Bright Star Cast Recording
Bright Star Cast Recording
#1Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 9:43am
NPR has got the first listen-- it sounds incredible! I need to lie down after hearing Carmen's vocals on "At Long Last," good lord!
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474678104/first-listen-original-broadway-cast-recording-bright-star
#2Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 9:55am
Went directly to my favorite song, "So Familiar". Sounds great!
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#3Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 10:52am
"Bright Star" and "Whoa, Mama" have been on repeat.
#4Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 12:12pm
Wow. Loved everything about that...especially Cusack.
What a year for original scores! Between this, HAMILTON, WAITRESS, AMERICAN PSYCHO. Wonder if SCHOOL OF ROCK could be the shut out in this category.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#5Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 12:18pm
just from a quick listen of the first 5 tracks on my way to work, it seems like a great recording. I haven't seen the show but the album has been enjoyable!
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#6Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 12:20pm
Just listened to the recording. Loved it. Can't wait to see the show tonight!
#7Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 2:01pm
Emily Padgett's 'Another Round' is FANTASTIC. I love this recording so much.
They/them.
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#8Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 2:05pm
this is all i've been listening to today. I went to "Bright Star sings Jeff Blumenkrantz" at birdland on monday and it was so wonderful i damn near died and waking up to this release pushed me over the edge. I can't handle how good Carmen Cusack is.
#9Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 2:07pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "What a year for original scores! Between this, HAMILTON, WAITRESS, AMERICAN PSYCHO. Wonder if SCHOOL OF ROCK could be the shut out in this category."
If the nominees for Best Musical end up being American Psycho, Hamilton, School of Rock, and Waitress, I imagine they would each receive a Best Original Score nomination to go along with it. Though a nomination for Bright Star wouldn't be completely out of the question, especially since Steve Martin & Edie Brickell have been promoting their own show.
#10Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 3:18pm
I loved American Psycho, but I thought the original music was easily the worst part of it. I'd give that spot to School of Rock for sure. (Along with Hamilton, Bright Star, and Waitress.)
On topic, Bright Star is just heavenly. I've been listening to it all day.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#11Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 3:19pm
This recording is delightful. I really need to get over to the Cort to see this.
#12Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 3:54pm
I think Bright Star is just as if not more likely to get a best musical nod than School of Rock and American Psycho. But regardless, I think a best original score nomination is highly likely (where American Psycho would not be a contender).
#13Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 4:10pm
Now how many shows have been nominated for Best Musical without a nomination for Best Original Score (not counting jukebox musicals)?
The ones I can think of are Bring It On, Catch Me If You Can, Leap of Faith, and Mary Poppins.
#14Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 4:15pm
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL is another that comes to mind.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#15Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 7:48pm
Where is the dialogue? I didn't know what this show was about when I started listening to this album and I still don't know what it's about now that I've finished it. It's a lovely score but a little dialogue to set up some of the songs and clue the listener in on some key plot points would have been nice.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#16Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 8:50pm
CATSNYrevival said: "Where is the dialogue? I didn't know what this show was about when I started listening to this album and I still don't know what it's about now that I've finished it. It's a lovely score but a little dialogue to set up some of the songs and clue the listener in on some key plot points would have been nice.
*****Possible Spoilers********
I just finished Act 1 and what I gathered from it is that Carmen Cusack and Paul Alexander Nolan fell in love but they weren't supposed to. Carmen Cusack's character got pregnant with Paul Alexander Nolan's character's kid, their parents found out, 1 of their parents took the baby, put it in suitcase, and threw it out of a train window.
#17Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 8:59pm
Is that why she's flashing her boobies to the train in the show logo?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#18Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 9:01pm
^ well a spoiler alert may have been nice. (But everyone believes the baby was put up for adoption.)
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#19Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 9:28pm
Saw the show tonight and absolutely loved it. Carmen Cusack is super talented and deserves all the praise.
#20Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/21/16 at 9:37pm
I just finished and thoroughly enjoyed this recording! I hope Carmen Cusack is nominated for the Tony, she is phenomenal.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 4/22/16 at 09:37 PM
#21Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/22/16 at 1:35pm
I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer my cast recordings with very little to no dialogue. I suppose for the sake of posterity, that isn't ideal, but for my listening pleasure, I love to have the songs isolated.
I adore the score for Violet, for example, but don't listen to that album nearly as much as I would if it didn't have so much of the script in there.
Anyways, I have been streaming this Bright Star recording for nearly 48 hours straight I think! I love it so.
#22Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/22/16 at 2:02pm
I can understand just wanting the songs but for me, unless it tours, I'll probably never see Bright Star and I like it when they include dialogue on cast albums so I can listen more like a radio play and get a good sense of the story. This album is really just the songs and they're lovely but I'm completely lost as to what the show is about. Maybe the booklet will have a more comprehensive synopsis to help me out.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#23Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/22/16 at 2:04pm
CATSNYrevival, part of the problem is definitely a lack of specificity in the lyrics. You should be able to tell what a show is about, at least vaguely, without a detailed synopsis. That said, I saw the booklet, and I believe there is a synopsis in it. I don't have it in front of me now to be sure.
#24Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/22/16 at 2:20pm
Plus I still have yet to see any synopsis of the show at all. Like its a big secret. I read several reviews and they were pretty vague about what occurs (I know there's a baby involved).
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#25Bright Star Cast Recording
Posted: 4/26/16 at 12:59am
It is kind of hard to give a synopsis without giving away some things that you really shouldn't know before seeing it. It would ruin a few things.
Just listened to it and it is my favorite score from this season. Hands down.
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