Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Dec 26: Snow

Last night, the house was still and I curled up with peppermint hot chocolate watching a blanket of white cover the world. Today, we're shoveling the walk and getting ready to go sledding. The first half of the show celebrates these shifting moods of snow. (Now if only it would fall everywhere but the roads and the sidewalks...)

Sleigh Ride - Jennifer Simard, Casey Nicholaw, Valierie Wright A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Snow - Ensemble White Christmas [OC] (Ghostlight)
The Snowman's Got a Sweetheart- Sammy Fain Sammy Sings Fain...Again (Koch International)
Baby It's Cold Outside - Alan Cumming/Liza Minnelli Broadway Cares: Home for the Holidays (Centaur Entertainment)
Another Winter In A Summer Town - Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson Grey Gardens: A New Musical (PS Classics)
Good King Wencelas / Little Girl Blue - Heather MacRae A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Snow Song - It's Coming Down - Cast of Light In The Piazza Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
After the Holidays - Andrea Marcovicci A Cabaret Christmas (DRG)
Cold - Whistle Down the Wind Now & Forever - Disc 3 (Universal)
I Don't Remember Christmas - Karen Akers A Cabaret Christmas (DRG)
The Happy New Year Blues [From the Music Box Revue] - Vicki Lewis Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products)
The Next New Year - Cast of Cabaret Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)
The Perfect Year [Sunset Boulevard] - Patti LuPone Now & Forever - Disc 3 (Universal)
Auld Lang Syne - Cast of Fiddler On The Roof Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
Seasons of Love [Rent] - Jonathan Larson Ultimate Broadway Disc 2 (Arista)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Dec 19: Carols for a Cure

I hope this doesn't sound like an info-mercial, but I truly love the Carols for a Cure CD set. Casts of Broadway shows get studio time and sing a song for the holidays of their choosing, in a style of their choosing. This means familiar songs in traditional choral renditions, old songs with a new spin, and some really great new songs that otherwise might not get heard - at least for us here away from the Cabaret circuit. All proceeds benefit Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. All of these albums are available from the Broadway Cares store - there's also a collection of all 9 volumes available. The other CDs available are also on my wish list, they're great.

Something Must Be Wrong with My Mistletoe - Cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Vol. 8 2006
Rockin' Christmas Angel - Cast of Drowsy Chaperone Vol. 8 2006
Gospel Hallelujah - Cast of Hairspray Vol. 8 2006
carols v -
Shalom Santa - Tovah Feldshuh Vol. 6 2004
Angelo Rosenbaum - Thom Christopher Warren Vol. 5 2003
carols w -
Rod's Christmas - John Tartaglia Vol. 5 2003
Too Fat To Fit - Cast of The Producers Vol. 9 2007
Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song) - Cast of The Lion King Vol. 6 2004
carols x -
Ding Dong Merrily On High/Boarshead Carol - Cast of Mary Poppins Vol. 9 2007
The Holly And The Ivy - Cast of AIDA Vol. 6 2004
In The Bleak Midwinter - Cast of The Producers Vol. 7 2005
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming/Still, Still, Still/Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabel - Cast of The Producers Vol. 4 2002
carols y -
A Simple Christmas Memory (It's a Wonderful Life musical) - Cast of Mamma Mia Vol. 3 2001
I'm Dreaming Of Christmas And You - Cast of Spamalot Vol. 7 2005
Mary's Lullaby - Cast of Wicked - 1st Ntl Tour Vol. 9 2007
My Gift - Cast of Mamma Mia Vol. 9 2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Dec 12: Christianity on Stage

The Blessings of the Branch - Company The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
I'll Walk With God - Mario Lanza The Student Prince/The Desert Song (RCA)
Mysterious Ways, The Color Purple - Company, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes The Color Purple (Angel)
What Have I Done? - Colm Wilkinson Les Miserables [OBC] (Geffen/Decca US)
Stars - Philip Quast Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic Recording (Red Ink)
The Pagan Ave Maria - Tina Arena Notre Dame De Paris (Sony)
God Help the Outcasts [Hunchback of Notre Dame] - Heidi Mollenhauer Classic Disney, Vol. 5 (Disney International)
Tower of Babble - Godspell Godspell (Varese Sarabande)
Bless the Lord - Lynne Thigpen Godspell [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Arista)
Strange Thing Mystifying, Last Supper - Ted Neeley Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Motion Picture Soundrack) (Decca U.S.)
Church Rulez - Company Altar Boyz (Sh-K-Boom)
Mabel's Prayer - Dioni Michelle Collins Fame [Original Cast Recording] (DRG)
God Bless Us, Everyone - Company A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] (Sony)

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Dec 5: Judaism on Stage

Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars (Irving Berlin) - New Budapest Orpheum Society, Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret Popular and Political Songs 1900-1945
Second Hand Rose - Fanny Brice, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Jason Danieley, South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Decca Broadway)
If You Could See Her (The Gorilla Song) - Joel Grey, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Meeskite - Jack Gilford, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
If I Were a Rich Man - Zero Mostel, Fiddler on the Roof [Original Broadway Cast] [2003 Bonus Tracks] (RCA)
Act One: Sabbath Prayer - Alfred Molina/Randy Graff, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
The Family Way - Bambi Linn/Elliott Gould/Harold Lang/Ken Leroy/Lillian Roth/Marilyn Cooper, I Can Get It for You Wholesale [Original Soundtrack] (Sony)
Miracle of Judaism - Danny Gerard, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast]
Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast]
Today You Are a Man - Cast, Wedding Singer
The King of Broadway - Nathan Lane, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
You Won't Succeed on Broadway - David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python's Spamalot (Decca)Shalom Rav - Cast of Mamma Mia, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6
The Hanukah Song [Performed by the Cast of the Wedding Singer] - Various Artists, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2