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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769796017
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 076979601X
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 25, 2002
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 34993
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 1982
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Meryl Streep displays the talent that would soon make her a movie star in Alice at the Palace, a musical theater adaptation by Elizabeth Swados of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Dressed in pink overalls, Streep sings and dances through such famous scenes as the Mad Tea Party and playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. This production, from the early 1980s, lies somewhere between Hair and Into the Woods. The music ranges across a variety of styles (from calypso to barbershop quartet) and video manipulations enhance the inventive physical staging, but it's Streep that will carry you through--her sound effects as Alice changes size (after drinking from a bottle labeled "Drink Me") are delightful, capturing both a childlike imagination and the fluid reality of theater. Alice at the Palace features several other recognizable faces, including Mark Linn-Baker (My Favorite Year) and dancer-choreographer Debbie Allen. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  -
I cannot tell you how much I adore this movie. Meryl Streep never ceases to amaze me, and the entire cast, I could rave on and on and on about them. I just simply adore this, and the music itself is FANTASTIC. i don't know why I had not heard of it sooner or why more people do not do it. I cannot recommend this enough!
Rating:  -
I expected some entertainment value at least with Meryl Streep in the lead as Alice but I was disappointed. This might be a good show to watch with a class of 5-6 year olds, but it is certainly not adult entertainment. Meryl does OK but the rest of the cast is, in a word, awful. I could barely get through it and I am certain I will never watch it again.
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Elizabeth Swados seems to be virtually unknown these days outside of theater circles, despite a rich output of plays and books, but her "Runaways" was the "Rent" of its day, and it was showered with Tony awards. I had fond memories of her musical riff on Lewis Carroll, "Alice At The Palace" (aka "Alice In Concert") -- which adapts story elements from both "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass" -- from a PBS broadcast back in the early 80's. Seen through my older, seen-it-all ... Read More
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Composer Elizabeth Swados created something unique in her adaptation of
Carroll's two classics weaving them - not seamlessly - into a two act,
somewhat disjointed, non-traditional and at times difficult musical theatre
piece, she labels a "Music Hall." As odd as that may sound, that
disjointed, fragmentary nature is precisely where it's charms lay. Like
Carroll's original, Swados's version is a work best taken in on its own,
episodic, mixing logic with the illogical, ... Read More
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Produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Emile Ardolino, this Palace Theater/vaudeville version of Alice in Wonderland, filmed in 1981, is so energetic, so beautifully choreographed (by Graciela Daniele), and so full of fun that when I finished watching it, I immediately watched it all over again! Part of the reason comes from the joy of watching Meryl Streep as a music hall star, playing seven-year-old Alice, acting as a comedienne, and singing her heart out. With a strong soprano voice and perfect timing, ... Read More
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