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Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#25re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:31pmI want Woman in White re-recorded with the Broadway Cast. I also second Becky2, I love Canadian Phantom (yay Colm!)
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#26re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:45pmOoO... that reminds me there should be a Scarlet Pimpernel recording that, I guess at the very least, reflects more the way the songs are, and their order for the licensed version... with some dialogue too because some of those scenes are so funny...
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#28re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:30pm
Wish CATS could be re-recorded w/ Liz Callaway singing Memory. She's such a phenominal performer. Can't think of any others at this moment...I kinda wanna sleep right now :-P
Cheers,
Christopher
www.christopherviolett.com
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#29re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 7:01pm
Another vote for Hairspray. I'm pretty sure the OBCR was recorded before or while the show was in previews, so a lot of the dialogue and lyrics have changed since then.
I also agree that the current cast is vocally superior to the original. I love Harvey, but I honestly think he doesn't sound very good on the recording. I think he might've been sick in the studio, because he sounds more raspy than usual. And although Marissa was an energetic and loveable Tracy, her voice is a bit nervewracking on the recording (read: can't be tolerated at a high volume when I'm blasting the CD at home or in the car 
).
On the subject of Harvey, I wish they had recorded the Fiddler revival with him and Andrea Martin rather than with Alfred. I'm sure Alfred was wonderful on stage, but he comes across somewhat bland on the CD.
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
#30re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 7:29pmChitty with Raul
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
#31re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 7:46pmtick...tick..BOOM with better vocal talent
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#32re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:00pmPIPPIN with Michael Arden and most of the World's Aids Day cast!
#33re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:12pm
1. I was mad that Chitty didn't get a recording. It would've sold, with all the 5 year olds and their parents. But I really love that cast!!
2. HAIRSPRAY. Harvey, Shannon Durig, Stephen DeRosa, Tracy Miller, Tevin Campbell, Chloe Smith, Laura Bell Bundy, Leah Hocking. Wow, that would be hot!
3. Wouldn't a cd of Rent be amazing if it had the "favorite" songs sung by several different mixes of cast members? Like, Anthony and Adam, but also Drew Lachey, Joey Fatone, Will Chase, Matt Caplan, etc., and not just Daphne singing "Out Tonight" but also a version of Karmine's, one of Caren's, etc.
4. Ideally I would've loved a new recording of the recent Fiddler revival when Harvey joined the cast. I'm all about that guy!
5. I agree that Eden/Megan should have a recording for Wicked.
6. I liked that flop called Lennon... it really should've gotten a recording!
#34re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:47pmyes! Lennon!
2008 European Tour
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#35re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:50pmI know this was 15 years ago, but the Gypsy revival starring Tyne Daly!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#36re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 8:56pm
3. Wouldn't a cd of Rent be amazing if it had the "favorite" songs sung by several different mixes of cast members? Like, Anthony and Adam, but also Drew Lachey, Joey Fatone, Will Chase, Matt Caplan, etc., and not just Daphne singing "Out Tonight" but also a version of Karmine's, one of Caren's, etc.
RIGHT ON!! except no Joey....or Mel B. *shudder*....
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#37re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 9:06pmI'd like a re-recorded cast album for MISS SAIGON after Lea Salonga got vocal training. While there's a natural sweetness to her voice in the OLC, there were parts of that recording that sound almost like reckless singing. Lea's voice just opened up so much after she vocally trained, and there's a big difference in how she sings in the OLC and how she sang and, more importantly, how her voice sounded by the time she opened SAIGON in New York.
bigrab1018
Leading Actor Joined: 10/9/05
#38re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 9:43pmBeauty and the Beast should be re-recorded with Ashley Brown!
"Billy, put down that phylactery...we're Episcopalian." - Spelling Bee
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#39re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 10:44pmHedwig with Michael Cerveris.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#40re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 10:47pmI'll second that, Chrysanthemum, he was so fantastic in Hedwig.
#41re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 10:53pm
I really hope to get a cast recording of the Euro cast of Wicked.
I would also REALLY like an american recording of the Woman in White but I guess that really won't be happening now.
deck925
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/05
#42re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 11:08pm
You took the words right out of my mouth bigrab,i haven't even seen Ashley Brown, but based on the clips on here and broadway.com a recording with her would sound amazing. PLus we'd finally get " A Change In Me."
I'm kind of a sweat pant, t-shirt, no make-up type of girl. So once a year, I can get spiffy.
Sutton Foster :)
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#43re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/1/06 at 11:34pmrent- just add the dialogue bits in so its the WHOLE show...maybe a live recording of the 10th anniversary performance
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#44re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 1:37amWith the incoming revival of A CHORUS LINE maybe we will finally get a recording that has the complete score (and maybe more dialogue) from this ground-breaking musical.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#45re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 1:55amJust as long as 'Suprise, Suprise' isn't on any Complete recording of ACL! Ick.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#46re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 2:03am
Bernadette Peters' Gypsy. What I heard onstage was worlds away from the more lackluster performance on the CD.
And word on the original Follies cast. Gah.
rickydrummer
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/04
#47re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 6:46amI agree about "Lennon." No matter what you say about the show as a whole, can you really criticize the talent of the cast? I really loved the show, but I can understand where many of its critics were coming from. As for the music, you really can't go wrong with that brilliant cast singing John Lennon.
goldes
Swing Joined: 10/28/04
#48re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 1:40pmI'd just like it if every night the live performances were recorded and available for purchase after the show. The technology itself is quite easy, and a lot of pop/rock concerts are offering this now. And that way, audiences can take home a unique souvenir. Replacement casts are always recorded (though maybe not available in stores), and performers/band members get a little extra for every CD sold. It's such a simple idea, I can't believe producers haven't caught on yet.
Swing Joined: 12/31/69
#49re: Cast Albums you want re-recorded
Posted: 3/2/06 at 4:09pm
i would love to have a BWAY Cast recording of The Woman in White.
i also can't wait for the new "A Chorus Line" recording to come out...don't get me wrong, i love the original but i am sick of hearing the same voices over and over again, esp. priscilla lopez. (i love her, but i hate her in "nothing")
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