Funny Girl 2022 Cast Recording

I thought I had read somewhere that there was going to be cast recording for the new revival, but now can't find the thread. Any updates? Or was the plan scraped after the review?

I am really hoping that the lack of any cast recording announcements for Company, Funny Girl, and The Music Man are just indicative of a backlog and not of the fact that they are not happening...

It is sad that we get a studio recording of Doubtfire, which was a flop, and a new recording of A Strange Loop, but none of those big revivals.

At this point, I would settle for a live recording like Six if the concern is Covid.

abstract19 said: "It is sad that we get a studio recording of Doubtfire, which was a flop, and a new recording of A Strange Loop, but none of those big revivals."



I don't exactly know how these things work out behind the scenes, but I'd guess that there's more momentum behind cast recordings for new shows than for revivals. Either because people feel more passionately that a new musical aught to get a recording, or because it's an investment for future licensing. Especially in the case of a show like Mrs. Doubtfire, it's precisely BECAUSE the show was such a flop that they might feel it's necessary to cement the show's legacy with a cast recording. Whereas the revivals don't really have to worry about that, so they're probably more concerned with whether or not the album itself will be a profitable investment as a product, which is a much more tenuous question in this day and age.

Obviously there’s more going on than this, but Beanie’s singing surely hasn’t helped. It’s the go to criticism of this production, so even if there wasn’t a pandemic affecting business, the producers would likely still mull over if they should record an album that would have panned vocals leading nearly every song.

Still, it’s strange that we have three iconic musicals revived on Broadway right now all with some level of big names, and yet there’s collectively zero info on them being recorded. I’m still confident that Music Man will be recorded though, just cause even with an underwhelming reaction, it’s kind of unfathomable that they wouldn’t capture a classic show led by one of the biggest stars on the planet.

Are they really threatening to torture the American public with a recording? Isn't the live show enough?

TotallyEffed said: "bwayphreak234 said: "I am really hoping that the lack of any cast recording announcements for Company, Funny Girl, and The Music Man are just indicative of a backlog and not of the fact that they are not happening..."

It’s very strange to me, whatever the reason."

Yeah, the fact that, of the four musical revivals this season, we got a recording of the niche non-profit one and not ANY of the three high-budget commercial star-studded productions is WILD!

No, really? I think they're a little late to that party, if that's what it is. I did that in 1996 or thereabouts with both Peter Pan and Cinderella - music from all versions of the show arranged to tell the story. Our Captain Hook was Jonathan Freeman and we had many Peter Pans. That and Cinderella were so popular in terms of sales, that both were sold in the Disneyland store, which was kind of a first.

bk said: "No, really? I think they're a little late to that party, if that's what it is. I did that in 1996 or thereabouts with both Peter Pan and Cinderella - music from all versions of the show arranged to tell the story. Our Captain Hook was Jonathan Freeman and we had many Peter Pans. That and Cinderella were so popular in terms of sales, that both were sold in the Disneyland store, which was kind of a first."



That's not what they are doing. They are "trying" to do a full recording of the Broadway (Styne/Comden/Green, et al) version of the show. I had thought the whole point was to have a recording of Sandy Duncan (the "definitive" Broadway Pan) -- so doing it with O'Hara makes zero sense.

I would bet money that we'll get a recording in early fall.

felixleiter said: "There were plans for the cast to go into the studio and record the show, but those plans have been in a holding pattern for a few weeks."

Do you happen to know why that is?

I wonder if they will head into the studio when Beanie is back in the show after recovering from covid. I know I'm in the minority, but I would love a cast album from this revival. I really love the charm of Beanie's voice on this score. She sounds so much like the real Fanny Brice to me and it's thrilling to me that she's been able (in my opinion) to channel Fanny the way she does on that stage. I just think she's perfection and I'm so eager to get my hands on a new cast recording.

Even when using "I know I'm in the minority," and "in my opinion"? God, literally get over yourself. Nothing you're saying is new or exciting or sassy or funny. You're repeating the same 28 things people keep saying about this revival. If you can't find a new way to say you don't like her in the role, maybe bump a different thread or at least try to say something new and worth reading. So unoriginal and reductive.

I saw the first preview and I fell in love with her performance. I like *actors* and I LOVE the real Fanny Brice. And that's exactly who Beanie is playing. Nobody has to agree with me. I loved Elena Roger's Eva Peron for the same reason, so this kind of vitriol for a performance I enjoyed isn't new to me. And I'm not offended at all, Beanie is rich and she will be just fine, she doesn't need me to defend her. I just think it's so weird for me to take the steps to make it clear that I know I'm in the minority of people who liked her and you still come at me with such a boring, unfunny, unoriginal response.

I just wanted to know if there was a reason the recording plans have been placed in limbo.