Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Shows that are better on CD than on stage
joeybiltmore1
Leading Actor Joined: 2/22/05
#0Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:01pm
My picks would be:
FOLLIES
CITY OF ANGELS
STEEL PIER
What do you guys think?
#1re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:03pm
Amour. The music is sort of nice to listen to but the show is just way too...FRENCH.
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#2re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:19pm
Almost anything Gilbert and Sullivan
Almost anything Frank Wildhorn
The Boy From Oz
1776
#3re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:20pm
Miss Saigon
Titanic
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ainmama2001
Stand-by Joined: 6/3/05
#4re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:22pmMiss Saigon, without a doubt.
#5re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:25pm
The Goodbye Girl
BKLYN
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#7re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:55pmAida (you can skip the terrible numbers)
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#8re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:59pm
The Secret Garden.
(Although I thought 'City of Angels' was much better in person than on CD.)
#9re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:10pm
Anything Goes
great music, lousy book.
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#10re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:13pmPeople probably won't agree with me, but Hairspray. I loove the music, didn't love the show like lots of others.
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#11re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:17pm
STEEL PIER and THE LIFE were dreadful onstage, but not so bad to listen to.
Having only heard MACK AND MABEL was not good onstage, I have to say I am a fan of the score. Another in that category would be THE RINK.
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Updated On: 6/8/05 at 01:17 PM
#12re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:22pm
I Love City of Angels! It is great on stage and on CD.
Id say Miss Saigon (I love this show but I like listening to it than wathcing it (I have it on tape)
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#13re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:24pm
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Updated On: 5/10/06 at 01:24 PM
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#15re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:39pmI was quite disapointed when I finally saw Les Miz, after listening to the CRS A LOT in the year or so proir. Maybe it was just the very lackluster cast (other than Randal Keith and the Thenardiers), but I believe that it's a little disaponting (as currently) on stage. On CD, however, it's arguably one of the best musicals ever written.
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grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#16re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:45pmPippin. I love the score but the show IMO never lived up to its potential.
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#17re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:51pmThe grand prize winner in this category is the OBC of Merrily We Roll Along.
#18re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:55pm
All Shook Up
Bounce
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#19re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:57pm
Brooklyn
wickedrentq, I agree with you on Hairspray
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#20re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:10pm
Baby
Once On This Island
Carousel
Man of La Mancha
All scores that I really love, but can hardly sit through most of them on stage.
Updated On: 6/8/05 at 03:10 PM
LaVieBoheme2
Stand-by Joined: 2/25/05
#21re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:21pm
Brooklyn: The Musical and Aida. They've both been said, so I'm really just agreeing.
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#22re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:28pm
Wicked
But maybe it's because I figured Elphaba would actually fly, not just get strapped into a harness. The way I imagined the show was on a much grander scale then it actually is.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#23re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:31pm
I really have to disagree with The Boy From Oz. I can see the appeal of not having to listen to the book, but that show was all about the live experience for me.
Anyway, for me, sadly, Pacific Overtures is on that list.
#24re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:36pmDon't laugh at me! The Taboo score was pretty good, but it tanked.
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#25re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:43pmI agree about Hairpsray. I thought that the melodies themselves were great. But the book and the entire production just didn't do it for me.
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