cast recordings.....I need some advice
cast recordings.....I need some advice
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#0cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:10pmHey everyone! I am a huge fan of Broadway but relatively new to the scene I suppose as an "official" fan. Anyway, I only own a few cast recordings (Rent, Wicked, and Aida) and love them all but I want to expose myself to more and add to what I have. What cast recordings would you all recommend as "must have?"
"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
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#1re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:11pmPhew..well, I recommend working from modern shows to the "Golden Age". Make it a gradual transition...
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:13pm
Les Miz (A classic - though its not a fav. of mine)
Tick,Tick...Boom since you already have RENT
Bright Lights, Big City (I'm more into the "rock/pop" sound
musicals, but that's just personal
tastes)
#3re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:15pm
Rent, Wicked, and Aida? How diverse!
You'll like Hairspray. Urinetown is a must have for me. MAKE AVENUE Q THE NEXT CAST RECORDING YOU PURCHASE! Also get Spelling Bee.
And that's good for pop/rock/contemporary music.
Then also get more traditional music: The Light In The Piazza, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles.
And make sure you get Sondheim! Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, Passion.
MAKE RAGTIME THE SECOND CAST RECORDING YOU PURCHASE!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#4re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:16pm
based on what you already know and love.... id start out with more of the modern stuff....
So these are some of my modern favs:
Light in the Piazza (would be a good transition into the older and/or more complex musicals)
DRS (musical comedy)
Little Women (Really nice score)
Last 5 Years (NLB and Sherie Scott are amazing...great variety of songs, and really emotionally and musically driven..love it)
The Wild Party (Lippa)-(Really fun score)
and although its a concert recording... ud probably LOVE the HAIR concert recording!!!
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#5re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:16pm
CRAP! OK, Just make these three the next you purchase before you buy any others:
1) Les Miserables
2) Avenue Q
3) Ragtime
And you'll need more ALW, so get Phantom of the Opera. Oh - and don't forget Evita and 42nd Street and A Chorus Line.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#6re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:19pm
Sorry ya'll, I forgot about Avenue Q. I actually do have that one! I also have the movie soundtracks for Phantom and Chicago but after actually seeing Phantom on Broadway, I'm def. getting the obc recording.....the voices are SO much better!
"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
-Oscar Wilde
Updated On: 6/28/05 at 11:19 PM
#7re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:37pm
I second The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Tick, Tick...BOOM!, Urinetown, The Last 5 Years, Hair(the new one), The Wild Party(Lippa).
And Throughly Modern Millie, The Full Monty, Pippin, Cabaret, Assassins.
It's a bit long but you gotta know!
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#8re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/28/05 at 11:52pm
Ragtime
Les Miserables
tick, tick... BOOM!
Sweeney Todd
Into the Woods
Gypsy
Last 5 Years
Hairspray
Urinetown
Cabaret (Revival)
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
LaVieBoheme2
Stand-by Joined: 2/25/05
#9re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:03am
Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Tick, Tick...Boom!
Last 5 Years
The Wild Party (both- so you can pick which one you prefer)
Light in the Piazza
Urinetown
Just to name a few. But I think all of the other ones listed so far are good choices.
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#10re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:34amDefinitely "Chicago" (the revival with Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth) - this was my first cast recording I ever got. I would also definitely get "Into the Woods". Try to expand your collection by ripping as many off of friends as possible and borrowing a lot from the library.
QHDramaQueen
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/05
#11re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:44am
okay wicked... lets not encourage the illegal copying of music
Updated On: 6/29/05 at 01:44 AM
#12re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:46am
oh of course not ... 
I meant ripping from friends(which is only illegal if you sell it) and borrowing separately. The rest is up to you!
Updated On: 6/29/05 at 01:46 AM
toodramatic
Stand-by Joined: 12/29/04
#13re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 1:49am
Dont be so uptight half of my collection (100 +) of cds are burned. You cant expect someone to pay 20 bucks for that many CDs.
buy as many Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim Recordings as you can.
berenger4079
Swing Joined: 6/29/05
#14re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 2:01am
elegies: a song cycle from william finn
joseph and the technocolor dreamcoat original cast no osmond
jesus christ superstar
a year with frog and toad(something about it is addicting)
reefer madness (go online and buy it, it is one of the funniest shows ever)
thrill me the leopold and loeb musical is good if your into sondheim
finally even though it isnt a musical persay,
bernsteins mass(it was written by leonard bernstein, has lyrics contributed by Schwartz and paul simon, it is beautifully done and has some powerful lyrics
#15re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 2:06amas far as the classics go you need to get "Kiss Me, Kate"... the 2000 Broadway revival CD is more accessible to the modern listener but the OBC is just as great. also get "My Fair Lady". again, the 2001 London revival CD is more "modern" but the OBC is obviously a classic...
Racetrack
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#16re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 2:07am
If you like Boq in Wicked then Saturday Night(with people dancing on the cover) and Babes in Arms(Encores! production both quite good).
Most of mine have already been said.
Into the Woods(OBC)
"The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long"-Edgar in King Lear
nelliecollins
Understudy Joined: 6/24/05
#17re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:11am
Into the Woods
Bat Boy: the musical
Assassins
Chicago
Beauty and the Beast (You probably know the music, but I think the Broadway cast album of this is excellent)
Company
A Chorus Line
The Secret Garden
A Year With Frog and Toad
Damn Yankees
Jesus Christ Superstar
Les Miserables
She Loves Me
Sweeney Todd
Tommy
Cabaret
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Those are all good shows that are pretty accessible.
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#18re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:26amwhat do you mean? I could have burned my cds? I have bought every single one of my cds. Ebay is a wonderful place to get them cheap and sometimes you can find some obscure stuff there too.....
#19re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:43am
As someone who was (and kinda still is) in this position roughly 2 months ago, I suggest:
Les Miserables
Into the Woods
The Last 5 Years
Cabaret (revival with Alan Cumming and Natasha Richards)
Oklahoma
Wonderful Town
Bombay Dreams
Miss Saigon
A Chorus Line
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (the revival has Anthony Rapp and Kristen Chenoweth, amongst others equally as talented)
Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Gypsy
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
Updated On: 6/29/05 at 09:43 AM
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
deck925
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/05
#20re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:58pmDefinately The Light In The Piazza, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is hillarious! Thouroughly Modern Millie is a good one too, Sutton rocks lets see hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm if you want an older one West Side Story has good music. :) but definately the above mentioned.
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#21re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:12pm
Sweet Charity
Chicago
The Light In The Piazza
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Cages or Wings
Featured Actor Joined: 11/27/04
#22re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:26pmI agree that you have to get some sondheim. I would suggest Into the Woods,Sweeney Todd, or Assassins (revival). Sweeney and Assassins finally made me appreciate sondheim, and the rest of his work. (Into the woods never got me all the way into it, but it has for alot of people so I threw that in too.)
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#23re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:29pmI'd have to say Dreamgirls and A Chorus Line
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#24re: cast recordings.....I need some advice
Posted: 6/30/05 at 12:05amThanks everyone for responding to my question! I've been tallying up what everyone's said and it seems that Into the Woods is the most popular one ut should I buy the obc version or the revival? Thanks!
"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
-Oscar Wilde
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