Favorite Broadway Cast Recording

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Favorite Broadway Cast Recording

Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:49pm

What is everyones favorite Broadway cast recordings?
My top five are:
WICKED
THE WILD PARTY (Off Broadway Cast)
RENT
A CHORUS LINE
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

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re: Favorite Broadway Cast Recording

Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:52pm

wicked
a chorus line
chicago (revival)
avenue q
anything goes (revival)
Gypsy (anone of them. I enjoyed them all)
AND MOST DEFINATLEY LES MIS

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Updated On: 1/2/04 at 01:52 PM

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:57pm

Sweeney Todd
Parade
Avenue Q
A Man of No Importance
The Producers

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 1:59pm

Wicked
Gypsy
Little Shop
Millie
Hairspray

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 2:10pm

In no particular order...
Wicked
Rent
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 2:19pm

In This Order...
Hairspray
Rent
Little Shop of Horrors
Grease..with Rosie O'Donnel
Mamma Mia

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:06pm

okay lets see...
1. Gypsy- my mom is sorry she got it for me for christmas. I sing it too much
2. Millie
3. Hairspray
4. Phantom
5. 42nd Street- I love all the tapping in the soundtrack.

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:26pm

1. Gypsy (2003 Revival) w/ Bernadette
2. Gypsy (Original London Cast) w/ Angela
3. New Favorite...Wicked.

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:31pm

If I had to pick one, it would hands down go to RENT.

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:37pm

RENT and THE CIVIL WAR

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:45pm

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
PASSION
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
LES MIS
AVENUE Q

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 3:52pm

Sweeney Todd (OBC and 2000 concert)
Violet
Parade
Elegies (if that counts)

... and about 126 others...!

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 4:09pm

42nd Street (Revival)
Godspell (Off Broadway 2000)
Ragtime

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 4:17pm

Parade
Gypsy (w/ Bernadette)
Into the Woods OBCR
Anything Sondheim.
Carousel

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 4:21pm

Gypsy (w/ Bernadette)
Wicked
Rent
The Wild Party (off-Broadway)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Avenue Q

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 4:36pm

Gypsy w/ Bernadette Peters
Into The Woods w/ Bernadette Peters
Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center Philharmonic
A Class Act - I really like it!

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 4:56pm

little shop of horrors
thoroughly modern millie
wicked

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 5:04pm

Only 5 ? That's a tough one. Let's see, in no particular order there's

RENT
AVENUE Q
AIDA
HAIRSPRAY
CRAZY FOR YOU

Take care

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 5:43pm

Parade
Ragtime
Avenue Q
Wicked
Infinite Joy-- does it count?

lots of others.. those come to mind..

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 5:47pm

Rent
Man of La Mancha (new Broadway cast recording)
Joseph...Dreamcoat
Tick Tick Boom
Jesus Christ Superstar

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 5:52pm

If banished to a desert island I would need:
CANDIDE (Original Cast, Love those Hellman/Dorothy Parker lyrics)
GYPSY (Merman IS still Rose until Patti gives it a whirl)
WEST SIDE STORY (Original Cast, because Chita IS Anita)
WONDERFUL TOWN (Roz Russell will never be equalled)
BELLS ARE RINGING (either will Judy Holliday)

Where would I be without Bernstein and Julie Styne
and Sonheim and Comden and Green?

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 6:16pm

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

Hands down. I buy the cast cd for most shows I see, listen to them a few times, then they become souveniers. But Millie is special. I just love it. I can't help but sing along whenever "Speedtest" comes around.

Other favorites:
THE PRODUCERS
HAIRSPRAY
MAMMA MIA
AVENUE Q (this one is growing on me).

I hope they come up with NEVER GONNA DANCE. The sampler is terrific.

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 6:39pm

-Avenue Q
-Zanna Don't
-Godspell 2000 Off-B'way Recording
-Movin' Out
-Rent
-ACL
-Les Miserables
-Romeo Et Juliette
-Camelot
-L5Y

...too many to name!

Updated On: 1/2/04 at 06:39 PM

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 6:46pm

Hurrah Gladys! Love your choices. Broadwaygal, how can all of your favorite all time cast recordings be from the last two years??

Candide, with Barbara Cook for me.
Original Company
Once On this Island

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Posted: 1/2/04 at 7:15pm

I'd agree with Gladys and Sherman...

...If I could only pick 5 to take to that island with me

1. WEST SIDE STORY
2. GYPSY
3. FUNNY GIRL
4. CANDIDE
5. HELLO, DOLLY!

All original Broadway casts.

Then I'd sneak away swewn into my clothing:

6. CAROUSEL
7. SOUTH PACIFIC
8. LADY IN THE DARK (if not the reconstructed version I have w/Gertie and Danny Kaye, then the London production with Maria Friedman)
9. CAMELOT
10. MY FAIR LADY
11. KISS ME, KATE
12. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (the original cast w/Bobby Morse)

And if I can't take all 12, well then I'm not going!

Yours for musicals on Broadway!

Updated On: 1/2/04 at 07:15 PM