White Christmas - Cast Recording Question

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:56pm

Has anyone here heard the cast recording of White Christmas featuring Brian D'Arcy James and Anastasia Barzee? Is it any good? The only thing I know is that they didn't record any of the tap dancing.

Thanks.

Updated On: 11/15/07 at 02:56 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:59pm

I'm listening to it right now. There seems to be tap dancing.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:03pm

Oh good. Thanks. When I went to Amazon one of the comments on there said it didn't include it.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:05pm

Is that only available at Amazon.com and not on iTUNES? I wanna get it bec. I am going to see the show at Wang Center (Boston) this coming 11/30...and I wanna hear it now..

J*



Updated On: 11/15/07 at 03:05 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:14pm

JayStarr, you're so lucky. I was thinking of flying to Toronto to see this, but I just can't manage a weekend away before the Christmas holiday. I didn't even think of Boston. Do you know who's in that company?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:22pm

Great recording! A must have! Worth the purchase for D'Arcy's "Blue Skies" alome.

Order it from Sh-k-boom. 14.99 and freee shipping.

[rose_pearl]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:23pm

Dottie, the recording is fantastic. I definitely recommend it. And I WISH I were going to Boston. Brian and Jeffry are doing it!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:27pm

and here's some discount for the BOSTON show ($20-30)

http://www.artsboston.org/show.asp?shCode=1714&shName=Irving+Berlin%27s+White+Christmas¶m3=¶m4=¶m5=¶m6=¶m7=¶m8=¶m9=¶m10=

and here's the THE CAST info for both Boston & Toronto run
http://www.whitechristmasthemusical.com/intro.html


J*
Updated On: 11/15/07 at 03:27 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:29pm

Thanks, Bobby. I ordered it from Amazon as I had other things to order (and I got free shipping).

Rose, thanks for the casting update. Wow, I might be tempted now to go up to Boston!!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:34pm

I'm glad you brought this up Dottie. I kind of forgot I had this. Not that it's bad, I'm just in denial that Christmas is near!

[philcrosby]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:34pm

It's available on emusic.com for far less than iTunes. I can't say that (except for Karen Morrow and the great orchestrations) that I find the renditions of the songs that terrific.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:37pm

JayStarr, it's on Amazon for $9.98.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:37pm

It's on my ipod as "Irving Berlin's White Christmas". I didn't even realize it was on there. I'm off to listen again.

P.s.: Karen Morrow rocks my world.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:38pm

Yup. I saw it on Amazon... $12.98 with shipping..I might get it too. Thanks

J*

[ashley0139]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:41pm

I can't wait to see this in Boston! Especially with Brian in it!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:44pm

You guys are so lucky. Seattle got a 3rd rate production last year that I wisely skipped.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:46pm

Updated On: 11/15/07 at 03:46 PM

[Dancin Thru Life]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:49pm

Can't wait to see this when it comes to town. The cast looks great:

Tom Galantich (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Bob,
Marla Schaffel (Jane Eyre) as Betty,
David Engel (Forever Plaid) as Phil, and
Kristen Beth Williams (Happy Days: A New Musical at Paper Mill) as Betty's sister Judy Haynes.

Noah Racey, the respected actor-dancer many consider an heir to the style and gifts of Fred Astaire, is the production's choreographer. Racey is in the cast of Broadway's Curtains at the moment.

Will also have to head up to Toronto to see it again, as you guys luck out and get to experience Buffalo's own Jeffery Denman in that cast! Should be AWESOME as well!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 4:03pm

Where is the production Racey is choreographing? He is absolutely my favorite male dancer, and an unbelievable choreographer.

Also, Denman is going to be in Boston, not Toronto.

[sparkleplenty]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:21pm

I saw this two (or three?) years ago when it played the Pantages in Los Angeles. What a lovely show! The movie is kind of forgettable except for the star turns and the nostalgic factor, and it does have pretty technicolor. I think the musical is far superior - certainly wonderful at the holidays. This should be a seasonal play at Xmas.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:45pm

'I Love A Piano' on the CD is just fantastic. Tap dancing galore!

[justme2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:53pm

I don't understand why this show hasn't been brought to New York for Christmas. It's wonderful and brings back the old fashioned triple threat talent musical that's been missing for too long.

I'm sick that it's (ONCE AGAIN) not coming back to SF and I cannot afford a trip to Boston or Toronto this season. I was thrilled to see that the cast I saw in SF in 04 was going to be together again, until I noticed that Barzee wasn't listed. Why not? Anyone know? The entire lead and supporting cast except her?

The CD is on constant rotation on my IPod, and not just in the winter! The tap dancing is there Dottie, but it's just not as full and lush as the stage tap dancing.

Like BobbyBuddy...I wisely skipped out on seeing the regional productions to avoid the disapointment of seeing a scaled back version.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 12:18am

I saw it done at Pittsburgh's Civic Light Opera this past summer and I was not too wild about it. Possibly, because our leads were not all that charming. (I basically went to see it because Alix Korey was playing the Karen Morrow role.)

But, I wish that they had put more rare songs in it. It starts out terrifically with "Love and the Weather", but after that it's one old standard after another "Blue Skies", "I Love a Piano", etc. I mean, there are enough old standards in the show to begin with! Our taste for the familiar is satisfied enough with the score as it stands.

And why not keep in "Choreography"? It's a cute number and the stage show is kinda light on comedy numbers.

[justme2]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 1:35am

As much as Berlin's songs are standards in my eyes, I don't think the general theater going audience considers songs such as "I Love a Piano" or "Love, You didn't do Right by me" as standards. Too bad, too. I was thrilled to hear "Love and the Weather", too!

Was the Civic production produced and directed regionally? If so, you may have seen one of the watered down versions that I stayed away from in 2006, as opposed to the full version that only Boston and Toronto have this year.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 12:34pm

I just received the CD in the mail today. I'm listening to and it sounds great.

I'm making a special trip to Boston to see the show in December.