Which Cast Albums Would You Take To A Desert Island?

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:30pm

Mine would be:

Ragtime
Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic
Wicked
Avenue Q
West Side Story
Sunday In The Park With George
Into The Woods
Company - OBC
Rent
Sweeney Todd

Updated On: 1/19/05 at 03:30 PM

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:40pm

You're allowed to take 10?!

I would take -

MY FAIR LADY - Original London Cast
STAR! - Soundtrack
HOW TO SUCCEED... - Original Cast
THE SOUND OF MUSIC - 30th Anniversary CD Edition (Soundtrack)
MAME - Original Cast
SEESAW - Original Cast
RAGTIME - Original Cast
CAMELOT - Original Cast
HELLO, DOLLY! - Original Cast
MARY POPPINS - 40th Anniversary CD (Soundtrack)

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:45pm

No Strings
Clear Day
Funny Girl
Gypsy (1959)
Sweet Charity (1966)
Company (1970)
The Fantasticks
and, while not a show, every single note Nancy Lamott ever recorded

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:45pm

LOL...Once on this Island! Even though I have never heard it.

[Razz77]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:48pm

hmm...

William Finn's "Elegies"
Once On This Island
Caroline Or Change
Children of Eden
Hairspray
Falsettos
Taboo
West Side Story
Candide

[LaeloftheLakes]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:51pm

Ten, eh?

RENT (OBC)
Brigadoon (1998 London)
A Chorus Line (OBC)
Les Miserables (TAC)
The Fantasticks (OOBC)
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (revival)
tick...tick...BOOM! (OCR)
Man of La Mancha (OBC)
Little Shop of Horrors (*coughunofficialrecordingcough*)
Into the Woods (OBC)

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:54pm

10??!! Ok:

Ragtime
Les Miserables (Paris cast recording, not the concept)
Gypsy OBC (Merman)
Baby
Promises, Promises
A Little Night Music (RNT, Dench)
West Side Story OBC
Rent
Falsettos
My Fair Lady OLC

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:56pm

My Fair Lady
Cabaret
Gypsy
Sweeny Todd
The Fantasticks
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Oliver!
Evita
Mame
Phantom

[Jwei123]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 3:56pm

my 10:

-Rent
-Les Miserables
-Wicked
-Millie
-42nd Street
-Bare
-Aida
-Phantom
-hairspray
-Last 5 years

[singinswinga]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 4:18pm

Wicked
Avenue Q
Cabaret
Fame
Chicago
Hairspray
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Miserables
Funny Girl
West Side Story
Hair
That's 11, isn't it? hmm.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 4:27pm

Sunday in the Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Rent
Taboo (OBC)
Into the Woods (OBC)
Blood Brothers (OLC)
Oliver! (OBC)
The Pirates of Penzance (OBC)
The Hours (film score)
The Last 5 Years

[BroadwayKate]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 4:31pm

in no particular order...

Violet
Ragtime
Elegies a Song Cycle
The Last 5 Years
Songs for a New World
Sondheim- A Celebration
Assassains
Once on this Island
Parade

[Mel24601]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 4:32pm

Mine:

Hairspray
Joseph
Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
Phantom
Rent
Sweeney Todd
The Producers
The Full Monty
Wicked

[thespian geek]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 4:57pm

Rent (audio of the current touring cast if I could..)
POTO (soundtrack)
Bare
TL5Y
Tick Tick Boom
The Full Monty
Wicked
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (when it comes out)
YAGMCB
The Rocky Horror Show (2001 revival cast)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:07pm

obviously I'd rather take all 180 with me, but for the purpose of this thread...

SWEENEY TODD (concert cast)
CATS (*coughunofficialrecordingcough*)
RENT (*coughunofficialrecordingcough*)
OLIVER! (London Palladium)
DRACULA (*coughunofficialrecordingcough*)
CHICAGO (London Revival)
INTO THE WOODS (Broadway Revival)
THE FROGS (OBC)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Madison Square Garden)
SOUTH PACIFIC (RNT version)

and let's not forget that I'd also need to take with me a battary powered and or solar powered CD player becasue then this whole thing would be rather pointless... Updated On: 1/19/05 at 05:07 PM

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:23pm

Oh gosh, alright.

POTO (OLCR or the present touring company... if that's possible)
Hairspray
Little Shop of Horrors with Ellen Greene
Avenue Q!
Les Miserables
Wicked
Into the Woods
my "Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber" CD
The Lion King
And a compelation album I created myself...

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:32pm

Into the Woods
Ragtime
Gypsy (2003 Revival)
Caroline or Change
Avenue Q (to make me happy!)
Millie
Wonderful Town(Revival)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:38pm

Dreamgirls
The Gospel at Colonus
My Fair Lady
The King and I
A Chorus Line
City of Angels
42nd Street
Little Shop of Horrors
Camelot
Fiddler on the Roof

[IMsooHyprToday]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:38pm

rent
urinetown
avenue q
millie
42nd street (so i could dance, and get excersize)
bare
jekyl and hyde
crazy for you

[little_sally]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:47pm

Urinetown
Rent
Ragtime
Caroline, or Change
The Last Five Years
Taboo
Assassins
Sunday in the Park With George
Nine Revival
Les Miserables

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:57pm

Oooo, good thread! Here are mine:

Sweeney Todd (duh)--but the George Hearn/Patti LuPone recording, not the OBC
Jekyll and Hyde (the Warlow recording)
Assassins (original off-Broadway cast)
Les Miserables (complete symphonic recording)

Those are the definites, but there are several more. Can I bring my iPod?

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 5:58pm

Into the Woods OBC
Wicked
Modern Millie
Secret Garden
Once on this Island
Rent
Jekyll and Hyde
Guys and Dolls
Fame
Aida

[wicked1]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 6:09pm

Wicked
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Rent
Les Miserables
Miss Saigon

[zippyjen]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 6:21pm

rent
Tick tick boom
LSOH
YAGMCB
Hairspray
Cabaret
last five years
avenue q
Hair

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 6:42pm

Les Miserables Complete
Miss Saigon
Hairspray
Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q
Rent
Aida
Chicago
West Side Story
Mamma Mia

Take care