Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Dec. 29: New Year's Time

Happy New Year! Listen online to this episode at PRX.
By the way, I'm at First Night Spokane on Friday night, being Ethel Merman in the Ignite community theatre's "Hysterical Squares" 7-9 p.m. at the library. See you there!

I'm Marching Along With Time - Ethel Merman, American Legends Series: You're the Top (Pro-Arte Records)
Timeless To Me - John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Hairspray (Movie) (New Line Records)
Where Are the Snows? - Mary Martin; Robert Preston, I Do! I Do! (RCA)
As on Through the Seasons We Sail - Don Ameche; Hildegarde Neff, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Among My Yesterdays [From the Happy Time] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway! (DRG)
All the Wasted Time [Parade] - Brent Carver; Carolee Carmello, Broadway in Love (RCA)
In Whatever Time We Have [Children of Eden] - Jennifer Paz, Jose Llanas, Awakening (Lml Music)
My Time of Day - Peter Gallagher, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Seasons of Love - Original Broadway Cast, Rent [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Dreamworks)
The Time Warp [The Rocky Horror Picture Show] - Richard O'Brien, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Ti (Rhino/WEA)
The Schmuel Song - Norbert Leo Butz, The Last Five Years (Image)
Time - Malcolm Gets; Norm Lewis, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
Time and Music - Keith Byron Kirk; Malcolm Gets, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
The Perfect Year [From the Musical Sunset Boulevard] - Elaine Paige, Sweet Memories Disc 1 (Music Club Records)
This Time Next Year - Original Los Angeles Cast, Sunset Boulevard [Original Los Angeles Cast] Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)
The Next New Year - Cast of Cabaret with Susan Egan, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)
Auld Lang Syne - Original Los Angeles Cast, Sunset Boulevard [Original Los Angeles Cast] Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dec. 22: Broadway & Hollywood Christmas Tunes

Listen online to this episode at PRX

Carol of the Bells - Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
12 Days To Christmas - Cast, She Loves Me [1993 Broadway Revival Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
We Need a Little Christmas [Ma - Angela Lansbury; Jane Connell;, A Child's Celebration of Broad (Sony Classical)
A Simple Christmas Memory (It's a Wonderful Life musical) - Joe Machota, Tina Maddigan, Cast of Mamma Mia, Carols For A Cure 2001 (Rock-It Science)
Christmas Eve [From She Loves - Yvette Lawrence, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products)
Lovers on Christmas Eve - Joanna Gleason, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
Silver Bells - Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell, Lemon Drop Kid (Bci / Eclipse)
Yuletide, Park Avenue - Betty Garrett/Vocal Septet, Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Music)
Pine cones and holly berries - Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige, Here's Love (Sony Classical)
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
Christmas Bells - Cast, Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (DreamWorks)
Hard Candy Christmas - Pamela Blair, Donna King, Louise Quick-Bowen, Lisa Brown, Becky Galke, Jan Merchant, Carol Chambers, Marta Sanders, De ra Zalking, Joan Ellis, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Original Cast] (MCA)
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher - Cast, Billy Elliot: The Musical (Decca Broadway)
Mister Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Rhino)
Turkey Lurkey Time - Cast, Promises, Promises [2010 Broadway Revival Cast] (Sony Masterworks)
The Twelve Steps Of Christmas - Janet Metz, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Christmas Day - Edward Winter; Julane Stites; Kay Oslin; Neil Jones; Rita O'Connor, Promises, Promises [EMI/ Rykodisc] (Rykodisc)
White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn (MCA Special Products)

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dec. 15: Carols for a Cure 2010

Each year, the creative minds behind the Carols for a Cure series amaze me. The styles are as varied as the musical genres represented on Broadway. Actually, one of the great tracks that didn't make this year's show is the indie-rock What Child Is This from Next To Normal's real-life husband-wife team of Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley. Maybe next year's show will feature it and the similar-vein music from the Spring Awakening cast. Happy Holidays!
The website is BroadwsayCares.com. Besides these CDs, they have solo albums from Broadway artists, DVDs of shows, and a ton of really neat gifts, including the snowglobes.

Pat-a-Pan - Cast of Mary Poppins, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010
The Holly And The Ivy - Cast of AIDA, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - Cast of Dracula, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
In The Bleak Midwinter - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
O Tannenbaum - Young Frankenstein, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Jul, Jul, Stradlande Jul (Wonderful Peace) - Cast of A Little Night Music with Bernadette Peters, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
Tu Scendi d'alle Stelle - Cast of Jersey Boys, Broadway's Carols for a Cure V (Rock-It Science)
Carol of the Bells - Lion King, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Los Peces en el Rio - In the Heights, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
¡Vengan! - Cast of In The Heights, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
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We Need a Little Christmas/The Best of Times - Cast of La Cage Au Folles with Kelsey Grammer, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Cast of Spamalot, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Joy to the World - Cast of My Fair Lady, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
What I Don't Want For Christmas - Rick Crom, Carols For A Cure 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Mary's Lullaby - Cast of Wicked - 1st Ntl Tour, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
The Colors Of Christmas - Cast of Kiss Me Kate, Carols For A Cure 2000 (Rock-It Science)
White Christmas - Bernadette Peters, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Dec. 8: Chanukah

Shalom - Mimi Benzell; Robert Weede, Hebrew National Kosher Classics (RCA)
Miracle of Miracles - John Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
Milk and Honey/Independence Day Hora - Jerry Herman, Milk and Honey [Bonus Track] (DRG)
Shabbos - Jacqueline Antaramian, Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical
Wedding - Original Broadway Cast, The Grand Tour
Jewish Wedding Song (Mazel Tov) - Julie Andrews, Thoroughly Modern Millie [film]
Year of the Child - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast]
If That's What It Is - Soundtrack, 13 [Original Cast]
Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Today You Are a Man - Cast, Wedding Singer
You Won't Succeed on Broadway - David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python's Spamalot
Don't Forget the Pepper - Debie Gravitte, The Odd Potato
The Chanukah Party - , Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
The Dreidel Song - Scott Wise, The Odd Potato
My Mother's Menorah - Judy Kaye, The Odd Potato
Light One Candle - Cast of Fiddler On The Roof, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
We Are Lights - Cast of Wicked, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
The Blessing Of The Candles - Phyllis Newman, Carols For A Cure 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Shalom Rav - Cast of Mamma Mia, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)

Dec. 1: Snow

Marshmallow World - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Bette Midler, Cool Yule (Columbia)
Snow - Crosby, Bing & Danny Kaye, White Christmas (Universal)
Sleigh Ride - Jennifer Simard, Casey Nicholaw, Valierie Wright, A Christmas Survival Guide
Jingle Bells - Cast of Wicked, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Here's Where It Begins - , The Story of My Life [Original Broadway Cast] (Ps Classics)
Angels in the Snow - , The Story of My Life [Original Broadway Cast]
Snow Song (Striking 12) - Cast of Light In The Piazza, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom) - Jim Cummings, Piglet's Big Movie
Ice - Ralph Blane, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast]
Slippin' On the Ice - Animaniacs,
Baby It's Cold Outside - Frank Loesser, Frank Sings Loesser
Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry, Christmas For Children
The Snowman's Got a Sweetheart - Sammy Fain, Sammy Sings Fain...Again (Koch International)
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Anastasia Barzee; Brian d'Arcy James; Ensemble; Jeffry Denman; Karen Morrow; Meredith Patterson, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
I Never Has Seen Snow - Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Elektra/Asylum)
Winter Was Warm - Victoria Clark,
A Winter's Tale - Elaine Paige, Christmas (Rhino/WEA)
Cold - , Whistle Down the Wind [Original Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Polydor)
Steam Heat - ,