Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...- Page 2

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 10:51pm

Rags has a truly intoxicating score.

[lfae]

Posted: 8/11/05 at 10:52pm

Republic of Myopia. Go find it. Also, Shout! - OCRs exist of both.

I'd say Eureka but that'd be impossible to find

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:16am

Myopia??? I thought I knew about most shows (I have every other recording named here so far) -- what is Myopia and where do I get it?

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:21am

Violet.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:26am

Do check out CLOSER THAN EVER (RCA Victor) - a revue of two dozens songs by Shire and Maltby, and not a dog in the collection. Some truly stunning litle one-act musicals here!

[Joelbeans]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:35am

Man I love all these shows mentioned here in this thread. I have done Rags, and Falsettos, and those are two of my favorite shows. Played Nathan in Rags, and Marvin in Falsettos. I would love to do Man of No Importance. Try Romance/Romance, there are a few good songs in there. Also I Love You You're Perfect Now Change. There are two songs that I did in a version of The Little Prince that I just adore, but I can't remember the composer. I will write more when I think of some more.

[lfae]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:41am

Hurrah, I got one!
Well, granted it is an Aussie musical. So there ya go. Anyway I got my copy at middle8music and it's great - I missed the show since it was only done in Sydney, about a year and a half ago now. I can upload a couple of the songs off the cd if anyone's interested...but it's certainly good enough to go and buy :)

...and somehow, posting a hyperlink hates me. so here. http://www.middle8.com/mem/product.asp?pID=2678&cID=360&scID=613
Updated On: 8/12/05 at 12:41 AM

[rclocalz]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:41am

Little Me!!!! (I love the Martin Short recording!)

[jwsel]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:56am

FalsettosFan,

I loved Mail. Amazing to realize that it was Brian Stokes Mitchell's first show.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:06am

The Spitfire Grill. Great music, but unfortunatley, it only got to off-broadway and never made it to broadway. But is still great!

[Sporkie]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:21am

Starmites (Well, at least the song Superhero Girl)

[MrBundles]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:29am

The Life
Two Gentlemen of Verona (the musical)
Dude

[elvenprincess971]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:48am

Last 5 Years... no one except here has heard of it.

[lfae]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 6:11am

I haven't seen The Last Five Years but I have heard of it!

Here's a few more, not sure if they're unknown or if it's just that no one mentions them:

The Venetian Twins (hilarious)
Summer Rain
Lola Montez
Prodigan Son
Joe Starts Again
Paris

Two new ones to watch out for:
Rosie
A Bunch of Ratbags

[FalsettosFan]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:26am

jwsel-Glad to see someone else's loves MAIL. I never saw it, but luckily Michael Rupert's partner was kind enjoy to give me a CD of it. I was in heaven! Not only has Brian Stokes Mitchell in it, but also Michelle Pawk and for the California run, B.D. Wong!

[Urban]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:38am

You know there is this little musical called 'Wicked' which nobody has heard of and nobody talks about...

:p

[Jon]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:54am

Little-known musicals that have been successful at my theatre:

JOHN AND JEN
GIFTS OF THE MAGI
KUNI-LEML
OLYMPUS ON MY MIND
SOMETHING'S AFOOT
CHARLOTTE SWEET
QUILTERS
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
YOURS, ANNE
PERSONALS
LUCKY STIFF
BLUES IN THE NIGHT
ROMANCE/ROMANCE
HEARTBEATS

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:09am

Excellent suggestions everyone!

some of my favorites I dont think were mentioned:

Prettybelle
Canterbury Tales
Eating Raoul
A Doll's Life
Lucky Stiff
Metropolis
Metro (only recording is in Polish)
Moby Dick

Not sure if you are looking for obscure shows (above) that were not on B'way, or classic shows that you might not know about....like Falsettos and Two Gentlemen of Verona...two classics everyone should have.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:32am

Thomas and the King

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:38am

Zanna, Don't! is cute and fun

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:40am

THE FIX!!!!

Some of the songs in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are definitly worth a listen.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:40am

Lucky Stiff is one of my favorites. I LOVE "Speaking French".

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:51am

It's a riot and everything Mary Testa sings cracks me up!

[addictedtomusicals]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:44pm

Try "Lizzie Borden" -- some really beautiful songs there.
You can find the CD through Amazon.com.
If you're in the mood for something off the wall,
"Ruthless" is fun.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:30pm

This seems to be a GREAT resource to find this rare stuff.
I've never used it myself, so cannot vouch for the service...just found it one day.
https://smtp3.thewwwstore.com/originalcastrecords.com/index.html

they have everything, it seems.
Not the best website, tho...makes ya wonder.