Help Emcee decide!
Help Emcee decide!
#0Help 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. 
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#1re: Help me decide!
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.
#2re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 11:59amAssassins and Chess!!!
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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... 
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:00pmIt's worth buying Wild Party just to hear Julia Murney sing Maybe I Like It This Way. And Hedwig is a must have.
#5re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:02pmThe Wild Party and Hedwig (movie soundtrack)
#6re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:02pmI 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 
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company
#8re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:16pmSomeone mentioned the movie soundtrack to Hedwig. Are the two really different?
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:23pmThe 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.
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company
#12re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:35pmOkay - more questions. The new recording of Assassins, yes?
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:37pmyeah, dont bother with the old assassins. the new one is FAR superior
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 12:47pmChess and Big River
QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:11pm
Emcee, you definitely want the new Assassins recording! Definitely!
QM
#16re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:14pmThanks 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.
#17re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:18pmEmcee- 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.
#18re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:20pmYup, I'm in the city. Thanks for the advice!
#19re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 2:44pmHEDWIG! and The Wild Party... Assassins kind of was upsetting. I didn't think it was as good as people made it out to be
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#20re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 3:03pmEmcee, 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!
#21re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:22pm
The verdict: Assassins, Hedwig, The Wild Party!
Thanks guys.
#22re: Help me decide!
Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:22pm"Hedwig" is the best score that I have ever heard. Totally original, and amazing !!!
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
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Posted: 9/15/04 at 6:27pmwhich hedwig did u decide on?
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
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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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