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'ELAINE PAIGE CELEBRATING A
LIFE ON STAGE' DVD
RE-RELEASED 24th
SEPTEMBER (FROM WIENERWORLD)
19 September 2012
Originally released in March
2010 Elaine's first ever DVD
is being re-issued with
brand new front cover
artwork on the 24th
September 2012 (the DVD can
be ordered now from
amazon.co.uk).
Filmed at the State Theatre
in Sydney, Australia during
Elaine Paige’s sell out 40th
Anniversary tour, her first
ever in concert DVD Elaine
Paige Celebrating a Life On
Stage captures the magic of
this thrilling live
performer as never before.
From her beginnings in the
musical Hair Elaine Paige
takes the audience on a
journey with performances
from Evita, Chess, Cats,
Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset
Boulevard, The King & I and
many more from the West End
to Broadway. Elaine also
entertains us with amusing
and enlightening anecdotes
from her illustrious career.
New songs to Elaine’s
repertoire are Lennon &
McCartney’s Yesterday, Shoot
the Breeze (written by Bette
Midler & Dustin Hoffman),
Stephen Sondheim’s By The
Sea, and Small Packages, a
song specially written by
Stiles & Drewe (Mary Poppins,
Honk!) to celebrate this
40th Anniversary concert.
Also featured is the first
lady of musical theatre’s
greatest hits, many
recreated in costume here
for the first time ever on
DVD. With One Look from
Sunset Boulevard, a vignette
of songs from her critically
acclaimed West End
production of Piaf, complete
with Elaine’s own signature
Memory make this a
captivating collection of
performances from a
remarkable career.
Also included on the DVD is
a comprehensive interview
with Elaine giving the
viewer an insight into the
process of playing some of
the most fascinating women
in modern musical theatre
history. And as a bonus
Elaine performs a song by
one of her favourite
composers, Jim Webb,
entitled Grow Young which
can be found on her
contemporary album Love Can
Do That.
For those who have attended
Elaine’s live concerts this
DVD will be a wonderful
souvenir and for others it
will give them a chance to
witness this outstanding and
legendary performer doing
what she does best.
To tie in with the
re-release of the DVD Elaine
will be appearing on Loose
Women (ITV) on Monday 24th
September and Steve Wright
(BBC Radio 2) on 25th
September. Look out for
interviews in the press too!
Product details
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Format: PAL
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Region: Region 2
(This DVD may not be
viewable outside
Europe.)
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Number of discs:
1
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Classification:
Exempt
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Studio:
Wienerworld
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DVD Release Date:
24 Sep 2012
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Run Time: 141
minutes
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