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#26

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:40pm

Urinetown is about a town that has a water shortage, so they regulate it by having citizens "pay to pee". It backfires and a rebellion is staged. Notable cast members include Hunter Foster( Little Shop), Nancy Opel (currently in Fiddler) and Jennifer Laura Thompson (Wicked).

I’d also give Side Show a try.

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 04:40 PM

#27

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:48pm

haha, sounds interesting. ill have to look up new brain, ive actually never heard of it.
anyone else have any suggestions?

Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree" ~Related~

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 04:48 PM

#28

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 4:50pm

William Finn (who wrote Spelling Bee) did A New Brain. It is a very (pardon the pun) cerebral, and features great work by Malcolm Gets, Norm Lewis, Mary Testa, Chip Zein, and Kristin Chenoweth.

#29

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:31pm

Seems like you have the same taste as me and I didn't really like Songs for a new World & Parade, but loved Last 5 Years. Tick,tick, boom is great, there are a few songs I don't really care for, but overall I love it. My suggestion to is to just go to amazon.com and look up the shows your interested in and listen to a few sound clips just to hear what its about. I use to only be into contemporary musical theater, but i'm slowly working my way back. I recently bought Saturday Night by Sondheim and even though its not an "old" show, it has an "old" show feel to it and I love it.

PS
Whats Spitfire Grill & Ballroom - never heard of those. I looked them up but could not find anything about them.

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 05:31 PM

#30

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:36pm

How about A Chorus Line?

Classic, awesome, funny, must-have.

Oh also, I'd highly recommend one of the two Wild Party recordings (personally I prefer Lippa's...Julia Murney is throughly amazing).

Honey, I don't produce theater. I am theater.

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 05:36 PM

#31

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:42pm

Urinetown
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spelling Bee
The Last Five Years
Parade
Sweet Charity 2005 revival
Taboo
Songs For a New World
Into the Woods OBC

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

#32

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 5:59pm

Hairspray... and rethink Bat Boy... its incredibly addicting and great music (the lyrics are so-so but the music is just amazing)

Am I cut out to spend my time this way?

#33

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:07pm

Into the Woods OBC, such an amazing CD.

#34

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 6:13pm

thanks everyone! ill definately check these out! still open to more suggestions though!

Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree" ~Related~

#35

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 8:31pm

Yeah, Urinetown too!

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#36

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/2/05 at 8:41pm

If you get one....

The Last 5 Years
^Norbert and Sherie and their absolute bests.

#37

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/3/05 at 2:14am

Given what your current recordings list consists of, I would assume you'd love any of the following:

*Songs for A New World
*Urinetown
*Wild Party (Lippa)
*You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending. The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."

#38

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/3/05 at 8:49am

id say either
HAIRPRAY
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
SWEET CHARITY (i want that soooo bad!!!)
or SPAMALOT (its worth listening to sara, she is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!)

#39

re: help picking a cast recording

Posted: 10/3/05 at 8:54am

The Godspell revivial is amazing... and by Swartz who wrote your fav wicked.

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