Dr Zhivago Cast Album?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 7:06pm

Apparently the cast album was recorded recently (no date was given)according to their website

No idea when I will be out but I am assuming quite soon

Updated On: 3/25/15 at 07:06 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 8:02pm

I don't see it, but I'll take your word for it. I will say that I don't like it when shows record before previews. In this case it's probably better that they did as everyone is expecting this to fold quickly after opening and there probably wouldn't be enough time to record and get it out before it's gone, but generally changes are made to the score during previews and I don't enjoy having a cast album that doesn't reflect the final version of the score. It also doesn't help when it comes time to license the show and there are discrepancies between the libretto and the recording.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 8:19pm

Bear in mind the show previously played in Austrailia with the same director. Not sure many major changes will be made now.

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Updated On: 3/23/15 at 08:19 PM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 8:25pm

Also keep in mind that it'll be opening only less than a week before Tony Nominations come out, so that would also determine the show's fate depending on its potential nominations.

[smallvillefan16]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 9:18pm

Who actually thought this would be a good idea as a musical?

It's the one musical that has flop written all over it.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 9:24pm

^Only because the timing is wrong and it's not the 1980s and the audience for this kind of show just doesn't exist any more unless it's Phantom or a revival of Les Miz or Miss Saigon. I don't think it's a bad idea and some of the music is lovely.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 10:11pm

"In this case it's probably better that they did as everyone is expecting this to fold quickly after opening and there probably wouldn't be enough time to record and get it out before it's gone"

That's a shock to me. Is there a board discussing it? I haven't been hearing much about this show good or bad so it's a surprise that it's suddenly expected to close immediately.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 10:16pm

It is the BWW tradition of picking out a show at random and than trumpet to the heavens that it will close immediately.It happened with Memphis which had the audacity of not only running but winning a Best Musical Tony plus a London edition.

A lot of people had egg on their face over that one.Do not believe everything you read here.

[Emma MK]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 3:46am

Im really pleased that there will be a recording for this! Im really looking forward to seeing it in May, and if Tam gives even half the performance that he gave in City of Angels then i know im going to love it!

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 3:55am

I too am glad there will be an album. No matter how the ticket sales go, or even how "good" a show is they all deserve to be preserved on CD for anyone who cares for the material, and to give it a chance to touch many more beyond its Broadway run.

[approximatura]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 2:26pm

the cast album will be recorded after opening.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 2:32pm

Figures Roxy would get it wrong.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 6:36pm

Re your snotty remark Cats, there was a photo on their website showing the cast in a recording studio with a caption stating they had recorded it " 4 few weeks ago"

Blame the website. It must be nice to be perfect all the time. Sorry we can all be up to your high standards of perfection.

Updated On: 3/24/15 at 06:36 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 7:11pm

I didn't see anything like that on their site.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 11:06pm

"I too am glad there will be an album. No matter how the ticket sales go, or even how "good" a show is they all deserve to be preserved on CD for anyone who cares for the material, and to give it a chance to touch many more beyond its Broadway run."

I'm of a mind that everything should get a recording (beyond the bootlegs) and I'm still upset about The Apple Tree never being recorded with that amazing revival cast.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 3:56am

^And the Threepenny Opera revival. Those two not getting recorded still pisses me off.

[rclocalz]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 5:51pm

Those clips that you saw of the cast in the recording studio were for demos of a few songs to use in promotion. They will make a decision about a cast recording after the show is up and running. I saw the sitzprobe last week and the score is GORGEOUS... really excited about this show. It is epic to say the least with a huge cast and 18 piece orchestra.

[alawhat]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 6:19pm

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[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 6:30pm

I'm a little out of it it seems. Other than the fact that Doctor Zhivago came out in the mid-1960s, why are people so sure that this show will flop or will be of bad quality?

[loliveve]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 6:34pm

More than a few songs were recorded. I have 8 tracks for a demo, but each track was numbered, with the highest number being 13 (there are 19 songs in the show). Maybe the cast recording was already done? It's not required that they wait until after opening.

Updated On: 3/25/15 at 06:34 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 7:18pm

To Scotty

You have heard the term "The Chicago Way" from the movie The Untouchables

Assuming and wanting a show to close early is " The BWW Way"

[approximatura]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 9:06pm

dear god, what a festival of misinformation. the broadway cast has not "recorded more than a few" songs. any eight-song demo that exists would be a relic from the australian production in 2011. and there are more than 19 songs in the show.

[Fantod]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 9:10pm

There is an Australian cast tour promo CD that has two songs on it: "Now" and "On the Edge of Time". Neither song is remarkable.

[loliveve]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 10:00pm

Well, all I know is the info that was included in a pocket given to me by a producer, which included a list of 19 songs and a demo of 8 of them. Sorry if that information was incorrect.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 11:15pm

If someone from the cast reads these boards, please put this to rest. Was or was not a cast album recorded weeks ago?