Will London Drowsy Have a Cast Album?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 1:26pm

With Dame Elaine heading the cast, I think a 2nd recording is needed. Any news on this?

[folkyboy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 1:54pm

i would love for them to do this. and have more dialogue in it this time!

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:14pm

If they made changes, I'd like to hear it, but Elaine Paige is one of the worst singers I've ever heard, with bernadette and Buckley up there with her, so I certainly wouldn't pay to hear her sing 'As we stumble along' which is just a crappy song anyway

[courtnyj]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:37pm

I saw Drowsy in the West End last night and I have to say I agree with you Fenchurch. They lowered some of the parts for her and she still didn't sound good. I've never seen her live before and I must say I was quite disappointed.

ETA: The singing was pretty weak across the board actually so I wouldn't care to buy a London cast recording of Drowsy.

Oh, and they had a bunch of copies of the second pressing of the LP or the cast recording. Updated On: 6/5/07 at 02:37 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:39pm

What??? Really??? She was amazing when I saw her in Sunset, Chess and Anything Goes...

[mallardo]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:40pm

fenchurch - were you just waiting for an excuse to trash Bernadette Peters and Betty Buckley? This thread doesn't seem like a good fit.

[courtnyj]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:43pm

Deena--I think her voice must have weakend with age. Truely dissapointing.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:46pm

Fenchurch is correct, as usual.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 3:15pm

I saw the show in London last week, and although the show as a whole is fantastic, the vocals werent the best i've heard.

I'd listened to the Broadway cast recording or a while and i'd love full recording including alot of Bob Martin's dialogue that was obviously taken out for time constraints, but i'd rather a full broadway recording with the original cast rather than a new UK one.

Never gonna happen, but i can hope i suppose.

[CHGriffiths]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 3:38pm

what the hell were you going on about elaine, she was amazing, best drowsy ever!!!!! with her headlining they deffinatley need a new recording, trust this is the best cast!

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:11pm

I wasn't just arbitrarily dissing female performers, buckley, peters and paige are the triumverate of evil...laying on the evil pedestal of lupone...

[Paulyd]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:11pm

I think people are used to seeing Elaine in starring roles, and although i thought she was good, i didnt think she was outstanding.

The role is a supporting one, and at the performance i was at a few people thought she was the star as she was plastered all over the billboards.

This show will and always will belong to Bob Martin.

I'm also not sure about it being the best cast, but they've all got time to get into their roles i suppose

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:14pm

Elaine was not as gd as Beth BUT she had so much star power! The London cast is gd and I do hope they make a cast recording with it! I mean... if they print ELAINE PAIGE in the front, I bet it'll sell more than the OBC!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:20pm

Anyone know how the box office is doing?

[courtnyj]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 5:54pm

No idea. But I can say that on Monday night the orchestra was very full.


And the audience LOVED it!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:52pm

They wont do a cast recording, we tend not to have them now if its a US transfer show (Wicked, Spamalot, Footloose etc)