#1
Posted: 4/20/08 at 11:04pm
Wouldn't it be swell if there were studio recordings made of the Tony-nominated shows which never got a recording at the time? It just seems a real shame that a part of our musical theatre heritage remains unknown to so many, and really, if a show was worthy of getting nominated for the Best Musical of the Year, then I think it deserves a CD release.
By my count, pretty much every Tony-nominated show has been released on CD in some form or another, with the following gaping holes:
1959 - La Plume De Ma Tante
1972 - Ain't Supposed to Die A Natural Death (OBC on LP however)
1973 - Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (OBC on LP)
1975 - The Lieutenant
1978 - Dancin'
1983 - Merlin
1985 - Quilters
1985 - Leader of the Pack (OBC on LP)
1986 - Big Deal
1994 - Cyrano
1996 - Chronicle of a Death Foretold
2000 - James Joyce's The Dead
That leaves 12 Tony-nominated musicals yet to see release on CD, (and this is assuming that 1968's "Illya Darling" does indeed get released later this month.)
Is it too much of a pie-in-the-sky hope that studio recordings could be done by Ghostlight or someone?
By my count, pretty much every Tony-nominated show has been released on CD in some form or another, with the following gaping holes:
1959 - La Plume De Ma Tante
1972 - Ain't Supposed to Die A Natural Death (OBC on LP however)
1973 - Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (OBC on LP)
1975 - The Lieutenant
1978 - Dancin'
1983 - Merlin
1985 - Quilters
1985 - Leader of the Pack (OBC on LP)
1986 - Big Deal
1994 - Cyrano
1996 - Chronicle of a Death Foretold
2000 - James Joyce's The Dead
That leaves 12 Tony-nominated musicals yet to see release on CD, (and this is assuming that 1968's "Illya Darling" does indeed get released later this month.)
Is it too much of a pie-in-the-sky hope that studio recordings could be done by Ghostlight or someone?
