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STEPHEN FLAHERTY
Flaherty: My Favorite Year Evan Pappas & Tim Curry / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 19/Apr/1993 ] Lincoln Center Theatre's first original musical had a score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, who were fresh from their success with Once On This Island. There are some fine moments - especially the epic opening "Twenty Million People." |
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MONTY NORMAN
Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen George Benson & Virginia Vernon / Original London Cast Recording [ Must Close Saturday Night Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] First, the mysterious disappearance of a mediocre music-hall artiste, Belle Elmore. Then the flight - questioned by the police, her husband, mild, charming little Doctor Crippen, sails off with his secretary (the other woman) Ethel le Neve. |
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JULE STYNE
Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes George Dvorsky & KT Sullivan / Original 1995 Broadway Revival Cast Recording [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. |
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ROGER MILLER
Miller: Big River - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Gordon Connell & Daniel Jenkins / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ MCA Records / CD - released 12/Jul/1985 ] Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller, and a book by William Hauptman. |
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COLE PORTER
Porter: Can-Can Gwen Vedon & Lilio / Original 1953 Broadway Cast [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s. |
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IRVING BERLIN
Berlin: Louisiana Purchase [original 1996 New York Cast Recording] Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor / 1998 New York Cast [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1996 ] Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans, the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana... |
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International Cast, includes Joanna Ampil, Charles Azulay, Hinton Battle, Peter Cousens, Kevin Gray, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Miss Saigon (complete recording) [ First Night / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/May/1988 ] The only official complete recording produced under the personal supervision of the original creators of the show. It includes the entire score played by a 73 piece orchestra and performed by a stella international cast |
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IRVING BERLIN
Unsung Irving Berlin Sal Viviano, Klea Blackhurst, Guy Haines, Gregory Ibara, Liz Callaway, Lynnette Perry, Harry Groener [ Varese Sarabande / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Jan/1995 ] This two-CD set examines 31 Berlin works that were either cut from shows or films, have faded from memory or were never heard from at all. |
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SCOTT WARRENDER
Warrender: Das Barbecu - A New Musical Comedy J. K. Simmons & Julie Johnson / Original Cast Recording [ Varese Sarabande / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] With a book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, Das Barbecü is a musical farce about mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their double shotgun wedding. Five actors play more than 30 characters. |
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ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Wright/Forrest: Grand Hotel Jane Krakowski & Timothy Jerome / Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1989 ] Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. |
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HUGH MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Love From Judy [plus other selections by the stars] Jean Carson, Bill O'Connor & Adelaide Hall / Original London Cast [ Sepia Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Love from Judy is a musical with music by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Martin and Jack Gray, and a book by Eric Maschwitz and Jean Webster. It is based on Webster's novel and play Daddy-Long-Legs. The original production opened in Coventry in 1951. |
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HENRY KRIEGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krieger: Dreamgirls Jennifer Holliday,, Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Jan/1982 ] Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others. |
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CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Martin Guerre Jerome Pradon, Matt rawle & Juliette Caton / London Cast Recording [ Dreamworks Records / CD - released 26/Apr/1995 ] Martin Guerre is a two-act musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, lyrics by Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Written in the operatic style similar to the creative... |
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MITCH LEIGH
Leigh: Cry For Us All Joan Diener & Robert Weede / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Kritzerland / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] The original cast recording of the 1970 musical Cry for Us All features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson, and book by William Alfred and Albert Marre. |
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GEORGE M COHAN
Cohan: George M! Joel Grey & Bernadette Peters / Original 1968 Broadway Cast [ Columbia Records / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Fresh from his enormous personal success as the lecherous Emcee in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, Joel Grey found his first starring job and a marvelous showcase for his talents in George M!, a celebration of the life and times (and songs) of maverick... |
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MARTIN SILVESTRI
Silvestri: The Fields of Ambrosia Joel Higgins & Christine Andreas / Original London Cast [ First Night Records / CD - released 7/Jun/1996 ] The Fields of Ambrosia is a musical written by Joel Higgins and Martin Silvestri. It was performed in the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1993 and it was directed by Gregory Hurst, choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, staged... |
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DAVID YAZBEK
Yazbek: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz / Original 2005 Broadway Cast Recording [ Ghostlight Records / CD - released 17/May/2009 ] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 comedy musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances. |
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BILLY JOEL
Joel: Movin' Out John Selya & Elizabeth Parkinson / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Columbia / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] Movin' Out is a 2002 jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel. Conceived and created by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the... |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER / BEN ELTON
Lloyd Webber: The Beautiful Game [Original Cast] Josie Walker, David Shannon / 2000 London Cast [ Telstar Records / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The Beautiful Game (sometimes performed as The Boys in the Photograph) is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton about a group of teenagers growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1969. |
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JULE STYNE
Styne: Bar Mitzvah Boy (1978) Joyce Blair & Harry Towb / Original London Cast Recording [ Sony West End / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Bar Mitzvah Boy is a musical with a book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, and music by Jule Styne. Based on Rosenthal's award-winning 1976 BBC1 teleplay of the same name, it focuses on young Eliot Green who, filled with apprehension,... |