RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Carousel John Raitt & Jan Clayton / Original Broadway & London Cast recordings recorded in 1945 & 1950 [ Prism Leisure / CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. The story... |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER / ALAN AYCKBOURN
Webber: By Jeeves Malcolm Sinclair & Steven Pacey / Original London Cast [ Really Useful Records / CD - released 7/Jun/1996 ] By Jeeves is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and book by Alan Ayckbourn. It is based on the series of novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that centre around the character of Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. |
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. |
CY COLEMAN & DOROTHY FIELDS
Coleman: Sweet Charity Gwen Verdon & John McMartin / Original 1966 Broadway Cast [ Columbia / CD - released 31/May/1999 ] Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. |
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' |
BEE GEES & OTHERS
Bee Gees: Saturday Night Fever - The Musical Adam Garcia, Richard Colkin, Tara Wilkinson / Original London Cast [ Polydor / CD - released 28/Jan/1998 ] Saturday Night Fever is a 1998 jukebox musical based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Its book is by Nan Knighton (in collaboration with Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood). |
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. |
SONGS OF ELVIS PRESLEY
All Shook Up - a new musical comedy Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Hadary & Sharon Wilkins / Original Broadway Cast [ Sony / BMG / CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005. |
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. |
HENRY KRIEGER
Krieger: Side Show Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner / Original 1997 Broadway Cast [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Side Show is a musical by Bill Russell (book and lyrics) and Henry Krieger (music) based on the lives of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who became famous stage performers in the 1930s. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Saturday Night Andrea Burns, David Campbell, Donald Corren / Original New York Cast [ Nonesuch / CD/Book - released 17/May/2010 ] Saturday Night is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on their play, Front Porch in Flatbush. |
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. |
Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Kevin Colson, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Original Cast
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Aspects of Love (Original London Cast) [ Really Useful Records / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/1989 ] Originating in London in 1989, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love was poorly received when it crossed the ocean to New York. Of course, compared to the success Webber had achieved with The Phantom of the Opera, nearly any response would have... |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Webber: Cats: Deluxe Edition Original Broadway Cast [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] Available as a double CD set from Europe, this digitally re-mastered, deluxe edition of 'Cats' (Broadway cast) includes a full libretto and special packaging. |
JERRY HERMAN
Herman: Mame Angela Lansbury / Original Broadway Cast [ Sony Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/1999 ] Mame is a musical with the book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Originally titled My Best Girl, it is based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 Broadway play, by Lawrence and Lee. A... |
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. |
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. |
RALPH BLANE
Blane: Three Wishes for Jamie Anne Jeffreys, John Raitt / Original Broadway Cast [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Three Wishes for Jamie is a musical with a book by Charles O'Neal and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Ralph Blane. |
ANTHONY NEWLEY
Newley: Stop The World - I Want To Get Off Anthony Newley, Anna Quayle / Broadway Original Cast [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] Stop the World - I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Edd: Steel Pier Anthony Roberts & Marilyn Mason / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1997 ] Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb from the original book by David Thompson. Directed by Scott Ellis with choreography by Susan Stroman, the musical opened on Broadway on April 24, 1997. |
MONTY NORMAN
Norman: Songbook Anton Rodgers & Gemma Craven / Original 1979 London Cast Recording [ DRG Theater / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Songbook (New York title The Moony Shapiro Songbook) is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book and lyrics by Monty Norman and Julian More. The musical tells the improbable life story of a fictional songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1908, who... |
MICHAEL JOHN LaCHIUSA
LaChiusa: Marie Christine Audra McDonald, Anthony Crivello / Lincoln Center Theatre / Original Broadway Cast [ RCA Victor / CD - released 1/Jun/1999 ] Marie Christine is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Michael John LaChiusa. It opened on Broadway in 1999. Set in 1890s New Orleans and then 5 years later in Chicago; the story is loosely based on the Greek play Medea, and uses elements of... |
BURTON LANE
Lane: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) Barbara Harris & John Cullum / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 12/Jul/1993 ] On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a musical with music by Burton Lane and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner based loosely on Berkeley Square, written in 1926 by John L. Balderston. It concerns a woman who has ESP and has been reincarnated. |
JERRY ROSS / RICHARD ADLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Damn Yankees Bebe Neuwirth & Victor Garber / 1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Mercury / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] |
LARRY GROSSMAN
Grossman: Grind - A New Musical Ben Vereen & Stubbt Kaye / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 17/May/1989 ] Grind is a 1985 musical with music by Larry Grossman, lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, and a book by Fay Kanin. Grind is a portrait of a largely African-American burlesque house in Chicago in the Thirties. |
MARVIN HAMLISCH
Hamlisch: The Goodbye Girl - The Musical Bernadette Peters & Martin Short / Original Broadway Cast recording [ Columbia / CD - released 9/Apr/1993 ] Do Re Mi is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and a book by Garson Kanin, who also directed the original 1960 Broadway production. The plot centers on a minor-league con man who decides to go (somewhat)... |
VERNON DUKE / OGDEN NASH
Duke: Two's Company Bette Davis, Bill Callahan / Original Broadway Cast [ Sepia / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Two's Company is a musical revue with principal sketches by Charles Sherman and Peter DeVries, principal lyrics by Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn, and principal music by Vernon Duke. |
GREG MORRISON
Morrison: The Drowsy Chaperone Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Georgia Engel / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Ghostlight Records / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The Drowsy Chaperone is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. |
STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Flaherty: Ragtime - The Musical Brian Stokes Mitchell & Audra McDonald / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / 2 CD - released 19/Apr/1998 ] Ragtime is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow. |
MICHAEL VALENTI
Valenti: Oh, Brother! Bruce Adler, David-James Carroll / Original 1881 Broadway Cast [ OC Recordings / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] A Musical Comedy in One Act. Book and lyrics by Donald Driver. (Suggested by William Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" and the comedies of Plautus.) Music by Michael Valenti. |
SCOTT JOPLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joplin: Treemonisha (Complete opera) Carmen Baltrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White / Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus / Gunther Schuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1976 ] 'Performance and recording are first class' - Penguin Guide |
DAVID SHIRE
Shire: Baby - The New musical Catherine Cox & Liz Callaway / Original 1983 Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 12/Jul/1984 ] Baby is a musical with a book by Sybille Pearson, based on a story developed with Susan Yankowitz, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. It concerns the reactions of three couples each expecting a child. |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Bye Bye Birdie Chita Rivera & Dick van Dyke / Original 1960 Broadway Cast Recording [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] Bye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: The Rink Chita Rivera & Liza Minnelli / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 17/May/1984 ] The Rink is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, the tenth Kander and Ebb collaboration. |
WALTER MARKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marks: Bajour Chita Rivera, Nancy Dussault & Herschel Bernardi / Original Broadway Cast [ Sony Broadway / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] Bajour is a musical with a book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks. The musical is based on the Joseph Mitchell short stories The Gypsy Women and The King of the Gypsies published in The New Yorker. The title is allegedly a Romani... |
LIONEL BART
Bart: Oliver! [Deluxe Collector's Edition] Clive Revil & Georgia Brown / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor Records / CD - released 16/May/2002 ] Oliver! is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver! ran on Broadway, after being brought to the U.S. by David Merrick in 1963. |