Les Miz and all Sondheim. Currently Piazza, too, but I'll need to see if that lasts the test of time. *grin*
Into The Woods....OBC
Song and Dance w/Bernadette Peters
1776
Any of my Les Miz recordings, it's hard to pick one.
RENT
Wicked
Phantom of the Opera
The Last Five Years (not exactly sure yet, just got it and LOVE it, but I'll have to see if
it lasts as long)
Leading Actor Joined: 6/19/05
gypsy, 42nd street(2001 revival), wicked...but its early for that one
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/05
-Parade
-Dreamgirls
-Company
-Sunday in the Park with George
-Sweeney Todd
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
Les Miserables
RENT
The Last 5 Years
I never tire of:
Fosse
Hair
Zanna Dont!
Side Show
The Robber Bridegroom
Chicago (OBC or Revival)
And The World Goes 'Round
The Life
Gypsy (OBC or Angela Lansbury)
The Pajama Game
The Rocky Horror Show
Follies (Papermill - can't beat that cast!)
Falsettos
Sweet Charity (Gwen or Debbie)
Applause
Seesaw
Funny Girl
42nd Street (OBC)
Rent
Wicked
Avenue Q
RENT
The Last 5 Years
Cabaret
Little Shop of Horrors
Wicked
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
Ragtime
Miss Siagon
Suessical *ducks*
Company (hell, all Sondheim)
Piazza (whenever I'm sad, it makes me happier)
Dreamgirls
March of the Falsettos
Falsettoland
Dreamgirls (OBC)
Parade
Urinetown
Violet
1776 (OBC)
Pacific Overtures (OBC)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (OBC)
Big River
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Ragtime
City of Angels (OBC)
Crazy for You (London)
Fiorello!
Goldilocks
On the Twentieth Century
Caroline, or Change
Aspects of Love
Les Miserables (London)
The Witches of Eastwick
Passion (London)
CHESS
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
THE SECRET GARDEN
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
Spamalot
RENT
Into the Woods
DRS
Hair
Wicked
DRS
Rent
L5Y
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/05
I go through stages....Right now:
Wicked
Annie (OBC)
The Last 5 Years
Carousel
DRS
Spelling Bee
Runners up:
Spamalot
La Cage Aux Folles
Mame
Wicked. The OBC so amazingly captured the best qualities of the show and cautiously transferred them onto this wonderful soundtrack. The orchestrations are amazingly powerful and the performances (in particular, Idina & Kristin) are splendidly captured. Idina sounds amazing and her 'Defying Gravity' is spinetingling and Cheno is as phenomenal as usual and her 'Popular' is perfectly sung and very funny. There is a lot of debate out there regarding Schwartz's music/lyrics but I think theyre unique, beautiful, and thrilling even though it takes a few listens to the OBC to really begin to love them. A wonderful OBC.
Updated On: 6/22/05 at 02:54 PM
Around last week I would have said:
-Wicked
-Rent
-Spamalot
But now that I've been listening to Wicked since it came out, I've actually finally gotten sick of the original cast, not the current cast. Rent is still amazing. Spamalot isn't so funny anymore, and I've just purchased the soundtrack to The Light in the Piazza and that blew me away! I've also just purchased the DRS soundtrack which is great too. Here is my new list:
-Rent
-DRS
-Piazza
the last five years
phantom of the opera
all shook up
dirty rotten scoundrels
urinetown
I will never ever tire of WICKED!!! Idina Menzel is simply amazing. Aida and Rent are also favorites.
"I can't believe some of you don't get tired of Wicked. You guys need to listen to some classics. "
I do listen to many classics. The thing is WICKED, is my favorite show and has a specila place for me because it reminds me of a certain time. But I ama a fan of classics.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/05
Oh, Rent, by far. I can listen to Seasons of Love and One Song Glory over and over again.
Edit: Oh, and Wicked. I adore Wicked, but Popular and Defying Gravity are almost starting to get played out in my book. Maybe it's because when ever I mention Wicked to one of my friends, those are the songs they always start singing.
Another edit: Don't worry Urban. Seussical rocks, it's hard to get tired of it.
Updated On: 6/22/05 at 03:59 PM
I would say RENT, JEKYLL & HYDE, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, and LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA !
Featured Actor Joined: 11/27/04
Okay I also cannot believe Wicked isn't completely played out for all of you but hey different strokes...
In honesty only 4 (I say that becaise I really love JRB and wanted to put Parade or L5Y on here but I go in phases and they are temporarily played out for me) :
1. Rent- I know there may be wicked fan<->rent fan comparisons, but IMO Rent is an amazing peice of art that succeeds on so many levels where Wicked falls short. (*cough* score *cough*) (I can feel the Wicked Fans breathing down my neck) Also it holds so many memories over the past six years that it will never get old.
2. Tick, Tick... Boom! - This is actually my favorite (not necessarily what i think is the best) piece of musical theatre ever. I just relate so much to the score and story in general, and it was performed so beautifully by Raul that it just never gets old at all. It's just so emotional (listen to the downstage center interview on Raul's website for a taste of what type of impact it had(has)).
3.Assassins (revival)- I love this recording and show so much. In a word excellent.
4. Sweeney Todd - Same feeling as above but I'll add to them that Sondheim is a genius (like it hasn't been said a million times before)
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