Patina Miller is electric, how I wish I could have seen her in HAIR. I'm looking forward to seeing her play Derolis on Broadway.
No specific order except for the number one:
1-CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (the cast recording has a major technical problem but it doesn't take away from the perfection of the performances, the great sound, the thrilling orchestrations, and the fact that it's one of the best shows ever written)
2-HAIR-2009 Revival (a gazillion times better than the '04 AFB recording)
3-NINE-2003 Revival (I mean Antonio Banderas, Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chita Rivera, Laura Benanti, Mary Beth Piel)
4-GREY GARDENS-Broadway Cast (Erin Davie was a great addition and the score was in top shape when they got to Broadway)
5-LOVEMUSIK (Weill's songs performed by Donna Murphy with brilliant Tunick orchestrations, need I say more?)
6-IN THE HEIGHTS (fun, electric, well-produced, nicely-acted, Andrea Burns' "Carnaval del Barrio" and Karen Olivo's vocals every time she opens her mouth are just a few of the highlights)
7-LaChiusa's THE WILD PARTY
8-WICKED (not a great score but I think it's a good and enjoyable cast recording)
9-THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (what a beautiful score and what a great recording)
10-SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE- '06 London cast (the slow tempos are a tiny bit annoying, but overall it's nice to hear the score without having to have the volume all the way up...SUNDAY OBCR, I'm looking at you).
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
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