I WANT A NEW CD! - help?- Page 2

[BluCat500]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:42pm

Into the Woods!...With Bernadette Peters NOT Vanessa Williams

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:42pm

REEFER MADNESS!!!!!!!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:43pm

Yeah, i think i'll try Millie, Siagon, and maybe Chess. Chess is hard to find though. I have Bright LIghts big City coming in the mail and the Hair CD, so can't wait.

[little_sally]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:46pm

Ragtime!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:47pm

INTO THE WOODS WITH VANESSA WILLIAMS!!!!

[BluCat500]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 10:49pm

Noooooo!! They changed around alot of lyrics too it makes me sad.

[munkustrap178]

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

INTO THE WOODS obc
SWEENEY TODD
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
HELLO, DOLLY!

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:27pm

a tale of two cities is really good, you can get the cd on the website

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 1:23am

Were you finally able to order it renthead2005z? I'll keep you updated on the show's progress and will hopefully have an update within the next month. (Keep your fingers crossed.) If you can't tell, I also HIGHLY recommend A Tale of Two Cities.

Updated On: 3/25/05 at 01:23 AM

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 1:35am

Also Little Women, DRS and Spamalot are coming out soon. If you're interested in any of those.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 2:49am

Hold on just a darned minute....

In one message you reject COMPANY (because you think it "sounds old") while in another message you are considering THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.

Hate to break to to you but MILLIE is a LOT more old fashioned sounding than COMPANY. It's a pastiche of the 1920s as filtered though a 1960s Broadway musical style.

The OBC of COMPANY (on SONY) is essential listening for any Broadway fan. So are the OCR's OKLAHOMA! (Decca); MY FAIR LADY (Columbia); CABARET (Columbia) and SWEENEY TODD (RCA).

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 2:58am

ehh... I like the revival recordings better for all of those...

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 3:33am

Revival recordings of OKLAHOMA! offer better sound (tho for me, nothing matches the naturalness of the original cast performances.) The 1976 Broadway revival of MFL is not out on CD and really, anyone who wants that show wants Julie & Rex. CABARET both the OBC and BRC are excellent. SWEENEY... there s no revival cast (and the concert cast is o/p)

Back to other suggestions, based on the list of titles already in the collection...

Since you like PHANTOM why not try Lloyd Webber's best score, EVITA (MCA)?

If you like FALSETTOS how about ELEGIES (PS).

I second (third ) suggestions gettng INTO THE WOODS (RCA). And ASSASSINS (RCA). (and all Sondheim cast albums)

[Justice]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 4:11am

"Well, i really like contemporary musicals. Musicals that don't sound old. No offense to Company."

Phantom of the Opera
Little Shop of Horrors
Godspell

These listed, by you, are not "contemporary". Except for the title song of POTO, it has a Classical style, much like Titanic.

Urinetown has a showtune quality that has been around the Broadway cast recordings for many many years.

Little Shop of Horrors has a fifties sound to it, along with Smokey Joe's Cafe - if you like that kind of sound.

Godspell is completely 70's much like Hair, The Me Nobody Knows, Runaways, and, oh, yes, COMPANY! Get the remastered edition. It's well worth it!

You mention Millie - farthest thing from a contemporary work. That falls along the lines of 42nd Street or No No Nanette.

As for Miss Saigon - there are "white people" in the show, too. And you're missing a good cast recording if you don't have one with Lea Salonga on it.

Also, you shouldn't classify, because according to your list, you have MANY different styles of Broadway musicals. Get whatever, and if you don't like it, sell it on ebay...

Updated On: 3/25/05 at 04:11 AM

[CrAzIaBoUtReNt]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:45am

Hairspray, Chicago, or Cabaret. All Great CDs! Miss Saigon is also wonderful. I love them all!

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 10:41am

Get Miss Saigon...don't get the Producers, I listened to it a few times then stopped.

[BluCat500]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 11:41am

The score of the Producers seems to me to take a back seat to the comedy of it...ya gotta be there

[wicked1]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 11:11pm

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Thoroughly Modern Mille, or Miss Saigon would be my suggestions!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 11:19pm

If you like Falsettos, get In Trousers! (It's the first part of the trilogy!)

[maybethistime]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:30am

A NEW BRAIN. Hands down.

And for the record, don't anyone shoot me, but I wouldn't get ZANNA, DON'T. I know a lot of people absolutly LOVE it, but here are my humble opinions to give to someone who is obviously into a bit more "intelligent" theatre: I wanted to like it, but in my personal opinion its "just okay", or mediocre (sp?). Anyone who is used to more sophisticated and tight compositions, like those of Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, William Finn, among others, will most likely find it unpolished and, at times, downright sloppy. The very underdeveloped, pop-influenced melodies keep the youthful, bouncy score matching the plot about a world where homosexuality is the dominant orientation. The lyrics of far from superior, and as I said rather sloppy and ill-put-together. The high, belted notes of Anika Larsen during "I Ain't Got The Time" bring ZANNA, DONT as close as it gets to excitment.

[Pinkgurl3166]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:44am

I really enjoy listening to "I love you, you're perfect, now change!" Also "My favorite year" and "Hairspray" are fun

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:49am

No, i don't mean it "sounds" old as in style. i mean the way it sounds when it was recorded. Millie sounds newer because, well it is. Where as company's sound is just a lot older and i just dont like sondheim, I don't know why, just can't get into him.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:52am

Well jeez, just because I have it listed doesnt' mean i like it. I don't really care for titanic becasue of it's classical style, but i was singing one of the songs for a class i'm in and so i wanted to hear what it sounded like. And what i meant with "contemporary" sound. I mean I like contemporary American musical theater. I don't really care what ya'll think, if that's wrong or not, but that's what i like. The furthest I would go back, in terms of musicals I like, I would say fiddler. I can't stand any rogers & ham. or sondheim, oh well. that's all.
Sorry for ranting, but ya'll ranted at me.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 2:53am

Then I too would suggest Miss Saigon, especially if you like Phantom and Les Miz, it's by the same composers of Les Miz and I like those too and I love the Miss Saigon CD but yes definitely get the OLC.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 5:15am

I listen to some of everything and I love them all !!!!!!!!!!!!
You might try these:
AIDA
Beauty and The Beast
The Lion King
The Wiz
Dreamgirls
Camelot
Gypsy with Bernedette Peters
Into The Woods with Vanessa Williams
Bye Bye Birdie
Children of Eden
Starlight Express
A Chorus Line
Chicago
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
The Phantom of The Opera with Michael Crawford
CATS
Hello, Dolly! 1994 Cast Recording
Guys and Dolls 1994 Cast with Nathan Lane
H2$ with Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullaly
Little Shop of Horrors (Both Cast)
Candide
RAGTIME
WICKED
Hairspray
Jekyll and Hyde (Broadway and Concept)
The Music Man 2000 Broadway Cast
Les Miserables


My top 10 suggestions for you are:
1.) Ragtime: I listen to this all the time
2.) WICKED
3.) Starlight Express
4.) Hello, Dolly! 1994 Cast Recording (The BEST recording )
5.) Dreamgirls
6.) The Wiz
7.) Les Miserables
8.) CATS
9.) The Phantom of The Opera (Broadway Cast Recording)
10.) Chicago