X-Mas OBCR Questions

[myshikobit]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 4:18pm

So I'm shopping for friends and making wish lists chock full of OBCR's and I want a few opinion:

1) What should I get for my friend based on this info:

+loves Phantom, Chicago and Lippa's Wild Party

+detests most main stream stuff

I was thinking like, Taboo or Metropolis (although I haven't heard either)

and

2) Which Little Me version should I get: original or Martin Short?

thanks =)

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 4:19pm

um, get sideshow!!!!!!!

[myshikobit]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 4:27pm

have it =)

[philly03]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 4:36pm

Jekyll & HYDE (Either OBRC (!) or the double disc-Pre-Broadway concept album) or The Scarlet Pimpernel (either OBRC (!) or Encore!)...anything Wildhorn except The Civil War. Wildhorn's been known to be the "Poor man's Lloyd Webber."

Edit: Both are flops for the record; I assume Jekyll's the longest running flop (although not positive!) And of course Pimpy flopped 3 times on Broadway! Updated On: 12/6/08 at 04:36 PM

[sleepyguy1717]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 4:39pm

If you go the Jekyll and Hyde route, do the Concept Album. It is much better than the OBC.

[Gobstopper]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 6:18pm

At first I thought this said "X-Men OBCR" and was confused/delighted/horrified by a musical about the X-Men.

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 6:28pm

That is exactly what I thought too!

But, back to topic, get Taboo.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 6:30pm

Yeah, I thought the same. X-Men musical might be kind of cool. After all, X-Men has got Hugh Jackman and James Marsden are X-Men after all.

Do you think your friend might like "Assassins?" There are two recordings, and I like them both. One is the original cast with Victor Garber and Terrence Mann and Eddie Korbich and company,and the other is the 2004 revival production with Michael Cerveris and James Barbour and Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Kudisch and Alexander Gemignani and other people I can't remember off the top of my head.

[mattrob]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 6:55pm

I have the Martin Short revival of "Little Me" but it lacks something that I bet the original has! I'm looking to get the original myself.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 12/6/08 at 9:47pm

Get the OBC of Little Me.

[myshikobit]

Posted: 12/7/08 at 7:28pm

thanks everyone =). I'm planning on getting Taboo for her and Little Me OBC. I have Assassins, and I always push Sondheim on people so she has it too haha.

[myshikobit]

Posted: 12/7/08 at 8:37pm

oh and btw... does anyone know where u can get "cry for us all", and is it worth it. I read about it in second act trouble and it hit me as something i'd like.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 12:10am

It was never released on CD.

http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=259