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#26

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/10/15 at 11:21pm

"It also requires a very talented director and actors for the play to even begin to make sense. I would (respectfully) disagree with you about its message being dated, though. I think it's a testament to the will of the human spirit. "

I worded myself wrong. I saw a VERY strong regional production a while back. Besides finding it VERY long (I wonder how they'd cut time for songs and keep it together...) I really did love it--and it all came together. I guess my issue was elements felt very progressive, and the message is very universal as you say, but elements even in that sentiment felt very dated (I wish I could remember more clearly why I felt that way--I am sure it had something to do with gender roles, though those don't usually bother me in plays I know were from a different era.)

#27

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/11/15 at 12:00am

Also agree re: Sister Act.


The new song they wrote for Clark is one of the best in the show.


And regarding the Grammy, if Hamilton makes it out this summer as Miranda tweeted, then I think that's the winner.

....but the world goes 'round

Updated On: 4/11/15 at 12:00 AM

#28

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/11/15 at 1:59am

Agreed. Sister Act desperately needed a new recording, a lot of (positive) changes when that show made it to Broadway. I find that I can only listen to audience recordings of that show these days. Was so disappointed when I realised "Haven't Got a Prayer" was recorded.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#31

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/14/15 at 11:52am

Track Listing:



  1. It All Comes Back (Opening)

  2. "Sometimes my father appeared to enjoy having children..."

  3. Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue

  4. Not Too Bad

  5. "Just had a good talk with Dad..."

  6. Come to the Fun Home

  7. Helen's Etude

  8. "Thanks for the care package..."

  9. Party Dress

  10. Changing My Major

  11. "I leapt out of the closet..."

  12. Maps

  13. "Read a book..."

  14. Raincoat of Love

  15. "Clueless in New York…"

  16. Pony Girl

  17. "A flair for the dramatic…"

  18. Ring of Keys

  19. "Let me introduce you to my gay dad..."

  20. "Shortly after we were married..."

  21. Days and Days

  22. "You ready to go for that drive?..."

  23. Telephone Wire

  24. "It was great to have you home..."

  25. Edges of the World

  26. "This is what I have of you..."

  27. Flying Away (Finale)


Bold are new additions that were not on the original.

#34

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/14/15 at 4:38pm

Well, I assume that anything with Alexandra Socha has been updated with Emily Skeggs.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#36

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/14/15 at 4:49pm

I couldn't find the song list nor find out if Skeggs is on the recording. If she is, I will re-purchase, on the fence otherwise.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#38

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/14/15 at 4:52pm

Thanks, Namo and TheaterKid...makes me happy.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#40

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/15/15 at 2:29am

Super excited to hear Emily's version of Changing My Major.
And happy for the other two kids (sorry, forgot their names) to be featured in the update!

#41

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/15/15 at 1:27pm

"We were in the studio this past Friday with the cast of FUN HOME: updating and expanding our original recording -- not just with new material that Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron wrote for the Broadway production, but also with musical passages we didn't record last time around that, in hindsight, we very much wanted on the album. It also gave us the opportunity to work with the wonderful Emily Skeggs, who assumed the role of Medium Alison off-Broadway and is taking it uptown.


FUN HOME, newly packaged, will be in stores May 19, and shipping from our website two weeks prior. For those wondering, as customers did with Grey Gardens, if it's worth buying the second album if you already own the first: well, we can report that over half the tracks will be new. For us, it wasn't just about "let's add the new material" -- it was about doing justice to this exhilarating and moving production.



Pre-order now at http://www.psclassics.com/cd_funhome2.html!"


#42

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 4/15/15 at 1:33pm

I love P.S. classics, but I think all except for two of the new tracks are dialogue.


I'm sure it's going to be a fine recording, but I can't see repurchasing.


....but the world goes 'round
#44

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:32am

Hmm. Sounds like instead of rerecording all the songs that included Alexandra, they just recorded Emily and spliced her voice into the existing tracks.


Listening to Come to the Fun Home now and it's the same as the original.


Of course the only way to get the new tracks is to purchase the album as a whole. I guess it wouldn't make sense for them to rerecord every song, but I had hoped we'd get a recording that shows how much everyone's performances have developed.

I know you. I know you. I know you.
#45

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:38am

Right now, it's "Album Only" because it's a pre-order but they may be available individually once the actual release date has hit. Some of the major Emily tracks (no pun intended) were completely re-recorded like the "Thanks for the care package" scene, just based on listening to the samples.

#46

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:57am

I've seen the show twice on Broadway. While I really do like Emily, I think Alexandra sounds better...


Although I don't really hear a major difference, I did preorder the new recording.


I just really love this show!

Updated On: 5/4/15 at 11:57 AM

#48

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/8/15 at 3:06pm

Mine came yesterday. I noticed some ghost vocals from Alexandra in certain places, most notably in the finale. I'm wondering if they even bothered taking her out of the group numbers.


Glad to have the Broadway representation of the score preserved, though.

#49

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/8/15 at 3:31pm

Ordered this and 20TH CENTURY from PS Classics on Wednesday, so hopefully they'll both arrive tomorrow. I'm interested in seeing what changes they made to an already very good recording.

#50

Fun Home will receive updated cast album

Posted: 5/8/15 at 6:30pm

I came here to also complain about how there was no love for the Sister Act Broadway recording. And the orchestration was much lusher on broadway as well. It was nominated for a tony for god's sake and it didn't get a new recording... Anyway glad to know other people felt like me on this message board haha

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