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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Cole Porter Revisited Vol. V - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Ann Hampton Calloway, Arthur Siegel, Sandy Stewart, Tommy Tune, Julie Wilson, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1990 ] Ben Bagley was an American musical producer and record producer. In 1971, Ben embarked on a new and impressive career. He produced 47 highly distinctive albums of show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies - The Complete Recording 1998 New Jersey Cast Kaye Ballard, Eddie Bracken, Michael Gruber / Paper Mill Playhouse Cast [ TVT Soundtrax / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This is the definitive Cast Recording of Stephen Sondheim & James Goldman's musical masterpiece. For the first time, Follies will feature the complete 31-song score in it's entirety, including previously unrecorded numbers which were previously cut. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Nymph Errant Kaye Ballard, Emile Belcourt, Lorna Dallas / World Premiere Complete Drury Lane Recording [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Nymph Errant is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Romney Brent based upon the novel by James Laver. The somewhat controversial story concerned a young English lady intent upon losing her virginity. Porter considered the score... |
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CY COLEMAN / NEIL DIAMOND / KANDER & EBB / RICHARD ADLER
Coleman: Will Rogers Follies Keith Carradine & Dee Hoty / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Columbia / CD - released 12/Jul/1991 ] The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: Anything Goes Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Jack Gilford / Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Of all the great American song-writers of the time Cole Porter was, perhaps, the most sophisticated and 'European'. In 1917 Porter moved to Paris where he kept a luxury apartment and where he gave parties for his large group of friends of varying... |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Porter: You Never Know Kristin Chenoweth, David Garrison, Harry Groener / World Premiere Cast Recording [ Fynsworth Alley / Varese Sarabande / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] You Never Know is set in Paris in the heady days of 1929 just before the stock market crash. It takes place one evening in Baron Rommer's elegant penthouse suite at the Hotel Ritz. Baron Rommer (Harry Groener) and his Butler, Gaston (David Garrison) |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast with bonus] Lee Remick & Angela Lansbury / Original 1963 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 17/May/2003 ] Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an... |
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CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Dance a Little Closer Len Cariou & Liz Robertson / Original 1983 Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 12/Jul/1989 ] Dance a Little Closer is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse. The story is an updated version of Robert E. Sherwood's 1936 antiwar comedy Idiot's Delight. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Candide Lewis J. Stadlen & Maureen Brennan / 1974 Chelsea Theatre Cast Recording [ Sony Masterworks Broadway / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] Candide was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. |
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JEFFREY LUNDEN
Lunden: Wings Linda Stephens & William Brown / 1993 New York Shakespeare Festival Cat [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Wings is a musical with music by Jeffrey Lunden and book and lyrics by Arthur Perlman adapted from Arthur Kopit's play of the same name. |
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WILLIAM FINN
Finn: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Lisa Howard & Jay Reiss / Original 2005 Broadway Cast [ Ghostlight / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling... |
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DAVID SHIRE
Shire: Starting Here Starting Now Loni Ackerman, Margaret Cohen / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor Original Cast Recording / CD - released 1/Jun/1977 ] Starting Here, Starting Now is a musical revue with lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and music by David Shire. With a cast of three and three musicians, the revue explores a variety of romantic relationships. |
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CY COLEMAN
Coleman: The Life [A New Musical] Lou Rawls, Jennifer Holliday, Liza Minnelli, Lesley Gore, Jack Jones / Concept album [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] The Life is a musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman. Based on an original idea by Gasman, the show explores the underbelly of Times Square's 42nd Street, inhabited by pimps and... |
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MARC SHAIMAN
Shaiman: Hairspray Marissa Jaret Winokur & Harvey Fierstein / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ MCA Classics / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters's 1988 film of the same name. |
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EDWARD KLEBAN
Kleban: A Class Act Marty Bell & Chase Mishkin / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] A Class Act is a quasi-autobiographical musical loosely based on the life of composer-lyricist Edward Kleban, who died at the age of 48 in 1987.[1] Featuring a book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price along with music and lyrics by Kleban himself, the... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Girl Crazy Mary Martin & Jan Clayton / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Prism Leisure / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. |
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Mel Brooks
The Producers [Original Soundtrack] [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] In 2005, the musical was adapted into a musical film. It was directed by Stroman and starred most of the original Broadway cast, except for Brad Oscar - who was unable to reprise the role of Franz because he had signed on to play Max on Broadway and,... |
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RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Carousel Michael Hayden & Sally Murphy / 1994 Lincoln Center Theatre / Broadway Cast [ EMI Angel / CD - released 1/Jun/1994 ] Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures Michael K. Lee & Scott Watanabe / 2005 New Broadway Cast Recording [ PS Classics / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. Set in 19th-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization starting in 1853, when... |
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GEORGE STILES
Stiles: Honk! - a musical comedy Michael McClean & Nicolas Colicos / 1997 Stephen Joseph Theatre Production [ Dress Circle / CD - released 17/May/1998 ] Honk! is a musical adaptation of the 1843 Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles. |