Your Most Favourite OBC CD's

RENT and AVENUE Q are the best in terms of feeling the chemistry of the cast.

WICKED
URINETOWN
HAIRSPRAY
SEUSSICAL

Updated On: 4/29/04 at 08:38 PM

West Side Story is nothing short of terrific either.

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RENT RENT RENT

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RENT, WICKED, COMPANY, A CHORUS LINE, URINETOWN, AVENUE Q, WEST SIDE STORY, CHICAGO, THE FANTASKTICKS, and LES MISERABLES

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Updated On: 5/2/04 at 08:56 PM

WICKED
CHICAGO
RENT
FOSSE
NINE
GYPSY

again...I think the new Bernadett Peters recording of GYPSY is way better. Just because it's the most complete.

I love the revival of Gypsy for that reason too. But for me, nothing beats Ethel Merman.

Yes, I do agree. That's why I tend to favor the Chicago London Cast over the Broadway Revival Cast Recordings because the Chicago LC has the Act One Finale and some dialouge in the songs thats left out on the revival CD.

Oh, I want to add Beauty And The Beast for my favorite OBC recordings.

Lippa's THE WILD PARTY is great as well. Probably the best off-Broadway recording I own.

Again, I like the London BEAUTY AND THE BEAST better because it has a little bit more dialogue.

"Carnival!" - Love the score, love Jerry Orbach and Kaye Ballard
"A Chorus Line" - A true Broadway classic.
"Follies" - Required listening for any Broadway fan
"The Grass Harp" - heartwarming - one of my favorite of the flops
"Kismet" - I love Joan Diener and "Not Since Ninevah" (not to mention Alfred Drake. I enjoy Doretta Morrow's Marsinah, but not as much as I enjoy Lee Venora's on the Lincoln Center recording)
"A Little Night Music" - Exquisite.
"Man of La Mancha" - Kiley is brilliant - and then there's Diener...
"The Most Happy Fella" - one of the most glorious cast albums ever produced
"Nine" - My favorite Maury Yeston score in an exciting performance (Raul Julia, Liliane Montevecchi and especially Anita Morris)
"On the Twentieth Century" - One of my favorite scores of the 70s... a true delight
"110 in the Shade" - An obscure, but outstanding musical. Such a high calibre score with a high calibre cast.
"Ragtime" - My personal favorite musical of the 90s
"She Loves Me" - One of my all time favorite charmers. "Ice Cream" is so wonderful, particularly after seeing Barbara Cook perform it live in 'Mostly Sondheim'.
"Shenandoah" - John Cullum is genius
"1776" - What a novel concept for a musical - and so successful at that!
"Sweeney Todd" - Sondheim's masterpiece, in my opinion.

~Kevin

Updated On: 4/30/04 at 10:04 PM

Am I the only person who can't stand the OBCR of Pippin? I love the music, but, IMO, all of the voices on the CD sounded very raspy and overall I did not like the quality.