SHE LOVES ME Recordings
SHE LOVES ME Recordings
#1SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 1:29amI own the OBCR and would kind of like to own another recording of the show. I watched the '93 Roundabout Revival at the Lincoln Center Archives a few weeks ago and would like to buy the Revival recording. Does anyone have any other recordings that they recommend over the Bway revival? Which one(s) do you listen to regularly?
#2SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 1:32amI actually heard the revival recording first, and I love it. I actually don't have any other official recordings, so I'd love some recommendations, too.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
CurtainCall
Understudy Joined: 4/1/11
#2SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 4:38amIt wouldn't replace the OBCR but I do enjoy the Original London cast with Rita Moreno.
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#3SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 4:47amThe London 1995 revival recording is, in my opinion , the BEST recording out there. No one can match Ruthie Henshalls voice, it makes Barbara Cook sound mediocre .. And Tracie Bennet is fabulous as Ilona... Buy it!
CurtainCall
Understudy Joined: 4/1/11
#5SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 5:12am
Tracie Bennet is a lot of fun on the London revival, I didn't really enjoy that one because of the accents, which just didn't make a great deal of sense.
Updated On: 5/15/11 at 05:12 AM
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#6SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 7:10am
For those recommending the 94 London Revival recording for Ruthie Henshall ... What do you make of John Gordon Sinclair as Georg? It's a problem, no?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#7SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 7:38am
Not at all.. He has character.. As do they all in the recording , which is why it's so wonderful. It's not like Daniel Massey can sing on the original recording.
You must get it... If only for Ruthie and Tracies fabulous performances...
#8SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 7:52am
Not sure if you guys are aware, but a new production of She Loves Me just began performances at the Chichester Festival Theatre here in the UK, which I'm going to see in a couple of weeks. One of the West End board posters loved it.
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#9SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 9:20am
London with Ruthie Henshall.
Seeing the Chichester production on June 16. 
#10SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 9:27amThanks to all! I'll look into the London revival as well. I am previewing the Broadway revival on iTunes and didn't realize that they recorded it after Judy Kuhn left the show. I'd much rather have her than her replacement (though she is lovely). Those of you seeing the Chichester production, enjoy and report back!
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#11SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 11:00amI saw the show in Chichester last week and it's fabulous.. If the cast aren't as good as the London revival, it doesn't matter.. It's still well performed and looks beautiful.
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#13SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 2:07pm
I love the OBC and the London rev, and now feel inclined to scope out a copy of the OLC. I've been developing a deeper affection for Rita Moreno as I witness more of her diverse career.
I wish I liked the Broadway revival recording more. Sally Mayes is perfect, but I recall being turned off by synthesizers and a somewhat airless sound. Too bad Kuhn didn't preserve her performance. I bet her belt was amazing.
With Irma you gotta do something!
SweeneyPhanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 1/4/06
#14SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/15/11 at 4:42pmMy school is doing this show in the fall. Which recording would be the best reference for getting familiar with the show?
-- SDG
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#16SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/16/11 at 4:11pm
Rita is great on that album. Her "A Trip To The Library" is just about perfect, and she sings a song instead of "I Resolve" called "Heads I Win" that was only used, as far as I know, in the first London production. I know not why, but it's good and she again delivers it passionately.
The album, though, is only a one-disc abbreviated representation of the score, and although none of the singers are bad their counterparts on the 2-disc OBCR are all a lot better.
Updated On: 5/16/11 at 04:11 PM
elmore3003
Leading Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#17SHE LOVES ME Recordings
Posted: 5/16/11 at 5:25pmIf your school is doing a production, go with the Broadway revival since that's what is now rented. Of three productions I've seen in New York since 1980, the Roundabout was the worst: now lousy orchestrations, stupid changes like adding "The Twelve Days of Christmas" before "Twelve Days to Chrisymas" as if the audience, like the production team, was too stupid to make the connection without the old song. The Equity Library production and the Opera Ensemble of New York production with Gregg Edelman, Davis Gaines, and full orchestra were far superior to the second-rate Roundabout, the Bermuda Triangle of good musicals. They sure lose them there.
