re: Top 5 Cast Recordings

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:27pm

I'm doing some shopping. What are the top 5 Cast Recordings that all Broadway fans need to have? I've been noticing there's a lot of new good material. Maybe even some of those.

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:39pm

well new ones

Hairspray
Mary poppins london
wicked
drowsy- gods music okay show
wedding singer
color purple

Updated On: 12/16/06 at 07:39 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:41pm

The Wedding Singer
Mack & Mabel
Jekyll & Hyde
Scarlet Pimpernel
Hairspray

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:45pm

THE WEDDING SINGER
SPRING AWAKENING
GREY GARDENS (off-Broadway)
SWEET CHARITY
THE LAST FIVE YEARS (off-Broadway)
Updated On: 12/16/06 at 07:45 PM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:47pm

Jekyll and Hyde
Company
Spring Awakening
Sweeney Todd
Subways Are For Sleeping

Updated On: 12/16/06 at 07:47 PM

[evadiva]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:51pm

Right now...? No particular order....

Parade
Spring Awakening
Floyd Collins
The Light in the Piazza
Chess

[Julian2]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:54pm

It's a Bird; It's a Plane; It's SUPERMAN!
Company
Hello Dolly (95 Revival)
The Threepenny Opera (54 Revival)
Mary Poppins OLC

Not the best ever, but five of my favorites. I especially recommend Superman. A fun bouncy score with great songs.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:59pm

The Wedding Singer
Hairspray
Avenue Q
Little Shop of Horrors
A Chorus Line

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:01pm

This is list # 2

Superman
Company
Follies
Subways
Grey Gardens

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:01pm

"It's a Bird; It's a Plane; It's SUPERMAN!
Company
Hello Dolly (95 Revival)
The Threepenny Opera (54 Revival)
Mary Poppins OLC"

Why, hello, you rare cousin I never knew I had.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:38pm

I'm shocked that people other than me seem to care abotu Superman.

[MissElphie]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:41pm

MY list would be:

Wicked
RENT
The Last 5 Years
Les Miserables
Hairspray

[BNN]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:44pm

Sweeney Todd
A Chorus Line
Sweet Charity
Evita
Company

All OBC of course.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:16pm

I had to do Top Eleven.

Merrily We Roll Along
Songs for a New World
Elegies: A Song Cycle
Baby
In Trousers
March of the Falsettos
Hair
The Last 5 Years
Ragtime
Is There Life After High School?
A Chorus Line

and as far as new recordings go... Get Spring Awakening!

and as far as Superman goes, it's a great recording too!

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:47pm

Infinite, it's ok that it's a top 11 because it's a great list!

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:52pm

Jersey Boys
I Love You Because
The Last 5 Years
Les Miserable
RENT

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:58pm

Thanks, brdwaybaby17! Good luck with your shopping

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:03pm

Ragtime OBCR
Sweeney Todd New York Philharmonic Recording
A Chorus Line OBCR
Rent OBCR
My Fair Lady OBCR

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:07pm

Guys I get the idea that since she knows Infinite's list...she doesn't need to be told about RENT, Wicked, et al.


My Top 5

A Man Of No Imporatance - A&F are in as top form here as they were in Ragtime.
A New Brain
Martin Guerre - 1999 UK Tour
John & Jen
Songs For A New World

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:16pm

B3TA, ha, you're probably more on the right track cause I love your list too. Yay for random great musicals that I need to buy.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:43pm

brdwaybaby17, what are your favorite 20 cast recordings you already own?

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 11:15pm

Oh dear, ok, in no particular order

Ragtime
Light in the Piazza
Spelling Bee
Sunday in the Park
Side Show
Blood Brothers
A Chorus Line
A Class Act
Songs for a New World
Last Five Years
Anything Goes (tee-hee)
Avenue Q
Candide
Company
Fantasticks
Gigi
Into the Woods
Jane Eyre
Les Mis
Miss Saigon

I think those are my top twenty. Sometimes it changes. lol

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 11:16pm

BFFs?

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 11:24pm

Bahahaha, sure!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 11:30pm

Omg A Class Act is on your list- you're amazing!!! I LOVE A Class Act!

So based on your list, I would say you would like (if you don't already):

See What I Wanna See
Floyd Collins
Sweet Smell of Success
They're Playing Our Song
Saturday Night
Wearing Someone Else's Clothes
Lauren Kennedy Sings Jason Robert Brown
Unsuspecting Hearts (the Emily and Alice CD)