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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 7:28:49 GMT
I feel Dreamgirls may be the top of a lot of peoples list today...
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 8:17:22 GMT
Having a bit of a break from cast recordings today to listen to an actual soundtrack. It's not that I'd forgotten how good the Westworld TV soundtrack is so much as it always manages to stun me with its brilliance every single time.
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Post by michalnowicki on May 12, 2017 12:39:54 GMT
I feel Dreamgirls may be the top of a lot of peoples list today... Thanks for the reminder! It's good it's on Spotify
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 13:35:29 GMT
I feel Dreamgirls may be the top of a lot of peoples list today... Thanks for the reminder! It's good it's on Spotify Ooh I'd forgotten too! that's my commute home sorted.
I was listening to Hamilton for the first time in ages this morning, it is nice to revisit and give the whole thing a listen through again.
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Post by fiyero on May 12, 2017 13:37:03 GMT
I feel Dreamgirls may be the top of a lot of peoples list today... Maybe
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Post by drowseychap on May 13, 2017 1:15:18 GMT
Everybody's talking about Jamie The rink Sunset B
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Post by talkstageytome on May 13, 2017 7:53:26 GMT
I've been listening to Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress and Groundhog Day a lot recently.
I also recently rekindled my love of American Idiot (perhaps because I'm going to see Green Day this summer? 😂) and I can't stop listening to it. Such a blast from the past.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 9:28:05 GMT
I've been listening to Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress and Groundhog Day a lot recently. I also recently rekindled my love of American Idiot (perhaps because I'm going to see Green Day this summer? 😂) and I can't stop listening to it. Such a blast from the past. Yes! Yes and Yes and Yes!
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 19, 2017 7:30:54 GMT
Hello Dolly - what a boring reocording. The show has so much charm and fizz and it's all missing on the recording. Also what with the 'new' song?
Natasha, Pierre and the great comet - I'm really enjoying getting to know it. Although the opening song does not represent the material, or is it just me?
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 19, 2017 7:31:27 GMT
Can't wait for the new Sunday recording
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Post by michalnowicki on May 19, 2017 10:30:21 GMT
Does anyone use Spotify? We should totally have a weekly Theatre Board playlist. This sounds like a great idea, and at the same time I am too lazy to do this
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Post by viserys on May 19, 2017 11:00:17 GMT
I found the original Off-Broadway cast recording of Comet nearly impossible to listen to, by comparison it seems that the new Broadway Cast Recording sounds much mellower and nicer, or is that only me who has mellowed towards the show?
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Post by michalnowicki on May 19, 2017 13:10:46 GMT
Today I'm listening to Gypsy, because I saw Imelda in Virginia Wolf last night
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 15:58:04 GMT
I just wish we had a Great Comet recording with Josh Groban and Phillipa Soo. Josh's voice is more pleasant to listen to than Dave Malloy's and although Denée Benton has a gorgeous, sweet voice, I'm really missing Phillipa's acting choices in her vocal performance.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 16:06:16 GMT
Lately I have been obsessed with Grey Gardens and also the documentary and little Edie in general. I am quite annoyed I missed it at Southwark so hope it returns soon as I really want to see it!!!
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Post by michalnowicki on May 21, 2017 12:08:43 GMT
This sounds like a great idea, and at the same time I am too lazy to do this It would be interesting from a discussion point of view - if we went through themes (for example, 'songs from musicals sung by 'best actress in a musical' winners from [insert decade], or 'Early Sondheim', or compiled highlights from [musical] using multiple recordings - e.g. Gypsy) then it wouldn't just be listening to a playlist, but discussing them too. A bit like a book club, but one based on cast recordings. I don't know, just an idea I had earlier, whilst bored at my desk and longing to listen to a bit of 'My Fair Lady' 🙈 Cool idea! I'm too busy right now with work/uni to contribute, but if you start a playlist, share it here so we can add to it! I've been listening to "Come from Away" on repeat this weekend and I wish that one day when I'm flying somewhere, the captain will belt something out in a style of Jenn Colella. "Thank you for flying Ryanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaair"
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 13:26:51 GMT
Bernadette's "Annie Get Your Gun", various Hedwigs (I stumbled across Alan Cumming's "Wig in a Box" and it set me off), various Mandy Patinkin solo records this week.
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Post by michalnowicki on May 22, 2017 15:51:23 GMT
"Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 OBC" is now available on Spotify... Or maybe it was available earlier, but I couldn't find it
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2017 16:32:07 GMT
The 2000 Broadway Rocky Horror Show, with Dick Cavett, Alice Ripley & Raul Esparza. Definitely my favourite Rocky, and possibly the first show I saw on Broadway, at the Circle in the Square (a few months later with Sebastian Bach rather than Raul. As a Skid Row fan, I enjoyed hearing Bach sing, though he remains possibly the poorest actor I've seen on any stage. Cavett was phenomenal)
I've dipped into Great Comet (2013), mainly finding myself playing Natasha Lost.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 17:05:10 GMT
This afternoon, the original Guys and Dolls (Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye). For my money Guys and Dolls has as close to perfect a score as a musical is ever likely to get. This recording still sounds incredibly vivid, and there's a lot of joy in finding just how little modern interpretations have varied. Tremendous fun in "Sue Me" & "Marry the Man".
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Post by Being Alive on May 28, 2017 18:56:15 GMT
This afternoon I went back to Hamilton for the first time in a while. Was really nice and got me all excited again that in 6 months I'll be in the room where it happens!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 19:04:25 GMT
Big Fish and Side Show have been on lately for me
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 20:52:13 GMT
Today I'm listening to Gypsy, because I saw Imelda in Virginia Wolf last night Sweeney is by far a better album. The Sweeney Todd 2012 album is great. I have that, (the highlights of) the film soundtrack and the OBC, but the 2012 orchestrations really are different than the other two - almost like it's a new score in the Ballads! However I wish they had made it complete with the songs that didn't make it, especially the Pirelli songs. Also, not a huge thing, but I preferred Epiphany to be in the lower key like Michael Ball sung it at Chichester (before it went higher for the Adelphi run).
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Post by Mark on May 28, 2017 21:10:05 GMT
War Paint is beautifully recorded.
Also listening a lot to Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Great Comet and Hello Dolly
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Post by michalnowicki on May 29, 2017 9:18:35 GMT
War Paint is beautifully recorded. I'll listen to it today!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 9:33:55 GMT
I've been all over both Kinky Boots recordings since I saw it last week. Although I don't normally love a live album I definatly (predicatably) prefer Killian's voice so mainly that one!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 16:48:33 GMT
Gotten to know Dogfight over the last couple of weeks via this thread. A bit derivative in places - "Pretty Funny" and "Dogfight" seem reminscent of the two movements of "See I'm Smiling" in the Last Five Years, there's a snatch of melody somewhere which is very "Moments in the Woods" - but not so much of a problem for me as I love both L5Y and Into the Woods. Some weaker moments, but a comfortably above average score.
Couple of singles I keep coming back to - Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman - Zing a Little Zong (Just For You) is damn infectious -
And Gene Kelly on Skates is of course a very good thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 17:00:00 GMT
And, if anyone could help me, there's an old song that has "Bojangles" in the title, that isn't "Mr. Bojangles" and has some excellent dance - can't for the life of me remember how to find it.
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Post by alece10 on May 29, 2017 17:02:33 GMT
Just been listening to Boyband. Short lived musical in the west end. I remember very little about it. Songs were quite catchy though. I do, however, remember my friend following a couple of the boys down the road after. Well it was more like chasing
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Post by ctas on May 29, 2017 21:11:39 GMT
On a bit of a Once kick right now. There's a couple of tracks the London cast recorded for Spotify that I really love.
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