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| Specticast is Thrilled to Announce 5 Direct From Broadway feature Films will be Screened in CinemasBy: Gorgeous PR www.directfrombroadway.net Watch the DIRECT FROM BROADWAY trailer (http://www.specticast.com/ Starring: David Hasselhoff as Dr. Henry Jekyll JEKYLL & HYDE: THE MUSICAL brings new life to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story of the epic battle between good and evil, as imagined by acclaimed composer Frank Wildhorn and writer/lyricist Leslie Bricusse. David Hasselhoff made his Broadway debut in the dual title role, bringing his performing talent off the television screen (Knight Rider, Baywatch) to the musical theatre stage. JEKYLL & HYDE is the longest-running show in the history of Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre, with more than 1500 performances over nearly four years. The show won a legion of repeat visitors, dubbed by the press as “Jekkies”, with some hardcore fans having seen the show hundreds of times. Performers as diverse as The Moody Blues, Liza Minnelli and Johnny Mathis have recorded songs from the show, including “Someone Like You”, “This Is The Moment” and “Once Upon A Dream.” Captured in brilliant high definition. Starring: Chad Kimball as Huey, Montego Glover as Felicia The 2010 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical MEMPHIS delighted audiences at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre over some 1,200 performances and this Direct From Broadway® presentation was awarded a 2012 Emmy® for Outstanding Technical Direction. Set in the underground clubs of the segregated 50’s, a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Tony® nominee Chad Kimball) falls in love with everything he shouldn’t: Starring: Carol Burnett as The Wife, George Hearn as The Husband PUTTING IT TOGETHER: A MUSICAL REVIEW celebrates award-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s humor, poignancy and sophistication in material taken from a number of his original musicals, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday In The Park With George, Assassins, the film Dick Tracy, and Do You Hear A Waltz? Co-starring with Carol Burnett, whose Emmy®-winning The Carol Burnett Show is TV’s longest-running (11 years) comedy-variety show, are two-time Tony Award® winner George Hearn (La Cage Aux Folles, Sunset Boulevard), Olivier Award nominee John Barrowman (The Fix) Olivier Award winner Ruthie Henshall (She Loves Me) and Bronson Pinchot (Beverly Hills Cop, Perfect Strangers). Captured in brillianthigh definition. Starring: Ken Ard, Adrian Bailey & Matt Bogart SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller features the original Tony Award®-nominated cast performing 40 songs which provided the soundtrack to the lives of a generation of Americans. Incredibly, they are all the work of the sensational song writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Their extraordinary list of hits includes “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog,” “Treat Me Nice,” “Stand By Me,” “Spanish Harlem,” and appropriately, “On Broadway” – an unprecedented string of hits that defined the 50’s and early 60’s. The Coasters, The Drifters, Peggy Lee and Elvis Presley all had their biggest hits with Leiber/Stoller songs. SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ received a Grammy Award® as well as seven Tony Award® nominations, including Best Musical. It has the distinction of being the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history. The show was directed on Broadway by four-time Tony® winner Jerry Zaks. Captured in brilliant high definition Starring: Phyllis Hyman, Hinton Battle & Paula Kelly Recently restored and remastered tapes of the 1981 Tony® winning DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOPHISTICATED LADIES are now being exhibited on the big screen for the first time. The historic first live-in-performance capture of a currently running Broadway musical will be presented in remastered 5.1 surround sound. The production features the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington and a knockout cast includes Grammy®-winner Phyllis Hyman and 3-time Tony®-winner, Hinton Battle. An all-star score celebrates the Duke with "Take the "A" Train", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "Hit Me With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", In a Sentimental Mood", "Sophisticated Lady", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Satin Doll", and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", among many others. In his review for The New York Times, Frank Rich wrote that "...the new musical revue at the Lunt-Fontanne, is an [Duke] Ellington celebration that just won't quit until it has won over the audience with dynamic showmanship...it rides so high on affection, skill and, of course, stunning music that the lapses don't begin to spoil the fun. What's more, this is the only Broadway revue of recent vintage that operates on a truly grand scale. www.directfrombroadway.net ABOUT SPECTICAST SpectiCast is one of the fastest growing all-digital distribution companies in the world, distributing film, cultural arts events, and alternative content programs to over 1,600 theatrical and non-theatrical venues in 24 countries on six continents. SpectiCast markets and distributes the finest 2D and 3D programs using the industry's most advanced technologies. We distribute programs from some of the world's most prestigious cultural arts organizations including Opera de Paris, The Salzburg Festival, The Paris Opera Ballet, the Mariinsky Theatre, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Our fast growing slate of alternative content and, "event cinema," includes classic and modern music events from best-selling artists including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pat Metheny, Andre Rieu, and Jimi Hendrix, as well as world-class theater events including Great Expectations from London's Vaudeville Theatre, Stephen Sondheim's Company, and Phantom of the Opera from The Royal Albert Hall. SpectiCast also distributes some of the best specialty film programs including its “SpooktiCast” SpectiCast is a privately owned and operated firm based in Philadelphia, PA. www.specticast.com End
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