Best Musical Show Album (Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parentheses.))
* Gypsy Robert Sher, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2008 Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone & Others) [Time Life]
* In The Heights Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others) [Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]
* The Little Mermaid Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & Others) [Walt Disney Records]
* South Pacific David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot & Others) [Masterworks Broadway]
* Young Frankenstein; The Musical Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & Others) [Decca Broadway]
There were several OUTSTANDING cast recordings this past year and while I could see any of them winning, I think "Gypsy" is the best of them and easily deserves the win.
You never know. HAIRSPRAY lost the Grammy to the Bernadette GYPSY album.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Not a huge fan of the quality of the Gypsy CD or the material they chose to include and that which they left out still trying to claim that it's complete. I hope In the Heights wins just because it's a pretty flawless recording. The rest all have shortcomings, in my opinion.
OK, I looked it up. The year Bernadette's GYPSY recording won, it was up against MOVIN' OUT, and the revivals of FLOWER DRUM SONG, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and NINE.
Certainly not the same level of competition there is this year.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
I know Gypsy and South Pacific had two versions depending on where you bought them, one with bonus tracks, one without. Which version gets judged by the Grammy panel?
I'm guessing In the Heights will win. It's the kind of thing the Grammys go for. I prefer the South Pacific recording though. The Gypsy recording is fine as well and wouldn't mind if it won. In fact, I don't mind if any of those three win. Three pretty strong albums.
In The Heights is an amazing album and should win. I think it will and I hope it will. But isn't South Pacific supposed to be a great album, I'm sorry to admit it but I have not heard the CD. Gupsy is also very well done but I think it should go to a new show.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
While some members here will continue to impugn, I think the Gypsy recording went far beyond what might have been expected of it in terms of content and I hope it's awarded for it. To me, it's the most surprising and rewarding album of the nominated recordings and in particular, I was thrilled to hear bits of those orchestrations that I never heard before, as well as all of the bonus songs. I think the cast is captured in top form and I loved the packaging as well.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.