy Collins and Yvonne De Carlo, the show's original cast album was recorded in a somewhat abbreviated manner and rushed into release that year. Never content with the recorded legacy of the show, Sondheim and an assemblage of Broadway's best behind-the-scenes talent mounted a star-studded concert version of the show at New York's Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The hall contains 2,738 seats. , Lincoln Center, in September of 1985, for the express purpose of recording the entire score in the then-new technology of digital audio. The subsequent 2-CD set, on RCA Records, has been selling ever since. Image's release consists of a legendary film documenting the days of rehearsals leading up to the event and, ultimately, the actual history-making performances in front of the who's who of New York's theatre community. The Lincoln Center cast consisted of stage and screen luminaries including Carol Burnett, Liz Callaway, Betty Comden, Barbara Cook, Adolph Green, George Hearn, Howard McGillin, Liliane Montevecchi, Phyllis Newman, Mandy Patinkin, Lee Remick and Elaine Stritch. Under the baton of Tony Award-winner Paul Gemignani, the New York Philharmonic became, for these two performances, the greatest pit orchestra the world had ever seen. Image's DVD will feature a new Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. "Follies" is the story of the once sensational, but now deteriorating Weissman Theatre. On the evening before its demolition, ghosts from its past reunite and reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. one last time -- to sing a song or two and lie about themselves. Memorable songs from the score include "Losing My Mind" and the now-classic, "I'm Still Here." A new production of the Tony Award-winning musical will open at New York's Belasco Theater on April 5 with an equally impressive cast that includes Blythe Danner, Gregory Harrison, Judith Ivy, Treat Williams and Polly Bergen. Image Entertainment Inc. is a leading aggregator of content for DVD with nearly 1,400 Image-exclusive DVD titles in release. Image also has exclusive videocassette, broadcast, audio, streaming video and downloading rights for certain properties. Image maintains its distribution facility in Las Vegas and is one of the largest distributors of DVD programming in North America. Image, through its joint venture partner Aviva International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , has agreements for the distribution of select programming on DVD and videotape, as well as for broadcast, throughout Asia, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Mexico, Brazil and most of Europe. Additionally, Image owns and operates an e-commerce subsidiary, DVDPlanet.com "Follies: In Concert" DVD catalog No. ID1042EKDVD DVD UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). No. 014381104226 DVD SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. : $24.99 VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. catalog No. ID1038EK VHS UPC No. 014381103830 VHS SRP: $19.98 Order Date: 6/26/01 Street Date: 7/24/01 |
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