Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Feb 10: Recordings & Videos Sale

The Sale is on Saturday and Sunday at the Masonic Center. I'll be there on Saturday afternoon selling raffle tickets. See you there!

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Paige O'Hara, South Pacific (First Complete Recording)
The Story of Lucy and Jessie - , Follies In Concert
Almost Like Being In Love - Robert Goulet, Sally Ann Howes, Bridgadoon [ABC Television]
What's The Use Of Wondering - Mary Grover, Carousel [ABC Television]
Wunderbar - Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Kiss Me Kate [ABC Television]
Mahitabel - Carol Channing, archy and mahitabel
It Ain't Necessarily So - Decca Symphony Orchestra; Eva Jessye Choir; Todd Duncan, Porgy & Bess] (MCA, Angel)
Send In The Clowns [Live] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim: Live at Carnegie Hall Disc 2
Good Time - Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Requiem for Evita/Oh What a Circus - Colm Wilkinson, Julie Covington, Evita [Original Studio Cast] Disc 1
Another Suitcase in Another Hall - Madonna, Evita [Motion Picture Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)
Stranger in Paradise - Alfred Drake, Kismet [Original Broadway Cast] (Naxos Musicals)
Standing on the Corner [From The Most Happy Fella] - Alan Gilbert; John Henson; Roy Lazarus; Shorty Long, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 2 (Sony Music Distribution)
Johnny One Note - Judy Garland, Words and Music

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Feb 3: If You Were Gay

Probably the most comprehensive essay about gays and musical theater is at musicals101.com. Many thanks as always to John B. Kenrick for his insight.
As I say in this show, I've only scratched at the surface of gay musicals. Here's a near-complete list: queermusicheritage.us/gaymus.html.

Gay Paree - Robert Preston, Victor/Victoria [Original Soundtrack] (GNPD)
The Misfit's Lament - Chad Miller, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Masculinity - Jerry Herman, La Cage aux Folles [Original C (RCA)
There! Right! There! - Michael Rupert, Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast) (Ghostlight)
Lookin' at Me - Kirby Tepper, Gay 90's Musical [Original Cast] (Colosseum)
Gay Today - Alfredo Alvarez, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Coming Out - Alfredo Alvarez, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
We Kiss in a Shadow - Cheyenne Jackson; Michael Feinstein, The Power of Two (Harbinger Records)
If You Were Gay - John Tartaglia; Rick Lyon, Avenue Q (BMG)
Too Gay for You/Too Het'ro for Me - Bryan Batt, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back (DRG)
And the Ship Sails On - Kirby Tepper, Gay 90's Musical [Original Cast] (Colosseum)
I'll Cover You - Jonathan Larson, Rent [Original Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)
Searchin' for a Euphemism - James Wesley; Thomas E. Schultheis, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
What Would I Do? - Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
I Am What I Am - George Hearn, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)