Lestat Cast Recording- Page 2
Lestat Cast Recording
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#25re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:53pmFolks, I'm in the minority when I say that Right Before My Eyes, Sail Me Away, After All This Time and The San Fran version of Welcome to the New World are four of the best songs EVER!!!!!!
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#26re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:14pmI have to say, I really enjoyed most of this score...especially "I Want More" and "Sail Me Away."
#28re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:19pm
I Enjoy the music like no one's buisness. Key word, enjoy. 
I WISH this was released. Even on iTunes, ala Capeman.
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Updated On: 2/10/08 at 10:19 PM
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#29re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:20pm
"I Want More" wasn't just a decent song. It was a breath of fresh air...
And that quote? Really?! I suppose. I thought it would be "Pain and pain and pain."
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#30re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:21pmP.S. As a lyricist, I've often been tempted to do a little rewriting and make the songs a little less tied to the plot (and also make more sense). They're just so darn fun.
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#31re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:23pmYou mean you don't like Bernie Taupin's incredibly plodding and painfully semi-rhyming lyrics? I can't imagine why.
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#32re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:25pm
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#33re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:28pm
Welcome to the New World made me want to barf when I saw the show in previews at the Palace. As a New Orleanian, I was offended. As a theater-goer, I knew the show had jumped the shark way before then, but it was still painful. Ugh, I'll never get those 2 hrs 45 minutes of my life back. But "Sail Me Away" was a beautiful song. And Hugh Panaro is a fine performer, but the material just fell apart on stage. It should have been all like "I Want More" -- totally camped up, but it just teetered around, instead.
I would love to see the cast recording though...
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#34re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:29pm
You didn't see Welcome to the New World when it was all dancy and black & white and One Short Day-like.
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Updated On: 2/10/08 at 10:29 PM
#35re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:31pmIn San Francisco, "Welcome to the New World" was a lighter-waving type anthem, complete with all mortals apparently clad in "One Short Day" costumes that were made of newspaper.
'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."'
~Lewis Carroll
#36re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:31pmWatching Drew Sarich in the show. Wow. What talent. What dreck. I would kill to see him in something good.
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#37re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:33pm
He was fun.
Even in the ensemble.
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truman
Understudy Joined: 1/8/08
#38re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:36pm
I would love a copy of 'I Want More.' What a great song. 
#39re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:38pm
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#40re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/10/08 at 11:11pm
Oh LC, just make it easier.
Drew was definitely the best part of the show, I would've loved to have seen him as Lestat. I loved his Armand outfit and wig. Whenever I picture him in my head, it's with him in that ensemble. Yum.
Annyway, It's weird, I had mixed feelings when I first saw it in SF, and for the most part I couldn't keep my mind from wandering for 2 and a half hours and I was really fidgety the whole time. And at the very end, I turned to my friend and I seriously said 'What The F___ Was That?' I just couldn't believe what I had seen. It wasn't that it was so bad, it was just such a hot, unbelievable mess.
And I saw it again in Nyc as a timekiller inbetween Sweeney Todd shows, and I found it to be slightly better and more fluid and it didn't seem like such a trainwreck. Then I eventually found the soundboard audio and the video recordings and then the Drew/Lestat recording, and then I really got into it. So I think the show just needed to grow on me. It took a while though.
I Want More mp3
Updated On: 2/10/08 at 11:11 PM
#41re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:03am
My boyfriend and I saw this in SF on New Years Eve. We had a blast.
"You didn't see Welcome to the New World when it was all dancy and black & white and One Short Day-like."
What were they wearing? Newspapers?
Allison was my favorite. I'd love to work with her.
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#42re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:09am
I loved it when it was all like, 10 minutes long and dancy. They shortened it way too much.
If they had kept Welcome to The New World at it's original length, the show would've lasted, Gob damn it.
Robos89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/06
#43re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:14am
I kind of wish they released this cast recording. C'mon Elton!!!
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#44re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:27am
"For everyone that comes along, knocking on this door,
Don't blame me, it's your fault, that I want more!"
I never got that first line. Eesh that's bad.
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#45re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 10:50am
I woke up with a cold but feel a little better knowing this topic is here. Now, I wonder how long it'll last...
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Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#46re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:01pm
One of the worst things about the Broadway version was the reworked finale. From the Dead was one of the better songs in the show.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=udV3pjze4OE
Let's get some Drew Sarich loving going on in here, while the thread's around.
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#47re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:08pmThe thing I remember most about Lestat was thinking how much Gabrielle reminded me of Moses.
#48re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:30pm"From the Dead" was kind of cheesy, though. Now we've all learned an (un)life lesson and sing a cheery finale!
'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."'
~Lewis Carroll
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#49re: Lestat Cast Recording
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:46pm
It is cheesy, but it's...conclusive. "I am the vampire Lestat...and I will live forever" isn't a very emotionally satisfying ending.
Even if Lestat was completely lying in the "From the Dead" finale. "Oh, yeah, I've totally learned my lesson, I'll never make another vampire again. Promise."
Plus, it had a cappella harmony. I'm a sucker for that.
Updated On: 2/11/08 at 12:46 PM
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