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,... |
RICHARD RODGERS / LORENZ HART
Rodgers: Babes In Arms Judy Blazer & Gregg Edelman / 1989 Cast Recording [ New World Records / CD - released 5/Oct/1990 ] Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm. |
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. |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: South Pacific [First complete recording] Justino Diaz & Paige O'Hara / 1996 Cast with national Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 17/May/1997 ] Paige O'Hara makes a perky Nellie Forbush, a really believable and likable "cockeyed optimist"; Pat Suzuki is a solid and warm Bloody Mary, who brings warmth and seductiveness to "Bali Ha'i"; and Sean McDermott plays a virile Lt. Cable. |
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... |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies - The Complete Recording 1998 New Jersey Cast Kaye Ballard, Eddie Bracken, Michael Gruber / Paper Mill Playhouse Cast [ TVT Soundtrax / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This is the definitive Cast Recording of Stephen Sondheim & James Goldman's musical masterpiece. For the first time, Follies will feature the complete 31-song score in it's entirety, including previously unrecorded numbers which were previously cut. |
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. |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: You Never Know Kristin Chenoweth, David Garrison, Harry Groener / World Premiere Cast Recording [ Fynsworth Alley / Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] You Never Know is set in Paris in the heady days of 1929 just before the stock market crash. It takes place one evening in Baron Rommer's elegant penthouse suite at the Hotel Ritz. Baron Rommer (Harry Groener) and his Butler, Gaston (David Garrison) |
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. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Lewis J. Stadlen & Maureen Brennan / 1974 Chelsea Theatre Cast Recording [ Sony Masterworks Broadway / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] Candide was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. |