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Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
#25re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/11/05 at 10:51pmRags has a truly intoxicating score.
lfae
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#26re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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 
#27re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:16amMyopia??? 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?
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#28re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:21amViolet.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#29re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:26amDo 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!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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#30re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:35amMan 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
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#31re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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
#32re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:41amLittle Me!!!! (I love the Martin Short recording!)
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jwsel
Featured Actor Joined: 8/2/05
#33re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:56am
FalsettosFan,
I loved Mail. Amazing to realize that it was Brian Stokes Mitchell's first show.
#34re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:06amThe Spitfire Grill. Great music, but unfortunatley, it only got to off-broadway and never made it to broadway. But is still great!
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#35re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:21amStarmites (Well, at least the song Superhero Girl)
#36re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:29am
The Life
Two Gentlemen of Verona (the musical)
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Your fupa is showing.
elvenprincess971
Broadway Star Joined: 9/12/04
#37re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:48amLast 5 Years... no one except here has heard of it.
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lfae
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#38re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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
Chorus Member Joined: 9/25/04
#39re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#40re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#41re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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
#42re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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.
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#43re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:32amThomas and the King
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
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#44re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:38amZanna, Don't! is cute and fun
#45re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:40am
THE FIX!!!!
Some of the songs in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are definitly worth a listen.
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#46re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:40amLucky Stiff is one of my favorites. I LOVE "Speaking French".
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#47re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
Posted: 8/12/05 at 10:51amIt's a riot and everything Mary Testa sings cracks me up!
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Swing Joined: 8/12/05
#48re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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.
#49re: Best Musicals Not Many People Have Heard Of...
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.
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