Little Moments on Cast Recordings That You Love- Page 5

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 9:34pm

Off the top of my head...

The second orchestra break during "Willkommen" on the 1966 Original Broadway cast recording of Cabaret. I have no idea why I love it so much, but it's so upbeat. It just makes me happy. I just the love the woodwind section! :)

The opening piano part to "I Don't Care Much" on the '98 revival cast recording of Cabaret.

The "wah wah" part in "It Couldn't Please Me More (A Pineapple)" from Cabaret. It's right after Herr Schultz says "That would be nice, but frankly it would give me gas."

The accordion in "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd".

The intro to "30/90" from tick, tick...BOOM.

Updated On: 11/21/06 at 09:34 PM

[Mike3]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 10:19pm

I absolutely love threads like this. I'm so happy there are other people who care about these things...

In A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, Faith Prince screams: "Why did you never tell me?" followed by the sound of a door closing.

Truth.

[zerodanny]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 10:22pm

I absolutely love the intro on the 1995 revival London cast of "Blood Brothers", I also adore the end of "Brimstone and treacle" in Mary Poppins.

[virgil blessing2]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 11:07pm

Cast recording of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, the cast singing the final few notes of the show and the orchestra's closing notes.....ALWAYS chokes me up....STILL....all these years later.

Oh yes, same show - Roger Rees and company, late in Act II, singing "Man in the Mirror" reprise, always brings tears to my eyes.

Many sections of that CD touch me, as did the original film it was based on, and the musical's final performance...which I was fortunate enough to see. It's a piece I'd love to direct.

[VelmaKelly2]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 11:07pm

I love on the Wicked Soundtrack during "One Short Day" when Galinda says "Two BEST friends"...it always makes me smile!

[mauriposa]

Posted: 11/21/06 at 11:10pm

I can't believe no one has mine!

In Wicked, "Thank Goodness," "and with a jealous squeal ::violin:: the wicked witch burst from concealment."

That violin amuses me every time.

[smilinggiggle]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:01pm

I love in Oliver "What fisitcuffs" with the cute english accent it ges me every time

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 2:07pm

"Sometimes I catch him looking...and looking....I just look right back!"

Elaine Stritch, "Company"

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 5:11pm

Oh, there's another one from the OBC of Cabaret that I really love:
Right before Fraulein Schneider sings her little refrain of "So What?" in the Finale, there's an intro that almost sounds like carnival music, except it's sort of sour. But I really like it.

[bwayboi0101]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 5:15pm

On the ACL recording during the montage where I forgot who says "I used to practice kissing with my best girlfriends, and she goes didnt you, oh god, Judy says yeah, and Sheila says "aww hell count me in" haha that part cracks me up.

[Traci]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 5:29pm

On the OBCR of RENT during 'rent' when Mark says, "How can you generate heat" and when Roger says, "I was waiting for you don't you know" in 'Today 4 U'.

And in Avenue Q when Princeton says, "Brian, buddy, where you been? The term is Asian-American!" in '...Racist'.

Updated On: 11/22/06 at 05:29 PM

[sally1112]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 5:40pm

The sound of coke being snorted on Bright Lights, Big City

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 6:48pm

In Children of Eden... "From this day forward nights wont seem so black."

and in Little Women during Days Of Plenty- "So Believe that she mattered, and believe that she always will, she will always be with you, she'll be part of the days you've yet to fill."

[fetzles1490]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 8:52pm

In See I'm Smiling in L5Y, towards the middle of the song [I'm not positive of the lyric offhand], the same exact piano sequence that happens and crecendos into Cathy's breakdown later in the song is played as an undertone, basically foreshadowing the end of the song. I don't remember when I noticed it but it was a pretty cool revelation.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 10:03pm

The opening notes of Being Alive from the Company OBC, and Getting Married Today on the '95 revival.

There's several on the Little Women recording:
- The little underscore the three other sisters sing while Jo is doing the "I'm ready for destiny..." bit.
- Megan McGinnis' heartbreaking "All my life I've lived for loving you, let me go now..."
- The piano reprise of Some Things Are Meant to Be at the end of The Fire Within Me.

Donna Murphy's delivery of "It's about this....whale." during Conversation Piece on the Wonderful Town revival recording.

The opening of Show Me the Key on The Secret Garden OBC. The "I - She - I'm a girl - She is a lass" part.

"And we'll pummel your butt when we prove who knows what!!" during Why We Like Spelling.

The backup during the chorus of "Going Down" on the Hair Actor's Fund recording.

"Don't be Cruel" on the All Shook Up recording. I just love it so much. "That is hot."

[Boq101]

Posted: 11/22/06 at 10:21pm

Anything Judy Kaye sings or says in RAGTIME, specially her "WHEEE!" in the middle of the Prologue making fun of Evelyn Nesbit.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:38am

I love the harmony that the trumpet plays in the beginning of the overture of Gypsy!

[musicalangel12]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:44am

Little Women: the way Sutton Foster sings the line "How can that be lost forever? How when I gave everything with all my heart?"

I absolutely love it!

[canirollerskate]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:47am

Victoria Clark's timbre and delicacy on "an ocean away" during Dividing Day from The Light in the Piazza. Kills me every single time.

[Neverandy]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:09am

These are my wife's
"She's gotta be sheltered and fed and dressed..." From Carousel Soliliquy
Judas' Death when he sings the reprise of "I don't know how to love him"
"...and if it wasn't for me, then where would you be, miss gypsy rose lee?" Gypsy OBCR
"Can't we just pursue our lives..." From Into the woods OBCR only!
The final Tom of warwick moment at the end of the camelot OBCR
These are mine
"Sarah come down to me!" RAGTIME OBCR
"Let others rise..." Warlow as Enjorlas
"In Lily's Eyes" At the end of the song with Quast an Warlow only.
"I'm their savior" Evita OBC
Kim "you will not touch my child"
Thuy: "you don't know how to kill!"- Saigon OBCR
One that both of us agree on
All of "Is anybody there?" from 1776 OBCR

[strelimyn]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 8:28pm

Off the top of my head:

- "Dance ... Dance! DANCE OR DIE!" and Sarah Jessica Parker's scatting from Spanish Panic on the Revival Recording of Once Upon a Mattress

- This has been said many times, but in Dancing Through Life when Idina sing "I doooo" Loove it

- On Footloose OBC, when Jennifer Laura Thompson sings "Been feeling so strange" in the Finale

- ALL of See What I Wanna See Recording - fantastic "... ouch, right?"

- Idina's pronunciation of "No good deed" in ... No Good Deed from Wicked - I dunno, something about it gets me everytime

- How Idina sings "Tell them how I am deFYing gravity" ... something about the way she sings the FY part = love

- From Aida OBC, Easy as Life, when Heather sing "Forcing us to prove that all the hardest things we've done are easy! So easy!" love it

that's all I can think about right now - but this thread is awesome

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:12pm

-Assassins-
Ballad of Booth: "Let them cry dirty traitor..." gives me tinglies.
Ballad of Czolgosz: "I'm told that in his spare time, he enjoys collecting COINS!" cracks me up

-The Last Five Years-
All of the repeating of melodies is so gorgeous, I love it all.
Nobody Needs to Know: "Praying I'll hold you again" tinglies.

-The Light in the Piazza-
Say it Somehow: "I think I hear the sound of wrap your arms around me" makes me swoon

-Titanic-
No Moon/Autumn: "No wave, no swell, no line where sea meets sky" just love it.

-The Secret Garden-
Winter's on the Wing: Just various places where he's all, "SEXY ACCENT!"

-Cabaret-
Tomorrow Belongs to Me (reprise): The end is just chilling

[flicker_]

Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:27pm

The Light in the Piazza-
"Your milk...Your milk is, eh..."
"My milk is what? What milk?"
It's just so funny how Clara says this. I smile every time.

Sweeney Todd-
In The Judge's Return, when Sweeney sings, "And he was...naive." It's this throaty croak that gives me the chills.

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 2:46am

The end harmony of "secret soul" from Jane Eyre
"deep within my sec-ret SOUL!!!!"
amazing...

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 11/24/06 at 8:22am

I like when Nessarose sings "the wicked witch of the east, We Deserve each other"