Nov. 28: November Showcase

Bert Williams - Nobody, Star Spangled Rhythm Disc 1 (Smithsonian)
Dennis King - Song of the Vagabonds, Star Spangled Rhythm Disc 1 (Smithsonian)
Dick Powell - Dames, Lullaby of Broadway: The Best of Busby Berkeley at Warner Bros. Disc 2 (Rhino)
Vivian Blaine - A Bushel and a Peck, Guys and Dolls [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks
Stubby Kaye - Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat, Guys and Dolls [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks
Mandy Patinkin - Wrong Note Rag, Leonard Bernstein's New York
Juanita Hall - Happy Talk [South Pacific], A Child's Celebration of Broadway (Warner Bros.)
Richard Burton - Camelot, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Carol Bruce - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Show Boat], Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings Disc 1 (Sony)
Howard McGillin - Easy to Love, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast]
Ron Raines, Karen Ziémba - My Cup Runneth Over [I Do! I Do!], So in Love With Broadway (Jay)
Robert Goulet - I Don't Remember You, The Happy Time
Dorothy Collins - Do I Hear a Waltz?, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute Disc 1 (RCA Victor)
Kaye Ballard - Lazy Afternoon, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3
Ann Reinking - Roxie, Chicago
Daisy Eagan - Broadway Baby, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall Disc 2 (Varese Sarabande)

Nov 21: Food Glorious Food

Whoops, the Immigrant Experience show I prepared didn't fully make it to the CD I'd burned for Verne (technology - love it and hate it) so he grabbed last year's Food Glorious Food show instead (glad you could find it fast, Verne!) If you want to hear the Immigrant show, it's there on the Listen link to the right. Meanwhile, here's the playlist from Food. Happy Thanksgiving!

Food Glorious Food - Boys, Oliver! (Broadway cast)
Dieter's Prayer - Amanda McBroom, Live from Rainbow & Stars
Sara Lee - Jim Walton, The World Goes Round
The Ladies Who Lunch (Company) - Elaine Stritch, Star Spangled Rhythm
The Worst Pies in London - Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd
A Little Priest - Michael Cerveris & Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd 2005 revival
Feed Me - Michael-Leon Wooley & Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors 2003 cast
The Ragtime Restaurant - Rebecca Luker, Jerome Kern Treasury
Suppertime - Roger Bart, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Supper Time - Audra McDonald, Happy Songs
A Real Nice Clambake - Claramae Turner, Carousel (film)
Sing For Your Supper - Rebecca Luker, The Boys from Syracuse (1997 cast)

Nov 21: Immigrant Experience

Lady's Maid - Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
Journey On - Mark Jacoby, Peter Friedman, Marin Mazzie, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA Victor Broadway)
A Stranger Here - Cass Morgan, Walter Charles, Adam heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Simply Free - Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Wayfaring Stranger/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Aye, Lye, - Traditional, Tintypes (DRG)
Rags - Judy Kuhn, Dick Latessa, Rags (Columbia)
That's America - Becca Daniels Noyes, David Holloway, Max Quinlan, The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
Yankee Boy - Nathan, David & Neighbours, Rags (Columbia)
American Dream [From Miss Saigon] - Company; Jonathan Pryce, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 1 (Philips)
Chop Suey - Juanita Hall/Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
A Hundred Million Miracles (Finale) - Alvin Ing/Jose Llana/Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Great American Melting Pot - Lori Lieberman, Schoolhouse Rock (Rhino / Wea)
America - Rita Moreno/George Chakiris, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)

Nov. 14: Opera vs. Musicals

Not that it's an either-or discussion, but just looking at some of the differences and similarities between musicals and opera. Specifically because Frederica's coming to Spokane on Saturday to sing with the Spokane Symphony, and Thomas Hampson comes in December to wind up the opening ceremonies at the Fox.

Kiri Te Kanawa - Summertime (Porgy And Bess), The Best Classical Album (Angel)
Jerry Hadley, Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Della Jones - Life Is Happiness Indeed, Bernstein Conducts Candide Disc 1 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Manoel Felciano, Michael Cerveris, Company - The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd [2005 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 2 (Nonesuch)
Thomas Hampson - Soliloquy [From Carousel], Leading Man (Angel)
Bryn Terfel - Soliloquy, Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Polygram)
Robert Weede - Ah, Omma Don Know/Mamma, Mamma, The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Sony Classical)
Ezio Pinza - Welcome Home (Fanny), American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3 ()
Frederica Von Stade - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Great American Songwriters (Capitol)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Tatiana Troyanos - I Have a Love, West Side Story [Deutsche Grammophon Highlights] (Deutsche Grammophon)
Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley - Puccini • O Mimi [La Bohème], Mad About Opera (Deutsche Grammophon)
Dawn Upshaw - Mozart • Deh Vieni, Non Tardar [The Marriage of Figaro], Mad About Opera (Deutsche Grammophon)
Audra McDonald/Kimberly Jajuan - Way Back to Paradise, Marie Christine (RCA)
Kristen Chenoweth - Glitter and Be Gay, Boston Pops broadcast (WBUR Boston)

Nov 7: Tim Rice

Herod's Song - Victor Spinetti, Jesus Christ Superstar [Highlights: the 20th Anniversary London Cast/14 Tracks] (Madacy)
Heaven on Their Minds - Jerome Pradon, Jesus Christ Superstar [London Revival Cast] (Sony)
Ad for Joseph - Joseph, Now & Forever - Disc 5 (Decca Broadway)
I Don't Know How to Love Him [Jesus Christ Superstar] - Yvonne Elliman, Now & Forever - Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)
Another Suitcase in Another Hall [Evita studio] - Barbara Dickson, Now & Forever - Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)
Rainbow Tour - Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Mandy Patinkin, Evita [Premiere American Recording] (Decca U.S.)
Goodnight and Thank You - Colm Wilkinson, Evita [Original Studio Cast] Disc 1 (MCA)
Story of Chess - Neal Ben-Ari, Chess [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Anthem - David Carroll, Chess [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
A Whole New World [From Aladdin] - Brad Kane/Lea Salonga, Classic Disney, Vol. 1 (Disney)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? [From The Lion King] - Ernie Sabella/Joseph Williams/Studio singers, Classic Disney, Vol. 2 (Disney)
Home [From Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical] - Susan Egan, Classic Disney, Vol. 4 (Disney)
Warm Spring Night [King David] - Philip Chaffin, Warm Spring Night (PS Classics)
Elaborate Lives (reprise) - Heather Headley and Adam Pascal, Aida (EMI)