Bright Star Cast Recording — Page 3

Having the finished product, I am curious to see what changes the show went through from Vassar to DC to Broadway. Does anyone have song lists from their prior engagements or even early Broadway previews? Have any songs been added or cut or have had a change in order during the entire process?

GreasedLightning said: "Having the finished product, I am curious to see what changes the show went through from Vassar to DC to Broadway. Does anyone have song lists from their prior engagements or even early Broadway previews? Have any songs been added or cut or have had a change in order during the entire process?



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Off the top of my head - "If You Knew My Story" was added specifically for Broadway. I know there are others but I can't think of them at the moment.

From start to end of Broadway previews there were no changes in the music, but some changes in the script.

Rushed the show today and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it, given that I was going in with fairly low expectations. Carmen Cusack is a wonder; can't believe this is only her first time on Broadway. The score is by turns infectious fun and touchingly affecting. The show may have dollops of melodrama and a twist you can see coming from a mile away, but it's so well put together by director Walter Bobbie that you simply overlook that and just give in to its many pleasures, including the always reliable Michael Mulheren as the villain.

I'm sorry if this has already been answered, but is the recording available on spotify yet?

Fun video of Asheville.



https://twitter.com/tonylance/status/727908253422784512

It's not on Spotify or Apple Music. I love both services, but I find very few indie-recorded cast albums. No BS, 2016 Fiddler, The Visit, Zhivago, etc. I do find a lot of PS Classics recordings, though...

I've been listening to the recording on a loop for the past few days. I am so happy that this musical is celebrating genre of music that I grew up listening to. What a cool season to have such a variety of genres in the nominated scores.

Will it not be on Spotify at all? I thought it was just Broadway records who didn't give them permission? This isn't them is it?

I think it's a charming score, but I found the consistent pattern of the lyrics a little underwhelming (simplistically worded verse with ac-CENTS that fall on unusual syl-LAB-les, followed by a chorus that repeats the same phrase over and over, the same phrase over and over, the same phrase over and over, the same phrase over and over).

The melodies and the instrumentation are really interesting, though. I've been doing a lot of repeat listening and I find that I keep returning to it so much because I keep finding new things to listen for in the instrumentation and the melodies.

The lyrics have become just background for me. They don't really help tell the story, and I find what's going on underneath them to be the more interesting focus.

And of course... CARMEN CUSACK! Wow! She's amazing!

Updated On: 5/5/16 at 09:23 AM

brian1973 said: "It reminds me in some ways of The Bridges of Madison County..another show I adored.

i fear there is too much hype around Cynthia Erivo and that the superior Carmen Cusack won't win..but anyone that sees he in this will never forget her that's for sure. I suspect she will have a better Broadway career than Erivo..if nothing else because she can act way better."



Okay, no. Erivo's choices in the show are the production's choices - and they work fantastically. I haven't seen Cusack, so I don't know where you are coming from. But please don't diss a really accomplished performer.

Maybe Erivo had an off night when I went.



She was good, but not better than Carmen or Benanti.



And she didn't erase the memory of La Chanze for me, or match it.



Danielle Brooks was the star of the show for me.

God, those lyrics are hard to get through. Music still sounds great, as does the talent.