Chicago (the movie soundtrack and revival cast recording)
Dreamgirls (the concert cast recording and movie soundtrack)
Fiddler on the Roof (the original Broadway cast recording and movie soundtrack)
Guys and Dolls (the 1992 revival cast recording and symphonic studio cast recording)
Hair (the movie soundtrack and Actor's Fund concert cast recording)
Into the Woods (the original Broadway cast recording and 2002 revival cast recording)
Jesus Christ Superstar (the 1996 studio cast recording, a burned copy of the original cast recording with Ian Head, and 2000 video soundtrack)
Les Miserables (the original London cast recording, the 10th anniversary concert cast recording, and the complete symphonic cast recording)
Miss Saigon (the original London cast recording and complete studio cast recording)
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ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
Gypsy- OBC OLC 1990 Revival 1993 TV Cast 2003 Revival
Hello, Dolly- OBC Pearl Bailey Cast OLC 1966 London 1972 East Berlin Film 1994 Revival
H2$- OBC Film 1995 Revival
Into the Woods- OBC OLC 2002 Revival
Jekyll and Hyde- Concept Album Pre-Broadway Tour OBC 2003 Japanese Cast
Jesus Christ Superstar- 1996 Studio Cast w/Alice Cooper 2001 Film
Les Miserables- OLC OBC Japanese Blue Cast Hamburg Cast
A Little Night Music OBC OLC 1990 London Studio Cast Royal National Theatre Original Barcelona Cast
Little Shop of Horrors OOBC Film 2004 Revival
Mame OBC Film
Man of La Mancha- OBC 1972 Studio 1990 w/ Placidio Domingo and Mandy Patinkin
Merrily We Roll Along- OBC 1994 York Theatre
Miss Saigon- OLC Complete Symphonic Recording
Mystery of Edwin Drood- OBC OAC
Notre-Dame de Paris Concept Album Original Paris Cast French 2-Disc English Cast w/Celine Dion Original Spanish Cast Original Itallian Cast Symphonic Reocrding
Once on This Island- OBC OLC
Pajama Game- OBC 2006 Revival
Phantom of the Opera – ALW OBC/OLC Original Canadian Cast Film
Promises, Promises- OBC OLC
Ragtime- 1996 Concept Album OBC
Rent- OBC Film
Rocky Horror Show- OLC Roxy Cast Film Korean Japansese New Zeland Icelandic Mexican 25 Years Young Studio Cast w/Lee 2001 Revival
Secret Garden- OBC OAC OLC
She Loves Me- OBC OLC
Show Boat- OBC 1965 w/Barbara Cook and John Raitt 1994 Canadian Recording
Sound of Music- OBC Film 1998 Revival
Sunday in the Park with George- OBC 2006 London Revival
Sunset Blvd- OLC OBC Betty Buckley German Cast
Sweeney Todd- OBC Original Barcelona Cast 2005 Revival Cast
West Side Story OLC 1980’s Studio Cast
Wicked- OBC 2004 Wal-Mart cast
The Wiz- OBC Film 2006 Dutch Cast
Wizard of Oz- Film 1970 Meco Disco Album 50th Anniversary CBS Release 2-Disc Complete Score Story and Songs OLC OLC- Highlights Concert Cast On Ice 1998 Tour OAC Dutch Cast
Working- OBC TheatreWorks
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown- OOBC 1999 Revival
There's a few I own multiples on (Sweeney Todd, Company, Hair, Chess, Chicago) where I basically only listen to one of them always. The only ones I can alternate on are RENT (I listen to OBCR the most, but have listened to soundtrack and German cast recording quite a bit) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (soundtrack and original cast recording). When I finally get the new Company revival CD I'm sure I'll listen to that primarily, but may go back to the OBCR for a few songs every now and then.
Les Mis OLC OBC 10 Anniversary Complete Symphonic ..and dozens of different versions of each song
Phantom OLC (complete) OLC (Highlights) OCC Phantom (Maury Yeston) 2004 Movie soundtrack (English) 2004 movie soundtrack (Italian) ...and dozens of different versions of various songs
Aida (Concept/OBC) Chess (OBC/Benefit Concert) Chicago (Revival/Film) Dreamgirls (Benefit/Film) Into the Woods (OLC/Revival) Jekyll & Hyde ("Highlights", Concept, OBC, Resurrection) Les Miserables (Anniversary Concert/Complete Symphonic) Miss Saigon (OLC/Complete Symphonic) The Phantom of the Opera (OBC/Film) Rent (OBC/Film) The Scarlet Pimpernel (Concept/OBC) The Secret Garden (OBC/OLC)
Aida OBC Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (Promo CD)
Anything Goes OBC NBC
Bat Boy OOBC OLC
Beauty and the Beast OBC Movie Soundtrack
Bye Bye Birdie Original Movie Soundtrack New Movie Soundtrack
Company OBC NBC
Dreamgirls OBC Actor's Fund Conert Movie Soundtrack
Into the Woods OBC NBC
Jekyll and Hyde OBC Complete Work
Les Miserables OBC Complete Symphonic Recording 10th Anniversary Concert
Miss Saigon OLC Complete Symphonic Recording
Once on this Island OBC OLC
The Phantom of the Opera OLC Highlights CD
Rent OBC Movie Soundtrack
South Pacific Televison Broadcast Soundtrack Carnegie Hall Concert
West Side Story OBC Movie Soundtrack
The Wizard of Oz Movie Soundtrack Madison Square Garden Recording
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Phantom of the Opera- OBCR, Highlights, the OLCR Les Miserables - Highlights, OLCR, OBCR Company - 1995 Revival, OBCR, (and the soon to be released 2006 revival recording) Jesus Christ Superstar- OSR, OBCR,& Vienna recording
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Original London Cast Original London Cast Highlights CD Original Canadian Cast Original Mexican Cast Original Hamburg Cast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
LES MISERABLES Original Broadway Cast 10th Anniversary Concert
THE KING & I Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Hollywood Bowl Cast (with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley) The New Broadway Cast Recording (with Donna Murphy)
THE MUSIC MAN Original Broadway Cast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
MY FAIR LADY Original London Cast Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Chicago New Broadway Cast Recording Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
INTO THE WOODS Original Broadway Cast Recording New Broadway Cast Recording
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Original Broadway Cast Recording New Broadway Cast Recording (with Alfred Molina)
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
Being the type of collector I am I get every version of every score even though some of them I do not play all that often.
The show I have the most CD recordings of is SOUTH PACIFIC with 10.... 1949 OBC, 1951 OLC, 1958 ST, 1967 LC, 1986 Studio, 1988 London, 1994 JAY, 2000 TV cast, 2001 London and 2005 Concert.
Wow...that's a lot of Shampoo!!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Off-Broadway, Movie Soundtrack, Tribute Album, National Tour Cast)
RENT (OBCR, Movie soundtrack, Icelandice Cast Recording, Swedish Cast Recording)
Dreamgirls (OBCR, Anniversary Edition OBCR, Concert Cast, Movie Soundtrack)
Rocky Horror (OLCR, NBCR, Movie Soundtrack, and The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show)
A Chorus Line (Original and Revival)
Cabaret (OBCR, NBCR, Movie Soundtrack)
Chicago (NBCR, Movie Soundtrack)
Les Miserables (OBCR, Full Symphonic Recording, TAC)
I believe that's all...
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul