Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

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Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 2:59pm

I have two that I am listening to constantly:

Linda Eder's BROADWAY MY WAY

and

Lauren Kennedy SINGS THE SONGS OF JASON ROBERT BROWN

What are your favorites?

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 3:00pm

"Children Will Listen"-Betty Buckley
"Just in Time"-Judy Kuhn
"Duets"-Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner
"Emily Skinner"-Emily Skinner
"Songs I Taught My Mother"-Charlotte Rae

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 3:20pm

"Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein"- Bernadette Peters
"Opposite You"- Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniely
"Lady with a Torch"- Patti LuPone
"Now and Then"- Maria Friedman

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#4

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 3:29pm

Michael Ball's Centre Stage

#5

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 4:32pm

"Performs Andrew Lloyd Webber" - Michael Crawford
"Encore" - Elaine Paige
"Surrender - The Unexpected Songs" - Sarah Brightman

Michael Feinstein's Gershwin albums

#6

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 4:35pm

Patti LuPone's "Matters of the Heart" is possibly my favorite cd ever.

#7

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 4:39pm

I love "Franc D'Ambrosio's Broadway" & Ted Keegan's album "Sings."

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 5:21pm

Darrin Baker's "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing Singing Duets With Darrin Baker?"

FANTASTIC CD! Also has Alice Ripley, Dee Hoty, Mylinda Hull, Harvey Evans, and many others on there.

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 5:25pm

Brian Stokes Mitchell's new CD on Playbill Records is a nice listen.
Linda Eder's new recording of Garland standards is a solid effort as well.

#10

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 5:28pm

Anything John Barrowman. I wish Tony Vincent would do a Broadway album...

#11

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 5:34pm

Not technically Broadway, but Philip Quast's 'Live At The Donmar' is definitely one of the best purchases I've ever made.

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#12

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/2/07 at 9:37pm

Rebecca Luker's Leaving Home is probably my most-played album.

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:44am

"Where Time Stands Still" by Howard McGillin
"Hallelujah" by John Owen-Jones
"John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter" by John Barrowman
"Love Changes Everything: The Essential Michael Ball" by Michael Ball
"Michael Crawford Live in Concert" by Michael Crawford

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:23am

Barbara Cook...Mostly Sondheim
Audra McDonald...Build a Bridge
Betty Buckley...Children Will Listen
Betty Buckley...BBC concert
Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner...Duets

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 7:00am

Of my many solo albums, Laura Kennedy sings JRB is by far my favorite.
I also enjoy the Skinner/Ripley duet albums anf Judy Kuhn sings Jule Styne (Ithink it's called Time After time)

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#16

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 7:37am

Anything by Barbara Cook.

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:21am

Feel My Soul - Jennifer Holliday

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:41am

I love all of Anthony Warlow's albums, particularly Centre Stage and On the Boards. Also, I don't know if this one counts, as it's not all Broadway tunes, but I simply adore Christine Andreas' Love is Good. A few others:

Davis Gaines - Against the Tide
Lauren Kennedy Sings JRB
Christiane Noll - A Broadway Love Story
Liz Callaway - The Story Goes On
Laurie Beechman - No One Is Alone

~JJJ

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re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:37pm

"Ten Cents a Dance" Nancy Anderson
"Defying Gravity" Debbie Gravitte
"Songs I Taught My Mother" Charlotte Rae
"Bobby Short is Mad About Noel Coward" Bobby Short
"Lady With the Torch" Patti Lupone
"Emily Skinner" Emily Skinner
"Songs You Might Have Missed" Alix Kory
"Opposite You" Marin Mazzie and Jason Danielly
"Someone Else's Clothes" Jason Robert Brown
"The Kander and Ebb Album" Brent Barrett
"Just in Time" Judy Kuhn
Most Any Barbra Streisand Album before 1970, especially the first 3.

#20

re: Favorite Solo Artists' Broadway Albums?

Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:47pm

"Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" by Jason Robert Brown is a great listen. Matt Caplan may have been boring in RENT, but his solo album, "Overtones," is fantastic.