Shows that are better on CD than on stage- Page 2
Shows that are better on CD than on stage
#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.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#26re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:52pmhmm id also have to say hairspray. love the music, the book..not so much. but i dunno...
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#27re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 3:57pm
Chess.
And come on. City of Angels? That show is for stage, what an amazing design!
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#28re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 4:01pmRent as it is on Broadway now. I'd much rather listen to the cast recording.
#29re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 4:19pmCAMELOT. Love the CD, but you could write the Great American Novel waiting for the songs. The book is verrrrry ponderous.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#30re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 4:26pm
I second that BroadwayGirl107.
"The cynicism you refer to, I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys!~All About Eve
MojaniD
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#31re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:08pmWicked, I liked most of the music, but didn't like the way it translated on stage.
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#32re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:13pmI third broadwaygirl's comment about RENT... and same goes for Miss Saigon without Lea Salonga
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#33re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:21pmSomebody mentioned The Rink. Seeing The Rink was better than the album.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#34re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:30pm
Miss Saigon? You guys are crazy, the stage production is absolutely stunning.. we're talking the Cameron Mackintosh original, right? Not non-Equity, etc.
I can't imagine The Last Five Years being better on stage than the recording, it is complete in the songs IMO.
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#35re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:32pmI love that recording too, Jake, but there must be something stunning about seeing "Next 10 Minutes" live.
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#36re: Shows that are better on CD than on stage
Posted: 6/8/05 at 5:35pmCastAlbumFan is right about Camelot. You can write a novel,as well as read one, during those ponderous book scenes.
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