Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...

[BSoBW2]

Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#0

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:21am

...IMO.

Now, as far as I know, there are no real contractual problems between labels.

It would be nice if Sony picked this up as a(nother) Cyndi on Broadway. She has the fan base. Plus us theatre dorks...Not to mention Nellie, Jim, Ana, and Alan fans.

With the right marketing (ie: Cyndi Lauper's Broadway) the CD could be a big hit. I wouldn't mind a second CD of Solely Cyndi and it being her singing Broadway tunes (maybe some back up from the 3PO cast would be cool).

I wonder about a live recording - but just the musical numbers; though the amount of music in this show probably makes a recording in the studio more feasible.

Anyway, until the Brecht/Weill Estate gets involved, I don’t see why there should be a problem.

And for estate(s) - there is no 3PO recording with such exquisite orchestrations. There are two English recordings. The 1954 is terrible quality and laughable orchestrations. The Donmar has pretty sweet orchestrations, but they don't sound full (because they used the actor/musician concept). The 54 recording doesn't even use the original arrangements. Plus, there is a beautiful operatic sweep to these orchestrations as well as the energetic Lucy's Aria which has only rotten German recordings that hardly show off the sheer operatic power of the song (though Weill left only piano accompaniment).

That does it for the Weill side.

The lyrics are difficult. They are more rebellious and cheap (which is a mixed compliment). Blitzstein’s lyrics are old and worn and hardly provide the shock that they may have provided back then. The STING 3PO is gone and done with. DONMAR is a perfect translation but differs immensely from the original text...besides the fact, it set the show in the near future with the coronation of the King (not Queen).

This new translation is closer to the original with some modernizations. Plus we have a full recording of Lucy's Aria, with some English lines interspersed.

So to sum up, the recording should be recorded because:

1) The orchestrations are full scale and sound marvelous.
2) The new translation is closer to the original.
3) A good quality (actor wise, music wise, and sound wise) of Lucy's Aria and a great quality sound recording.
4) The cast is absolutely amazing and full of actual NAMES.

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[BluCat500]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#1

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:27am

I'm for it...

Although this of course, can't be taken seriously without a nifty online petition...or a post from Bryan...

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[WesternSky2]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#2

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:38am

I'd kill for a Threepenny recording.

Yes. Kill.

[RentBoy86]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#3

Posted: 6/13/06 at 1:35am

I'd love to hear it.

[FosseBoi]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#4

Posted: 6/13/06 at 2:17am

Can someone email ALL of the threads on this topic to Roundabout? Maybe then we will finaly get the cast recording!

Btw, I'm not complaining because its another Threepenny thread, I'm acually being serious! I want one!

"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line

[Over_the_Moon]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#5

Posted: 6/13/06 at 3:19am

Because it wasn't around nearly long enough and some of us don't have as much access to Broadway as others.



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[BroadwayBound062]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#6

Posted: 6/13/06 at 6:30am

First off love threepenny opera music so now heres my question, which cd should I buy. I looked on amazon last night and I wasn't really sure which would be the best

"Passion can drive you crazy but is there any other way to live"

[Musical_nerd]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#7

Posted: 6/13/06 at 6:33am

I want one badly.

Mary
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[Unknown User]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#8

Posted: 6/13/06 at 6:52am

I REALLY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN!!!!!

not only so there is a historical record of this fantastic cast, but so i can sing along with ana gasteyer as i wash the dishes!!!!!!!

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN?!?!?!?!?!?

[melissa errico fan]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#9

Posted: 6/13/06 at 6:55am

There should be a new recording of this production for the sheer fact that there is only one American recording of THREEPENNY available on CD---the 1954 Blitzstein translation. (The brilliant Lincoln Center/Public Theater production with Ellen Greene and Raul Julia has, unfortunately, never been issued on CD). Also, as BSO said, this production features an excellent "Lucy's Aria", something that very few productions have. Add to that a handful of excellent performances and you have something that should be recorded. I'm sad that we won't see a legit recording of this show.

[WickedGeek28]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#10

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:28am

I really wanted one.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

[FOAnatic]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#11

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:46am

I think Cyndi's gonna have to pull some strings at her label.

The Roundabout is pretty cheap about recordings, unless they're Sondheim shows...then they're almost a guarantee.

Look as PAJAMA GAME. If Harry hadn't put the recording on his label...do you think it would have happened?

Doubtful.

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[Freckles1329]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#12

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:52am

I know this is probably really annoying to the actors in the show, because I know people keep asking them, but the only way to pull strings with Cyndi is to ask Cyndi. I don't know. I know there probably won't be a recording but there is also that little flicker of hope saying it will. I really want one unbelievably badly, as do all of the rest of you!!!

"For example, if I should paint my fingernails green - and it just so happens I do paint them green. Well, if anyone should ask me why, I say: 'I think it's pretty!'"

[Unknown User]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#13

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:57am

This needs to be recorded commercially, if only for Brian's numbers...and Jim Dale's.

[GirlforTartaglia]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#14

Posted: 6/13/06 at 10:03am

Would it be too much to ask for a vocal/piano book as well? I know there's the original score book out there but it'd be awesome to have the new lyrics and renditions..During "Ballad of the Pimp" I was watching the pianist and it looks like an amazing song to learn - I'm addicted to playing Broadway accompaniment.

Ugh this CD is straight out a necessity and I believe Bso summed it up perfectly. I mean c'mon, there are so many different CDs for one show -i.e. Rent has a recording for every language, there are 'anniversary editions' of certain shows recorded - this so incredibly different show has to be preserved for all the unfortunate who didn't get to hear it live! Hopefully there's a loophole somewhere so this can happen.. :)

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

[Scarywarhol]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#15

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:11pm

If this goes by with no recording...it's simply inexcusable.

[Unknown User]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#16

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:33pm

i just heard back from roundabout's webmaster...

[e-mail]
"Unfortunately, I have heard nothing about a recording of this production of
The Threepenny Opera, so I would say it looks doubtful.
Thank you for your message.

i think this is a cut-n-paste that everyone's getting...but @ least i'm one more voice asking!!!!!

[Unknown User]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#17

Posted: 6/13/06 at 12:41pm

Webmasters don't usually have anything to do with the company they work for beyond keeping the site up and running.

[Carl Magnum]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#18

Posted: 6/13/06 at 1:08pm

There is nothing wrong with the 1954 version, its a wonderful slice of history. And there is the Raul Julia version that is OOP but can still be found on wax and at certain places on CD. These two recordings made me fall in love with the show.


However I do agree that I want this new one recorded too. I need to hear Ana's songs again.

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Updated On: 6/13/06 at 01:08 PM

[Unknown User]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#19

Posted: 6/13/06 at 1:22pm

Webmasters don't usually have anything to do with the company they work for beyond keeping the site up and running.

tsk, i know that, but thats who responds when one writes to [e-mail]

[BSoBW2]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#20

Posted: 6/13/06 at 1:30pm

BwayBound - I would recommend the DONMAR recording.

[SorryGrateful]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#21

Posted: 6/13/06 at 1:36pm

Yeah, where's bryan when you need him? Maybe this show isn't as big a flop as he normally likes to champion.

You promised me poems. ~Tricky

[H.Higgins]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#22

Posted: 6/13/06 at 2:35pm

This thread is a joy! You are all so very right about this production needing a recording.

Scarywarhol- you said it best; the lack of a new recording is "simply inexcusable"

BSo- Bravo! You are absolutely right! Please, call Roundabout or email and give those reasons. They need to hear it from interested consumers of a possible cast recording.

Note to anyone taking the time to contact Roundabout: do NOT email through the "info@roundabout" link on the webpage. Our notes to that email are receiving a cut and paste reply and our comments, I'm sure, are not being forwarded. Find an email address for someone in the marketing dept., production dept., or involved in producing. Even better, CALL and ask the receptionist for "someone who would be involved in Roundabout's cast recordings"

God, I hope a miracle happens.

[TheatreDiva612]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#23

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:06pm

I don't know how I feel about this.

[Scarywarhol]

re: Why there should be a THREEPENNY CD...#24

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:08pm

PETITION
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