Original language(s) English Screenplay Steve Cuden | Country of origin United States Director Don Roy King | |
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Based on Jekyll & Hydeby Leslie BricusseFrank Wildhorn Starring David HasselhoffColeen SextonAndrea RivetteGeorge MerrittBarrie Ingham Theme music composer Frank WildhornLeslie BricusseSteve Cuden Initial release 22 March 2012 (Republic of Ireland) Producers Jerry Frankel, Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Alan Hall Cast Similar Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Roc, Cowboys Run, The Magic Serpent, Orphans | ||
Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway is a 2001 television film of the Broadway production of the musical Jekyll & Hyde as captured live in performance on Broadway featuring the show's final Broadway cast. The show was captured at Broadway’s Plymouth Theatre in New York City December 2000 utilizing multiple high definition cameras by Broadway Worldwide.
The film was released March 10, 2001 as a one-night-only event in seven digital cinemas in Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Washington DC with showings on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. This marked the first time that a non-film had been distributed for digital cinema showing. The program was released on DVD and VHS September 11, 2001 by Good Times Video, with a DVD re-release November 14, 2006 by Image Entertainment. HBO bought the program in December 2002 for a two-year contract on the network.
There was an professionally shot performance as a rehearsal for the official one used for the DVD. In the former it starred Rob Evan, an understudy and veteran with the production, in the title role. It is currently available on Youtube.