Women on the Verge Cast Recording now available to download !!- Page 3

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 4/17/11 at 2:20am

I saw it twice in the last three days.... and was there at closing.... I thought it was a great show...

It still could have used another rewrite.... add a good 11 o'clock song for Sherie and could have cut THE MICROPHONE... and YESTERDAY TOMORROW.... but I really enjoyed the show... great energy... and a nice score... can't wait for the soundtrack.

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/18/11 at 11:38am

I'm also hearing there's no dialog on the recording, but the orchestrations sound incredible. Can't wait to get it!

[Just_John]

Posted: 4/18/11 at 3:42pm

Has anyone gotten there's yet? I live in the city and I got an e-mail saying it was shipped last Wednesday. I should have had it Thursday, no later then Friday. I'm getting really impatient.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/18/11 at 4:11pm

^ And you didn't get it today either? That's really strange.

[Just_John]

Posted: 4/18/11 at 4:13pm

Yup, didn't come today either. =[

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/19/11 at 1:49am

You can now buy the digital album or specific songs through Amazon MP3:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VNECVA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=broadcaptu-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004VNECVA

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:22am

itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/women-on-verge-nervous-breakdown/id430929989

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/20/11 at 7:59am

itunes also has extended clips from each song (1:30)

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/21/11 at 7:37am

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Updated On: 4/24/11 at 07:37 AM

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/24/11 at 9:38am

A great article by Frank Rich from the recording:

http://postimage.org/image/334kahxdw/

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/29/11 at 2:44pm

TheaterMania published a review of the CD:

Certain numbers do just pop off the recording, including "Lovesick," which is just one of several numbers deftly handled by Sherie Rene Scott as Pepa, and "The Microphone," which Brian Stokes Mitchell, playing the womanizing Ivan, sonorously infuses with swarthy sexiness and insincerity. Additionally, there's what might be one of the most sprawlingly funny numbers ever written for the theater, "Model Behavior." Delivered with comic gusto by Laura Benanti, this song hysterically brings a series of increasingly frantic and scattered voicemails to life.

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/04-2011/10-terrific-discs_36602.html

[binau]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 6:14pm

Listened to this a little bit. Some songs are pretty hilarious- I really love the lyrics to "Lovesick" - did people LOL at this in the theatre? (I would be awkward if there were silence). (I had a ticket to this show but didn't end up going).

Also, is the order of the tracks different on the recording than in the theatre? The synopsis in the booklet and track listing seem different.

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/30/11 at 11:35pm

The original preview song list (I think the only thing that was changed was having Madrid as an opening number for the first act and cutting My Crazy Heart):

ACT 1
My Crazy Heart
Lie to Me
Lovesick
Time Stood Still
My Crazy Heart (Reprise)
Model Behavior
Island
The Microphone
On the Verge

ACT 2
Madrid
Mother's Day
Yesterday, Tomorrow and Today
Tangled
Invisible
Island (Reprise)
Marisa/The Chase
Lie to Me (Reprise)
Shoes from Heaven

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/1/11 at 4:10am

Steven Suskin reviews the cast album!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150336-ON-THE-RECORD-David-Yazbeks-Women-On-the-Verge-of-Nervous-Breakdown-William-Finns-Songs-of-Innocence-Experience

[phantom39]

Posted: 5/3/11 at 9:11am

Great review. Very happy about the Tony nomination for the score... Wondering if they had a chance at winning if the production was still running.

[groucho797]

Posted: 5/3/11 at 10:00am

Thanks to those who kept us informed! I just d/l'ed the digital album and am now thoroughly loving Madrid Is My Mama. The cast seems to be having a ball on this recording! I saw the show three times when it ran, and I'm pleasantly surprised that it got a Tony nom. I know there were folks out there determined to see this show die (and they got their wishes), but I'll be putting this recording in HEAVY rotation.

[phantom39]

Posted: 5/12/11 at 11:51am

Rob Lester reviews the album:

If ever a show title gave an accurate description of what that music and performances will sound like when you press "Play," this would be it. Mostly frantic and frazzled and funny, with occasional respite, the cast album of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown breaks down into a series of neatly rhymed, hyperkinetic, frenetic displays of raw nerve endings for savvy comical effect. It works well for what it is and the cast pounces on the material, strutting their vocal stuff and playfully reinforcing the idea that love is a drug with a kick, but addiction difficult to kick. It's high-spirited comedy, often feeling like a cartoon. Sherie Rene Scott, in the key role of Pepa, is given some richer material and manages to invest some pathos; she presents a more three-dimensional (or two-and-a-half-dimensional) character, singing with more heart and insight. But she can incite a blizzard of bombast with the best of 'em.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/may1211.html

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/22/11 at 6:19pm

If anyone has a link, a PM would be greatly appreciated

[binau]

Posted: 5/22/11 at 6:20pm

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/women-on-verge-nervous-breakdown/id430929989

http://www.amazon.com/Women-Nervous-Breakdown-Digital-Booklet/dp/B004VNECVA