Someone mentioned a DVD release which I really don't see happening anytime in the next decade if the musical does well - based on the fact I know of only probably 3 stage shows that have had official releases on DVD like the anniversary Phantom performance, and there have been bootlegs/press copies of Tanz, WWRY, Wicked floating around.
The thing I always think is that is would be good for any new musical to make full professional recordings of maybe 5 or 6 shows from different angles and focussing on different things early in their runs that can be stored away so that if they do close at any point they can then release a full DVD. A bit like what Bruce has done with his concerts for the last twenty years, just recording everything so that at some point people might get to witness something they otherwise never would. With Bat, it could even just be to be able to see this cast again in a decade.
For me that has always been one positive about concert bootlegs, and in some ways recordings that have been done of shows in theatres. It might not be good theatre etiquette, but without it there would be a lot never witnessed and never seen.
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