Carols for a Cure vol. 9

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Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 12:10am

Just got this in the mail today! Such a fun and great cd. I haven't listened to it all yet, but so far highlights include Joy to the World by Little Mermaid, It Was Simple Then by Spamalot, (At The) North Pole Global Warming Surfin' Party by Avenue Q, The 12 Days of Christ-Miz by Les Mis, and O Holy Night by Julia Murney and Max von Essen.

Ok, so it's a little early, but I'm in the Christmas spirit.

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"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

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re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 1:21am

We should keep the joy of Christmas in our hearts all year round! I love Christmas, and I want this CD!

#3

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 10:18am

Mine just got here!!!

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#4

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 11:23am

Mine just arrived as well. Can't wait to listen to it.

The MAMMA MIA song was written by a guy I went to school with (Dan Ponce) and was directed by another guy I went to school with (Steve Morgan). VERY cool.

I think the "Holy Night" by Julia and Max is also available for viewing on YouTube. Looked neat!

#5

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:56pm

I got it after Hairspray this past Sunday.
The album sounds very good. Here are my faves:

Wicked - Jingle Bells (this one's really funny!)
Curtains - Monotone Angel and Deck The Halls (the latter as the cast of "Robbin' Hood", this shows us just how bad Jessica Cranshaw was)
Avenue Q - North Pole Global Warming Surfin' Party
A Chorus Line - Broadway Holiday
Spring Awakening - What Child Is This
Mary Poppins - Two English Carols (I love the arrangement with the vocals and brass quintet, they should definitely do this live sometime, maybe on the streets of Times Square)
Jersey Boys - Dominick the Donkey
Hairspray - Tracy Turnblad's Big, Bad Holiday Rap

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"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid

#6

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 10/24/07 at 5:36pm

Mine is in the mail as we speak (well, hopefully). I'm so excited. I love Broadway and I love Christmas, so I adore Carols for a Cure. I also have a cute little Broadway picture frame coming from BC/EFA! So excited. I've been looking for a Broadway picture frames with REAL shows on it for forever. Maybe next year they will have a shot glass.

ETA: My CD and picture frame just got dropped off! So excited!

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So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?

Updated On: 10/24/07 at 05:36 PM

#7

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/2/07 at 4:48pm

Though I do wish certain people got to sing a bit more (Orfeh, anyone?) I'm really enjoying the CD this year, I LOVE Little Mermaid's Joy to the World.

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#8

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/2/07 at 4:59pm

I think "The Monotone Angel" is going to become one of my new favorite carols. I also adore Shuler Hensley's rendition of "O Come All Ye Faithful" as well as "Mary's Lullaby" (Wicked 1st National Tour) and "The Innkeeper's Lament" (Altar Boyz).

Though, I do cringe at the end of Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop when the cast screams out "Merry GREASEmas."

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#9

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/2/07 at 5:45pm

Aw. It must be the time of the season where I have to sift through the giant stack of Christmas music I've never touched to find the one tolerable track on each CD so I can make a nice playlist for my mom like I meant to do last year when I acquired all those other Carols for a Cure CDs.

Run on sentences are cool.

#10

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/2/07 at 5:51pm

"Run on sentences are cool."

Especially when executed to such perfection!
*applauds your expertise*

#11

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/7/07 at 10:49pm

Though, I do cringe at the end of Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop when the cast screams out "Merry GREASEmas."

Trust me, it isn't nearly as bad as the Les Miz cast harmonizing "Merry Christ-Miz" at the end of their song.

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"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid

#12

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/8/07 at 12:41am

Where can one purchase this CD?

Thanks!

#13

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/8/07 at 1:09am

Broadway Cares

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#14

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 11/8/07 at 1:10am

I adore Carols for a Cure! Haven't gotten the new one yet, but planning on it.

Last year's was amazing. I still love listening to December's Other Less Famous Holidays (Spelling Bee) and The Hanukkah Song (Wedding Singer).

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#15

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/11/07 at 2:50pm

My favorite tracks on these CDs are the ones where a cast does a traditional, or well-known, song in a style similar to their show. For example, I think the most outstanding track on the latest release is Spring Awakening's "What Child is This?"

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#16

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/24/07 at 10:28am

just got one as early gift, LOVE IT =)

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#17

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/24/07 at 10:45am

Accu Radio is featuring it on one of their Holiday sub-channels (New Holiday music) They are also donating a dollar for every new listener during the month of December. One of their charities is BCEFA. So go sign up and listen! It's free.

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#18

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/24/07 at 12:26pm

I am loving David Hyde Pierce and the Curtains crew singing the Monotone Angel! Coming in a close second is Kerry Butler doing Away in a Manger. Just beautiful!!

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re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/24/07 at 12:45pm

I picked up at when I saw Hairspray a few weeks back and have not stopped playing It Was Simple Then, What Child Is This, Away In A Manger, and Innkeeper's Lament :)

#20

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/25/07 at 2:58am

duh, of course! I forgot to mention "It was Simple Then."

Unbelievably beautiful. Kudos to Jenny Hill (Spamalot) for an exquisite performance. And The guitar and mandolin playing is spectacular!

#21

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/25/07 at 11:52am

i love this but i also love the songs that everyone loved above me. I also loved broadway boys hark the harold angels sing. i got the album last week at toys for tots benefit.
i really did not like legally blonde song at all that they had to sing.

#22

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 12/25/07 at 6:04pm

On "It was Simple Then," my friend Scott Kuney is on guitar and mandolin. He plays the guitar book in SPAMALOT (and doubles on banjo and uke).

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"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid

#23

re: Carols for a Cure vol. 9

Posted: 1/2/08 at 2:26pm

great song! i heard it at the tammy faye bakker musical concert last spring at new world stages, leah hocking rocked on it.