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MAURY YESTON
Yeston: "Nine" Raul Julia & Karen Akers / Original Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / 2 CD - released 17/May/1982 ] Nine is a musical whose original conception and music and lyrics are by Maury Yeston, with a book by Arthur Kopit. It is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film 8½. |
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RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: South Pacific Reba McEntire & Brian Stokes Mitchell / 2005 Carnegie Hall Concert Original Broadway Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] The New York Times critic Ben Brantley wrote, "Open-voiced and open-faced, Reba McEntire was born to play Nellie"; the production was received "in a state of nearly unconditional rapture. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Wonderful Town {first complete recording) Rebecca Luker & Ron Raines / Studio Cast conducted by John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/May/1996 ] Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. |
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RICHARD RODGERS
Rodgers: No Strings Richard Kiley & Diahann Carroll / Original Broadway Cast [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] No Strings is a musical drama with book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers. No Strings is the only Broadway score for which Rodgers wrote both lyrics and music. |
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ERVIN DRAKE
Drake: Her First Roman Richard Kiley & Leslie Uggams / 25th Anniversary Cast Recording [ Lockett Palmer Recordings / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Her First Roman is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Ervin Drake, based on the 1898 George Bernard Shaw play Caesar and Cleopatra. |
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BENJAMIN FRANKEL
Frankel: Curse Of The Werewolf (Soundtrack) and other film music by Benjamin Frankel Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 29/May/2006 ] |
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ALBERT HAGUE
Hague: Plain and Fancy Robert Derr & Barbara Cook / Original 1955 Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/1993 ] Plain and Fancy is a musical comedy with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Arnold Horwitt, and music by Albert Hague. One of the first depictions of an Amish community in American pop culture. |
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HARVEY SCHMIDT
Schmidt: 110 in the Shade [First complete recording] Ron Haines & Karen Ziemba / 1999 Studio Cast [ Jay Productions Masterworks Edition / 2 CD - released 17/May/1999 ] 110 in the Shade is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt. A 1992 New York City Opera production, directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Susan Stroman, starred Karen Ziemba as Lizzie. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bernstein: Wonderful Town Rosalind Russell & George Gaynes / 1953 Original Broadway Cast / plus 1945 cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] Touched by tragedy, conceived in confusion and delivered with dissent, there's no possible reason that Wonderful Town should have lasted past opening night, yet alone become one of the classics of the musical theatre. Yet somehow it did and... |
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VERNON DUKE
Duke: Cabin in the Sky Rosetta le Noire, Ketty Lester / 1963 New York Revival Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Cabin in the Sky is a musical with music by Vernon Duke, book by Lynn Root, and lyrics by John Latouche. The musical opened on Broadway in 1940. The show is described as a "parable of Southern Negro Life. |
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CHRIS ANDREWS
Andrews: Tom Brown's Schooldays Roy Dotrice & Judith Bruce / Original Cast Recording [ Must Close Saturday Records / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] A musical in 2 acts by Jack and Joan Maitland; based on the novel by Thomas Hughes: Music by Chris Andrews. Originally produced as an amateur musical at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon 6 November, 1971 as Young Tom. |
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RICHARD ADLER
Adler: Kwamina [Original Broadway Cast] Sally Ann Howes, Terry Carter / Original Broadway Cast [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] The musical opened in out of town tryouts in Toronto, where, as noted by Ken Mandelbaum "The reviews were promising" and then ran in Boston. Kwamina premiered on Broadway at the 54th Street Theatre on October 23, 1961 and closed after 32 performances |
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CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Golden Boy Sammy Davis Jr. & Paula Wayne / Original 1964 Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Golden Boy is a 1964 musical with a book by Clifford Odets and William Gibson, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. |
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KEITH HERRMANN
Herrmann: Romance Romance Scott Bakula & Alison Fraser / Original Broadway Cast [ MCA Records / CD - released 12/Jul/1988 ] Romance/Romance is a musical with a book and lyrics by Barry Harman and music by Keith Herrmann. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Nickolas Grace & Marilyn Hill Smith / Scottish Opera [ TER Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman.. |
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Soundtrack
Annie (2014) [ Sony / CD - released 26/Nov/2014 ] |
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Soundtrack
The Magic Music Movie [ Grape Fruit / Cheery Red Records / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by comedy writer Lee Aronsohn about Magic Music, a folk music band that broke up in 1975 before ever releasing a record. They were big in Boulder,... |
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RICHARD & ROBERT SHERMAN
Sherman: Mary Poppins Laura Micheele & Gavin Lee / Original 2005 London Cast Recording [ Walt Disney / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes. |
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Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
Frida (Original Soundtrack) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] An enthralling Latin-music experience, featuring vocals by Lila Downs and Salma Hayek, also seen singing in the film. |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
The Essential Stephen Sondheim Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Ethel Merman, Jason Alexander, Angela Lansbury, Elaine Stritch, Victor Garber, Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett & others [ Sony Masterworks Broadway / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] The Essential Stephen Sondheim spans this iconic artist's unparalleled career, from West Side Story (1957) through Passion (1994), and also includes important works from his forays into television and film. |