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RICHARD RODGERS / LORENZ HART
Rodgers: Babes In Arms Judy Blazer & Gregg Edelman / 1989 Cast Recording [ New World Records / CD - released 5/Oct/1990 ] Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm. |
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HENRY MANCINI
Mancini: Victor/Victoria Julie Andrews & Tony Roberts / Original 1995 Broadway Cast Recording [ Philips / CD - released 17/May/1995 ] Victor/Victoria is a musical with a book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical material (music and lyrics) by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the 1982 film of the same name. |
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LAURENCE O'KEEFE
O'Keefe: Bat Boy Kaitlin Hopkins & Sean McCourt / Original Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] Bat Boy: The Musical is an American rock musical with a book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe, based on a June 23, 1992 Weekly World News story about a half-boy, half-bat, dubbed "Bat Boy". |
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ANDRE PREVIN
Previn: Coco Katharine Hepburn & René Auberjonois / Original 1970 Cast Recording [ Universal Broadway Gold / CD - released 25/Aug/1997 ] Coco was a 1969 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn, inspired by the life of Coco Chanel. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical. Theatre producer Frederick Brisson originally had... |
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CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Annie Warbucks Kathryn Zaremba & Harve Presnell / Original Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway / CD Box Set - released 17/May/1990 ] "As Warbucks, Harve Presnell soars through the ravishing "A Younger Man." Donna McKechnie shines in "But You Go On", Marguerite MacIntyre sings Grace Farrell's "It Would Have Been Wonderful" to perfection, and Annie's original FDR Raymond Thorne... |
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VERNON DUKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited Vol III - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Kaye Ballard, Ann Hampton Calloway, Tammy Grimes, Mary Cleere Haran, Dorothy Loudon, Sula, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1994 ] 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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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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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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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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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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CYRIL ORNADEL
Ornadel: Treasure Island - The Musical Mermaid Theatre with Jonathan Scott Taylor / Original Cast Recording [ Prestige Records / CD - released 17/May/1994 ] Direct from London's Mermaid Theatre, where it won the coveted 'Ivor Novello Award' for the best English musical of the year. Based very closely on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, its story of Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and pirate's treasure |
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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... |