Which Cast Recording Would You Want Most?
If you could win any original Broadway cast recording, which one would you want most?
That was essentially the question I posed via
Twitter and
Facebook over the past week in my latest SOB Contest. Since I have been feeling very much in the holiday spirit, I decided that my gift to some of my lucky followers would be the cast recording of their choice. I then drew the names of five lucky winners.
Congratulations to the following winners:
- Lynn Gaillard (Carrollton, TX), who wanted and won [title of show] cast recording.
- Jonathon Hunter (Akron, OH), who wanted and won Monty Python's Spamalot cast recording.
- Jayson Kerr (New York, NY), who wanted and won The Scottsboro Boys cast recording.
- Evelyn Sam (Briarwood, NY), who wanted and won The Lion King cast recording.
- Alex Wolfe (Blue Bell, PA), who wanted and won The Scottsboro Boys cast recording.
To each of these winners, as well as to all followers, let me express my deepest appreciation for following Steve On Broadway (SOB)! To the winners, please note that once I have the cast recordings of your choice in hand, I will ship them out immediately, just in time for the holidays!
So, dear readers, if you had to choose any cast recording you just have to have in your collection, which would it be? Would it be one that is already in your possession? Would it be one you have been saving up to buy? Or would it be for a rarity that is just impossible to get? I'll be curious to hear what your selection would be.
In keeping with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations that unfairly discriminate against bloggers, who are now required by law to disclose when they have received anything of value they might write about, please note that I have received nothing of value in exchange for this post. In fact, I have even sprung for each of the cast recordings so that five lucky readers could enjoy listening to the ones they wanted most. Labels: [title of show], Broadway, Monty Python's Spamalot, Original Cast Recording, The Lion King, The Scottsboro Boys, The SOB Contest
Not Worth Passing UpYesterday, I saluted
ABBA and the team behind the
movie soundtrack for "
Mamma Mia!" on its ascension to the top of Billboard's Album Chart.
But today, I just have to say, the CD that I can't stop listening to is the
original cast recording for
Passing Strange. The sheer artistry, humor and intelligence on each and every track has me a bit depressed that it never attracted the audience it deserved. But thankfully,
Stew and
Heidi Rodewald is now available for the ages.
I just dare you to listen to it and not be similarly amazed.
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
Labels: Heidi Rodewald, Original Cast Recording, Passing Strange, Stew
Something Wicked This Way Comes...In The MailIt's not unusual for American collectors of original cast recordings to buy London versions of their favorite shows. But have you ever purchased a cast recording in another language?
If you're a regular reader, you know by now how much I enjoy -- OK,
love -- the Broadway musical
Wicked. I saw the original production on the Great White Way just two days after it opened and have since seen it at the
Gershwin Theatre at least another three times. I've seen its sitdown incarnation in
Chicago another four or five times (with another viewing coming there in April), as well as the North American
tour in both Chicago (prior to the city's sitdown) and Minneapolis.
Last year, I even went so far as to travel to
London,
Stuttgart and
Tokyo to see the first three international stagings of the show. And I already have my tickets to see
Wicked when it finally touches down in
Melbourne, Australia in July.
I've already worn out two of my original cast CDs and am now on my third. So when I learned that the German cast would come out with their own recording, how could I resist? A couple months ago, I ordered my copy from the German-language version of
Amazon, and once I had translated everything from German into English (courtesy of
this site -- the same one I used to maneuver through the German ticketing site to get my front-row seats for
Wicked - Die Hexen Von Oz), I was all set.
Over the weekend, I began to wonder if I'd ever actually receive the CD. But then when I arrived home last evening, I had a real thrill. There it was in its plain brown
Amazon.de wrapping.
Without missing a beat, I immediately put the disc on, feeling a bit like a little kid at Christmas. When I listened to the absolutely breathtaking vocals from its two stars,
Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba) and
Lucy Scherer (Galinda), I found myself soaring yet again. To see what I mean, click on the
site and tell me if you're not impressed when listening to "Heißgeliebt" ("Popular") or "Frei und schwerelos" ("Defying Gravity").
What do I care if I don't exactly remember the German I learned in high school? With this CD, I just might learn it all over again.
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
Related Stories:Wicked - Die Hexen Von Oz (The SOB Revisit) (December 2, 2007)
Some Of The Names May Have Been Changed To Protest Das Wicked (November 15, 2007)
Labels: Australia, Broadway, Germany, Japan, London, Musical, Original Cast Recording, Wicked, Wicked Die Hexen Von Oz
