Little Moments on Cast Recordings That You Love — Page 6

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Updated On: 3/24/07 at 10:11 PM

<------Kerry Butler in Hairspray {you can't stop the beat}. She has that quarky voice and says " I'm a checkerboard chick" and then belts out the rest of her part in a GREAT voice

I've always liked Mary Bond Davis' delivery of "Step aside Miss Buttercup...it's time to wrap this mutha up!" during "You Can't Stop the Beat". As well as the moment during "The More You Ruv Someone" when Stephanie D'Abruzzo reacts to "They like two brothers who go on a date." "WHO?! What!?!"

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Updated On: 12/2/06 at 04:56 PM

Chip's part from "Why We Like Spelling" in Spelling Bee, and those notes before Gary's introduction in Avenue Q.

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company- during being alive,in the original the voice-overs are haunting

I love in Spelling Bee, during Woe is Me, when Sarah sings "I just wanna up and vomit". I'm serious - I just love that.

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In AIDA during Enchantment Passing Through when Adam sings "I just want to be with you" The "be" part gives me the chills every time.

ETA: Whoops, wrong song! Sorry! I meant Elaborate Lives. I blame my sinus headache and my hurry to post my message

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Updated On: 12/5/06 at 01:59 PM

"He assumes I lose my reason... and I do"
A Little Night Music

"My It Last Forever... Clara... The Light In the Piazza"
LITP, brings me to tears every time.

"Blow out the candles and make a wish, want something, want SOMEthing"
Company

"They can get you in East Hampton for wearing red shoes on a Thursday... it's a mean, nasty, republican town"
and
"Oh god, My god"
From another Winter in a summer town
Grey Gardens

Tyne Daly's "For me! For Me! For Me"s in Rose's Turn

"Covered in scars I did nothing to earn"
TL5Y

"Dot, I cannot read this word- Harmony"
Sunday, SITPWG, I dunno, but I loooooove that part.

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On the '98 Cabaret Revival recording;

During 'Money' when the Emcee says "Ha!"

I just love it.

It's one of those little things that you hear and it makes you giggle.

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Bare: One: when everyone starts singing counterpoint in the middle, and the final held note at the end.

Batboy: The pause in "Three Bedroom House" between "Do you think Edgar would marry me? and "no honey, a three bedroom house."

Bright Lights Big City: " Back in the city" when Patrick wilson brings the main melody back at the end of the song, along with the cast.

Dessa Rose: When the entire cast comes in during the final chorus of "We are Decended"

Debbie Does Dallas: The background sound effects of the whole show.

Drowsy Chapperone: Tottentales - "Surprise? Surprise? Surprise!"

Hairspray - Kerry Butler's " No I dont wanna live without, Love Love Love!" in the end of "Without love."

Jeckyl and Hyde Double Disc : "Bitch Bitch Bitch: the line "Mean old Bitch"

Jerry Springer the opera: "I just wanna dance" when her husband comes on singing "Put your f*cken clothes on, stupid bitch." and her "talk to the ass!" and finally when the chorus sings "She just wants to f*cking........ dance!"

Legally Blond: In the Legally Blond Demo when all the girls are talking at the same time looking for Elle, you can hear one in the crowd say "I'm so confused!"

Little Shop of Horrors : Kerry Butler's riffs in Suddenly Seymore

A Man of No Importance :The opening number, the chord when the cast sings "girl dressed in blue"

Ragtime: The final verse of "Till We Reach that Day"

Tarzan :when I turn off the cd

Seussical the Musical: when all of the cast comes in at the end of "Biggest Blame Fool" and the elephant bird's "Seuss"

Twenty fifth annual putnam county spelling bee: "The I love you song" when Celia sings "I love you Mama!"

The Wedding Singer: Imelda's section of the finale

Zanna Dont: the line "Thank you Jesus!" in the end of "I aint got time!"

Updated On: 12/7/06 at 11:56 PM

"Light in the Piazza:" "LOVE and be LOVED" I fell in love with Victoria Clark at that moment.

"My daughter died a virgin" and "I deserve lovers" from "Bernarda Alba."

The only time a cast recording has ever made me cry: "Because really, who could ever bear to leave?" in "Will You?" from "Grey Gardens."

The other moment that came close to making me cry was the end of "I Promised You a Happy Ending" from "Mack & Mabel."

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Wow there's so many!

-L5Y: just about everything. That show is incredible. But more specifically, I love the piano intro in Goodbye Until Tomorrow. It's so simple but it works so well.

-A Chorus Line revival: I think it's Montage Part 1, but in the gonnorhea monologue the "who have you been with my son? nobody! NOBODY! Then how can you have... gonnorhea?" It cracks me up every time.

-Aida: Enchantment Passing Through - the last chorus when Adam's singing "and why did I tell her this; a stranger I've just met, a woman who I hardly know and WIIIIIIIIL FORGET!" I get chills so bad.

-Drowsy: "Antarctica? Oh, please." and all of Love Is Always Lovely & I Remember Love... its adorable =)

-SFANW: When the music picks up in the opening after the first "time to fly, time to flyyyy..." the pause in I'm Not Afraid of Anything between "and David loves me... he's afraid to hold me...", in I'd Give It All For You, the harmony and crecendo [sp?] into the bridge on "nothing about us was perfect or clear" and the whole first solo in Hear My Song.

-Spelling Bee: Pandemonium - Barfee's "life is pandemonium!" and "yes it is!" are hilarious. All of Why We Like Spelling [I'm still mad that it was cut]. My Unfortunate Erection - when Chip totally loses it and pops the bags of chips. Woe Is Me - the really long note at the end. It's pretty impressive =). I'm Not That Smart reprise - I just want to hug Leaf during this! The I Love You Song is just all-around gorgeous and I love it. Woe Is Me reprise also makes me want to hug Logainne.

There's definitely more but I can't think of them right now.

This is my cumulative post for this thread:

The final verse of Defying Gravity

The way the cast of Parade sings the word Georgia in "The Old Red Hills of Home"

The da-da-dacky-dicky-da part of The Riddle Song of Floyd Collins.

Toni Collette in The Wild Party: The stink I got on me is from living with you, lying next to you. You have seeped into the pores of my skin, into my blood until everything I own smells like you. And the only thing that'll wash me clean...is SEEING! YOU! DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So powerful.

The Secret Garden: The way Robert Westenberg sings, "She has my Lily's hazel eyes." Just the way he sings the word "hazel." It's like ear candy to me.

LaChanze on The Color Purple: "And I'm/Thankful for every day that I'm given"

Stephanie D'Abruzzo in Avenue Q: When she sings, "And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore/I don't even think you know what you're looking for." The pain in her voice breaks my heart.

Christine Ebersole in Bright Lights, Big City: "Do you know how serious this is, Jaimie."

There will undoubtedly be more.

EDIT:

And here it is:

Two Gentlemen of Verona: Boom-chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka/Pap-paka-waka-waka/Kak-kaka-waka-waka/Pooz-wooza-wooza-wooza/Pap-paka-waka-waka-wow!

Raisin: Boo-hooze! Lovely boo-hooze!

Avenue Q--When John sings, "Good Night Saigon" and then says, "From the Russia concert!" Then when he says, "Don't put your finger there! Put your finger there!"

Parade--When Carolee sings, "I never knew anything at aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll the wasted time." and just the way she sings it.

More Raisin:

When Robert Jackson sings the word, "Alaiyo."

During "You Done Right" when Joe Morton sings the "Yes sir, no sir" section.

On Avenue Q:

"You have no idea! Ready, normal people? Lemme hear it!

The Internet is for porn

Sorry, Kate!

The Internet is for porn

I masturbate

All these guys
Unzip their flies
For porn porn porn."

and

"Grab your dick
And double click
For porn porn porn."

Hilarious.

How clever the lyrics of "Mix Tape

I love the song, "For Now."

John Lloyd Young forever breaking my heart with Fallen Angel.

The first notes on Jersey Boys.

When Tonya is humming at the beginning of Caroline or Change.

Avenue Q--When John sings, "Good Night Saigon" and then says, "From the Russia concert!" Then when he says, "Don't put your finger there! Put your finger there!"

Parade--When Carolee sings, "I never knew anything at aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll the wasted time." and just the way she sings it.

More Raisin:

When Robert Jackson sings the word, "Alaiyo."

During "You Done Right" when Joe Morton sings the "Yes sir, no sir" section.

On Avenue Q:

"You have no idea! Ready, normal people? Lemme hear it!

The Internet is for porn

Sorry, Kate!

The Internet is for porn

I masturbate

All these guys
Unzip their flies
For porn porn porn."

and

"Grab your dick
And double click
For porn porn porn."

Hilarious.

How clever the lyrics of "Mix Tape

I love the song, "For Now."

John Lloyd Young forever breaking my heart with Fallen Angel.

The first notes on Jersey Boys.

When Tonya is humming at the beginning of Caroline or Change.

Spring Awakening: Lauren Pritchard's voice makes me melt.

Lili Cooper singing, "You say all you want is just a kiss goodnight, then you hold me and you whisper, child the lord won't mind."

Daphne Rubin-Vega's wailing during "Martirio" on Bernarda Alba.

Ann Harada's solo during White Boys on the Hair Actor's Fund recording (especially the way she sings, "My chocolate flavored treats")

Saundra Santiago singing "I can't hear him in my heart" on Bernarda Alba

the opening cello solo at the beginning of Mamma Who Bore Me on Spring Awakening

the first strains of the harp at the beginning of The Light in the Piazza and how it all crescendoes into that gorgeous melody

The big climax of People Like Us in The Wild Party (when Toni and Yancey are singing together)

All of Mario Cantone's monologue in Assassins

When Marc Kudisch sings "C'mere and kill a president" on Assassins, my jaw drops.

All of Touch Me on Spring Awakening

From Titanic:

Who called for speed and to break every record?!
Who had to keep all the millionaires happy?!

How dare you Smith!
I will not stand here indicted!
Who ignored warnings of icebergs when sighted?

Who, Sir, refused to extend up the bulkheads?!

You sir! To give the first class bigger staterooms!

And who undermined the position of Captain?

And who took a course too far north for the Season?

And who kept insisting
We land ever sooner?...

And who should And who had to have
have posted both the largest and
More lookouts fastest?...
in darkness?...
Who did it?!
Who did it?!
Who did it?!
Who did it?!
Who did it!?!

I get chills listening to the rage in these men's voices and hearing the orchestra build.

When Jane Summerhays and Tonya Pinkins sing (on The Wild Party):

And suicide!

Bernarda Alba:

when Daphne Rubin-Vega has her first line on the recording: the way she just says "Martirio" is very striking.

The Drowsy Chaperone:

When Beth Leavel sings, "As we push and we shhhhhhhhhhhhhhove!!!!!"

The Color Purple:

Lock up all your mens
And your young boys too
Shug ain't got no friends
'Cept the ones she screw

The Great American Trailer Park Musical:

NORBERT:

One step closer

JEANNIE:

Norbert, I can't get past the door

That moment is so touching.

All of Madame Guillotine on The Scarlet Pimpernel, particularly the choruses.

Chicago:

When Bebe sounds like she's vomiting in Me and My Baby

The vocalizing at the beginning of The Skate on The Bubbly Black Girl...

Dessa Rose:

I could be as strong as thunder
With his hand in mine
Tear the very storm asunder
Make the sun to shine
Teach him every word and wonder
Like you taught me...

The entire reprise of Mama Who Bore Me

Eden Espinosa belting it out on Coma Baby in Bright Lights, Big City

More Dessa Rose:

When Rachel York sings the line, "You've been gone these seven months" in At The Glen

The cast chanting, "Useless helpless greedy white woman. Ruint!"

When William Parry, Rebecca Eichenberger, and David Hess sing, "Who'd want you now, Ruth? You're just a whore"

Every time somebody sings, "Hey hey"

110 in the Shade (revival):

Jim: Now what's so bad about that? All we gotta do is...

Noah and Jim: CLEAN UP!!!!!!!

Love when they sing:

Got to get busy
Fix up for Lizzie

When Audra sings:

I'll pour peroxide on my h...No, I'm not doin' that.


I get chills when she sings:

Be thoughtful and sweet and proper
Until she goes away
She's been here a week and a half today
When will she ever go?

Go where?
Go where?
My dress is too tight!
My skin is alive all over!
It's turning to night
And yet not a sign of rain!
I'm all tied up!
My clothes seem to be on fire!
They're tying me up and
Burning me to the bone!

Why won't it rain?
Please let it rain!

Oh God,
Don't let me live and die
Alone!

Jane Eyre:

Oh let me sail away
And make this vow
That what my heart wants
I cannot allow
For as sirens call the sailors
She calls me now

and

Over mountains, over oceans
Heaven take me away
For I long for my liberty
For sweet liberty I pray

The way those melodies just take off and fly. It's amazing.

Blood Brothers:

The vocalizing in the Overture chills me to the bone

When the husband says, "I married a bleedin' rabbit" during Marilyn Monroe

LIVING ON THE NEVER NEVER,
CONSTANT AS THE CHANGING WEATHER,
NEVER SURE
WHO'S AT THE DOOR

The desperation in Mrs. Lyons' voice when she says, "I must have my baby."

The Narrator: How swiftly those who've made a pact can come to overlook the fact or wish the reckoning be delayed. But a pact is a pact. And must. Be. Paid. (His voice is electronically processed and punctuated by the drums.)

Mrs. Lyons: You will KILL THEM!

and then it goes into Shoes Upon The Table. Also, the refrain of Shoes Upon The Table is amazing.

Kid's Game:

I gotcha
I shotcha
And you bloody know I did

You know that if you cross your fingers
And if you count from 1 to 10
You won't get up off the ground again
It really doesn't matter
The whole thing's just a game

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Updated On: 1/1/08 at 11:41 AM