What is your favorite Broadway cast album?

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<p>These are the cast recordings I keep going back to:</p>

<p>RENT
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Bare: A Pop Opera (technically off-Broadway)
Les Miz (OBC or 10th anniversary)
Sweeney Todd (concerts w/ George Hearn & Patti Lupone, as well as the Barcelona cast, are my faves)
Into the Woods (OBC)
Candide
Gypsy
Kiss Me Kate
Company
Sunday in the Park with George
Anything Goes
Assassins (original off-Broadway cast is better than the 2004 revival IMO)
Urinetown
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Wicked
The Lion King
Chicago
Cabaret
The Producers
Hair
Hairspray
1776
Avenue Q
Reefer Madness
Beauty and the Beast
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Zanna Don’t</p>

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<p>Alwasamom, I was going to pm you but your box is full. My HS friend is Lea Delaria. She was in On the Town and Rocky Horror Show.</p>

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<p>Annie Get Your Gun …the one with Bernadette Peters</p>

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<p>Missy, sorry about the full inbox. I can’t seem to keep space there! I’ve seen Lea perform many times through the years and she was great in that benefit concert. As much as she’s known as a comic, she’s actually an incredibly talented musician, which you probably know. :)</p>

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<p>No one has mentioned Fiddler on the Roof, I don’t think.</p>

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<p>^I’m pretty sure Fiddler was mentioned, but with so many titles, any single one is getting buried. I will never, ever get tired of listening to Fiddler, and I don’t know if I’ll ever not cry when listening to “Far From The Home I Love”.</p>

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<p>A couple I haven’t seen as suggestions:</p>

<p>Follies - this one</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Follies in Concert (1985 Live Performance) + Stavisky Film Score: Stephen Sondheim, Jacques Mercier, Carlo Savina, New York Philharmonic, Licia Albanese, Betty Comden, Barbara Cook, Adolph Green, George Hearn, Howard McGillin, Mandy Patin](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Follies-Concert-Performance-Stavisky-Score/dp/B000002WB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1275060045&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Follies-Concert-Performance-Stavisky-Score/dp/B000002WB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1275060045&sr=1-1)</p>

<p>The Pajama Game (OBC)</p>

<p>I’d also echo:</p>

<p>Annie and my favorite musical of all time:</p>

<p>Sweeney Todd</p>

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<p>I can’t say I ever listen to a full CD/album of anything any more… I don’t think anyone has mentioned [Title of Show] yet. The song “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” is great.</p>

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<p>Rock of Ages</p>

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<p>Oh, MTdad, I totally forgot about ROA! That is such a fun show and Constantine, James and Amy are terrific on the cast recording.</p>

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<p>Oklahoma!!</p>

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<p>Wow, it’s heartening to see how many of you are fans of Hair. All through high school, I wore the original-cast cassette to shreds. Now I have it on my iPod and still listen to it regularly. It never gets old. Not only a great Broadway soundtrack, but some of the best rock songs of all time.</p>

<p>I love all the classic versions of *South Pacific *and the King & I. The revival of Guys & Dolls with Nathan Lane & Faith Prince is superb, too.</p>

<p>The currently touring production of South Pacific blew my mind. If you haven’t seen it, go.</p>

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<p>Rent is excellent.
2nd Guys and Dolls</p>

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<p>I can’t believe it took so long to get to Rogers and Hammerstein!!! </p>

<p>Oklahoma - either the original movie cast or the London revival would be first on my list. Then South Pacific, King and I, Sound of Music. Not R + H but how about Showboat?</p>

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<p>I LOVE Showboat!!</p>

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<p>Sidebar with missypie and alwaysamom…funny that Lea Delaria was your HS friend, missypie. I wasn’t familiar with her name until very recently. My daughter has written/composed a musical being cast by a NY Casting Agency for an upcoming workshop and various Broadway actresses’ names were being discussed back and forth between my daughter, her director, and the casting agency. My daughter had sent me all the names under consideration and Lea Delaria was one of them for one of the roles. So, I had recently researched her! AlwaysAMom, I know you know like every person ever in RENT, :), and one of the women cast my D’s upcoming musical was in RENT on Broadway and in the movie. I don’t want to post the name here as it has not been publicly announced yet. I do have to catch up with you one of these days!</p>

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<p>Carousel (shirley jones)
Oklahoma (shirley jones)</p>

<p>(I was in luv with Shirley Jones and then fell for Jane Fonda, who can’t sing, but is tough)</p>

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<p>The Most Happy Fella</p>

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<p>Phantom of the Opera
Brigadoon</p>

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<p>Didn’t read the whole thread…sorry if this is repeat. But if you love broadway songs, why not consider a satalite subscription…there is a broadway channel and a great “shuffle” of fun songs, plus Seth Rudetsky commentary and interviews and some “live from Broadway” performance. Can’t remember exact timing, but I think at 2 p.m. each day they do a whole cast album from a show. It travels lighter, too!</p>