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Post by danb on Oct 4, 2017 18:34:02 GMT
I put Spiderman:Turn Off the Dark on earlier, and listened to about six songs before I felt U2-d to death. It’s not too bad.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 12:12:30 GMT
Unpacking boxes in my new flat, i was listening to the OBCR of The Rink. Such a great score with so many stand out numbers. And who doesn't love Chita and Liza on the same score??
Unfortunately the book has always been a mess. The best production I've seen was Kathryn Evans and Linzi Hateley. An amazing pairing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 10:25:40 GMT
This morning I have on Return to the Forbidden Planet. Clearly I fancied some familiar sixties songs, held together with flimsy arragements, pisspoor 80s synths, and a flimsy melodramatic plot.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 18:21:07 GMT
Damn Yankees.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 10, 2017 19:01:10 GMT
Live cast recording of Hadestown. It's the story Orpheus and Eurydice, but told during the depression era. The music is folk music with a southern twist. Directed by Rachel Chavkin of Natasha and the Great Comet of 1812. Really special stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 19:05:59 GMT
Live cast recording of Hadestown. It's the story Orpheus and Eurydice, but told during the depression era. The music is folk music with a southern twist. Directed by Rachel Chavkin of Natasha and the Great Comet of 1812. Really special stuff. This I know through following Ani DiFranco, rather than theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 19:10:35 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 20, 2017 12:26:58 GMT
Memphis Original London Cast was todays selection for a long drive. Would love to see a UK tour. I've had this in the cd player in my car for - well, months! Really enjoying it still.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 14:56:26 GMT
Currently Yank is consistently on repeat for me... that final monologue and music cues still get me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 15:12:33 GMT
I'm only aware of Patti's new album through this thread, but have had "Matters of the Heart" on a bit lately. It has excellent takes on Randy Newman and Merrily, which pleases me.
Worked away Wedneday to the OBC's of Chicago (with Chita. Beautiful album/production art. Somehow new to me. Have always gone straight to the Bebe Neuwirth) and Joseph (The 1982 Broadway Joseph is hands-down the best recording. In a class above the rest).
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Post by ali973 on Oct 20, 2017 19:44:35 GMT
^ Matters of the Heart is GORGEOUS. One of my favorite Patti albums. It's just her, piano and an occasional string quartet. Beautiful stuff. Joseph has the late Laurie Beechman, who is always a pleasure to listen to. There's just something heartbreaking and melancholic about her precious voice.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 20, 2017 19:46:01 GMT
I sampled Bat Out Of Hell on the treadmill today, but couldn't get into it. I haven't seen the show (any idea when it will re-open in London?), so maybe I'll enjoy this a lot more after seeing the show.
I'm listening to the 2015 Stratford recording of Carousel, in preparation for the Broadway revival. Beautiful orchestra and great vocals.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 19:47:09 GMT
^ Penciled for Q3/4 2018
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Post by ali973 on Oct 20, 2017 19:51:39 GMT
Same!
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Post by alece10 on Oct 20, 2017 21:07:48 GMT
I'm currently on holiday in the sun and I time the amount of time I stay out in the sun at 1 CD on my ipad before I take a break. So yesterday was Funny Girl which was fine but today it was Hamilton and I've burnt myself. It goes on forever. .....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 22:44:37 GMT
As the nights start drawing in and it starts to get a little bit colder, I always seem to dig out the OBC of The Secret Garden. I dont know if it's the dark opening, but its very much an autumn/winter recording rather than a summer one of that makes any sense at all!
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Post by bjorne on Oct 20, 2017 22:52:54 GMT
If the girls are home, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The Broadway cast) and Beauty and the Beast (Does it count?)
When I'm alone Come From Away and Grey Gardens.
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Post by jgblunners on Oct 23, 2017 9:42:23 GMT
My current obsession is the OBCR of Company - in my quest to listen to as many different versions as I could, I discovered that none of the revival recordings compare to the original orchestrations or performances.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 11:36:57 GMT
Hunchback of Notre Dame this weekend. Would love to see this on the stage some time.
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Post by michalnowicki on Oct 23, 2017 12:43:51 GMT
Hunchback of Notre Dame this weekend. Would love to see this on the stage some time. I've been listening to Starmania over the weekend. Since my French is not really good, I can't tell you what it's about, but I do enjoy the weirdness of it.
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Post by RedRose on Oct 23, 2017 14:53:53 GMT
After seeing a great version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Brotfabrik in Frankfurt yesterday I am listening to the Original and Original Broadway Cast albums
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Post by ali973 on Oct 28, 2017 10:15:35 GMT
I started listening to Bright Star again, now that it's touring the US. The music is really something, and that 11 o'clock number "At Last" is really spectacular. With some campaigning by Steve Martin, I think the show can have a good run in London in a small-ish theatre. If not, I would love it if Southwark Playhouse readapts it in a few years and gives us its own treatment of it.
I'm also listening to the two generic sounding but ear warm pre-released songs from The Greatest Showman, composed by Dear Evan Hanse's Pasek and Paul. The songs style is very, them. And by them, I mean it sounds like someone else's song that's been repurposed for this medium. I think I've come to terms with them not having a particular style, but being very good at doing pop pastiche, if that's even a thing. "The Great Show" is sung Hugh Jackman and Zac Effron, and it's pretty hard to tell them apart due to the overproduction of the track, which sounds like a "We Will Rock You" replica. "This Is Me", the misfits and outcasts song mandatory in every other musical, is a song that I'm sure sounds like something else, "This is Me" is sung by the ever talented Keala Settle (Waitress, Les Mis), who is such a fierce belter she even managed to belt her way through Madame Thenardier in Les Mis.
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Post by mallardo on Oct 28, 2017 10:31:39 GMT
Re Bright Star, it's currently playing in LA with Carmen Cusack and most of the Broadway cast. I'm heading for LA in Monday so will try to catch it even though I am not a particular fan of that style of music.
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Post by Stephen on Oct 28, 2017 17:45:34 GMT
I just can't stop listening Parade right now! Love Bertie Carvel in it. Especially when he sounds like Trunchbull!
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Post by danb on Oct 28, 2017 19:40:53 GMT
I can tell you which cast recording I’m still not listening too....
🦇🔥🦇🔥🦇🔥
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 20:02:28 GMT
I've been thoroughly enjoying Anthony Rapp in Star Trek over recent weeks, so have had a few plays of his & Adam Pascal's Feinstein's/54 Below live album 'Acoustically Speaking'. It won't change your life, but it's a solid set of good music, well-sung, with flashes of passion and a warm atmosphere. There's a few numbers from Rent ('What You Own' stands out), a few old show tunes ('Joanna', 'But Not For Me'), a decent 'Origin of Love', a quite touching 'Happiness' from 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' (nice to hear it in a grown-up voice), and a few popular populars - Squeeze (Tempted - sung better than Paul Carrack), REM, Jeff Buckley.
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Post by danb on Oct 28, 2017 20:34:57 GMT
I love ‘Open Arms’ off that album; well I love the song in any form but particularly love the blend of their voices.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 28, 2017 21:12:47 GMT
I started listening to Bright Star again, now that it's touring the US. The music is really something, and that 11 o'clock number "At Last" is really spectacular. With some campaigning by Steve Martin, I think the show can have a good run in London in a small-ish theatre. If not, I would love it if Southwark Playhouse readapts it in a few years and gives us its own treatment of it. I'm also listening to the two generic sounding but ear warm pre-released songs from The Greatest Showman, composed by Dear Evan Hanse's Pasek and Paul. The songs style is very, them. And by them, I mean it sounds like someone else's song that's been repurposed for this medium. I think I've come to terms with them not having a particular style, but being very good at doing pop pastiche, if that's even a thing. "The Great Show" is sung Hugh Jackman and Zac Effron, and it's pretty hard to tell them apart due to the overproduction of the track, which sounds like a "We Will Rock You" replica. "This Is Me", the misfits and outcasts song mandatory in every other musical, is a song that I'm sure sounds like something else, "This is Me" is sung by the ever talented Keala Settle (Waitress, Les Mis), who is such a fierce belter she even managed to belt her way through Madame Thenardier in Les Mis. I respectfully disagree!!! I love the song 'I had a Vision'. I also love to see Bright Star in London, love the cast recording. Re Bright Star, it's currently playing in LA with Carmen Cusack and most of the Broadway cast. I'm heading for LA in Monday so will try to catch it even though I am not a particular fan of that style of music. I hope to catch this in San Francisco, in just over a months time. I am on the train home after catching a couple of shows up town (Labour of Love & Lady From The Sea) and so listening to Young Frankenstein.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 21:20:06 GMT
On a long train journey today I've been listening to 'Baby' A great show with a fantastic score and a cast of big Broadway names in the early stages of their careers. Its a small show and would be perfect for the Southwark Playhouse. I've heard many versions of The Story Goes On but none better than Liz Callaway.
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Post by steve10086 on Oct 28, 2017 22:43:56 GMT
I can tell you which cast recording I’m still not listening too.... 🦇🔥🦇🔥🦇🔥 I can tell you the cast recording I’ve been listening to all day... and absolutely loving! 🦇🔥🦇🔥🦇🔥
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