Holiday Albums by Broadway Performers

[Glitter and be Gay]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:33pm

I'm looking to expand my collection of holiday albums by Broadway performers and haven't been able to find a compiled list of what's available anywhere. I'm especially interested in solo albums, but groups or collections are fine too. I have Kristin Chenoweth's CD and the Jersey Boys Seasons Greetings CD, and I will be getting Idina's new CD. Can anyone recommend other Broadway holiday recordings?

[veronicamae]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:35pm

Well, there are all the Carols for a Cure albums to start!

Eden Espinosa put out a Christmas EP for Kickstarter supporters, but it's not commercially available...

[Pootie2]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:35pm

There's the Carols for a Cure compilation, if that counts?
http://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/caforcu20vo14.html

Edit: Beat me to the punch!

Updated On: 10/13/14 at 02:35 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:44pm

Broadway Cares - Home for the Holidays
A Classic Christmas - Matthew Morrison

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:49pm

Matt Doyle announced on his Twitter that his holiday concert at 54 Below is being recorded and will be out by the end of December. I'm excited for that one.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 2:55pm

^^^Love the "Carols for a Cure" albums..I have the last 6 I think and look forward to the new one. It's great to have actual Broadway casts and musicians perform in other than their original cast albums.

Matt Doyle? That sounds promising..

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:01pm

Liz Callaway has a brand new one, which she is debuting at 54 Below.



PLAYBILL: Liz Callaway Will Play Holiday Engagement at 54 Below

[tazber]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:07pm

Linda Eder has one.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:09pm

Go classic! It's not Christmas without Julie Andrews Christmas albums. "Christmas Treasure" and "Christmas With Julie Andrews"

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:10pm

^^One of my faves around this time of year!

[perfectliar]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:25pm

- Linda Eder released a second Christmas album last year, Christmas Where You Are, but I think it's only available on her website.

- Do you have the cast recordings of Christmas musicals? A Christmas Story, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol: The Musical, White Christmas, and others are out there.

- Sh-K-Boom has two benefit Christmas compilations (New York City Christmas for ASTEP, Home for the Holidays for Broadway Cares) and an album of the Broadway Inspirational Voices, Great Joy.

- If you consider Harry Connick, Jr. a Broadway performer, he has a couple Christmas albums.

- Lea Delaria has a great jazz album called Be a Santa.

- My mother has one you may be able to find used, simply called A Broadway Christmas, with Liz Callaway and others. It has Christmas songs from musicals as well as Broadway performers singing Christmas songs.

Updated On: 10/13/14 at 03:25 PM

[NoName3]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 3:54pm

Bruce Kimmel's A Broadway Christmas for Varese Saraband, mentioned above, is my favorite. I think it's technically out-of-print but there are new copies available at Amazon for under $13 and used copies for $4 and under.

1. Be A Santa (Subways Are for Sleeping) - Niki Harris
2. Christmas Eve (cut from She Loves Me) - Yvette Lawrence
3. Pine Cones And Holly Berries/It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Here's Love) - Glory Crampton and The Talisman Quartet
4. Turkey Lurkey Time (Promises, Promises) - Debbie Shapiro Gravitte
5. Christmas Gifts (A Wonderful Life) - Jason Graae
6. That Man Over There (Here's Love) - Lindsay Ridgeway
7. Hard Candy Christmas (Whorehouse) - Lynne Wintersteller
8. Christmas Child (Irma La Douce) - Ron Raines, Greg Jbara, Lee Wilkof
9. I Thank You For Your Love (The Mummer's Play) - Laurie Beechman
10. I Don't Remember Christmas (Starting Here, Starting Now) - Harry Groener
11. We Need A Little Christmas (Mame) - Lynnette Perry
12. Greenwillow Christmas (Greenwillow) - Roy Chicas
13. Lovers On Christmas Eve (I Love My Wife) - Liz Larsen and Sal Viviano
14. The Happy New Year's Blues (Irving Berlin) - Vicki Lewis
15. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Meet Me in St. Louis) - Liz Callaway

Updated On: 10/13/14 at 03:54 PM

[jo]

Posted: 10/13/14 at 7:01pm

No album, but a young Hugh Jackman ( circa pre-Oklahoma!) sings BETHLEHEM MORNING to a crowd in Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvC8Hjcm5b0

[justoldbill]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 9:42am

-Cabaret Noel - A Broadway Cares Christmas (through Broadway Cares).
-The Glory Of Christmas - Muriel Smith (A favorite of mine - on vinyl and out of print, but worth it if you can find it).
-Christmas Spice So Very Nice... - Blossom Dearie (strictly not Broadway, but who's more New York than Blossom Dearie?).
-Won't You Spend Christmas With Me - Dorothy Collins
-Scrooge - London cast or soundtrack (I prefer the soundtrack).
-The Stingiest Man In Town - TV cast.
-The Dangerous Christmas Of Red Riding Hood - TV cast.

Updated On: 10/14/14 at 09:42 AM

[Tom1071]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 10:16am

Idina Menzel's new holiday album comes out today and she will be making a personal appearance and signing copies at the Barnes & Noble in the CitiCorp Center at 54th St and 3rd Avenue today at noon.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 10:37am

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 10:53am

Michael Ball - Christmas
Michael Crawford - A Christmas Album
Andrea McArdle - Family Christmas

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 11:40am

This is random but if you want to purchase one song, I love Patti LuPone's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on her Lady With the Torch... Still Burning.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 3:48pm

[thommg]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 4:50pm

Brent Barrett has a lovely cd called Christmas Mornings.

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 5:54pm

Cleo Laine's "Christmas at the Stables" (CD 1999) is lovely, with the accompaniment by Johnny Dankworth and a small group of UK musicians.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 10/14/14 at 6:25pm

Oh! And I love Barbra Streisand's holiday album that she released last year.