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. |
Peter Allen & Martin Sherman
Allen: The Boy From Oz Hugh Jackman / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/2003 ] The Boy from Oz is an Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright, based on Stephen MacLean's 1996 biography of Allen.... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
NOEL COWARD
Coward: The Girl Whio Came To Supper Jose Ferrer & Florence Henderson / Original 1963 Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/1992 ] The Girl Who Came to Supper is a musical with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward, based on Terence Rattigan's 1953 play The Sleeping Prince. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963. |
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. |
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. |
BRENDA RUSSELL / ALICE WILLIS / STEPHEN BRAY
Russell: The Color Purple - A new musical LaChanze & Elisabeth Withers-Mendes / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ EMI Angel / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, and a book by Marsha Norman, based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The musical follows the journey... |
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. |
RICHARD RODGERS / LORENZ HART
Rodgers: On Your Toes Natalia Makarova / Original 1983 Broadway Cast Recording [ TER / CD - released 5/Oct/2010 ] The first Broadway revival, directed by Abbott and choreographed by Balanchine, opened on October 11, 1954 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances. The second revival started in 1982 with national previews. |
MEL BROOKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brooks: The Producers Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] The Producers is a musical with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. It is adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. |
MITCH LEIGH
Leigh: Man of La Mancha Richard Kiley & Irving Jacobson / Original 1965 Broadway Cast Recording [ Decca Broadway / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his... |
George Gershwin
Crazy For You Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Broadway Angel / CD - released 28/Aug/1992 ] |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Curtains David Hyde Pierce & Debra Monk / Original Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] 'Curtains' is an entertaining play within a play, as well as a "whodunit" new musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by legendary, Tony Award-winning, songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebb ('Cabaret', 'Chicago', 'New York, New York'). |
ALBERT HAGUE
Hague: Plain and Fancy Robert Derr & Barbara Cook / Original 1955 Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway / CD - released 12/Jul/1993 ] Plain and Fancy is a musical comedy with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Arnold Horwitt, and music by Albert Hague. One of the first depictions of an Amish community in American pop culture. |
CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Golden Boy Sammy Davis Jr. & Paula Wayne / Original 1964 Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] Golden Boy is a 1964 musical with a book by Clifford Odets and William Gibson, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. |
FRANK LOESSER / JULE STYNE
Loesser: Guys & Dolls / Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Stubby Kaye, Robert Alda, Carol Channing & Vivian Blaine / Original 1949 & 1950 Broadway Cast Recording [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 17/May/2003 ] Guys and Dolls premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, also as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons. |
MEREDITH WILLSON
Willson: The Unsinkable Molly Brown Tammy Grimes & Harve Presnell / Original 1960 Broadway Cast Recording [ Angel / Broadway Classics / CD - released 17/May/1993 ] The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a 1960 musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson and book by Richard Morris. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and her wealthy... |