I WANT A NEW CD! - help?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:34pm

Okay, so i'm in the market for a new Broadway musical to get into. Here's what i already have. By looking at my list you can tell what sorta musicals i like. any suggestions would be great.
RENT
Tick Tick Boom
Urinetown
Falsettos
Bat Boy
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Parade
The Last 5 Years
Songs for a New World
Bare - Sampler
Brooklyn
Little Shop of Horrors
Aida
Wicked
Mamma Mia
Footloose
The It Girl
The Full Monty
Taboo
I Sing
Jekyll & Hyde
Godspell
Avenue Q
Titanic
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 08:34 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:35pm

Try COMPANY.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:36pm

Well, i really like contemporary musicals. Musicals that don't sound old. No offense to Company. Is "A New Brain" good?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:39pm

"A New Brain" is brilliant. All of Finn's shows are. Go buy them all!

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:42pm

I suggest "Thoroughly Modern Millie" or "The Secret Garden" or "Beauty and the Beast"

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:44pm

Yeah, i was thinking Millie. I sang "what do you i need with love" for an audition and loved that song.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:45pm

Oh, I love "The Secret Garden". Rebecca Luker's vocals are phenomenal.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:46pm

Miss Saigon!!! Or Martin Guerre. But get Miss Saigon. You will NOT regret it.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:53pm

Really? I might try it. Not to sound bad, but the whole Asian feel to it just turned me off it...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:57pm

You should try "Floyd Collins". Very contemporary, edgy theatre.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:03pm

Do you think Barnes and Noble would have that CD? Or would i need to get it offline?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:07pm

"Floyd Collins" is available at Barnes and Noble and on Amazon.

You may also want to give "Caroline, or Change" a try. It's the best musical of the past decade.

[KelRel]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:07pm

Miss Saigon is amazing. I cried when I saw it.

[Glinda's Candy]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:11pm

How about "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"?
I really like it. Listen to it all the time...
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[bwayrunner22]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:14pm

I love Miss Saigon, I think it's a must have...

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:15pm

Hm..Ill look into that. Wish a really good rock musical came out...haha...i love rock musicals...

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:16pm

You can get Miss Saigon just about anywhere. B&N would have it, but I'd try Amazon.com because it'd be cheaper. Also you could try your luck on Ebay someone might have it there for really cheap.

Make sure you get the FULL OLC with Lea Salonga and Jonathan Pryce. Highlights suck because if you decide you like the CD (which you will) then you have to buy the full version anyway to hear the rest.

My 2cents. Hope you like it!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:28pm

Anyone heard the OBC of Chess? I heard it's pretty good. I went to the local B&N, but they only had the London one, and I'd rather have the OBC. Is it good?

[broadwayangel]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:33pm

Martin Guerre is a must have! I would also say...Sweeny Todd, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Zanna Don't,and Witches of Eastwick. You might like The thing about men and Side Show but hey.
I've been thinking about getting Debbie Does Dallas cause I loved Sherri Rene Scott in both Aida and L5Y...does anyone have and input? I mean how is it? Worth buying?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:39pm

Well, I saw the Producers the other day and really enjoyed it. Just don't think i'd wanna listen to it on CD.

[mollyllom]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:45pm

You don't have Into the Woods! Get that, NOW! :)

Good job on having Bat Boy. Woohoo!

[ikmbway]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:45pm

i go with broadwayangel with Zanna, Don't! and i would also suggest most that were said already

[etoile]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 9:56pm

Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

[staticradar]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:26pm

if you don't have A New Brain I second that rec. That musical is just amazing!

And Company is amazing, you just need to give it a chance. Yes it's "older sounding" but it's still a work of genius and needs to be in ever broadway fans collection along with Into the Woods. Anything Sondheim is a must! And for me anything Jason Robert Brown and William Finn too.

You may be surprised if you give some of the "older sounding" musicals a chance. I thought the same way as you once and now Company is the one CD I can't stop listening to.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:29pm

How did I forget Sweeney?
I know what you mean. I bought The Producers CD and rarely listen to it. I liked the show, but it's score is mediocre. Don't buy the CD, but do go see the show.