DIANA Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

Releases on September 24! It is now available for pre-order and the track "The World Fell in Love" can now be streamed/downloaded.

"'It’s a great song for people who haven’t yet seen the show,' says Roe Hartrampf, who plays Prince Charles. 'It’s a pivotal moment in the first act, when Charles for the first time sees the potential Diana has in a public setting, the way she can capture people’s hearts. It surprises him and also makes him anxious. The first half of act one is very much the fairy tale of them meeting and sparks flying, then immediately after their wedding is this moment that Charles thinks will be his time to shine but that gets completely flipped on its head. This song introduces his misgivings about who he thought Diana was versus who she actually is; it’s him seeing that for the first time.'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yjY4s3ECw

Thoughts below peeps.

Right near its October 1 Netflix release. Smart.

Of note, "The World Fell in Love" was not in the pre-B'way tryout. The entire ensemble sounds flawless on this cut. Roe Hartrampf is a pleasant surprise and I can't wait to see him make his "Broadway debut" (notice the air quotes) this October.

Why do I hear warmed-over "Evita" in this song? The structure, the harmonies, the melody.

Listen to when they sing "she hardly knows what she's doing but she does it awfully well" and what follows. Incredibly similar. I keep hearing "Oh What a Circus." (the second part) or other parts of the score.

How is the rest of the score?

I was supposed to see this the night Broadway was shut down. Looking forward to seeing it in November now on a weekend trip, though. I just can't decide whether to watch it on Netflix first or not...

ColorTheHours048 said: "I genuinely can’t believe this musical exists and that there’s any positivity being shown toward it. Everything I’ve heard so far has been middling to horrible."

Same. What is the context for "This Is How Your People Dance"?

Dolly80 said: " . . . I’m sure it’s the same with Britsdoing American accents where half the time , they wander through at least 7 States . . . "

I love the way you expressed that I saw a production of Carousel a thousand years ago in Chichester I tried to explain to British friends that the accents, while individually authentic, were a hodgepodge of local flavors. Your description was much more eloquent and clever (I told them the only thing missing was Rhoda Morgenstern doing a reprise of You’ll Never Walk Alone. They didn’t get the reference.)

If I'm remembering correctly, Diana finds out about a party of Charles's friends that he is going to with Camilla, and decides to show up with him. When they get there, Diana and Camilla basically fight openly about their relationships while Charles tries to play peacekeeper, and the staging also makes it seem like they're in a boxing ring of sorts.

Ah, I hadn't realized the video didn't include the full song, but you can hear them going at it in the full song if you have a streaming music service.