One Cast Recording...
One Cast Recording...
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#0One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 12:15am
Say you meet someone on the street and they ask you "What one cast recording would you recommend?" (yes, I know, random situation, but just work with it lol). What would you recommend? (from any time)
I'd recommend Rent. Its my favorite show, has a wide variety of music, and is VERY good.
How about you?
#1re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:13amFor just a feel good CD, I would recommend "Hairspray" but if I were asked to recommend something musically brilliant, it would have to be "Sweeney Todd".
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#2re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:15amFALSETTOS
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#3re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:21amEither tick, tick... BOOM! or Songs For A New World.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#4re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:32amooh maybe New World
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#5re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:38amI think SFANW might be on the verge of perfect. But I digress!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#6re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:39amIt's always Taboo! :)
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
#7re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 1:41amTaboo too!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
B.B. Wolf
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#8re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 2:00am"Songs" would be a great choice! All the tracks are good.
Word. Word, indeed.
#9re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 2:08amTaboo. Best score in a looooooong time.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 8:03am
I would reccomend the TRIPLE CD recording of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA (1956).
The ENTIRE original Broadway Production was recorded of Frank Loesser's marvelous, ground-breaking, semi-operatic musical with opera star Robert Weede and Jo Sullivan (a WICKED saproano!).
Songs include "Big D," "My Heart is So Full of You," "Standing On The Corner," "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance," "Joey, Joey." Actually, the ENTIRE score is OUTSTANDING!
ALL the dialogue is retained.
It truly is a UNIQUE experience to wirness a Broadway musical EXACTLY as it was performed on stage.
If you've never heard it, it is a MUST!!! (Unfortunately, I believe it is out of print.) 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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mizzie
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#11re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 10:51amFor a fun recording, I would recommend Hairspray, but if they wanted something that would move them, I would suggest Les Mis.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#12re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 3:02pmRENT and/or (DONT shoot me for this) WICKED!!!!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#13re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 3:06pmTABOO. I listened to it for months straight. I NEVER tire of the recording!
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#14re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 3:08pm
I can't answer this question! There are just SO many that I love for totally different reasons!
By the way, I've never heard Songs from a New World...
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
Updated On: 10/16/04 at 03:08 PM
#15re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 3:24pm
*gasp* Chrysanthemum62001, you MUST pick up a copy (or borrow it) RIGHT NOW!! 
For timelessness i would go for Les Miz
but for something new i would recommend either Taboo or SFANW
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
Annie Get Your Rose
Featured Actor Joined: 1/31/04
#16re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 3:38pmNo doubt, Sunday in the Park With George. Just spectacular. Ms. Peters at her best!
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
CrowdMeWithLove
Chorus Member Joined: 8/17/04
#18re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 4:35pmInto the Woods, because it has musical brilliance and it can appeal to almost anyone.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#19re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 7:26pm
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Sutton Foster is amazing. That was one of my first CDs that I wore out, and it skips everytime I listen to "Forget About the Boy".
I would also recommend the Producers.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#20re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 7:28pmI would have to recommend rent I can listen to that cd til the day I die and not get sick of it. Aida and Wicked are also two of my favs, but if I had to have one cast recording it would be Rent.
"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn, and we are lead to those who help us most to grow if we let them and we help them in return" Galinda
Ruth Sherwood
Leading Actor Joined: 10/4/04
#21re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 8:47pm
Millie, because the music and Sutton are beyond amazing!!!
I would suggest "Wonderful Town," but I think there are certain songs like "Conga!" and "Conversation Piece" which need to be seen in order to truly appreciate them.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#22re: One Cast Recording...
Posted: 10/16/04 at 8:49pmIf I HAD to suggest only one recording, I guess it would be A Chorus Line. Just because, well, it's a very important, ground breaking show.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
