James Joyce's The Dead

After seeing this show in Broadway previews, I assumed the original cast recording would be made and released during the run. Much to my disappointment, this seems to have never happened, even the show was nominated for Best Musical at the Tony Awards.

I believe that Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner recorded at least one of the songs on their 2nd duets album, but do y'all know if any of the songs were recorded anywhere else?

I don't think anyone *really* knows how to classify the show. I mean, for the entire first act and about 90% of the second act it was actually just a play where the characters "happened" to be singing at a party. Until the VERY end when Christopher Walken's character just burst into song, a la musical theatre.

It's definitely a shame the music wasn't preserved, though. I was young when I saw it and only remember bits and pieces of it, but I really enjoyed it at the time. I'm sure I'd appreciate it more today.

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I've only seen the Tony performance so I can't say, but I did see CONTACT and I'm still trying to figure out what gave CONTACT the qualifications of a "musical"...

Such a great show, and I wasn't expecting to enjoy it. I was front row center and so moved at curtain call that I said the word "wonderful" while looking at Faith Prince. She mouthed back to me "thank you!" It was a great moment for me!