Broadway Cast Recordings

Dear Broadway Board.

I am a regular on the west end board and with the announcement of the tony award nomination (don't worry, me and my friends in the UK are as weirded out as you guys are) But it is time for me to buy my annual tony awards Broadway Cast recording. I will be buying Aladdin and The Bridges of Madison County and want to order 1 more. It is between Rocky and If/Then ( I will be ordering A Gentleman's guide to love and marriage from the UK) can anyone help me out on which I should buy..Rocky or If/Then

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No idea 're If but it allegedly not the best even though it is nominated. Rocky is OK but not Ahrens/Flaherty best work.

Bottom line is I cannot make a choice for you

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As neither ROCKY or IF/THEN have had their recordings released I can't speak to the quality of the recordings, but as far as the scores themselves worked in the theatre neither was pretty revelatory and/or worth purchasing from my perspective. If I had to pick one of yours there were more highlights musically in ROCKY than there were in IF/THEN for me, but each had a lot of filler that I'd skip on any listen.

ETA: I had mistakenly thought the OP wasn't planning on purchasing GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE, which I mentioned in this post as being more worthy than either of these two.

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Updated On: 4/29/14 at 12:41 PM

The music on the Rocky soundcloud IS from the cast recording, and it sounds pretty great to me. But you're right, If/Then is not available for it to be compared.

jnb9872- the OP is purchasing "Gent's Guide" already... and I have to mention that I also love that score!

Just get Fun Home in preparation for next year...

Rocky

It does sound good and I enjoyed the show.

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If/Then