With upcoming revivals of some classic Broadway musicals in the 2015-16 season, Playbill.com correspondent Mark Robinson reflects on productions that have reimagined shows in new and surprising ways.

The D.A. Pennebaker-Chris Hegedus film Moon Over Broadway, a candid behind-the-scenes look at the 1995 Broadway comedy Moon Over Buffalo, continues to make the independent film circuit with openings in California continuing through April. (The film opened Apr. 24 at the La Jolla Village Theatre and opens Apr. 28 at UC Berkeley.)

The D.A. Pennebaker-Chris Hegedus film Moon Over Broadway, a candid behind-the-scenes look at the 1995 Broadway comedy Moon Over Buffalo, is set to open in L.A. and San Francisco in March, with additional California screenings slated for April.

Meet the first-nighters of Slava's Snowshow, including the master clown behind the biggest blizzard that ever hit Broadway.

To the calamitous blare of Orff's "Carmina Burana," Slava's Snowshow fell furiously on Broadway Dec. 7 at the Helen Hayes Theatre — not the bite-sized foam flakes that gently pelt crowds at the close of White Christmas but 70 million individually sliced scraps of paper flung in the face of the audience by high-speed wind machines and obscured by blinding bright lights. The effect, quite stunning, lasts a small eternity.

This week’s “On the Record” column examines the original cast recordings of House of Flowers and Candide.

This week’s “On the Record” column examines the original cast recordings of House of Flowers and Candide.