** NOTE ** The context to one of the worst songs on today's show, the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson medley (starting with 10 Little Indians) wasn't given on KPBX, due to my own editing error. The PRX version IS CORRECT. Listen to this episode on PRX (free account required - it's worth it!)
Here's the text of what you should have heard on the radio:
One rock musical takes populist government to task by examining Andrew Jackson's presidency through the lens of today's youth. Andrew Jackson is a self-centered rock star, and he and his followers demean everyone else, from the Spanish to the upper class. Native Americans are the target of most of the abuse. Jackson did force the Trail of Tears, but the musical seems to push even further with the characters' visceral hatred of Native Americans. Here's a little bit in context, from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
I'm an Indian, Too - Mary Martin, Annie Get Your Gun [TV Soundtrack] (Angel)
Ugg-A-Wugg - Mary Martin/Sondra Lee, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA Victor Broadway)
What Made the Red Man Red - Disney, Peter Pan (Walt Disney Records)
Ten Little Indians/Populism, Yea Yea/Crisis Averted - Company, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording) (Ghostlight)
I Hate Music: A Big Indian and a Little Indian - Blanche Thebom, Leonard Bernstein The Early Years IV (RCA)
Colors of the Wind - Judy Kuhn, Pocahontas [Original Soundtrack] (Walt Disney)
I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) - Carmen Miranda, Funny Songs (Master Classics Records)
I Make My Money With Bananas / Babalu - Cast, 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria! (DRG)
All You Have to Do Is Wait - Shawn Elliott, City of Angels [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Taxi - Jared Crawford/Raymond King, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (BMG)
Message From a Nightingale - Original Cast Recording, The Drowsy Chaperone (Sh-K-Boom Records)
Muquin (after "Mammy") - Francis Jue/Harriet Harris/Ken Leung, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA Victor)
Swanee (originally in Sinbad) - Al Jolson, The Encyclopedia of Jazz (Recording Arts)
Great White Father - Joyce Brown, Purlie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Southern Days - Original Off-Broadway Cast, The Scottsboro Boys (Jay Records)
Uncle Huck-A-Buck Song - Ann Duquesnay/Baakari Wilder/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (BMG)
Yes, I's Finished on Y'all's Farmlands - Darius Nichols, Ato Blankson-Wood, Brandon Pearson, Tommar Wilson, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Ghostlight)
I'm Black - Darius Nichols, Bryce Ryness, Will Swenson, Gavin Creel, Sasha Allen, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Ghostlight)
Colored Spade - Lamont Washington, Hair [Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition] [Original Broadway Cast] [RCA] Disc 1 (Victor)
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist - Ann Harada; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Feb. 9: Movicals
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The Glamorous Life - Judy Kahan, A Little Night Music (Sony)
What Was a Woman to Do - Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ghostlight)
Life With Harold - Emily Skinner, The Full Monty [Original Broad (RCA)
The Boy Next Door - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore - Maurice Chevalier, Gigi [Rhino] (Turner)
True Love - Melissa Errico, Daniel McDonal, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Trust Me - Tony Roberts/Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria [Original Cast] (Decca Broadway)
Forget About the Boy - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Good Morning Baltimore - Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
What You Want - Legally Blonde (Original Broad, Legally Blonde (Original Broad ()
Always A Woman - Marc Kudisch and Men's Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
The Fall - Cheyenne Jackson, Company, Xanadu on Broadway (PS Classics)
Suddenly Seymour - Hunter Foster; Kerry Butler; Trisha Jeffrey, Little Shop of Horrors [2003 Cast] (DRG)
Knights Of The Round Table - Cast, Spamalot (Decca)
You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night - Cast, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Shine - Cast, Billy Elliot [Original London Cast] (Decca Broadway)
The Glamorous Life - Judy Kahan, A Little Night Music (Sony)
What Was a Woman to Do - Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ghostlight)
Life With Harold - Emily Skinner, The Full Monty [Original Broad (RCA)
The Boy Next Door - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore - Maurice Chevalier, Gigi [Rhino] (Turner)
True Love - Melissa Errico, Daniel McDonal, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Trust Me - Tony Roberts/Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria [Original Cast] (Decca Broadway)
Forget About the Boy - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Good Morning Baltimore - Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
What You Want - Legally Blonde (Original Broad, Legally Blonde (Original Broad ()
Always A Woman - Marc Kudisch and Men's Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
The Fall - Cheyenne Jackson, Company, Xanadu on Broadway (PS Classics)
Suddenly Seymour - Hunter Foster; Kerry Butler; Trisha Jeffrey, Little Shop of Horrors [2003 Cast] (DRG)
Knights Of The Round Table - Cast, Spamalot (Decca)
You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night - Cast, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Shine - Cast, Billy Elliot [Original London Cast] (Decca Broadway)
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Feb 2: William Finn
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You're Even Better Than You Think You Are [Live] - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Stupid Things I Won't Do - William Finn, Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn (RCA)
Gordo's Law of Genetics - John Jellison; Keith Byron Kirk; Kristin Chenoweth; Liz Larsen; Mary Testa; Michael Mandell, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
I Have Found [Live] - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Infinite Joy - Betty Buckley, Elegies: A Song Cycle (Varese)
Change - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
I Speak Six Languages - Deborah S. Craig, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Pandemonium - Company/Jose Llana, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Prayer of the Comfort Counselor - Derrick Baskin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Mister, Make Me a Song - William Finn, Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn (RCA)
Love Me For Who I Am - Alison Fraser, In Trousers [Original Cast Recording] (Original Cast Record)
Tight-Knit Family - Cast, March of the Falsettos [Original Cast] (DRG)
Unlikely Lovers - Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Janet Metz, Heather MacRae, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
The Music Still Plays On - Penny Fuller, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
Anytime (I Am There) - Carolee Carmello, Elegies: A Song Cycle (Varese)
Heart and Music - John Jellison; Keith Byron Kirk; Kristin Chenoweth; Liz Larsen; Malcolm Gets; Mary Testa; Michael Mandell; Pe Fuller, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
You're Even Better Than You Think You Are [Live] - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Stupid Things I Won't Do - William Finn, Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn (RCA)
Gordo's Law of Genetics - John Jellison; Keith Byron Kirk; Kristin Chenoweth; Liz Larsen; Mary Testa; Michael Mandell, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
I Have Found [Live] - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Infinite Joy - Betty Buckley, Elegies: A Song Cycle (Varese)
Change - Cast, Make Me a Song, the Music of William Finn [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
I Speak Six Languages - Deborah S. Craig, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Pandemonium - Company/Jose Llana, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Prayer of the Comfort Counselor - Derrick Baskin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Mister, Make Me a Song - William Finn, Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn (RCA)
Love Me For Who I Am - Alison Fraser, In Trousers [Original Cast Recording] (Original Cast Record)
Tight-Knit Family - Cast, March of the Falsettos [Original Cast] (DRG)
Unlikely Lovers - Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Janet Metz, Heather MacRae, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
The Music Still Plays On - Penny Fuller, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
Anytime (I Am There) - Carolee Carmello, Elegies: A Song Cycle (Varese)
Heart and Music - John Jellison; Keith Byron Kirk; Kristin Chenoweth; Liz Larsen; Malcolm Gets; Mary Testa; Michael Mandell; Pe Fuller, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Spring Awakening comments
Over dinner, my darling hubby asked me if I'd read the letters section of the newspaper. He pointed out to me a letter written by one of the patrons last week Wednesday. He encouraged me to write a response, so I did.
Here's the full text of the Forbidden Broadway skit, with apologies and kudos to author Gerard Alessandrini.
(A couple gets to the theater right before showtime to discover they're sitting on stage - on opposite sides of the stage to be precise. They agree to kibbutz via cell phone.)
WOMAN
Spring Awakening - sounds like a nice Easter pageant.
WENDELA (to the tune of Mama Who Bore Me)
Mama who bore me
Mama my booby
I need a training bra and a maxi pad
Mama please give me sex education
No sleep for this horny undregrad
WOMAN
Hold it!
(sung to the tune of D'Lovely by Cole Porter)
Her hair's a mess, her dress is sheer
MAN (they continue either solo or together)
The lighting's dim and it's so unclear
It's depressing, it's demented, it's disgusting!
I understand that art should hurt,
But can't they launder her undershirt?
It's depressing, it's demented, it's disgusting!
You can tell at first sight it's a hell ride we're in for tonight
You can hear queries behind you murmuring low
Get up and go!
Please be kind my dainty dish and let's vamoose at the intermish,
It's depressing, it's demented, it's degenerate, it's delerium, it's deluded, it's degrading, it's de worst, it's disgusting!
WENDELA
Wait a minute!
I feel the sudden urge to say
You folks don't understand the arts today
So control your desire to curse,
I fear other shows are worse
The show you fogies want to see
Is Rodgers-Hammersteiny history
So get hip and train your brain,
I'll repeat the refrain and drive you insane
Mama who bore me
Mama my booby
Mama you're totally F(BEEP)'d - take it away!
If you were hip you'd get a grip
We're past the era of censorship
We're da big hit, we're da cash cow, we're da Tony
We search the soul of tortured teens and do a couple of rock routines
We're pretentious, we're contentious, YOU'RE disgusting!
COUPLE
shall we calmly resign to pay big bucks at Young Frankenstein?
But at $450 a seat, we'd rather eat!
WENDELA
The problem's you
COUPLE
No it's you too
WENDELA
You mean the band?
COUPLE
No we mean your crew
You're depressing! You're demented!
WENDELA
You're d'outta date
COUPLE
You're the one we hate!
Well she's gone now and we're on now finally it's d'lovely
The only thing I don't like about that skit is that Wendela goes off stage. Okay, this was the very first part of the Forbidden Broadway Rude Awakening show, and the couple then went on to do the Forbidden Broadway theme etc, that's why "we're on now." But I do wish Wendela had a better exit than storming off in anger.
To be honest, my tastes run more toward Into The Woods, but there are days when Spring Awakening is what I want to hear on my little music drive. I was happy to plop down money to see it - again. (Heck, hubby almost drove over to Seattle last season to see it again.) The cast was GREAT, musical direction outstanding (love ya, Kasey! ;-) and the story well told.
There was definitely a lack of energy though - from the AUDIENCE. I believe the cast gave us their all, but I feel we absorbed it stoically instead of the real give-and-take of a normal live performance. Like, it was so out of our collective comfort zone that we couldn't process it. Or maybe it's because the INB is so huge, the intimacies of a show like Spring Awakening and even Avenue Q get lost there. (On second thought, that letter showed that the visuals of the "intimacy" didn't get lost at all. ;-)
Our first time at Spring Awakening can never be matched, because it was the final performance of Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff. Their families were in the audience, and any fan who could get their hands on tickets was there. We stumbled into it, having gotten our restricted-view seats at TKTS hours before. Wendela stood on the chair to begin, and the house went WILD. Then after the song Totally F*d, the stage manager let the applause go on... and on... and on... and on... It must have been five minutes of insane ovation from the house, with the actors stuck in their poses. I think I saw tears drip from Lea Michele, trying to hide her face with her hair, and Otto would sneak a peak out to the audience like, "You're STILL cheering?!?!" So needless to say, it was an appreciative crowd.
I hope that Spokane is growing a little from this. Best of Broadway has thrown a little risk into their lineup. Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre is also getting a little more off-the-beaten-path with at least one choice per season. And that's the way a season should be - the crowd pleasers mixed with some new energy.
Here's the full text of the Forbidden Broadway skit, with apologies and kudos to author Gerard Alessandrini.
(A couple gets to the theater right before showtime to discover they're sitting on stage - on opposite sides of the stage to be precise. They agree to kibbutz via cell phone.)
WOMAN
Spring Awakening - sounds like a nice Easter pageant.
WENDELA (to the tune of Mama Who Bore Me)
Mama who bore me
Mama my booby
I need a training bra and a maxi pad
Mama please give me sex education
No sleep for this horny undregrad
WOMAN
Hold it!
(sung to the tune of D'Lovely by Cole Porter)
Her hair's a mess, her dress is sheer
MAN (they continue either solo or together)
The lighting's dim and it's so unclear
It's depressing, it's demented, it's disgusting!
I understand that art should hurt,
But can't they launder her undershirt?
It's depressing, it's demented, it's disgusting!
You can tell at first sight it's a hell ride we're in for tonight
You can hear queries behind you murmuring low
Get up and go!
Please be kind my dainty dish and let's vamoose at the intermish,
It's depressing, it's demented, it's degenerate, it's delerium, it's deluded, it's degrading, it's de worst, it's disgusting!
WENDELA
Wait a minute!
I feel the sudden urge to say
You folks don't understand the arts today
So control your desire to curse,
I fear other shows are worse
The show you fogies want to see
Is Rodgers-Hammersteiny history
So get hip and train your brain,
I'll repeat the refrain and drive you insane
Mama who bore me
Mama my booby
Mama you're totally F(BEEP)'d - take it away!
If you were hip you'd get a grip
We're past the era of censorship
We're da big hit, we're da cash cow, we're da Tony
We search the soul of tortured teens and do a couple of rock routines
We're pretentious, we're contentious, YOU'RE disgusting!
COUPLE
shall we calmly resign to pay big bucks at Young Frankenstein?
But at $450 a seat, we'd rather eat!
WENDELA
The problem's you
COUPLE
No it's you too
WENDELA
You mean the band?
COUPLE
No we mean your crew
You're depressing! You're demented!
WENDELA
You're d'outta date
COUPLE
You're the one we hate!
Well she's gone now and we're on now finally it's d'lovely
The only thing I don't like about that skit is that Wendela goes off stage. Okay, this was the very first part of the Forbidden Broadway Rude Awakening show, and the couple then went on to do the Forbidden Broadway theme etc, that's why "we're on now." But I do wish Wendela had a better exit than storming off in anger.
To be honest, my tastes run more toward Into The Woods, but there are days when Spring Awakening is what I want to hear on my little music drive. I was happy to plop down money to see it - again. (Heck, hubby almost drove over to Seattle last season to see it again.) The cast was GREAT, musical direction outstanding (love ya, Kasey! ;-) and the story well told.
There was definitely a lack of energy though - from the AUDIENCE. I believe the cast gave us their all, but I feel we absorbed it stoically instead of the real give-and-take of a normal live performance. Like, it was so out of our collective comfort zone that we couldn't process it. Or maybe it's because the INB is so huge, the intimacies of a show like Spring Awakening and even Avenue Q get lost there. (On second thought, that letter showed that the visuals of the "intimacy" didn't get lost at all. ;-)
Our first time at Spring Awakening can never be matched, because it was the final performance of Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff. Their families were in the audience, and any fan who could get their hands on tickets was there. We stumbled into it, having gotten our restricted-view seats at TKTS hours before. Wendela stood on the chair to begin, and the house went WILD. Then after the song Totally F*d, the stage manager let the applause go on... and on... and on... and on... It must have been five minutes of insane ovation from the house, with the actors stuck in their poses. I think I saw tears drip from Lea Michele, trying to hide her face with her hair, and Otto would sneak a peak out to the audience like, "You're STILL cheering?!?!" So needless to say, it was an appreciative crowd.
I hope that Spokane is growing a little from this. Best of Broadway has thrown a little risk into their lineup. Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre is also getting a little more off-the-beaten-path with at least one choice per season. And that's the way a season should be - the crowd pleasers mixed with some new energy.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Calendar of Musical Theatre Events
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee from Jan 28 through Feb 20 at Firth Chew Theatre - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Spokane Symphony Orchestra presents Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration from Feb 5 only at The Fox, Martin Woldson Theater - http://www.spokanesymphony.org
Best of Broadway presents Legally Blonde from Feb 10 through Feb 13 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Nunsense from Feb 18 through Mar 6 at Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Washington State Community Theater Association presents Kaleidoscope Festival from Mar 11 through Mar 13 at Spokane Civic Theatre Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Lake City Playhouse presents And The World Goes Round from Mar 11 through Mar 12 at Lake City Playhouse - http://lakecityplayhouse.org
Best of Broadway presents Mark Twain Tonight! from Mar 12 only at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents 9 to 5 from Mar 24 through Mar 27 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents Cats from Apr 23 through Apr 24 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents Wicked from May 18 through May 29 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The Full Monty from May 20 through Jun 29 at Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Lake City Playhouse presents Urinetown from May 27 through Jun 19 at Lake City Playhouse - http://lakecityplayhouse.org
Spokane Children's Theatre presents Willy Wonka from Feb 5 through Jan 20 at SCC Lair Auditorium - http://www.spokanechildrenstheatre.org
Spokane Symphony Orchestra presents Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration from Feb 5 only at The Fox, Martin Woldson Theater - http://www.spokanesymphony.org
Best of Broadway presents Legally Blonde from Feb 10 through Feb 13 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Nunsense from Feb 18 through Mar 6 at Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Washington State Community Theater Association presents Kaleidoscope Festival from Mar 11 through Mar 13 at Spokane Civic Theatre Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Lake City Playhouse presents And The World Goes Round from Mar 11 through Mar 12 at Lake City Playhouse - http://lakecityplayhouse.org
Best of Broadway presents Mark Twain Tonight! from Mar 12 only at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents 9 to 5 from Mar 24 through Mar 27 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents Cats from Apr 23 through Apr 24 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Best of Broadway presents Wicked from May 18 through May 29 at INB Performing Arts Center - http://bestofbroadwayspokane.com
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The Full Monty from May 20 through Jun 29 at Main Stage - http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/
Lake City Playhouse presents Urinetown from May 27 through Jun 19 at Lake City Playhouse - http://lakecityplayhouse.org
Spokane Children's Theatre presents Willy Wonka from Feb 5 through Jan 20 at SCC Lair Auditorium - http://www.spokanechildrenstheatre.org
Jan 26: Winter/Spring Preview
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The Candyman - Stephen F. Schmidt, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
I Want It Now - Cast, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Pandemonium - Company; Jose Llana, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
The I Love You Song - Baskin, Derrick; Celia Keenan-Bolger; Howard, Lisa, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Coffee in a Cardboard Cup - Cast, And the World Goes 'Round (RCA)
Run, Freedom, Run! - Hunter Foster; Ken Jennings; Lawrence Street; Megan Lawrence; Rachel Coloff; Rick Crom; Spencer Lemon Kayden; Victor W. Hawks, Urinetown (RCA)
Blood In The Water - Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast), Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast)
Shine Like The Sun - Megan Hilty, Stephanie J. Block, Allison Janney and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording)
Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - Company, Cats [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1
Nunsense is Habit FormingNunsense
Man - John Conlee; Kimberly Grigsby; Patrick Wilson; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What Is This Feeling? - Idina Menzel; Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
One Short Day - Idina Menzel; Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
The Candyman - Stephen F. Schmidt, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
I Want It Now - Cast, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Pandemonium - Company; Jose Llana, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
The I Love You Song - Baskin, Derrick; Celia Keenan-Bolger; Howard, Lisa, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom)
Coffee in a Cardboard Cup - Cast, And the World Goes 'Round (RCA)
Run, Freedom, Run! - Hunter Foster; Ken Jennings; Lawrence Street; Megan Lawrence; Rachel Coloff; Rick Crom; Spencer Lemon Kayden; Victor W. Hawks, Urinetown (RCA)
Blood In The Water - Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast), Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast)
Shine Like The Sun - Megan Hilty, Stephanie J. Block, Allison Janney and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording)
Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - Company, Cats [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1
Nunsense is Habit FormingNunsense
Man - John Conlee; Kimberly Grigsby; Patrick Wilson; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What Is This Feeling? - Idina Menzel; Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
One Short Day - Idina Menzel; Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Jan 19: Nerds & Misfits
We're A Couple Of Misfits - Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (MCA Special Products)
I'm Not That Smart - Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight)
A Stud and a Babe - Jennifer Simard/Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
Belle - Susan Egan, Cast, Beauty and the Beast [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Special Edition] (Universal)
Part of Your World - Jodi Benson, The Little Mermaid [Original Soundtrack] (Disney)
Waiting for Life - La Chanze; The Storytellers, Once on This Island [RCA] (RCA)
Grizabella the Glamour Cat - Elaine Paige, Original London Cast, Cats [Original London Cast] (Polydor Import)
Anyone Can Whistle - Lee Remick, Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
Maria - Elizabeth Howell; Karen Shepard; Muriel O'Malley; Patricia Neway, The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony BMG)
All That's Known - Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening (Decca)
A Quiet Night At Home - Keili Lefkovitz, Bare the Album - Act 1 (Bare)
Superboy and the Invisible Girl - Aaron Tveit; Alice Ripley; Jennifer Damiano, Next To Normal [Original Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Why We Like Spelling - Spellers, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight)
Becoming a Man - Soundtrack, 13 [Original Cast] (Ghostlight)
The Wizard and I - Idina Menzel, Wicked (Decca)
Jan 12: For King & Mandela
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The Slice - Alan Weeks; Clifford Allen; Garrett Morris; Ken Scott; Leslie Uggams; Robert Hooks, Hallelujah, Baby! (Sony Classical)
That's Not The Way We Do Things - Original Off-Broadway Cast, The Scottsboro Boys (Jay Records)
The Lynching Blues - Ann Duquesnay/Baakari Wilder/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
Nelson Mandela and Water Dance (Omm Ohh Ho la la (Reprise) - GumBoots, Gum Boots (RCA)
Stand and Fight - Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina! [Original Cast Recording] (RCA)
One by One - Cast, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
African Homeland - Renee Elise Goldberry, LaChanze, Cast, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Som'thin' from Nuthin'/Circle Stomp - Ann Duquesnay/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
till We Reach That Day - Mary Bond Davis; Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
I Know Where I've Been - Queen Latifah, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Kitchen Fight - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Down Home - Cleavon Little; Joyce Brown; Novella Nelson, Purlie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Prelude - Riot At Edmund Pettus Bridge - Ensemble, King A Musical Testimony (Universal International)
How Long, Not Long - Simon Estes, Edmund Hockridge, Ensemble, King A Musical Testimony (Universal International)
The Slice - Alan Weeks; Clifford Allen; Garrett Morris; Ken Scott; Leslie Uggams; Robert Hooks, Hallelujah, Baby! (Sony Classical)
That's Not The Way We Do Things - Original Off-Broadway Cast, The Scottsboro Boys (Jay Records)
The Lynching Blues - Ann Duquesnay/Baakari Wilder/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
Nelson Mandela and Water Dance (Omm Ohh Ho la la (Reprise) - GumBoots, Gum Boots (RCA)
Stand and Fight - Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina! [Original Cast Recording] (RCA)
One by One - Cast, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
African Homeland - Renee Elise Goldberry, LaChanze, Cast, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Som'thin' from Nuthin'/Circle Stomp - Ann Duquesnay/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
till We Reach That Day - Mary Bond Davis; Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
I Know Where I've Been - Queen Latifah, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Kitchen Fight - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Down Home - Cleavon Little; Joyce Brown; Novella Nelson, Purlie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Prelude - Riot At Edmund Pettus Bridge - Ensemble, King A Musical Testimony (Universal International)
How Long, Not Long - Simon Estes, Edmund Hockridge, Ensemble, King A Musical Testimony (Universal International)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Jan. 13: For King & Mandela
The Slice - Alan Weeks; Clifford Allen; Garrett Morris; Ken Scott; Leslie Uggams; Robert Hooks, Hallelujah, Baby! (Sony Classical)
That's Not The Way We Do Things - Original Off-Broadway Cast, The Scottsboro Boys (Jay Records)
The Lynching Blues - Ann Duquesnay/Baakari Wilder/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
Nelson Mandela and Water Dance (Omm Ohh Ho la la (Reprise) - GumBoots, Gum Boots (RCA)
Stand and Fight - Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina! [Original Cast Recording] (RCA)
One by One - Cast, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
African Homeland - Renee Elise Goldberry, LaChanze, Cast, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Som'thin' from Nuthin'/Circle Stomp - Ann Duquesnay/Jeffrey Wright, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk (RCA Victor Broadway)
till We Reach That Day - Mary Bond Davis; Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
I Know Where I've Been - Queen Latifah, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
Mr. Stopnick and Emmie - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Kitchen Fight - Anika Noni Rose, Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
Down Home - Cleavon Little; Joyce Brown; Novella Nelson, Purlie (RCA Victor Broadway)
Prelude - Riot At Edmund Pettus Bridge - Ensemble, King (Polygram Records)
How Long, Not Long - Simon Estes, Edmund Hockridge, Ensemble, King (Universal International)
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Jan. 5: Rock Musicals
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Hair - Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Razor & Tie)
Summer, Summer - Various Artists, Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Universal Classics Group)
The Now Generation - Leland Palmer; Danny Apolinar; Michael Valenti; John Kuhner; Charles Schneider, Your Own Thing (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (BMG)
Go to the Mirror / Listening to You - Cast, The Who's Tommy [Original Cast Recording] Disc 2 (RCA Victor)
Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman, Murray Head, Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ Superstar [MCA Original Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Decca)
Hot Patootie - Meat Loaf, Rocky Horror Picture Show (Rhino / Wea)
Tear Me Down - Cheater/John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig & the Angry Inch [Origi (Atlantic)
Bright Lights, Big City - (Tad, Jamie, Coke Girl, Chorus), Bright Lights, Big City [Original Cast] (Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight)
Rent - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rent [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Fortune Favors the Brave - Adam Pascal, Aida (Disney)
Bring The Future Faster - Original Cast Recording, Rooms: A Rock Romance [Original Off Broadway Cast Recording] (Time/Life Music)
The Bitch of Living - Spring Awakening, Spring Awakening (Decca)
Epiphany - Cast Recording, Bare the Album - Act 1 (Bare)
Prologue (We Might Play All Night) - Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast, Passing Strange (Ghostlight)
Wish I Were Here - Alice Ripley, Next To Normal [Original Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 2 (Ghostlight)
21 Guns - Green Day, American Idiot [OBC] (Reprise Records)
Hair - Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Razor & Tie)
Summer, Summer - Various Artists, Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Universal Classics Group)
The Now Generation - Leland Palmer; Danny Apolinar; Michael Valenti; John Kuhner; Charles Schneider, Your Own Thing (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (BMG)
Go to the Mirror / Listening to You - Cast, The Who's Tommy [Original Cast Recording] Disc 2 (RCA Victor)
Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman, Murray Head, Ian Gillan, Jesus Christ Superstar [MCA Original Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Decca)
Hot Patootie - Meat Loaf, Rocky Horror Picture Show (Rhino / Wea)
Tear Me Down - Cheater/John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig & the Angry Inch [Origi (Atlantic)
Bright Lights, Big City - (Tad, Jamie, Coke Girl, Chorus), Bright Lights, Big City [Original Cast] (Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight)
Rent - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rent [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Fortune Favors the Brave - Adam Pascal, Aida (Disney)
Bring The Future Faster - Original Cast Recording, Rooms: A Rock Romance [Original Off Broadway Cast Recording] (Time/Life Music)
The Bitch of Living - Spring Awakening, Spring Awakening (Decca)
Epiphany - Cast Recording, Bare the Album - Act 1 (Bare)
Prologue (We Might Play All Night) - Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast, Passing Strange (Ghostlight)
Wish I Were Here - Alice Ripley, Next To Normal [Original Broadway Cast Recording] Disc 2 (Ghostlight)
21 Guns - Green Day, American Idiot [OBC] (Reprise Records)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Dec. 29: New Year's Time
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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)
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
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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)
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)
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)
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 - ,
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 - ,
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Nov. 24: The Immigrant Experience
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Melt Us - Bernie West; Betty Oakes; David Thomas; Mort Marshall; Ray Bolger, All American [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Lady's Maid - Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
A Hundred Million Miracles - Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Simply Free - Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Lift the Wings - Aine Ui Cheallaigh, Riverdance (Decca U.S.)
Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional, Tintypes (DRG)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor - Allyn McLerie, Miss Liberty (Sony Classical)
Chop Suey - Juanita Hall; Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Thanksgiving / Family Traditions - Fay Ann Lee; Paolo Montalban; Christine Toy Johnson; Mimosa, Heading East - Premier Cast Recording (DINK RECORDS)
That's America - Becca Daniels Noyes, David Holloway, Max Quinlan, The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
Brand New World - Julia Migenes, Josh Blake, Rags (Columbia)
Pacienca y Fe (Patience and Faith) - Olga Merediz, Company, In the Heights (Ghostlight)
America - Rita Moreno; George Chakiris, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)
Melt Us - Bernie West; Betty Oakes; David Thomas; Mort Marshall; Ray Bolger, All American [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Lady's Maid - Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
A Hundred Million Miracles - Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Simply Free - Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Lift the Wings - Aine Ui Cheallaigh, Riverdance (Decca U.S.)
Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional, Tintypes (DRG)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor - Allyn McLerie, Miss Liberty (Sony Classical)
Chop Suey - Juanita Hall; Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Thanksgiving / Family Traditions - Fay Ann Lee; Paolo Montalban; Christine Toy Johnson; Mimosa, Heading East - Premier Cast Recording (DINK RECORDS)
That's America - Becca Daniels Noyes, David Holloway, Max Quinlan, The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
Brand New World - Julia Migenes, Josh Blake, Rags (Columbia)
Pacienca y Fe (Patience and Faith) - Olga Merediz, Company, In the Heights (Ghostlight)
America - Rita Moreno; George Chakiris, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Nov. 10: Soldiering On
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning [From This Is the Army] - Irving Berlin, American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Collection)
This Is the Army Mr. Jones - Company; Cpl. Wm Roerich; Henry Jones; Sydney Robin, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear - Cross, Pvt. James, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast]
The Army's Made a Man Out of Me - All-Soldier Orchestra, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
How About a Cheer for the Navy - [entire Company], This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
The Navy Gets The Gravy But The Army Gets The Beans - Jerry Lewis, At War With The Army (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet [From Broadway Rhythm] - MGM Studio Chorus/Nancy Walker/Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals Disc 1
Join the Waves - Betty Hutton,
The Sailor of My Dreams - Bernadette Peters, Dames at Sea [Original Cast] (That's Entertainment)
I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy - Dyan McBride, Something for the Boys [1997 Cast] (Original Cast Record)
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen - All-Soldier Orchestra; Earl Oxford; Soldier Chorus, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
Something For The Boys - Ethel Merman, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Tomorrow You Belong To Uncle Sammy - Cass Daley,
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Bette Davis,
I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (Ziegfeld Follies of 1919) - Eddie Cantor, The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2 (Pearl)
What Can You Do with a General? - Brian d'Arcy James; Jeffry Denman; Karen Morrow, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
No Goodbyes - Maxene Andrews/Patty Andrews, Over Here!
Some Other Time - Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Cris Alexander; Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
This Is the Army Mr. Jones - Company; Cpl. Wm Roerich; Henry Jones; Sydney Robin, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear - Cross, Pvt. James, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast]
The Army's Made a Man Out of Me - All-Soldier Orchestra, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
How About a Cheer for the Navy - [entire Company], This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
The Navy Gets The Gravy But The Army Gets The Beans - Jerry Lewis, At War With The Army (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet [From Broadway Rhythm] - MGM Studio Chorus/Nancy Walker/Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals Disc 1
Join the Waves - Betty Hutton,
The Sailor of My Dreams - Bernadette Peters, Dames at Sea [Original Cast] (That's Entertainment)
I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy - Dyan McBride, Something for the Boys [1997 Cast] (Original Cast Record)
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen - All-Soldier Orchestra; Earl Oxford; Soldier Chorus, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
Something For The Boys - Ethel Merman, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Tomorrow You Belong To Uncle Sammy - Cass Daley,
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Bette Davis,
I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (Ziegfeld Follies of 1919) - Eddie Cantor, The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2 (Pearl)
What Can You Do with a General? - Brian d'Arcy James; Jeffry Denman; Karen Morrow, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
No Goodbyes - Maxene Andrews/Patty Andrews, Over Here!
Some Other Time - Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Cris Alexander; Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Nov. 3: To Life!
To Life - Chaim Topol; Maurice Lane; Paul Whitsun-Jones; Villagers, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
I Got Life - Gavin Creel, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Razor & Tie)
Don't Rain on My Parade - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl [Original Soundtrack] (Columbia)
Everybody Says Don't - Harry Guardino, Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
I'll Be Here Tommorrow - Joel Grey, The Grand Tour
Before the Parade Passes By - Carol Channing, Celebrate Broadway, Vol. 1: Sing Happy
Open a New Window [From Mame] - Angela Lansbury, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 1 (Sony Music Distribution)
The Best of Times - George Hearn/Elizabeth Parrish/Ensemble, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast]
Hand Me the Wine and the Dice - Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Aspects of Love [Original London Cast] Disc 2 (Polydor)
I'm Goin' to Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen, Tintypes
No Time At All - Irene Ryan, Pippin OBC (Decca)
Who Am I? - Linda Eder, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] (Koch International)
Secret O' Life - Liz Callaway, Passage of Time (PS Classics)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) - Valarie Pettiford, Fosse [Original Broadway Cast]
For Now - Ann Harada; Jennifer Barnhart; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
I Got Life - Gavin Creel, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Razor & Tie)
Don't Rain on My Parade - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl [Original Soundtrack] (Columbia)
Everybody Says Don't - Harry Guardino, Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
I'll Be Here Tommorrow - Joel Grey, The Grand Tour
Before the Parade Passes By - Carol Channing, Celebrate Broadway, Vol. 1: Sing Happy
Open a New Window [From Mame] - Angela Lansbury, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 1 (Sony Music Distribution)
The Best of Times - George Hearn/Elizabeth Parrish/Ensemble, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast]
Hand Me the Wine and the Dice - Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Aspects of Love [Original London Cast] Disc 2 (Polydor)
I'm Goin' to Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen, Tintypes
No Time At All - Irene Ryan, Pippin OBC (Decca)
Who Am I? - Linda Eder, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] (Koch International)
Secret O' Life - Liz Callaway, Passage of Time (PS Classics)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) - Valarie Pettiford, Fosse [Original Broadway Cast]
For Now - Ann Harada; Jennifer Barnhart; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Oct. 13: Pirrrrrates!
Talk like a Pirate Day was a full month ago, and Disney's Pirates OTC #4 isn't coming 'til next spring, so why pirates NOW? Because of Spokane Children's Theatre's How I Became a Pirate over at the Masonic Center. Ahoy thar! Listen through PRX
Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry - Kevin Kline/Rex Smith/Stephan Hanan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Oh, Better Far to Live and Die - Kevin Kline, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra/Asylum)
History of the Pirate - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Mack The Black - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Treasure Island - Robert Newton, Treasure Island ()
Talk Like a Pirate - Mary Hollis Inboden, How I Became a Pirate ()
The Song of the Pirates - Cast, An Awfully Big Adventure: The Best of Peter Pan, 1904-96 ()
Pirate Song - Daniel Narducci, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] ()
Pirate Song - Moose Charlap, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
A Pirate's Life - Disney, Peter Pan [Disney Soundtrack] (Disney)
Song of the Pirates /The Elegant Captain Hook - Gregory Jbara; Lee Wilkof, Musical Adventures of Peter Pan ()
The Plank - Cast, Peter Pan [Original 1950 Broadway Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) (Disneyland) - Mellomen, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 3 (Disney)
Professional Pirate - Tim Curry, Muppets Treasure Island ()
Batten Down the Hatches - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Green Teeth - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Don't Shake Hands with a One-Eyed Pirate - Gunnar Madsen, Ants in My Pants (G-spot)
The Pirate Song - Ray Stevens, #1 With a Bullet ()
With Cat-Like Tread, upon Our Prey We Steal - Pirates and Police and Hanan, Stephan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra / Wea)
Pirate Jenny - Ellen Greene, The Threepenny Opera ()
Hoist the Colours - Cast, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ()
Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry - Kevin Kline/Rex Smith/Stephan Hanan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Oh, Better Far to Live and Die - Kevin Kline, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra/Asylum)
History of the Pirate - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Mack The Black - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Treasure Island - Robert Newton, Treasure Island ()
Talk Like a Pirate - Mary Hollis Inboden, How I Became a Pirate ()
The Song of the Pirates - Cast, An Awfully Big Adventure: The Best of Peter Pan, 1904-96 ()
Pirate Song - Daniel Narducci, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] ()
Pirate Song - Moose Charlap, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
A Pirate's Life - Disney, Peter Pan [Disney Soundtrack] (Disney)
Song of the Pirates /The Elegant Captain Hook - Gregory Jbara; Lee Wilkof, Musical Adventures of Peter Pan ()
The Plank - Cast, Peter Pan [Original 1950 Broadway Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) (Disneyland) - Mellomen, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 3 (Disney)
Professional Pirate - Tim Curry, Muppets Treasure Island ()
Batten Down the Hatches - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Green Teeth - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Don't Shake Hands with a One-Eyed Pirate - Gunnar Madsen, Ants in My Pants (G-spot)
The Pirate Song - Ray Stevens, #1 With a Bullet ()
With Cat-Like Tread, upon Our Prey We Steal - Pirates and Police and Hanan, Stephan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra / Wea)
Pirate Jenny - Ellen Greene, The Threepenny Opera ()
Hoist the Colours - Cast, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ()
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Oct. 6: South Pacific
Okay, can I be honest and say that the last 24 hours have been hell? Sorry that it spilled into today's show. My announcing tracks got out-of-order (Pauolo Szot is NOT Mandy Patinkin!!!), nobody looked at my playlist when choosing the music for Jim's lovely interview with David Pittsinger a few minutes before (of ALL the Ezio Pinza songs they had to pick the same one?!) and I couldn't get my formatter to work. I think I'll crawl into a hole now....
Here's the information of what at least was supposed to play today, just not as pretty as I'd like. Audio on PRX
Twin Soliloquies Paige O'Hara, Justino Diaz South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
A Cockeyed Optimist Paige O'Hara South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Some Enchanted Evening Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Bloody Mary Company South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Mary and Lootellan Pat Suzuki; Sean McDermott South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Bali Ha'i Juanita Hall South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
My Girl Back Home Bill Lee South Pacific [1958 Film]
Bali Ha'i (Reprise) Eleanor Calbes South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Younger than Springtime Mandy Patinkin The Sweetest Sounds (South Pacific operatic)
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame Robert Pastorelli, Men South Pacific [ABC Movie]
Wash That Man Right Outa … Florence Henderson South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Hello, Is That a New American Song? - Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
A Wonderful Guy Mitzi Gaynor South Pacific [1958 Film]
Twin Soliloquies reprise Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Happy Talk Lillias White South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
Got to Be Carefully Taught Jason Danieley South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
This Nearly Was Mine Ezio Pinza South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Honey Bun Mary Martin South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Finale Act II Alex de Castro; Alexio Barboza; Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
Here's the information of what at least was supposed to play today, just not as pretty as I'd like. Audio on PRX
Twin Soliloquies Paige O'Hara, Justino Diaz South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
A Cockeyed Optimist Paige O'Hara South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Some Enchanted Evening Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Bloody Mary Company South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Mary and Lootellan Pat Suzuki; Sean McDermott South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Bali Ha'i Juanita Hall South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
My Girl Back Home Bill Lee South Pacific [1958 Film]
Bali Ha'i (Reprise) Eleanor Calbes South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Younger than Springtime Mandy Patinkin The Sweetest Sounds (South Pacific operatic)
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame Robert Pastorelli, Men South Pacific [ABC Movie]
Wash That Man Right Outa … Florence Henderson South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Hello, Is That a New American Song? - Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
A Wonderful Guy Mitzi Gaynor South Pacific [1958 Film]
Twin Soliloquies reprise Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Happy Talk Lillias White South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
Got to Be Carefully Taught Jason Danieley South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
This Nearly Was Mine Ezio Pinza South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Honey Bun Mary Martin South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Finale Act II Alex de Castro; Alexio Barboza; Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sep 22: Fall 2010 Preview
The problem with having a day job, a side business, an acting hobby, a family AND a radio show is that something falls through the cracks. I have been insanely busy this week and almost didn't get this show done in time 8-} I will put up links to these shows next week (fingers crossed). There are a few shows I SHOULD have mentioned with today's show, apologies to the following three groups:
Spokane Symphony is bringing to town an evening with Looney Tunes Music, Halloween weekend. This is at the Fox with a matinee on Sunday, costume contests included.
Lake City Playhouse is doing a holiday production of the ever-popular Taffetas pseudo-'50s girl group.
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre will do a holiday production of Forever Plaid ("Plaid Tidings"), the pseudo-'50s boys group.
Starring: Jadd Davis, Robbie French, Andrew Ware Lewis, and Max Mendez
December 17th, 18th, and 19th at 7:30pm
Things I mentioned in today's show:
Evita, Lake City Playhouse
Going on now...
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Spokane Civic Theatre
Starts this weekend...
South Pacific, Best of Broadway Series
Oct 6-9, 2010
Liza Minnelli, Best of Broadway Add-On
Fri., Oct. 15, 2010 8:00pm
Capitol Steps
Wed., Oct. 27, 2010 7:30pm
STOMP
Nov. 5-6, 2010
8:00pm
Playlist is here in the comments section
Spokane Symphony is bringing to town an evening with Looney Tunes Music, Halloween weekend. This is at the Fox with a matinee on Sunday, costume contests included.
Lake City Playhouse is doing a holiday production of the ever-popular Taffetas pseudo-'50s girl group.
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre will do a holiday production of Forever Plaid ("Plaid Tidings"), the pseudo-'50s boys group.
Starring: Jadd Davis, Robbie French, Andrew Ware Lewis, and Max Mendez
December 17th, 18th, and 19th at 7:30pm
Things I mentioned in today's show:
Evita, Lake City Playhouse
Going on now...
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Spokane Civic Theatre
Starts this weekend...
South Pacific, Best of Broadway Series
Oct 6-9, 2010
Liza Minnelli, Best of Broadway Add-On
Fri., Oct. 15, 2010 8:00pm
Capitol Steps
Wed., Oct. 27, 2010 7:30pm
STOMP
Nov. 5-6, 2010
8:00pm
Playlist is here in the comments section
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Sep 15: Bing Crosby
True Love - Bing Crosby, High Society [film]
Bluebirds and the Blackbirds - Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys, King of Jazz
Just One More Chance - Bing Crosby, One More Chance
Please - Bing Crosby, Big Broadcast
At Your Command - Bing Crosby, I Surrender Dear
Where The Blue of the Night - Bing Crosby, Blue of the Night
We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines - Bing Crosby, Going Hollywood
Moonstruck - Bing Crosby, College Humor
You're The Top - Bing Crosby; Ethel Merman, Anything Goes
Thanks/Buckin' the Wind - Bing Crosby; Nat Finston & Paramount Studio Orchestra, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian Collection)
Love in Bloom - Bing Crosby, Love in Bloom
Put It There Pal - Bing Crosby, Road to Utopia
Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby, Road to Morocco
Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Lazy - Bing Crosby; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra, Holiday Inn (Universal Special Products)
Moonburn - Bing Crosby, Anything Goes
Well Did You Evah - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, High Society (Rhino)
Bluebirds and the Blackbirds - Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys, King of Jazz
Just One More Chance - Bing Crosby, One More Chance
Please - Bing Crosby, Big Broadcast
At Your Command - Bing Crosby, I Surrender Dear
Where The Blue of the Night - Bing Crosby, Blue of the Night
We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines - Bing Crosby, Going Hollywood
Moonstruck - Bing Crosby, College Humor
You're The Top - Bing Crosby; Ethel Merman, Anything Goes
Thanks/Buckin' the Wind - Bing Crosby; Nat Finston & Paramount Studio Orchestra, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian Collection)
Love in Bloom - Bing Crosby, Love in Bloom
Put It There Pal - Bing Crosby, Road to Utopia
Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby, Road to Morocco
Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Lazy - Bing Crosby; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra, Holiday Inn (Universal Special Products)
Moonburn - Bing Crosby, Anything Goes
Well Did You Evah - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, High Society (Rhino)
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Sep 8: School Daze
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Three Little Maids from School Are We (The Mikado) - William Schwenk Gilbert, Topsy-Turvy (Sony Classical)
Second Grade - Marcus Allen Cooper, Personals (JAY)
Teaching Third Grade - Nancy Linari, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Welcome to Kindergarten, Mrs. Johnson [A...My Name Is Alice] - Barbara Walsh; Heather MacRae, My Name Will Always Be Alice ()
The Best of All Possible Worlds - Deborah St.Darr; Lewis J. Stadlen; Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan; Sam Freed, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Nobody tells me How - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
School Song - Animaniacs, Chalkboard Bungle ()
Silent E - Tom Lehrer, Tom Lehrer Revisited ()
Conjunction Junction - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's World - , ()
Wakko Sings American Capitols - Jess Harnell, ()
ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird, Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music (Disk 1) ()
I'm Just a Bill - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Amendment (Parody) - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's Universe - Rob Paulsen, ()
Elements song - Tom Lehrer, ()
That's Mathematics - Tom Lehrer, ()
Inchworm - Danny Kaye, ()
What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia, Avenue Q (BMG)
Breathe - Mandy Gonzalez, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Dear Old Shiz - Stephen Schwartz, Wicked (Decca)
Bull Dog [Yale College, 1911] - Thomas Hampson, Cole Porter: Night and Day ()
Grand Old Ivy - Robert Morse; Rudy Vallée, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Original Cast] (RCA)
Bright College Days - Tom Lehrer, ()
I Wish I Could Go Back to College - John Tarteglia; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
Three Little Maids from School Are We (The Mikado) - William Schwenk Gilbert, Topsy-Turvy (Sony Classical)
Second Grade - Marcus Allen Cooper, Personals (JAY)
Teaching Third Grade - Nancy Linari, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Welcome to Kindergarten, Mrs. Johnson [A...My Name Is Alice] - Barbara Walsh; Heather MacRae, My Name Will Always Be Alice ()
The Best of All Possible Worlds - Deborah St.Darr; Lewis J. Stadlen; Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan; Sam Freed, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Nobody tells me How - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
School Song - Animaniacs, Chalkboard Bungle ()
Silent E - Tom Lehrer, Tom Lehrer Revisited ()
Conjunction Junction - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's World - , ()
Wakko Sings American Capitols - Jess Harnell, ()
ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird, Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music (Disk 1) ()
I'm Just a Bill - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Amendment (Parody) - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's Universe - Rob Paulsen, ()
Elements song - Tom Lehrer, ()
That's Mathematics - Tom Lehrer, ()
Inchworm - Danny Kaye, ()
What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia, Avenue Q (BMG)
Breathe - Mandy Gonzalez, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Dear Old Shiz - Stephen Schwartz, Wicked (Decca)
Bull Dog [Yale College, 1911] - Thomas Hampson, Cole Porter: Night and Day ()
Grand Old Ivy - Robert Morse; Rudy Vallée, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Original Cast] (RCA)
Bright College Days - Tom Lehrer, ()
I Wish I Could Go Back to College - John Tarteglia; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Thoughts from Blanche DuBois
Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire has been turned into a film (Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh) and an opera (Frederika Von Stade). Soon, Ignite Community Theatre presents a reader's theatre presentation, and Blanche DuBois will be played by... me.
I've been spending a lot of time in Blanche's skin, and her desire for "magic" and "soft colors." She walks a delicate line between reality and the fantasy world of what SHOULD happen - her 'descent into madness' is her refusal to accept harsh reality.
Remember in the original book of the Wizard of Oz, to enter the Emerald City you had to put on green-tinted glasses. (They bring this back in Wicked, Elphie and Glinda wear green glasses with the other Ozians in "One Short Day.") I imagine Blanche has her own glasses on, with all the soft colors of the rainbow, and by the end she's reduced to a quivering mess when those virtual glasses are torn off.
There are so many characters that do their best to escape reality, or try to twist reality to fit their needs. I listened to Everything's Coming Up Roses from Gypsy today, and thought of Mama Rose, her first step into a similar form of madness, going to make one of her daughters a 'star' no matter the cost. At least she has a little redemption at the end, unlike Blanche.
I hope to see you at Streetcar Named Desire Sep. 10 & 12. Friday night at Gonzaga's Foley Library, Sunday afternoon at the Blue Door Theatre on Garland.
I've been spending a lot of time in Blanche's skin, and her desire for "magic" and "soft colors." She walks a delicate line between reality and the fantasy world of what SHOULD happen - her 'descent into madness' is her refusal to accept harsh reality.
Remember in the original book of the Wizard of Oz, to enter the Emerald City you had to put on green-tinted glasses. (They bring this back in Wicked, Elphie and Glinda wear green glasses with the other Ozians in "One Short Day.") I imagine Blanche has her own glasses on, with all the soft colors of the rainbow, and by the end she's reduced to a quivering mess when those virtual glasses are torn off.
There are so many characters that do their best to escape reality, or try to twist reality to fit their needs. I listened to Everything's Coming Up Roses from Gypsy today, and thought of Mama Rose, her first step into a similar form of madness, going to make one of her daughters a 'star' no matter the cost. At least she has a little redemption at the end, unlike Blanche.
I hope to see you at Streetcar Named Desire Sep. 10 & 12. Friday night at Gonzaga's Foley Library, Sunday afternoon at the Blue Door Theatre on Garland.
Sep 1: Labor Day
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All the Live Long Day - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
Nine to Five - Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Charlie Pollock, Stephanie J. Block and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
The Company Way - Gerry Vichi; Matthew Broderick, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What a Waste - Gregg Edelman; Ken Barnett; Ray Wills, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] ()
Miss Marmelstein - Barbra Streisand, I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Sony)
A Secretary Is Not a Toy - Company; Jonathan Freeman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Speed Test - Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan, Thoroughly Modern Millie [OBC] (RCA)
Dentist - Steve Martin, Little Shop of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Geffen)
Barber's Song - Jamie Torcellini, Man of La Mancha [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Group)
The Contest - Joaquin Romaguera, Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Training Montage (The Train Must Be Fed) - Edward Earle; Elva Kellogg; Joseph Karnes; Judy Garland; Marjorie Main; Selena Royle; Virginia O'Brien, Harvey Girls (Soundtrack Factory)
It's An Art - Stephen Schwartz, Working revised ()
Ballad Of A Social Director - Sidney Armus, Wish You Were Here (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ()
A Mover's Life - Lenny Baker, Joanna Gleason, lene Graff, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
The Mason (Demo) - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Something to Point To - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
All the Live Long Day - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
Nine to Five - Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Charlie Pollock, Stephanie J. Block and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
The Company Way - Gerry Vichi; Matthew Broderick, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What a Waste - Gregg Edelman; Ken Barnett; Ray Wills, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] ()
Miss Marmelstein - Barbra Streisand, I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Sony)
A Secretary Is Not a Toy - Company; Jonathan Freeman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Speed Test - Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan, Thoroughly Modern Millie [OBC] (RCA)
Dentist - Steve Martin, Little Shop of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Geffen)
Barber's Song - Jamie Torcellini, Man of La Mancha [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Group)
The Contest - Joaquin Romaguera, Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Training Montage (The Train Must Be Fed) - Edward Earle; Elva Kellogg; Joseph Karnes; Judy Garland; Marjorie Main; Selena Royle; Virginia O'Brien, Harvey Girls (Soundtrack Factory)
It's An Art - Stephen Schwartz, Working revised ()
Ballad Of A Social Director - Sidney Armus, Wish You Were Here (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ()
A Mover's Life - Lenny Baker, Joanna Gleason, lene Graff, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
The Mason (Demo) - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Something to Point To - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
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