Feb 1: The Oldest Profession

Glitter and Be Gay [Candide] - Christiane Noll, 3 Broadway Divas (JAY Records)
20 Fans - Off-Broadway Cast, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (Revival) (Fynsworth Alley/Varese Sarabande)
Easy Money - Cast, The Life [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Lovely Ladies - Cast, Les Miserables [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 (Decca U.S.)
It's All the Same - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; Muleteers, Man of La Mancha [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Broadway)
Love for Sale - Vivian Green, De-Lovely (Sony)
Big Spender - Gwen Verdon, Helen Gallagher, Sweet Charity [Original Broadw (Sony)
Overture - Orchestra, Gypsy [1989 Broadway Revival Cast] (Nonesuch)
The Oldest Profession - Lilas White, The Life [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Pretty Lady - Darren Lee; Rick Edinger; Telly Leung, Pacific Overtures [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (P.S. Classics)
What a Waste - Claude-Michel Schönberg, Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] Disc 2 (First Night)
Bring on the Men - Jeckyll and Hyde, Jeckyll and Hyde (Atlantic / Wea)
Special - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)
Welcome to the Holiday Inn - Michele Lee, See Saw (Original Cast) [DRG] (DRG)
My Body - Cast, The Life [Original Broadway Cast] (

Jan 25: Disney On Broadway

Be Our Guest - London Cast, Beauty and the Beast [London] (EMI Intl. 352997)
Human Again - London Cast, Beauty and the Beast [London] (EMI Intl. 352997)
Never Again - Judy Kuhn, King David (Walt Disney 60944-7)
Not Me - Adam Pascal; Damian Perkins; Heather Headley; Sherie René Scott, Aida (Buena Vista 60671-7)
They Live in You - Samuel E. Wright, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Walt Disney 861541)
You'll Be In My Heart (Reprise) - Merle Dandridge, Josh Strickland, Tarzan: The Musical (Walt Disney 861541)
If Only (Quartet) - Sierra Boggess,, The Little Mermaid [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney 000103302)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - aerial ballet - Orchestra, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Walt Disney 861541)
The Circle of Mice (The Circle of Life) - Soundtrack, Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 5 : Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act! (DRG 12616)
Toys - Carey, Drew With Children & Parents, Geppetto (Disney 860679)
What I've Been Looking For - Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, High School Musical The Concert (Walt Disney Records)
Prince Ali [Aladdin] - Alan Menken, On the Record Disc 1 (Disney 861249)
Out There [Hunchback of Notre Dame] - Stephen Schwartz, On the Record Disc 2 (Disney 861249)
Seize the Day - Debbie Gravitte, Part of Your World (Varese Sarabande 5452)
Jolly Holiday - Australian Cast - Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins The Supercalifragilistic Musical (Walt Disney Records 001345002)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Australian Cast - Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins The Supercalifragilistic Musical (Walt Disney Records 001345002)

Repost: For King and Mandela

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr day, a reposting of last year's episode of Black musicals, and musical theater tributes to MLK and Nelson 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)

Jan 18: Rock Musicals

Going on vacation so I'm posting several programs early. Enjoy!

Jan. 11: Jazz Restaged

The Joint Is Jumpin' - Eugene Barry-Hill; Michael-Leon Wooley; The Pointer Sisters, Ain't Misbehavin' (The New Cast Recording) (RCA)
Let the Good Times Roll - Rodrick Dixon, Thomas Young, Victor Trent Cook, Three Mo' Tenors (RCA Victor Records)
Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce) - Carl Anderson; Cheryl Freeman; Duke's Band, Play On [Original Broadway Cast] (Varese)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - De Shields, Andre; Larry Marshall; Lawrence Hamilton; Yvette Cason, Play On [Original Broadway Cast] (Varese)
Bli-Blip - Ann Hampton Callaway; Everett Bradley, Swing [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Strollin'/Well Alright Then - Queen Esther, George C. Wolfe's Harlem Song (Original Apollo Theater Cast Recording) (Sony Music Distribution)
That's How You Jazz - Crowd; Gregory Hines; Stanley Wayne Mathis, Jelly's Last Jam (Mercury)
Medley: Hurry Home/I Know What I've Got/Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby - Original Broadway Cast Recording, Five Guys Named Moe OBC (Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)
Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington, Black & Blue [Original Broadway Cast] ()
There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Clarke Peters; Newton, Peter Alex, Five Guys Named Moe [Original London Cast] (First Night)
Bessie Smith Blues - Bertrice Reading, The Jazz Train [Bonus Tracks] (Sepia Recordings)
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Carrie Smith, Black & Blue [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
St. Louis Blues - Gretha Boston, It Ain't Nothin But the Blues (MCA)
Black and Blue - Musical Cast Recording, Ain't Misbehavin' OBC (BMG Music)
Sweet Georgia Brown - Vivian Reed, Bubbling Brown Sugar ()
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Eugene Barry-Hill; Michael-Leon Wooley; The Pointer Sisters, Ain't Misbehavin' (The New Cast Recording) (RCA Victor Broadway)
Sweet Home Chicago - Buddy Guy; C.E. Smith; Greg Porter, It Ain't Nothin But the Blues (MCA)
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Company; Paul J. Medford, Five Guys Named Moe [Original London Cast] (First Night)

Jan 4: Winter/Spring Preview for Spo & Cd'A

Along with the previews of 9 shows to be performed in our area, a little discussion of the blend of art and entertainment.

Some links to the Rent discussion in the Coeur d'Alene Press