help picking a cast recording

#1

help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:01pm

ok, so i got a $15 gift card for my birthday, and i want to get a DVD, but it might not be at FYE. so if it isnt, im gonna get a cast recording. i can pretty much get anything thats not a double disk, so any suggestions?? thanks!

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#2

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:03pm

Sweet Charity?

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#3

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:04pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

#4

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:07pm

thanks, anyone else? i have:
RENT
Wicked
Mamma Mia
RENT movie soundtrack
The Light in the Piazza
Movin Out
Once on This Island
Aida
The Spitfire Grill
Ballroom
Bare

EDIT: forgot:
Forbidden Broadway SVU
The Lion King

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 02:07 PM

#5

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:08pm

On the 20th Century

#6

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:47pm

The Last Five Years

#7

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:50pm

thank guys. i just found out the DVD i wanted is on backorder, so i guess im getting a cast recording. keep the ideas coming!

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#8

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 2:54pm

Hairspray
Avenue Q
Chess
Miss Saigon
Les Mis
Little Shop of Horrors

And what everyone else said too.

#9

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:03pm

avenue Q doesnt really interest me, and les mis is a double disk, so its like $30. i have been contemplating hairspray though. and question: if i like RENT, will i def like tick tick boom?

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#10

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:08pm

Get an older show. Again, I think On the 20th Century is a must have. Or perhaps, the original Sweet Charity, the original Gypsy, A Little Night Music, Company, Sweeney Todd, Evita..

Myths and Hyms or Floyd Collins if you love Piazza.

Dreamgirls benefit recording. Hair benefit recording. Ragtime (if you love ONce on This Island).

Parade. The Wild Party (LaChiusa, Broadway).

Dare to get some recordings outside of the 20 shows that everyone else owns.

#11

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:09pm

And yes, I think if you love Rent you'll like Tick Tick Boom. Esparza is great in it.

Also, Taboo is a great disc too.

#12

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:11pm

wow, thanks! i forgot about ragtime! a local school did it last year, and i LOVED their version of 'til we reach that day. hmm, what about big river? ive always wondered how that is. ive heard river in the rain and it was pretty good.

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#13

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:18pm

what about songs for a new world, is that any good?

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 03:18 PM

#14

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:18pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is fantastic I highly recommend it. Also check out the orignal Evita with Patti LuPone, sheer genius

#15

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 3:27pm

Big River is alright. Lots of people love it. I think it's a tad overrated.

Songs for a New World is a great recording of a great score. Worth owning. You may have heard "Stars and Moon" before. Great song.

And I agree. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a great recording. The second best score of last season.

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 03:27 PM

#16

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:06pm

DRS, Altar Boyz, Spelling Bee, tick,tick...BOOM!.

Hair Benefit Recording is absolutely amazing, so many powerhouses.

Some other personal favorites - Company, Assassins, Sweeney Todd.

Are you looking for a recent musical, older musical, comedy, drama, pop-ish, not, what are your specifics?

#17

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:11pm

People aren't gonna like me saying this, but I found the tunes to be catchy...Spamalot.

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#18

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:12pm

im not a huge fan of the older musicals. i like more recent stuff. as you can see though, my tastes vary from the selection i have. anything similar to those i would prolly like.

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#19

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:17pm

You should give some of these "older musicals" a chance. Some of them may surprise you.

#20

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:21pm

Bobby, ill keep that in mind. im going to see my fair lady soon. but im just more of a fan of the contemporary shows.

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#21

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:24pm

My Fair Lady is a museum piece. Look into some of Sondheim's work from the 70's, or even Lloyd Webber's early work. A lot of it is as thrilling (and often moreso) as contemporary stuff.

#22

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:24pm

How about Bat Boy or A New Brain. Urinetown, tick, tick... BOOM!, and Songs for a New World are the next recordings I plan to buy.

#23

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:28pm

Songs for a New World is amazing. Also, Anything Goes or Into the Woods.

#24

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:32pm

Urinetown and New Brain are also must haves.

#25

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Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:35pm

batboy doesny interest me. what is urinetown about?

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