5 Cast Recordings You Couldnt Live Without- Page 2

[Kitzarina]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 12:21am

This may be a stupid question, but am I the only one who found the Wicked recording to be over-rated? I haven't been able to bring myself to finish it yet--the only song I like is "Defying Gravity." Ah well, to each their own. Here's my picks:

*Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic Recording
*Jane Eyre - Toronto Cast Recording
*RENT
*Songs for a New World
*Aida

That's a hard one! Honorable mentions include L5Y, Avenue Q, Ragtime, and Scarlet Pimpernel.

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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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Updated On: 2/9/04 at 12:21 AM

[Greekmusicalfan]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 5:13am

Kitzarina I am with you. I got the Wicked soundtrack and heard it only once, since i was not impressed at all. But i am scared to say it out loud in the forum because it is so popular LOL.
I plan on giving it another try though, maybe it's one of those scores that grow on you.

Take care

[BrdwyThtr]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 6:07am

Hairspray
Wicked
Cats
Little Shop of Horrors
Gypsy

[PennyLou]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 10:12am

ok my top 5 right now and have been pretty much the same for months now are,
Hairspray (bet no one expected that from me, haha)
Millie
LSOH
Bat Boy
Wicked/Urintown (depends on the day)

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[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 11:47am

- Movin Out
- RENT
- Hair
- Fosse
- Crazy For You

You've gotta have heart AND music

[mebice]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 11:53am

in no particular order and this is just for now..because I change oh so often

1. children of eden
2. wicked
3.taboo london
4. taboo (broadway when i get it)
5. Ragtime

"Hold up your head. Never be afraid to shine. Viva la difference in my body and my mind. All out with loneliness Such a waste of time. Come in from the outside" ~ Taboo

[Elphie]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 5:42pm

Oh and I'm not offended. If you dont want to answer, dont answer- Thats all. Everything is bound to get repeated sometimes- I was just curious.

"They hear drums. We hear music."

[SueleenGay]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 6:18pm

Stephen Sondheim get three measly votes? and only one for a show that is not GYPSY? And I assume that you all love GYPSY because of Sondheim's lyrics, right? You all need to listen to things that were recorded before you were born.
Try:
SWEENY TODD
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
COMPANY
FOLLIES...

any version of these shows is not to be without on a desert Island.

PEACE.

[Elphie]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 6:31pm

I would want a mix tape of Sondheim with all my favorites of his classic scores.

"They hear drums. We hear music."

[innocentchoirboy]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 7:29pm

rent
sideshow
ragtime
hairspray
wicked

wicked is a little over rated, but i can't get enough of it. i just play certain songs over and over. usually 3, 4, 11, 16. anything with idena belting. 16 is my favorite, and defying gravity is way overrated. every time i hear track five i want to shoot myself. and on march of wich hunters, does anyone else feel like they're suddenly in a musical about pirates, when that woman says "the marrrrch of wich hunnnterrrrrs!"?

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000

[singinpink]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 7:37pm

defy gravity is my favorite song 2

[musicaltheatreman]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 8:00pm

sideshow
dream girls(concert recording)
hairspary
wicked
gypse(new cast)

coming in close are evita, throughly modern millie, mamma mia, the witches of eastwick, the life, chicago(revial cast) and both wild parties :)

[NewMusic]

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Posted: 2/9/04 at 10:56pm

Ragtime
Chicago
Side Show
Sweeney Todd
Urinetown

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 12:03am

I definately think Wicked is something that grows on you. The first few times I listened to it, it was just ok, but the more I listen the more I enjoy it. Forget only choosing five cast recordings copy your entire collection onto an IPod (Or as much as you can) and don't tell anyone!

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Updated On: 2/10/04 at 12:03 AM

[cbrown828]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 12:14am

rent
chicago
caberet
hairspray
aida

[DonnaMurphyRocks]

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Posted: 2/10/04 at 3:03am

Sueleen, you're forgetting Into the Woods and Passion. Those are Sondheim's best, and should never be forgotten on a desert island!

"My little boy's home from the Big House!" - Angela Lansbury, Blue Hawaii

[Lavieboheme26]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 4:16pm

--Rent
--Les Mis
--Movin' Out
--Chicago
--The Producers Updated On: 2/11/04 at 04:16 PM

[innocentchoirboy]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:51pm

i've got the ipod thing covered. my whole collection is on it. this thing is a godsend!

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:16pm

AH! I forgot Assassins, and the Revival of Company as well.

You've gotta have heart AND music

[chinkie azn jai]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:43pm

i go through stages:
right now its:

wicked
rent
Tmm
lsoh
kiss me kate (revival)

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[little_sally]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:33pm

hum...

rent
wicked
urinetown
jesus christ superstar obc
movin out

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[WindyCityActor]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:35pm

Follies
The King and I
Brigadoon
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Cabaret

[LadyMann]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:56pm

Drift (not broadway, but still..jeremy rules)
Wicked
Scarlet Pimpernel *encores, but take out rex and add terry*
tick,tick...BOOM
seussical

"will you be my friend, when everything ends?"-drift (jeremy schonfeld)

[kombatkoala2]

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Posted: 2/11/04 at 9:04pm

Wicked
Les Miserables (10th anniversary)
The Last 5 Years
Zanna Don't!
A Chorus Line

"Unlmited, my future is unlimited." -Wicked

[Chevstriss]

re#49

Posted: 2/11/04 at 9:24pm

JCS - concept album
Little Shop - original off-Bwy
Spitfire Grill
Pump Boys
Evita - Lupone

gee only 1 of those is an actual Bwy cast album

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