La Cage revival cast CD

[Mamie]

La Cage revival cast CD#0

Posted: 2/7/05 at 2:19pm

I received this jolly message from the manager of marketing at Clear Channel just now:

re La Cage aux Folles revival -
Programs are in the works and should be available within the month. A revival CD is not in the plan at this time and is decided upon by the producers and cast.

Sincerely,
Joan Finkelstein
Manager- Wholesale, Mail Order & Internet Sales
Clear Channel Entertainment
The Broadway Collection / Las Vegas Centennial
1-888-604-7991 Ext 527
Fax [phone]

OK - we all know the cast wants it done as much as MOST of us do. Anybody know who the best person is to contact there?

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[timote316]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#1

Posted: 2/7/05 at 2:23pm

[Unknown User]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#2

Posted: 2/7/05 at 2:49pm

unnaceptable. Totally and completely unnaceptable. Nothing less then a cast recording will do.

[Mamie]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#3

Posted: 2/7/05 at 3:20pm

I couldn't agree more.

By the way, if someone's going by the theatre tonight, they might let Gary and/or Daniel know. Obviously no one's bothered to tell them. (Doesn't surprise me.)

Clear Channel is notorious for doing anything that they think will draw a buck. If there's any chance the $ won't be there, they won't do it.

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[Albin]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#4

Posted: 2/7/05 at 3:33pm

Utter bullshi*. The cast and creative team deserves better than this.

Not to knock Pacific Overtures, but they get an OCR and La Cage doesn't? Outrageous...

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#5

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:22pm

Agreed - theres talk on the TB board of a letter writing campaign to the producers which I have offered to head up. Anyone here interested?

[Mamie]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#6

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:27pm

Yes - I am. (I'm Miss Alma). Let me know who to send them to.

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[melissa errico fan]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#7

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:34pm

"Pacific Overtures" deserves a cast album, but so does "La Cage". I really hope that they make one. This is a wonderful revival.

[mominator]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#8

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:39pm

Well there's a phone # and an address. we could all start calling and writing letters!

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[millie_dillmount]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#9

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:44pm

Oh come on. Boo. Hiss. I thought for sure this show would have a cast recording. They gave one to Brooklyn, too. This one deserves a cast recording if Brooklyn did. I just assumed for sure they would come out with a CD.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[chinkie azn jai]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#10

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:48pm

There NEEDS to be a revival cast recording. It's a wonderful score and it should be recorded with Gavin and Gary Beach's voice!

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[Mamie]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#11

Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:49pm

FYI -
This is her name and address information:

Joan Finkelstein
Manager of Wholesale, Mail Order, & Internet Sales
Clear Channel Entertainment
14250 NE 18th Avenue
North Miami, FL 33181

[e-mail]

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[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#12

Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:44pm

Mamie, I sent you an email! Hope you reply so we can start this thing up!

[jonartdesigns]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#13

Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:06pm

DAMMIT- I WANT THIS RECORDING MADE


i'd even settle for a brooke shields styled one of the original cast (hearn)with davis and creel dropped in

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[H.Higgins]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#14

Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:19am

I'm thinking it can't hurt to send letters and/or emails to PS Classics, DRG, Ghostlight, etc. expressing wishes for a cast album. These are just a few labels that come to mind that usually step up to the plate and record the shows that don't get a deal from major record labels because of the fear that they won't sell extraordinarily well. Email and let them know that there's a market for this incredible revival!

[Mr Roxy]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#15

Posted: 2/8/05 at 6:22am

Until grosses pick up or if it is still here come tony nominations time, they won't make a cd of the revival. They want some assurance it stands a chance of making a few bucks. Sad but true

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[Mamie]

re: La Cage revival cast CD#16

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:36am

Then how can you explain the fact that programs like 'Brooklyn' got recorded?

When I was in the theatre one of the people selling the old CD told me that 'they' decided that this show appealed to a limited audience and that was the reason they decided not to make the CD. I can't help but feel that some more of this hard-handed conservative policing isn't playing its hand in this. They've done so much to place their brand on the arts* that it sometimes amazes me that this show got produced in the first place.


*Doubt this? Take a look at Frank Rich's column in the on-line NY Times.

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