Shows Without Recordings - Page 2

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 3/3/19 at 1:40pm

Mister Matt said: "Oh, there are many over the years, but most musicals receive a cast recording. Some I can remember...
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Senator Joe
The Lieutenant
Lestat
Love Life
Happy End
Shelter
Merlin
A Broadway Musical
Carnival in Flanders
Soon
Via Galactica
Lennon
Good Vibrations
Holler If Ya Hear Me
In My Life
Soul Doctor
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
Rachel Lily Rosenbloom, and Don't You Ever Forget It!

Rags, Cry-Baby and Starmites received studio recordings retaining some original cast members well after they closed"

I don't think a lot of these musicals are particularly prominent. Many of them seem like footnotes in Broadway history.

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/3/19 at 5:07pm

josh147 said: "Still waiting for Ride the Cyclone..."

I think they need to be a Broadway show before they can be a Broadway show that never recorded a cast recording?

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/3/19 at 6:56pm

PatrickDC said: "Does every Broadway show — original casts anyway with decent runs — have a cast recording? I’m sure some don’t. Have there been any prominent musicals that didnt have a recording?"

How are most of the replies to this thread "original casts with decent runs" or "prominent musicals"? 

Wikipedia says it only ran 48 performances but based on the talent involved, I'm surprised we still don't have a Smile recording.

Shuffle Along should have been recorded.

I don't think After Midnight was recorded beyond a couple songs but correct me if I'm wrong.

There are the very old musicals. The ones that aren't Show Boat or Lady Be Good. Who can say if they were prominent or influential or popular?

For the somewhat more recent musicals, basically cross-reference City Center Encores and a list of available cast recordings. It's difficult to think of something notable that we remember that doesn't survive in one form or another through a movie, cast recording, or at least sheet music.