3 OBCR that are "must haves"?
3 OBCR that are "must haves"?
#03 OBCR that are "must haves"?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 10:51pm
Hello! My birthday is coming up soon and I'm asking for 3 CD's from shows this season (I don't have any from this season so far). What should I ask for? I'm thinking DRS, Putnam Spelling Bee, Spamalot(?)...I also might ask for the new Assassins recording from last season. Is it any good? Worth asking for? Others suggestions? Thanks!!! 
Updated On: 5/14/05 at 10:51 PM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#1re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 10:54pm
Little Women
Putnam Spelling Bee
Light in the Piazza
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#3re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 10:56pm
What type of shows do you generally like because the ones from this season run the gammut?
The two differences between your list and Iluv's list are VERY different.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#4re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:00pmStick with your original idea. DRS, Bee and Spam seem like pretty good choices.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
#5re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:02pm
I would say:
Light in the Piazza - gorgeous
Spamalot - hilarious
I haven't seen Spelling Bee and was disappointed with Little Women's score. I enjoy DRS's score, but I don't know how you would like it if you haven't seen it. Did you see it?
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
#6re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:03pmsmartpenguin..i like anything and everything which doesn't help the problem. For example, I could listen to RENT, Wicked, The Wild Party, Company, and West Side Story and love them all.
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#7re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:03pmBefore seeing CastAlbumFan's reply, I was going to post along the same lines. Although DRS is the only show I've seen ... I think you should go with your own first instincts and get those three.
IveGottaBeME
Leading Actor Joined: 1/15/05
#9re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:13pm
Then I would run with one from each style
such as: Light in the Piazza, DRS, Bee
or Little Women, Spamalot, DRS
all the below are my opinions on the shows
Spamalot: Very funny, not great musically but passible, unconventional
Bee: Lyrics are fabulous the music is very small though and not catchy, unconventional
DRS: My overall favorite, catchy tunes and funny lyrics, but probably better if you have seen the show, conventional
Piazza: Great, soft, heartfelt score, artistic
Little Women: in the heartfelt category, conventional musical
Broklyn: I have not seen or heard, the music clips had a bit of a bad ripoff of Rent meets screeching to try to be like Wicked vibe to me.
Assassins: I love it, and it is essential Sondheim, but many say get the OBCR which I do not have. I fell the same about Pacific Overtures, I love the revival, but the general thought is the original is better.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
Updated On: 5/15/05 at 11:13 PM
#10re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:19pm
"Broklyn: I have not seen or heard, the music clips had a bit of a Rent meets Wicked vibe to me."
I think a part of me just died when you said that Penguin.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#11re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:20pm
spamalot's really not worth getting imho... i own it but don't forsee repeat listening.
i'd say drs, spelling bee, and piazza for this season
"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
#12re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/14/05 at 11:25pm
I was totally not trying to insult either Wicked or RENT, I was trying to find the best way I could think of to describe it based on the totally tiny part I have heard.
TGIF: Please don't die because of me. I am a lowly penguin and apologize.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#14re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 12:06am
*hugs RENT OBCR*
I'll survive, Penguin, but it will take awhile.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
ikmbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#17re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 12:12am
TGIF: If you come back in here, check it out I edited to what I was actually thinking, but tried to be nice and not say. 
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#18re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 11:29amI heard that SPAMALOT is much like THE PRODUCERS in that you can't really replay the songs and enjoy them unless you are actually at the show. Is SPELLING BEE easier to listen to with catchier songs?
#19re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 11:42am
Your orginal three seem like fine choices, but also consider:
Little Women
Caroline, or Change
or...Rent(if you do not already have this)
"If I have something to say, the whole world (BroadwayWorld) should hear it." - Thenardier
#20re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 11:51am
I totally agree with Qfan. Go with DRS, Spam and Assassins.
<--------Look at Ruprecht. Don't you just love him?! Get DRS NOW!
Spam isn't as bad as Producers. I replay all the Sara Ramirez songs and quite a few others. People like to bash Spam but it's alot of fun. And hearing Sara Ramirez sing just one song is worth it.
I love love love the new Assassins! It's one of the best cds I own. It's just perfection!
"I'm the STAR!"--Daniel Reichard during Glory Daze sound check
#22re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 12:17pm
DRS (great even if you have not seen it)
Little Women
RENT
if you own RENT, then Caroline, or change
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#23re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 12:22pm
1. DRS
2. LITTLE WOMEN (they really did a VERY nice job with this one)
3. SPELIING BEE
#24re: 3 OBCR that are 'must haves'?
Posted: 5/15/05 at 1:00pmlight in the piazza.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
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