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Post by Being Alive on Nov 8, 2017 13:01:08 GMT
Hello Dolly is mine currently - Bette is just SUBLIME
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 18:00:45 GMT
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Post by ali973 on Nov 22, 2017 18:03:09 GMT
I've been listening to the concept album of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, which I didn't pay much attention to earlier when it was released.
Been keeping it old school camp and listening to Liza's Carnegie Hall concert.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Nov 22, 2017 18:30:36 GMT
Still Dear Evan Hansen!
But also this week have listened to If/Then (I loved it, shame we didn’t get a transfer!) and also Waitress.
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Post by musicallady on Nov 22, 2017 19:53:40 GMT
I agree on the score, and TOTALLY think Southwark is written all over it. Though it might be a bit dated and could require an update. There was a revisal of it many years ago in the early 2000's with La Chanze in the Liz Callaway role, which had some rewrites.
Re Baby I saw a concert performance of it a few years back in LA - it worked very well as a semi-staged piece, btw - where the three ladies were Kerry Butler, Alice Ripley and Faith Prince. Wow!! Ms Butler blew the roof off the building with "The Story Goes On" and the three of them combined did likewise with "I Want It All". The book is a bit dated, as Ali 973 says, but the score is a miracle. Yes, it needs to be revived!
I saw the Baby tour with Caroline O'Connor in it. I love the show. |
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Post by musicallady on Nov 22, 2017 19:55:42 GMT
Started off with the original London cast of Blondel, then 70 Girls 70 and back to one of my all time favouritee Summer Song.
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Post by ali973 on Dec 2, 2017 17:51:05 GMT
I've decided to give Marie Christine a spin. It's been a while since I've listened to it cover to cover, though I occasionally listen to "Beautiful" and "Back to Paradise" when my iTunes is on Shuffle.
Wow...What a piece. Dark, atmospheric and complex. I first listened to it back in '99 when the show first came out, I guess I was 16/17 and thought it was pretty tuneless. Twenty years later (yikes!!!), it just sounds so wonderful. Would love it if the Menier or Southwark Playhouse try to tackle this.
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Post by alicesprings on Dec 2, 2017 19:16:35 GMT
I saw Lazarus in London last year in november and Michael C Hall was brilliant. I came home and bought the cd which came with a second disc of David Bowie tracks. Brilliant soundtrack and amazing cast one of my favourites.
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Post by sf on Dec 2, 2017 20:11:11 GMT
A new cast recording of Bernstein, Comden and Green's 'Wonderful Town' from Dresden - in German, which I don't speak (I bought the download the other day in a fit of je-suis-Européen-ism inspired by another week of news bulletins that send my blood pressure skyrocketing). I know the show in English pretty well, but I've no idea what the translation is like; the performances, though, are terrific, and so is the orchestra, and it's great fun.
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Post by Musical_Manda on Dec 2, 2017 22:46:13 GMT
I recently saw 35mm at the Other Palace. I downloaded the cast recording and can’t get enough of it! So diverse and vocals are superb.
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Post by WireHangers on Dec 6, 2017 12:46:22 GMT
I'm obsessed with Spongebob at the moment. I don't want to like it but there's something amazing about it that I can't quite put my finger on.
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Post by squidward on Dec 7, 2017 18:51:45 GMT
I'm obsessed with Spongebob at the moment. I don't want to like it but there's something amazing about it that I can't quite put my finger on. Me too! There's LOTS of amazing things about it. First off how Tom Kitt managed to blend the work of so many different artists to gel into a more or less seamless soundtrack is absolutely brilliant. Personally, with the exception of a couple of tracks (Sarah Bareilles's pantomimic Pirate song and The Aerosmith track that in my opinion sounds like something retrieved from a draw of rejects from one of their old albums), I'd say all the other tracks are fabulous. There's everything in there that you'd want from a great musical which was totally unexpected. When I first heard about a Sponge Bob stage show having musical contributions from the likes of David Bowie, John Legend, Panic at The Disco, Cyndi Lauper et al, it sounded like a recipe for an enormous car crash, but Tom Kitt, Tina Landau and all the songwriters (pretty much) have created a unique kind of magic which can make you laugh, cry and want to get up throw some underwater shapes around the room. I'm going to see the show in January along with Dear Evan Hansen and much as I adore the Evan Hansen score, I think I'm looking forward to seeing Sponge Bob more! PS. I'm not involved with the show in any way (although I'd like to have been), but it did inspire my user name. |
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Post by ali973 on Dec 8, 2017 18:55:33 GMT
Not exactly a cast recording, but it's one of the greatest/most successful soundtracks ever, by one of the best vocalist of our life. Now that The Bodyguard is a musical, I think it's legit to post about this:
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the iconic film The Bodyguard, Legacy Recordings, is celebrating its legacy with the release of a brand new collection of Whitney Houston live and studio recordings entitled “I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard”. “I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard” is an essential new Whitney Houston collection bringing together a variety of live and studio recordings from The Bodyguard (many previously unreleased or unavailable), including an alternate mix of “I Will Always Love You,” which features a spoken word intro of Whitney as Rachel Marron, an A Capella version of “Jesus Loves Me,” which has never been heard before and a live recording from The Bodyguard World Tour 1993-1995 of “Run To You,” which Whitney rarely performed. Also included are film and live versions of “I Will Always Love” You,” “I Have Nothing,” “Queen of The Night” and more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 22:33:49 GMT
Currently listening to the soundtrack of "The Greatest Showman". I'm really loving it. Jackman's singing in this is so much better than in Les Mis.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 9, 2017 22:22:53 GMT
Currently listening to the soundtrack of "The Greatest Showman". I'm really loving it. Jackman's singing in this is so much better than in Les Mis. I too am listening to this and (simply) love it! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 16:59:05 GMT
I'm going to leave this excellent cover here.
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Post by ali973 on Dec 16, 2017 18:08:03 GMT
Been listening to the Broadway cast recording of The Band's Visit, which is absolutely sublime.
I've also been listening to the new Hamilton Drops song, Ben Franklin's Song.
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Post by ali973 on Dec 27, 2017 18:17:18 GMT
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Post by musicallady on Dec 27, 2017 20:01:55 GMT
Today has been "The Desert Song," "Blondel," and "Stop The World."
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 27, 2017 21:05:55 GMT
Excellent! A little overdue bur excellent, nonetheless! |
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Post by danb on Dec 27, 2017 22:14:30 GMT
Got ‘The Great Comet’ CD for Xmas and can’t wait to give it a spin. Unfortunately Eminem has got in the way but I’ll get there.
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Post by jgblunners on Dec 27, 2017 22:32:41 GMT
The producer has hinted at this on Twitter, so hopefully it is indeed on the way! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 20:06:39 GMT
Enjoying Lena Hall's "Obsessed: Hedwig". There aren't too many people in theatre with a genuine bone of rock & roll in their body, but she is very much the real deal, and it's quite something how well these songs stand up after 20 years. We're well overdue a London production. No surprises, just nice stripped down versions of great songs with a great singer.
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Post by ali973 on Jan 5, 2018 20:20:14 GMT
Interesting you posted this - I was listening to it today as well. TBH I would have been just happy with her overlaying her vocals as Hedwig over the existing instrumental tracks and having a new cast recording. I haven't warmed up to this version yet.
But yes, it would be good if London would get the revival version as was said a few years ago.
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Post by michalnowicki on Jan 8, 2018 9:58:47 GMT
In the Heights
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