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Help Emcee decide!

Posted: 9/15/04 at 11:57am

I'm in desperate need of some new musical material - I'm going shopping later, but being a poor college student, I can't buy ALL of these. So, help me decide:

Assassins
Hedwig
The Lion King (yep, that's right. I don't own this)
Chess
Big River
The Wild Party (Lippa)

I'll probably go for two... but tell me what you think! I'm trusting you guys since you have a pretty good sense of what I like.

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Updated On: 9/15/04 at 11:57 AM

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 11:58am

I"d for sure get Lippa Wild Party. That is some of the best music out there sung by some of the best triple threats out there.

Personally, I'd get Hedwig, too...but Big River and Assassins would make excellent choices, too. I'd stay away from the others. They rarely make the CD rounds in my system.

"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'" -- unknown

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 11:59am

Assassins and Chess!!!

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:00pm

lol! I can see I'm going to end up spending more money than I had planned...

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:00pm

It's worth buying Wild Party just to hear Julia Murney sing Maybe I Like It This Way. And Hedwig is a must have.

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:02pm

The Wild Party and Hedwig (movie soundtrack)

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:02pm

I would go with Chess and Assassins. Chess is older but the music is really diverse and interesting. Assassins is more challenging intellectually, but I really like that one, too!

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:03pm

Hedwig and Wild Party...two of my fave cast recordings!

of course Assassins is a great one too, if you go for a third

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:16pm

Someone mentioned the movie soundtrack to Hedwig. Are the two really different?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:16pm

The Wild Party and Assassins

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#11

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:17pm

The Wild Party and Assassins.

#12

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:23pm

The Hedwig Cast Recording and Soundtrack are a bit difference. They have most of the same songs but some songs are on the Soundtrack that aren't on the Cast Recording and vice versa...I like the Cast Recording better, but both are awesome and you can't go wrong which ever one you choose.

You're always sorry, You're always grateful, You hold her, thinking: "I'm not alone." You're still alone.
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:35pm

Okay - more questions. The new recording of Assassins, yes?

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#14

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:37pm

yeah, dont bother with the old assassins. the new one is FAR superior

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:47pm

Chess and Big River

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:11pm

Emcee, you definitely want the new Assassins recording! Definitely!

QM

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:14pm

Thanks guys! I'm definitely going to go with Assassins and The Wild Party for now. I'll get the others at some point (my bank account is still a little upset with me at the moment). I'm on the fence with Hedwig - I'm going to get a copy, but I'm not sure whether it's going to be the movie soundtrack or the cast recording.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 9/15/04 at 02:14 PM

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:18pm

Emcee- are you in NYC? If so, you can also go to the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library and check out a pile of cds. They let you keep them for a couple of weeks I think. This is often how I find new audition material- just going thru cd after cd. They also have sheet music that you can sign out.

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:20pm

Yup, I'm in the city. Thanks for the advice!

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#20

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:44pm

HEDWIG! and The Wild Party... Assassins kind of was upsetting. I didn't think it was as good as people made it out to be

#21

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 3:03pm

Emcee, I would say The Wild Party-It's my new obsession, I LOVE this music, and Assasins because it's wonderful and Mario Cantone's monologue "Have it Your Way" is hysterical!

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#22

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:22pm

The verdict: Assassins, Hedwig, The Wild Party!

Thanks guys.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#23

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:22pm

"Hedwig" is the best score that I have ever heard. Totally original, and amazing !!!

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:27pm

which hedwig did u decide on?

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Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:28pm

I suppose if you're only getting one recording, get the new Assassins recording. BUT...
The off-broadway cd has it's advantages also. Both casts work quite well together, and both feature Sondheim's brilliant score. The off-broadway recording contains the full Booth-Oswald scene, while the newer recording only has snippets of scenes, and about 3 minutes of that 10 minute Oswald scene. The voices are a bit clearer on the revival recording, and has some different orchestrations, and I guess I enjoy listening to that one more than the original. But I certainly wouldn't say that the new recording is FAR superior to the original.

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