The Secret Garden | Broadway | 1991 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Daisy Eagan (Mary Lennox), Mandy Patinkin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Robert Westenberg (Dr. Neville Craven), John Cameron Mitchell (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven)
* Full stage shot on a tripod from the back of the orchestra with a good solid picture (and a few zooms). It looks fairly low in generation, but is fuzzy due to a PAL to NTSC conversion. Sound is good. A few heads in the way but is watchable due to good audio and pretty colors.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 6 April 1991 (Preview) | VOB + smalls
Cast: Daisy Eagan (Mary Lennox), Mandy Patinkin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Robert Westenberg (Dr. Neville Craven), John Cameron Mitchell (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven), Tom Toner (Ben Weatherstaff), Kay Walbye (Rose), Michael DeVries (Captain Albert Lennox), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock)
* Recorded on the second night of previews. Filmed a little off the to side from the orchestra section, so there are heads in the frame. Mostly a full stage shot.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 1992 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Lee Alison Marino (Mary Lennox), Howard McGillin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Adam Grupper (Dr. Neville Craven), Jedidiah Cohen (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven), Tom Toner (Ben Weatherstaff), Kay Walbye (Rose), Michael DeVries (Captain Albert Lennox), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock)
* Shot from the front of the mezzanine with no obstructions, but also no zooms. There is a short skip in the video during Colin's tantrum scene in Act II.
The Secret Garden | First National Tour | 1993 | Housecam | VOB + smalls
Cast: Demaree Hill (Mary Lennox), Kevin McGuire (Archibald Craven), Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Lily Craven), Peter Samuel (Dr. Neville Craven), Romain Frugè (Dickon), Amanda Naughton (Martha), Sean Considine (Colin Craven), Audra McDonald (Ayah), Mary Fogarty (Mrs. Medlock)
* Recorded through the theatre's house camera, so it's a stationary full stage shot, with sound patched directly in from the sound board. Some generational loss. This copy is often mislabeled as being the 1992 cast, but I was contacted by actress Demaree Hill who confirmed the video is actually from 1993 run she was in as Mary and provided the full correct cast list.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 3 January 1993 (Closing Night) | VOB + smalls
Cast: Lydia Ooghe (Mary Lennox), Howard McGillin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Alison Fraser (Martha), Jedidiah Cohen (Dickon), Adam Grupper (Neville Craven), Austin Eyer (Colin Craven)
* Final performance on Broadway; begins at 'Race You to the Top of the Morning'.
The Secret Garden | Music Theatre of Wichita | 1995 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Megan Drew (Mary Lennox), Nicholas F. Saverine (Archibald Craven), Charleen Ayers (Lily Craven), Christopher Z. McKim (Dr. Neville Craven), Martha Hawley (Mrs. Medlock), Michael Berry (Dickon), Julie Prosser (Martha), Michael Berry (Dickon), Julie Abbott (Rose Lennox), Timothy W. Robu (Ben Weatherstaff), Brian J. Marcum (Albert Lennox), Andrew Palermo (Lt. Wright/Spirit), Gary T. Kilmer (Major Holmes/Spirit/Dancer), Steve Landes (Major Shelley), Lori Briscoe (Mrs. Shelley/Spirit), Matthew Rumsey (Colin Craven), Lamont Russell (Fakir), Tonianne Robinson (Ayah), Jamie Waggoner (Mrs. Winthrop/Spirit/Dancer), Heather Bloomgren (Servant), Dan Bogart (Servant), Monte Wheeler (Servant), Anemone White (Servant), Danette Holden (Spirit/Dancer), Daniel Lamonte Keeling (Spirit), Dontee Kiehn (Spirit/Dancer), Joshua Prince (Spirit/Dancer), Brian Shepard (Spirit/Dancer), Jessica Wright (Spirit), Sarah Ebright (Child), Stevie Hitchcock (Child), Mary Sue Dymak (Narrator)
The Secret Garden | Australian Tour | 29 October 1995 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Anthony Weigh (u/s Archibald Craven), Samantha Fiddes (Mary Lennox), Marina Prior (Lily Craven), Philip Quast (Dr. Neville Craven), Tom Blair (Dickon), Ross Hannaford (Colin Craven)
* House Cam recording.
The Secret Garden | Theatre Royale, Hobart, Australia | 29 January 1999 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Colin Dean, Allison Farrow, Danielle Hawkes, Michael Lampard, Dean Cocker, Karissa Lane, Matt Skinner, Narelle Warmbrunn
* Proshot, using multiple cameras at the Royal Theater. Staging is the same as the Broadway production.
The Secret Garden | Plays-in-the-Park, NJ | June 1999 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Claire Madaras (Mary Lennox), Jean McCauley (Lily Craven), Chris Bentivegna (Archibald Craven), Jeff Jackson (Dr. Neville Craven), Kathleen Campbell (Martha), Billy Piscopo (Dickon), Ryan Aspell (Colin Craven), Pat Powers (Mrs. Medlock), Joseph Vierno (Ben Weatherstaff), David Rappaport (Captain Albert Lennox), Blair Brown (Rose Lennox), Keith Johnson (Major Holmes), Melissa Loderstedt (Claire Holmes), Alison Byrne (Mrs. Winthrop), Stefani Greco (Ayah), Jeremy M. Sage (Fakir), Sandra Rudnitzky (Alice), Jason Tamashausky (Lieutenant Peter Wright), Jack Cibrian (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Timothy M. Skarbek (Major Shelley), Stacy Barrett (Mrs. Shelley), Amanda Evans (Dancer/Dreamer), Leilani Makuakane Potter (Dancer/Dreamer)
The Secret Garden | West End | 14 April 2001 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Matthew Dennison (u/s Archibald Craven), Carmen Cusack (u/s Lily Craven)
* This is the RSC production that transferred to the West End. Many changes from the Broadway production, some of which really work, and some of which don't. A great capture of Carmen in the role of Lily.
The Secret Garden | West End | 26 and 30 May 2001 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Philip Quast (Archie), Linzi Hateley (Martha), Craig Purnell (Dickon), Meredith Braun (Lily), Peter Polycarpou, Cassandra Compton/Lizzie.
* The first act was shot on May 26 from the far right mezzanine, so far stage left is obscured; the second act was shot on May 30 from the left side of the orchestra, from a nice angle; zooms throughout. Excellent video but missing the last 2 minutes from act 1.
The Secret Garden | World AIDS Day Concert | 5 December 2005 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Jaclyn Neidenthal (Mary Lennox), Steven Pasquale (Archibald Craven), Laura Benanti (Lily Craven), Will Chase (Dr. Neville Craven), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Martha), Michael Arden (Dickon), Struan Erlenborn (Colin Craven), David Canary (Ben Weatherstaff), Sara Gettelfinger (Rose), Max von Essen (Captain Albert Lennox), Deborah S Craig (Mrs. Winthrop/Alice), Matt Cavenaugh (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Jenny Powers (Claire), Nehal Joshi (Fakir), Reshma Shetty (Ayah), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock), Benjamin Magnuson (Major Holmes), Shonn Wiley (Lieutenant Peter Wright)
* The third World AIDS Day concert, held at Manhattan Center Studios Grand Ballroom. Also featuring a 70 person choir, a 35 piece orchestra and a children's choir with performers from Rosie's Broadway Kids. Nicely shot-a bit shaky from time to time, but nothing too bad. A
The Secret Garden | Lincoln Center | 21 February 2016 | SunsetBlvd79 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Sydney Lucas (Mary Lennox), Ramin Karimloo (Archibald Craven), Sierra Boggess (Lily Craven), Cheyenne Jackson (Dr. Neville Craven), Ben Platt (Dickon), Oscar Williams (Colin Craven), Jere Shea (Ben Weatherstaff), Nikki Renée Daniels (Rose), Josh Young (Captain Albert Lennox), Julie Halston (Mrs. Winthrop/Alice), Jamie Jackson (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Telly Leung (Fakir), Anisha Nagarajan (Ayah), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock), Quentin Earl Darrington (Major Holmes), John Riddle (Lieutenant Peter Wright)
* Exquisite cast and beautifully performed concert, so many stunning moments! A
The Secret Garden - 2018 Workshop | The Dramatists Guild Foundation/The Actor's Fund | 6 May 2021 | MP4 (HD) 1.63gb
Cast: Brooklyn Shuck, (Mary Lennox), Sierra Boggess, (Lily), Clifton Duncan, (Archibald Craven), Cameron Mann, (Colin Cravin), Drew Gehling, (Dr. Neville Craven), Amber Iman, (Martha), Sally Ann Triplett, (Mrs. Medlock), Adam Chanler-Berat, (Dickon), Jim Norton, (Ben Weatherstaff), Matt Doyle, (Captain Albert Lennox), Anoop Desai, (Fakir), Kuhoo Verma, (Ayah), Kathryn Allison, (Claire Holmes/Cook), Jonathan Christopher, (Major Holmes), Brandon Contreras, (Major Shelly), Darius Crenshaw, (Lt. Shaw/Footman), Billy Hepfinger, (Lt. Wright), Leah Horowitz, (Alice), Sarah Meahl, (Housemaid / Nurse), Jennifer Smith, (Mrs. Shelly / Mrs. Winthop), Ali Ewoldt, (Rose)
* Come spirit, come charm, and join us for a magical livestream experience, as we present a behind the scenes look at The Secret Garden. This 2018 workshop, originally presented for top Broadway professionals and theatre owners, was directed by Tony Award® winner Warren Carlyle (Hello, Dolly!, After Midnight), and starring notable Broadway actors. This production has been reimagined by the original creators, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner, writer Marsha Norman (‘Night Mother, The Color Purple), with a score by Grammy Award® winner Lucy Simon (Doctor Zhivago).
The Secret Garden | Center Theatre Group | March 2023 | Sbeve/QuoxWoodTrees | MP4 (HD) original 41.42gb or MP4 (HD) edited 6.75gb
Cast: Sierra Boggess (Lily Craven), Emily Jewel Hoder (Mary Lennox), Derrick Davis (Archibald Craven), Aaron Lazar (Dr. Neville Craven), Julia Lester (Martha), John-Michael Lyles (Dickon), Reese Levine (Colin Craven), John Krause (Captain Albert Lennox), Ali Ewoldt (Rose Lennox), Terron Brooks (Major Shelley), Mark Capri (Ben Weatherstaff), Peyton Crim (Major Holmes), Susan Denaker (Mrs. Medlock), Kelley Dorney (Mrs. Winthrop/ Cholera), Yamuna Meleth (Ayah), Cassandra Murphy (Alice), James Olivas (Lieutenant Wright), Kyla Stone (Mrs. Shelley/Nurse), Vishal Vaidya (Fakir), Ariel Neydavoud (Ensemble)
Cast: Daisy Eagan (Mary Lennox), Mandy Patinkin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Robert Westenberg (Dr. Neville Craven), John Cameron Mitchell (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven)
* Full stage shot on a tripod from the back of the orchestra with a good solid picture (and a few zooms). It looks fairly low in generation, but is fuzzy due to a PAL to NTSC conversion. Sound is good. A few heads in the way but is watchable due to good audio and pretty colors.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 6 April 1991 (Preview) | VOB + smalls
Cast: Daisy Eagan (Mary Lennox), Mandy Patinkin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Robert Westenberg (Dr. Neville Craven), John Cameron Mitchell (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven), Tom Toner (Ben Weatherstaff), Kay Walbye (Rose), Michael DeVries (Captain Albert Lennox), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock)
* Recorded on the second night of previews. Filmed a little off the to side from the orchestra section, so there are heads in the frame. Mostly a full stage shot.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 1992 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Lee Alison Marino (Mary Lennox), Howard McGillin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Adam Grupper (Dr. Neville Craven), Jedidiah Cohen (Dickon), John Babcock (Colin Craven), Tom Toner (Ben Weatherstaff), Kay Walbye (Rose), Michael DeVries (Captain Albert Lennox), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock)
* Shot from the front of the mezzanine with no obstructions, but also no zooms. There is a short skip in the video during Colin's tantrum scene in Act II.
The Secret Garden | First National Tour | 1993 | Housecam | VOB + smalls
Cast: Demaree Hill (Mary Lennox), Kevin McGuire (Archibald Craven), Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Lily Craven), Peter Samuel (Dr. Neville Craven), Romain Frugè (Dickon), Amanda Naughton (Martha), Sean Considine (Colin Craven), Audra McDonald (Ayah), Mary Fogarty (Mrs. Medlock)
* Recorded through the theatre's house camera, so it's a stationary full stage shot, with sound patched directly in from the sound board. Some generational loss. This copy is often mislabeled as being the 1992 cast, but I was contacted by actress Demaree Hill who confirmed the video is actually from 1993 run she was in as Mary and provided the full correct cast list.
The Secret Garden | Broadway | 3 January 1993 (Closing Night) | VOB + smalls
Cast: Lydia Ooghe (Mary Lennox), Howard McGillin (Archibald Craven), Rebecca Luker (Lily Craven), Alison Fraser (Martha), Jedidiah Cohen (Dickon), Adam Grupper (Neville Craven), Austin Eyer (Colin Craven)
* Final performance on Broadway; begins at 'Race You to the Top of the Morning'.
The Secret Garden | Music Theatre of Wichita | 1995 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Megan Drew (Mary Lennox), Nicholas F. Saverine (Archibald Craven), Charleen Ayers (Lily Craven), Christopher Z. McKim (Dr. Neville Craven), Martha Hawley (Mrs. Medlock), Michael Berry (Dickon), Julie Prosser (Martha), Michael Berry (Dickon), Julie Abbott (Rose Lennox), Timothy W. Robu (Ben Weatherstaff), Brian J. Marcum (Albert Lennox), Andrew Palermo (Lt. Wright/Spirit), Gary T. Kilmer (Major Holmes/Spirit/Dancer), Steve Landes (Major Shelley), Lori Briscoe (Mrs. Shelley/Spirit), Matthew Rumsey (Colin Craven), Lamont Russell (Fakir), Tonianne Robinson (Ayah), Jamie Waggoner (Mrs. Winthrop/Spirit/Dancer), Heather Bloomgren (Servant), Dan Bogart (Servant), Monte Wheeler (Servant), Anemone White (Servant), Danette Holden (Spirit/Dancer), Daniel Lamonte Keeling (Spirit), Dontee Kiehn (Spirit/Dancer), Joshua Prince (Spirit/Dancer), Brian Shepard (Spirit/Dancer), Jessica Wright (Spirit), Sarah Ebright (Child), Stevie Hitchcock (Child), Mary Sue Dymak (Narrator)
The Secret Garden | Australian Tour | 29 October 1995 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Anthony Weigh (u/s Archibald Craven), Samantha Fiddes (Mary Lennox), Marina Prior (Lily Craven), Philip Quast (Dr. Neville Craven), Tom Blair (Dickon), Ross Hannaford (Colin Craven)
* House Cam recording.
The Secret Garden | Theatre Royale, Hobart, Australia | 29 January 1999 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Colin Dean, Allison Farrow, Danielle Hawkes, Michael Lampard, Dean Cocker, Karissa Lane, Matt Skinner, Narelle Warmbrunn
* Proshot, using multiple cameras at the Royal Theater. Staging is the same as the Broadway production.
The Secret Garden | Plays-in-the-Park, NJ | June 1999 | Proshot | VOB + smalls
Cast: Claire Madaras (Mary Lennox), Jean McCauley (Lily Craven), Chris Bentivegna (Archibald Craven), Jeff Jackson (Dr. Neville Craven), Kathleen Campbell (Martha), Billy Piscopo (Dickon), Ryan Aspell (Colin Craven), Pat Powers (Mrs. Medlock), Joseph Vierno (Ben Weatherstaff), David Rappaport (Captain Albert Lennox), Blair Brown (Rose Lennox), Keith Johnson (Major Holmes), Melissa Loderstedt (Claire Holmes), Alison Byrne (Mrs. Winthrop), Stefani Greco (Ayah), Jeremy M. Sage (Fakir), Sandra Rudnitzky (Alice), Jason Tamashausky (Lieutenant Peter Wright), Jack Cibrian (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Timothy M. Skarbek (Major Shelley), Stacy Barrett (Mrs. Shelley), Amanda Evans (Dancer/Dreamer), Leilani Makuakane Potter (Dancer/Dreamer)
The Secret Garden | West End | 14 April 2001 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Matthew Dennison (u/s Archibald Craven), Carmen Cusack (u/s Lily Craven)
* This is the RSC production that transferred to the West End. Many changes from the Broadway production, some of which really work, and some of which don't. A great capture of Carmen in the role of Lily.
The Secret Garden | West End | 26 and 30 May 2001 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Philip Quast (Archie), Linzi Hateley (Martha), Craig Purnell (Dickon), Meredith Braun (Lily), Peter Polycarpou, Cassandra Compton/Lizzie.
* The first act was shot on May 26 from the far right mezzanine, so far stage left is obscured; the second act was shot on May 30 from the left side of the orchestra, from a nice angle; zooms throughout. Excellent video but missing the last 2 minutes from act 1.
The Secret Garden | World AIDS Day Concert | 5 December 2005 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Jaclyn Neidenthal (Mary Lennox), Steven Pasquale (Archibald Craven), Laura Benanti (Lily Craven), Will Chase (Dr. Neville Craven), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Martha), Michael Arden (Dickon), Struan Erlenborn (Colin Craven), David Canary (Ben Weatherstaff), Sara Gettelfinger (Rose), Max von Essen (Captain Albert Lennox), Deborah S Craig (Mrs. Winthrop/Alice), Matt Cavenaugh (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Jenny Powers (Claire), Nehal Joshi (Fakir), Reshma Shetty (Ayah), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock), Benjamin Magnuson (Major Holmes), Shonn Wiley (Lieutenant Peter Wright)
* The third World AIDS Day concert, held at Manhattan Center Studios Grand Ballroom. Also featuring a 70 person choir, a 35 piece orchestra and a children's choir with performers from Rosie's Broadway Kids. Nicely shot-a bit shaky from time to time, but nothing too bad. A
The Secret Garden | Lincoln Center | 21 February 2016 | SunsetBlvd79 | VOB + smalls
Cast: Sydney Lucas (Mary Lennox), Ramin Karimloo (Archibald Craven), Sierra Boggess (Lily Craven), Cheyenne Jackson (Dr. Neville Craven), Ben Platt (Dickon), Oscar Williams (Colin Craven), Jere Shea (Ben Weatherstaff), Nikki Renée Daniels (Rose), Josh Young (Captain Albert Lennox), Julie Halston (Mrs. Winthrop/Alice), Jamie Jackson (Lieutenant Ian Shaw), Telly Leung (Fakir), Anisha Nagarajan (Ayah), Barbara Rosenblat (Mrs. Medlock), Quentin Earl Darrington (Major Holmes), John Riddle (Lieutenant Peter Wright)
* Exquisite cast and beautifully performed concert, so many stunning moments! A
The Secret Garden - 2018 Workshop | The Dramatists Guild Foundation/The Actor's Fund | 6 May 2021 | MP4 (HD) 1.63gb
Cast: Brooklyn Shuck, (Mary Lennox), Sierra Boggess, (Lily), Clifton Duncan, (Archibald Craven), Cameron Mann, (Colin Cravin), Drew Gehling, (Dr. Neville Craven), Amber Iman, (Martha), Sally Ann Triplett, (Mrs. Medlock), Adam Chanler-Berat, (Dickon), Jim Norton, (Ben Weatherstaff), Matt Doyle, (Captain Albert Lennox), Anoop Desai, (Fakir), Kuhoo Verma, (Ayah), Kathryn Allison, (Claire Holmes/Cook), Jonathan Christopher, (Major Holmes), Brandon Contreras, (Major Shelly), Darius Crenshaw, (Lt. Shaw/Footman), Billy Hepfinger, (Lt. Wright), Leah Horowitz, (Alice), Sarah Meahl, (Housemaid / Nurse), Jennifer Smith, (Mrs. Shelly / Mrs. Winthop), Ali Ewoldt, (Rose)
* Come spirit, come charm, and join us for a magical livestream experience, as we present a behind the scenes look at The Secret Garden. This 2018 workshop, originally presented for top Broadway professionals and theatre owners, was directed by Tony Award® winner Warren Carlyle (Hello, Dolly!, After Midnight), and starring notable Broadway actors. This production has been reimagined by the original creators, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner, writer Marsha Norman (‘Night Mother, The Color Purple), with a score by Grammy Award® winner Lucy Simon (Doctor Zhivago).
The Secret Garden | Center Theatre Group | March 2023 | Sbeve/QuoxWoodTrees | MP4 (HD) original 41.42gb or MP4 (HD) edited 6.75gb
Cast: Sierra Boggess (Lily Craven), Emily Jewel Hoder (Mary Lennox), Derrick Davis (Archibald Craven), Aaron Lazar (Dr. Neville Craven), Julia Lester (Martha), John-Michael Lyles (Dickon), Reese Levine (Colin Craven), John Krause (Captain Albert Lennox), Ali Ewoldt (Rose Lennox), Terron Brooks (Major Shelley), Mark Capri (Ben Weatherstaff), Peyton Crim (Major Holmes), Susan Denaker (Mrs. Medlock), Kelley Dorney (Mrs. Winthrop/ Cholera), Yamuna Meleth (Ayah), Cassandra Murphy (Alice), James Olivas (Lieutenant Wright), Kyla Stone (Mrs. Shelley/Nurse), Vishal Vaidya (Fakir), Ariel Neydavoud (Ensemble)