Where to Watch Musicals Online: The Musical Lover's Guide to Streaming. In recent years, it has become an exciting new trend to preserve Broadway musicals so that they can be streamed in the comfort of your home. Whether it be Broadway. HD, Netflix, or on Amazon, there are many musicals that you can watch over and over with their original staging and theatrical casts.
Here is a guide to what is currently available, including a few feature films that have stage productions currently playing on Broadway. Musicals Available on Netflix.
Anastasia (1. 99. Film) With the voice talents of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Liz Callaway, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters. Available on Netflixutcuxrsadxvdftzerbwzzec. Though you cannot stream the current Broadway production of Anastasia, the popular musical first appeared as a movie, and you can enjoy the animated film that started it all. The great mystery behind the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who may or may not have escaped her family’s execution, unfolds in this thrilling animated feature with a score by Ahrens and Flaherty (Once on this Island, Ragtime).
Carousel (1. 95. 6, Film) Starring Shirley Jones, Gordon Mac. Rae, Barbara Ruick, Cameron Mitchell, and Claramae Turner. Available on Netflix. Why not prepare for the forthcoming revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel by spending some time with the film version? Filmed mostly on location in Maine, this musical about the stubborn factory worker Julie Jordan and her marriage to a troubled carousel barker features many iconic show tunes, including “If I Loved You” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Chicago (2. Film) Starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta- Jones, and Richard Gere. Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime.
It’s Broadway’s longest running revival and the 2. Academy Award—winning film captured much of the stage show’s razzle- dazzle. Kander and Ebb’s Chicago is a satirical condemnation of how criminals become celebrities — a delicious romp of salacious fun and jazzy melody.
Shrek the Musical (2. Broadway) Starring Brian d’Arcy James, Sutton Foster, and Christopher Sieber. Available on Netflix, Amazon. Everyone’s favorite ogre story is given the musical treatment in this kid- friendly tale of how a crotchety monster with a heart of gold finds his true love and saves his kingdom from the evil Lord Farquaad. With a score by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay- Abaire, Shrek the Musical is fairy- tale- inspired fun. Musicals Available on Amazon Prime.
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Billy Elliott: The Musical (2. London) Starring Elliott Hanna and Ruthie Henshall. Available on Amazon Prime, Hulu. The Tony- winning Broadway musical with a score by Elton John (Aida) and Lee Hall, that came to us via London, was captured for our viewing pleasure. The production, recorded live, tells the story of a boy from a blue- collar family, who dreams of being a dancer. Overcoming the loss of his mother and his family’s financial hardships due to a miners’ strike, Billy’s story is sure to inspire.
Hello, Dolly!(1. 96. Film)Starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, and Michael Crawford.
Available on Amazon Prime. Maybe you cannot get into the Big Apple to see Bette Midler play Dolly Levi, musical theater’s favorite matchmaker. Do not fret. You can get your diva fix watching the 1. Barbra Streisand. The lush costumes and scenery, not to mention the peppy Jerry Herman score and the farcical story based on Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, is bound to be a joyous viewing.
Into the Woods (1. American Playhouse). Starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, and Robert Westenberg. Available on Amazon Prime. The Broadway cast of Into the Woods reunited to capture this beloved Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical in its original staging at the Martin Beck Theatre.
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is. Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas is ringing in 2018 with a special New Year’s Eve performance by iconic musician, Sting, as part of the Atlantis LIVE Concert. Watch What Women Want Online here.
Several fairy tales come together in this compelling exploration of what happens after “happily ever after.” Rent: Live on Broadway (2. Broadway) Starring Will Chase, Adam Kantor, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and Eden Espinoza. Available on Amazon Prime. Viva la vie Bohème! The Broadway production of Rent was captured in all its bohemian glory with this recording of the show. The Jonathan Larson musical brings together a group of struggling artists who find family among one another, even as they face down the specter of HIV and the possibility of losing their homes. Musicals Available on Broadway.
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Broadway musical back in 1. The show had a short run, but soon became a cult favorite thanks to the intoxicating score by Leonard Bernstein and a handful of contributing lyricists.
Revived and reworked, the musical refuses to go away and is performed in all its glory in this star- studded concert. Cats (1. 99. 8, London) Starring Elaine Paige, Sir John Mills, and Ken Page. Available on Broadway. HD. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T.
S. Eliot’s poem collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats remains one of Broadway’s longest running musicals. Watch as several felines assemble in a junkyard to make their pleas to come back in their next lives. A lively musical for the whole family. Watch Ultraviolet Online. Company (2. 00. 7, Great Performances). Starring Raul Esparza and Barbara Walsh. Available on Broadway. HD. John Doyle’s clever staging of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical about a bachelor who grapples with his fear of commitment is given a unique production in which the actors also play musical instruments.
The score features “Being Alive” and “The Ladies Who Lunch.” Company(2. Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Patti Lu. Pone, and Martha Plimpton. Available on Broadway. HD. If a starrier version of Company is more your cup of tea, the 2.
Neil Patrick Harris leads a cast of some of the finest talents of stage, film, and television. Daddy Long Legs (2. Off- Broadway) Starring Megan Mc. Ginnis, and Adam Halpin.
Available on Broadway. HD. Megan Mc. Ginnis and Adam Halpin star in this preservation of the enchanting Off- Broadway production of Daddy Long Legs. The story of an orphaned young woman whose education is paid for by a mysterious benefactor is an intellectual twist on the rags- to- riches tale.
Falsettos (2. 01. Broadway) Starring Christian Borle, Stephanie J. Block, Andrew Rannells, and Brandon Uranowitz. Available on Broadway. HD. Coming to Broadway HD on August 1. Broadway revival of William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos will be available for streaming. The story of Marvin, a man who leaves his wife and kid for another man, and the myriad repercussions that result, makes for a hilarious and ultimately moving viewing experience, demonstrating that families come in all shapes and sizes.
Follies: In Concert (1. Great Performances) Starring Barbara Cook, George Hearn, Mandy Patinkin, Lee Remick, and Carol Burnett. Available on Broadway. HD. An all- star ensemble at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall performs Stephen Sondheim’s and James Goldman’s Follies. At a reunion for decades worth of Weismann Follies performers, aging cast members and unhappy couples are haunted by the ghosts of their younger selves. Gypsy (2. 01. 5, London) Starring Imelda Staunton.
Available on Broadway. HD. The iconic Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim/Arthur Laurents musical Gypsy, about the persevering stage mother who will stop at nothing to turn her children into stars, will thrill you with its theatricality and electrified score that features “Some People,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” and “Rose’s Turn.” Jesus Christ Superstar (2.
Live Arena Tour) Starring Ben Forster, Tim Minchin, and Melanie Chisholm. Available on Broadway. HD, Amazon Prime. Watch West Is West Streaming. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera about the final harrowing days of Jesus Christ is given a spectacular- sized treatment in this arena tour. Jesus Christ, Superstar features many song favorites including “Heaven on Their Minds,” and “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.” Jekyll and Hyde (2. Broadway) Starring David Hasselhoff, Colleen Sexton, and Andrea Rivette Available on Broadway.