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Patti Lupone at Les Mouches

by: Patti LuPone

November 11, 2008

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Gypsy - 2008 Original Broadway Cast

by: Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines

August 26, 2008
I didn't think I'd like this recording as much as I did. I not only like it, I LOVE it! Highly recommended. Patti LuPone is sensational from start to finish.

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Les Miserables Original London Cast

by: Various Artists

June 01, 2004
I agree with most of the reviews - the London staging is the very best of the English language versions of 'Les Miserables'. Forget the New York (Broadway) production, much too polished (sanitized ?). It pales in comparison. The American version benefits from greater sophistication but at the cost of the original book.

HOWEVER, for the first production of this musical, go to the recording on the 'Anthology' (French) label, issued by FGL Productions (the complete 1980 version). It has the cast of the premier, with 'guest appearances' by some big names in yesterday's French popular music, Michel Sardou, Salvatore Adamo, and Michel Delpech. And a list of superb actor-sings, like Maurice Barrier (Valjean), Rose Laurens (Fantine), Yvan ... Read More:

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Philadelphia Chickens

by: Sandra Boynton, Aaaardvarks, The Heath Sisters, The Seldom Herd, Adam Bryant, Beth Andrien, Caitlin McEwan, Darcy Boynton, Eric Stoltz, John Stey, Keith Boynton, Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Meryl Streep, Michael Ford, Natasha Richardson, Patti LuPone, Scott Bakula

February 10, 2004
We received this as a gift last year and just love it! My three and four year old boys love to listen and sing along! And it doesn't get on MY nerves...very important! This is a great, FUN CD.

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Anything Goes - The New Broadway Cast Recording

by: Cole Porter, Howard McGillin, Patti LuPone

October 25, 1990
I love this cast-- Patti Lupone is always a knock out, and the whole thing sparkles!!

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Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin

October 25, 1990
Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, "Evita", is without a doubt one of the greatest musicals of all time. Loosely based on the life of Eva Perón (via the slanderous 1952 "biography" by Mary Main), "Evita" tells the story of Eva's unscrupulous rise to fame and glory - becoming spiritual leader of the nation of Argentina under the seemingly dictatorial presidency of her husband, Juan Domingo Perón. The musical is told from the perspective of Ché Guevara (though the specificity and historical accuracy of this claim has been disputed - most prefer simply "Ché"), a cynical anti-Perónist bent on exposing the corrupt underbelly of the Perónist regime and unmasking Eva's unsavory character amid the "circus" of mourning following her death.

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Oliver! (Deluxe Edition) (1963 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING]

by: Various Artists

June 03, 2003
I saw this play on Broadway when it opened. I still know the lyrics!

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Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

from: Sony

October 19, 2004
Of course there should have been much more. I remember there been a Metropolian Opera series called CAST ALBUMS- 100 YEARS that was put out for a limited time only and had like five volumes.
As Peter Filichia noted they left out SHE LOVES ME, BRIGADOON and SWEENEY TODD. Also nothing from PACIFIC OVERTURES, BIG RIVER, CHESS, CRAZY FOR YOU, JEKYLL & HYDE, TITANIC, THE SCARLET
PIMPERNEL, FOOTLOOSE- THE MUSICAL, THE FULL MONTY, URINTOWN...
But they couldn't have put it all. I would have done without Lee Remick's
"Anyone Can Whistle", because the show was a flop. I guess because it was Sondheim's first "serious" show...

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The Baker's Wife (Members of the 1976 Original Cast)

from: Take Home Tunes!

August 01, 1995
A great album. Most of the songs are really beautiful and Patti Lupone is great as usual. Based on the classic Marcel Pagnol's "La Femme du Boulanger", this musical deserves much more attention. It is a pity that it didn't make it on Broadway. The album brings the lyrics and some photographs of the original production. The sound? Excellent.

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Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)

by: Stephen Sondheim, Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone

January 31, 2006
Brilliant, intimate version of the Sondheim masterwork - a superb record of the 2005 Broadway revival directed by John Doyle. In this production the small cast also performs the music, superbly and imaginatively orchestrated by Sarah Travis. This Sweeney features wonderful vocal acting by the excellent cast and is dripping with atmosphere and drama, beautifully recorded.