MARC SHAIMAN
Shaiman: Hairspray Marissa Jaret Winokur & Harvey Fierstein / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ MCA Classics / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters's 1988 film of the same name. |
Tony Sheldon, Jeremy Stanford, Daniel Scott / Original Cast Recording
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical [ Universal Music / CD - released 17/Apr/2008 ] 'Priscilla; Queen of the Desert' became one of the most internationally successful Australian movies of all time. This version of the stage musical is the Australian Cast in all their fabulous glory. |
NOEL GAY
Gay: Me and My Girl Robert Lindsay & Maryann Plunkett / Original Broadway Cast Recording (1986) [ MCA Classics / CD - released 17/May/1986 ] Me and My Girl is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The story, set in the late 1930s, tells of an unapologetically unrefined cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson. |
Tim Rice / Benny Andersson / Bjorn Ulvaeus
Chess Elaine Paige, Tommy Korberg, Barbara Dickson, Denis Quilley, Bjorn Skifs, & Murray Head / Original 1979 London Cast Recording [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 10/May/1996 ] Starring Elaine Paige, Tommy Korberg, Barbara Dickson, Denis Quilley, Bjorn Skifs, & Murray Head, this is the original, definitive version of the very successful musical / concept album 'Chess' |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical Chita Rivera, Brent Carver & Anthony Crivello / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with the book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña. |
ALEXANDER BORODIN / ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Borodin: Kismet Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow / 1953 Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. |
CLAY WARNICK & MEL PAHL
Warnick/Pahl : The Adventures of Marco Polo Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow / Original Televeision Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] Evidently tailored to cash in on the success of Kismet, created two years before, The Adventures of Marco Polo again teamed Alfred Drake and Doretta Morrow, who had beguiled crowds on Broadway and the West End in the earlier musical. |
COLE PORTER
Porter: Out Of This World Andrea Martin & Marin Mazzie / Original 1995 New York Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 9/Apr/1995 ] Out of This World is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. The show, an adaptation of Plautus' comedy Amphitryon, first opened on Broadway in 1950. |
VARIOUS
Priscilla Queen of the Desert Tony Sheldon, Jeremy Stanford & Daniel Scott / Original Australian Cast Recording [ Playbill / CD - released 12/Jul/2009 ] Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a jukebox musical with book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film of the same name. |
BOB MERRILL
Merrill: Carnival Anna Maria Alberghetti & James Mitchell / Original 1961 Broadway Cast Recording [ Polydor / CD - released 12/Jul/1989 ] Carnival is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with the book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The musical is based on the 1953 film Lili. |