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#1

flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 1:20am

1 inner city2. maggie flynn 3. let it ride 4. jimmy 5. the secret of walter mitty 6. the zulu and thr zayda 7.ain't supposed to die a natural death 8. donnbrook 9. don't bother me i can't cope 10.doonesbury 11. your arms are too short to box with god.
#2

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 1:32am

GLORY DAYS
I'm still waiting for an OBCR
Do we know if they are making one?
Rent The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life. April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008 12 years of love "No Day But Today"
#3

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 1:42am

Many of these titles *may* be made available thru Arkiv - that company has recently made the rare London cast HELLO DOLLY (Mary Martin) available and have reissued many out-of-print titles, even if on CD-R.

Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!

I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com

#4

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 1:51am

Cry-Baby
Roundabout's Three Penny Opera
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor

"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl

"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#7

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Posted: 8/13/08 at 2:03am

I'm STILL waiting for the LESTAT cast album to be released though I know it will never happen.

It just irks me that the master recording is just sitting on a shelf somewhere, gathering dust.
#8

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 2:59am

Hopefully more of these flop shows that actually produced a recording that was never released will go the route of The Capeman and at least release the recording digitally via iTunes.

And I must say, having bought The Capeman from iTunes I'm curious to know what went wrong with the show, as I really liked the score. Was it a bad staging? Was it just the wrong time on Broadway for a dark musical about a murderer? Was it, as one critique I saw said, just still too fresh in the minds of too many New Yorkers for it to be a viable property at the time?

I do tend to find myself drawn sometimes to the flop shows. I'm a big fan of Carrie and would love to see it given new life, maybe going back to the original workshop, which according to Ken Mandelbaum in "Not Since Carrie" actually did show some potential.
#12

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 8:41am

Byron,

Here's a few threads where the problems with The Capeman are talked about (to varying degrees):

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=911312
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=883427
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=126431
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=922883
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=324534

I'd love recordings of Into the Light, Rachael Lily Rosenbloom, Ari, and Rainbow Jones, among others. It's nice to dream...

Updated On: 8/13/08 at 08:41 AM

#13

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 10:22am

Thanks for those links, commasplice. It's actually nice to see some threads out there with well thought out critiques and dialogues on them, rather than just full of "it sucked" and absolutely no reasons for why they thought it sucked.
#14

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 10:23am

This has gotten off topic. The original message listed a number of shows that were recorded and released on Lp but have never been made available on CD.

THE APPLE TREE (Roundabout revival), THREEPENNY OPERA (Roundabout revival), CARRIE, PLATINUM, were never recorded.

LESTAT was recorded but when the show closed the master tapes were never mixed or edited and it would cost too much now to do so.

I just point this out in case someone reading this thread gets the wrong idea that any of the above were ever commercially available.

Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!

I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com

#17

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 4:14pm

There are three off Broadway hits that I'd like to have:

Man With A Load of Mischief (original)
Riverwind
Oh, Coward!

All were recorded and released on vinyl, although I have heard that the master tapes for Oh, Coward (a gem) are lost.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
#18

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 6:41pm

Lennon--good score (John Lennon stuff--of course, it's good), great cast, and there were some amazing performances in that show that deserved to be heard agin....
#20

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 7:34pm

What's up Bryan? We missed you. Where've you been?
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#22

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 9:07pm

I'll drink to that!!!
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#23

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Posted: 8/13/08 at 9:10pm

Lestat. For the great performances by Carolee Carmello and Allison Fischer. And Drew Sarich's killer voice. Come on Elton you can deal with the shame, the actors worked their butts off and sounded great.
#25

re: flops you would like to see be put on cd

Posted: 8/13/08 at 9:27pm

^ Mr. Roxy's right. Nothing at all.
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.

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