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. |
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... |
MARTIN SILVESTRI
Silvestri: The Fields of Ambrosia Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas / Original London Cast [ First Night Records / CD - released 7/Jun/1996 ] The Fields of Ambrosia is a musical written by Joel Higgins and Martin Silvestri. It was performed in the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1993 and it was directed by Gregory Hurst, choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, staged... |
DAVID YAZBEK
Yazbek: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz / Original 2005 Broadway Cast Recording [ Ghostlight Records / CD - released 17/May/2009 ] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 comedy musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances. |
BILLY JOEL
Joel: Movin' Out John Selya & Elizabeth Parkinson / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] Movin' Out is a 2002 jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel. Conceived and created by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the... |
NOEL COWARD
Coward: The Girl Whio Came To Supper Jose Ferrer & Florence Henderson / Original 1963 Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/1992 ] The Girl Who Came to Supper is a musical with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward, based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play The Sleeping Prince. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963. |
JULE STYNE
Styne: Bar Mitzvah Boy (1978) Joyce Blair & Harry Towb / Original London Cast Recording [ Sony West End / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Bar Mitzvah Boy is a musical with a book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, and music by Jule Styne. Based on Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1 teleplay of the same name, it focuses on young Eliot Green who, filled with apprehension,... |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Rags Julia Migenes & Larry Kert / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 12/Jul/1991 ] Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein (with revisions by David Thompson), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse. |
HENRY MANCINI
Mancini: Victor/Victoria Julie Andrews & Tony Roberts / Original 1995 Broadway Cast Recording [ Philips / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] Victor/Victoria is a musical with a book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical material (music and lyrics) by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the 1982 film of the same name. |
LAURENCE O'KEEFE
O'Keefe: Bat Boy Kaitlin Hopkins & Sean McCourt / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Bat Boy: The Musical is an American rock musical with a book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe, based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat, dubbed "Bat Boy". |
ANDRE PREVIN
Previn: Coco Katharine Hepburn & René Auberjonois / Original 1970 Cast Recording [ Universal Broadway Gold / CD - released 25/Aug/1997 ] Coco was a 1969 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn, inspired by the life of Coco Chanel. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical. Theatre producer Frederick Brisson originally had... |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Annie Warbucks Kathryn Zaremba & Harve Presnell / Original Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway / CD Box Set - released 17/May/1990 ] "As Warbucks, Harve Presnell soars through the ravishing "A Younger Man." Donna McKechnie shines in "But You Go On", Marguerite MacIntyre sings Grace Farrell's "It Would Have Been Wonderful" to perfection, and Annie's original FDR Raymond Thorne... |
CY COLEMAN / NEIL DIAMOND / KANDER & EBB / RICHARD ADLER
Coleman: Will Rogers Follies Keith Carradine & Dee Hoty / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Columbia / CD - released 12/Jul/1991 ] The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. |
STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Flaherty: Once On This Island - A New Musical La Chanze & Jerry Dixon / 1990 Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Once on This Island is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling of Hans... |
BRENDA RUSSELL / ALICE WILLIS / STEPHEN BRAY
Russell: The Color Purple - A new musical LaChanze & Elisabeth Withers-Mendes / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ EMI Angel / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, and a book by Marsha Norman, based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The musical follows the journey... |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast with bonus] Lee Remick & Angela Lansbury / Original 1963 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/2003 ] Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an... |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Dance a Little Closer Len Cariou & Liz Robertson / Original 1983 Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 12/Jul/1989 ] Dance a Little Closer is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse. The story is an updated version of Robert E. Sherwood's 1936 antiwar comedy Idiot's Delight. |
WILLIAM FINN
Finn: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Lisa Howard & Jay Reiss / Original 2005 Broadway Cast [ Ghostlight / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling... |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: A Little Night Music Hermoine Gingold & Len Cariou / Original 1973 Broadway Cast [ CBS Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "The original cast album has been a must-have from the day it was released in 1973 and this newly remastered CD gives it an extraordinary immediacy." Musical101 |