JULE STYNE
Styne: Gypsy - a musical fable Ethel Merman & Jack Klugman / Original 1959 Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. |
STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Flaherty: My Favorite Year Evan Pappas & Tim Curry / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 19/Apr/1993 ] Lincoln Center Theatre's first original musical had a score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, who were fresh from their success with Once On This Island. There are some fine moments - especially the epic opening "Twenty Million People." |
MONTY NORMAN
Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen George Benson & Virginia Vernon / Original London Cast Recording [ Must Close Saturday Night Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] First, the mysterious disappearance of a mediocre music-hall artiste, Belle Elmore. Then the flight - questioned by the police, her husband, mild, charming little Doctor Crippen, sails off with his secretary (the other woman) Ethel le Neve. |
JULE STYNE
Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes George Dvorsky & KT Sullivan / Original 1995 Broadway Revival Cast Recording [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. |
ROGER MILLER
Miller: Big River - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Gordon Connell & Daniel Jenkins / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ MCA Records / CD - released 12/Jul/1985 ] Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and a book by William Hauptman. |
COLE PORTER
Porter: Can-Can Gwen Vedon & Lilio / Original 1953 Broadway Cast [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s. |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Chicago: The Musical Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Records / CD - released 28/Jan/1975 ] Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual... |
ELTON JOHHN
John: Billy Elliot - The Musical Haydn Gwynne & Tim Healy / Original Cast Recording [ Decca / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. |
IRVING BERLIN
Berlin: Louisiana Purchase [original 1996 New York Cast Recording] Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor / 1998 New York Cast [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1996 ] Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans, the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana... |
Peter Allen & Martin Sherman
Allen: The Boy From Oz Hugh Jackman / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/2003 ] The Boy from Oz is an Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright, based on Stephen MacLean's 1996 biography of Allen.... |
SCOTT WARRENDER
Warrender: Das Barbecu - A New Musical Comedy J. K. Simmons & Julie Johnson / Original Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] With a book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, Das Barbecü is a musical farce about mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their double shotgun wedding. Five actors play more than 30 characters. |
ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Wright/Forrest: Grand Hotel Jane Krakowski & Timothy Jerome / Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1989 ] Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / JULE STYNE / RICHARD RODGERS / etc
Jerome Robbin's Broadway Jason Alexander, Michael Lynch, Robert LaFosse, Faith Prince, etc / Original Broadway Cast [ RCA Victor / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/1989 ] Jerome Robbin's Broadway opened on Broadway on February 26, 1989 at the Imperial Theatre and closed on September 1, 1990 after 633 performances and 55 previews. Directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins with Grover Dale as co-director, the cast... |
HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
HENRY KRIEGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krieger: Dreamgirls Jennifer Holliday,, Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Jan/1982 ] Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others. |
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Martin Guerre Jerome Pradon, Matt rawle & Juliette Caton / London Cast Recording [ Dreamworks Records / CD - released 26/Apr/1995 ] Martin Guerre is a two-act musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, lyrics by Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Written in the operatic style similar to the creative... |
HARVEY SCHMIDT
Schmidt: The Fantasticks Jerry Orbach, Rita Gardner / Original 1960 Cast [ Decca / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand. |
MITCH LEIGH
Leigh: Cry For Us All Joan Diener & Robert Weede / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Kritzerland / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] The original cast recording of the 1970 musical Cry for Us All features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson, and book by William Alfred and Albert Marre. |
Jerry Herman
Herman: The Grand Tour Joel Grey / 1979 Broadway Cast [ Sony Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 13/Jun/1986 ] The Grand Tour is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. |
GEORGE M COHAN
Cohan: George M! Joel Grey & Bernadette Peters / Original 1968 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Records / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Fresh from his enormous personal success as the lecherous Emcee in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, Joel Grey found his first starring job and a marvelous showcase for his talents in George M!, a celebration of the life and times (and songs) of maverick... |