Story of My Life -- Official Broadway CD? — Page 2

I hope you do enjoy it. I probably didn't appreciate SITPWG as much as I should have, especially since I am a big fan of Seurat and his artwork. The concept was surely creative, and executed well in the most recent Roundabout Theatre revival, but the songs just did not reel me in. Maybe a second viewing will convert me. But I guess to better calibrate my taste with yours, other shows I liked include: The 39 Steps, August: Osage County, [title of show], Gypsy, Curtains, Avenue Q and In The Heights. Shows I did not like include: Spamalot, A Tale of Two Cities, Mary Poppins, Chicago, Hedda Gabler and Altar Boyz.

Amour had Michel Legrand and Cape Man had Paul Simon behind them.

I think proof that there might very well be an Original Broadway Cast recording of THE STORY OF MY LIFE became evident a few minutes ago. I just went to their website for the show, thestoryofmylife.com and found, for the first time, a fully and beautifully orchestrated two songs from this show, Will Chase is singing the beautiful song, The Butterfly and Malcolm Gets is singing Mrs Remington. Neil Bartram's music and lyrics sound great and Jonathan Tunick's orchestrations are first rate as well. The only song that I heard prior to these two was a piano only orchestrated duet of Will and Malcolm doing Angels In The Snow on that Fox News Show. Maybe this is the proof we all needed that this lovely score has already been recorded. I hope so.

Did the Goodspeed production use an orchestra like the one being used at The Booth Theatre or was it just a piano, like on the Fox News clip heard recently? I just wish they could get some clips of a fully orchestrated scene from the show on some morning network shows like The View, because Shrek looked and sounded just great on The View this morning. I would like to hear and see: The Butterfly and Angels In The Snow, fully orchestrated and performed by Will Chase and Malcolm Gets in the same format as used on The View.

Thanks for posting the news that songs have been added to the web site. . . .

But is it me, or does this version of "The Butterfly" feel different than it does on Broadway. I remember it being . . . idk . . . slower? Less "forced?"

Either way, I'm thrilled to have access to it and the other songs. Still looking forward to paying good money for the real thing!!!

Actor 7, I don't like you.

The "Mrs. Remington" audio may be Broadway, it was definitely recorded recently. In the Goodspeed run and even early in the Broadway previews, Will did not say the "Donnie Carter" line.

I think they changed it between the first and second preview. He did say it at the second preview.

And judging from the writers' blog (not "block", haha!), these songs were recorded about a week before previews. See link in my previous post.