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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums

thebookofwhizzer

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#1
Posted: 10/3/18 at 7:52pm

Hello! Recently I have been obsessed with Christy Altomare's solo albums/EPs and was wondering which actors have solo work that you guys find good and worth listening to!

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#2
Posted: 10/3/18 at 11:52pm

Audra, Sutton, Idina, Kristin, Errico, Murney, Espinosa...

Here's a thread w/ many more!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1107251

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#3
Posted: 10/4/18 at 12:11am

Billy Porter's THE SOUL OF RICHARD ROGERS is good from top to bottom. CAREFULLY TAUGHT is brilliantly done with India Arie

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#4
Posted: 10/4/18 at 12:29am

Jessica Vosks Wild and Free album has been playing non stop since it was released last month

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#5
Posted: 10/4/18 at 7:05am

Judy Kuhn has a some great albums.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#6
Posted: 10/4/18 at 7:17am

Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and Patti Lupone have some great solo albums.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#7
Posted: 10/4/18 at 9:36am

Performers also sometimes record live shows at venues! Many high profile stars have recorded albums at a venue called 54 Below! Many amazing choices!

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#8
Posted: 10/4/18 at 10:10am

kyle selig has two albums, one called “and the tree was happy” and another called “she breathes”. she breathes is a perosnal favorite of mine, i’ve had it playing nonstop for months now

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#9
Posted: 10/4/18 at 10:16am

I've had a soft spot for Gavin Creel's original music for years.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#10
Posted: 10/4/18 at 11:39am

Jeremy Stolle (Phantom of the Opera) - In the Moment CD

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#11
Posted: 10/4/18 at 11:51am

She's probably best known now as a recording artist/concert singer, but Linda Eder did get her big break with Jekyll & Hyde. My personal favorites of her albums are It's No Secret Anymore and Broadway My Way.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#12
Posted: 10/4/18 at 4:22pm

Leslie Odom Jr. has released a terrific pop/jazz album, as well as a really sweet Christmas album.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#13
Posted: 10/5/18 at 12:30am

Jason Robert Brown has an excellent solo album. Also, the album Sara Bareilles recorded of songs from Waitress is great.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#14
Posted: 10/5/18 at 3:00am

For popular music Shoshana Bean, Gavin Creel, Lea Michele, and Laura Bell Bundy are the only ones who make anything bearable to me.

If you like sopranos then Kate Baldwin, Liz Callaway, Kelli O'Hara, Rebecca Luker, Melissa Errico, Kristin Chenoweth, etc.

For guys, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Porter, and Leslie Odom Jr.

Standards and anything "jazzy" is hit or miss. I like Ana Gasteyer but you've really got to listen around and decide for yourself. I think a lot of those efforts come across as lazy considering what their voices are capable of. Not naming names.

Then there are the obvious ones... Patti, Liza, Barbra, etc.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#15
Posted: 10/5/18 at 3:14am

Rachel Bay Jones' solo album is just the best. Folk versions of musical theatre songs didn't appeal to me much on paper, but her voice is amazing and the arrangements are great.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#16
Posted: 10/5/18 at 6:24am

Idina LIVE Musical Theatre actors with solo albums

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#17
Posted: 10/5/18 at 8:43am

Christiane Noll has a wonderful album of Broadway songs that are placed in order to reflect the many stages of a relationship.

With engaging, full orchestrations, it's an album I listen to often.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#18
Posted: 10/5/18 at 1:02pm

perfectlymarvelous said: "Jason Robert Brown has an excellent solo album. Also, the album Sara Bareilles recorded of songs from Waitress is great."

I like Brown's "Wearing someone else's Clothes". I actually prefer Bareilles' "What's Inside.." over the cast recording.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#19
Posted: 10/5/18 at 6:30pm

Erik Altemus has a recording on Spotify called "Desidero".

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#20
Posted: 10/5/18 at 6:52pm

LesWickedly said: "Rachel Bay Jones' solo album is just the best. Folk versions of musical theatre songs didn't appeal to me much on paper, but her voice is amazing and the arrangements are great."

thank you so much for this recommendation, i am obsessed with her version of “wicked little town”! it’s simply gorgeous.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#21
Posted: 10/6/18 at 8:44am

In an earlier Broadway time almost every star had solo albums (luckily many available on CD):

Julie Andrews, Mary Martin, Carol Lawrence, Barbara Cook, Ethel Merman, John Raitt, Dolores Gray, Gwen Verdon (a favorite), and dozens more. I am glad that this welcome contribution to our music continues! Sometimes the arrangements were unique perhaps giving a 50s or 60s flavor to the songs that they didn't have in their OBC recordings.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#22
Posted: 10/6/18 at 12:15pm

mailhandler777 said: "Jessica Vosks Wild and Free album has been playing non stop since it was released last month"

AGREED. Her cover of "Hold On" has been on repeat all day and "Nobody's Side" makes me want a Chess revival.

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Musical Theatre actors with solo albums#23
Posted: 10/6/18 at 2:01pm

Just added Vosk's cd to my library.

This thread made me go tbrough my recordigs and I have bern listening to Adam Pascal's CIVILIAN cd.

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