Who Will Win The Grammy?

[dg22894]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 11:53pm

Here are the nominees:

Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parentheses.))

* Gypsy
Robert Sher, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2008 Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone & Others)
[Time Life]

* In The Heights
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)
[Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]

* The Little Mermaid
Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & Others)
[Walt Disney Records]

* South Pacific
David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]

* Young Frankenstein; The Musical
Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & Others)
[Decca Broadway]


I think/hope In the Heights will win

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 11:59pm

I think Gypsy will win but I hope In The Heights wins!

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:00am

In The Heights hopefully.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:03am

There were several OUTSTANDING cast recordings this past year and while I could see any of them winning, I think "Gypsy" is the best of them and easily deserves the win.

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:04am

It should be Gypsy, but my guess is it will probably be In The Heights.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:05am

You never know. HAIRSPRAY lost the Grammy to the Bernadette GYPSY album.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:09am

I didn't even realize that the 2003 Gypsy revival recording won a Grammy.

The 2008 revival recording is leagues better. I really hope it's honored with a Grammy.

[NCGuy]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:21am

Hairspray won the Grammy the year before Gypsy.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:23am

IN THE HEIGHTS should and will win.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:23am

My bad. So who did GYPSY beat out?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:29am

Not a huge fan of the quality of the Gypsy CD or the material they chose to include and that which they left out still trying to claim that it's complete. I hope In the Heights wins just because it's a pretty flawless recording. The rest all have shortcomings, in my opinion.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:29am

I love the In the Heights recording, but although it may not happen, I really think Gypsy is the better album and deserves to be recognized for it.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:36am

OK, I looked it up. The year Bernadette's GYPSY recording won, it was up against MOVIN' OUT, and the revivals of FLOWER DRUM SONG, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and NINE.

Certainly not the same level of competition there is this year.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:41am

The best Cast Album of the year, Passing Strange, is not nominated.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:42am

GYPSY'S production and quality is phenomenal, minus the static on the original copies. I believe they reprinted the albums now without the static.

[lull89]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:43am

I know Gypsy and South Pacific had two versions depending on where you bought them, one with bonus tracks, one without. Which version gets judged by the Grammy panel?

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 1:07am

I hope either IN THE HEIGHTS or SOUTH PACIFIC wins.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 1:11am

Gypsy should win but In The Heights will win.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 2:34am

I'm guessing In the Heights will win. It's the kind of thing the Grammys go for. I prefer the South Pacific recording though. The Gypsy recording is fine as well and wouldn't mind if it won. In fact, I don't mind if any of those three win. Three pretty strong albums.

~Steven

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 2:54am

I'm rooting for South Pacific... Also let's not forget Kathy Griffin!

[bwaybri2]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 6:30am

In the Heights - for the same reason Spring Awakening won -

Fresh - new - original - etc

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 7:06am

In The Heights is an amazing album and should win. I think it will and I hope it will. But isn't South Pacific supposed to be a great album, I'm sorry to admit it but I have not heard the CD. Gupsy is also very well done but I think it should go to a new show.

[nicole neumann2]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 7:35am

in the heights

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 11:22am

Gypsy or In The Heights

[Smaxie]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:07pm

While some members here will continue to impugn, I think the Gypsy recording went far beyond what might have been expected of it in terms of content and I hope it's awarded for it. To me, it's the most surprising and rewarding album of the nominated recordings and in particular, I was thrilled to hear bits of those orchestrations that I never heard before, as well as all of the bonus songs. I think the cast is captured in top form and I loved the packaging as well.