Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Original London Cast, 2016 (Concord Records) Duncan Sheik’s score for this musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ savage (in all senses of the word), satiric novel marvelously captures…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:41AMMonday, July 11, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2005 (Rhino) Jersey Boys tells the true story of the rise of the phenomenally successful 1960s pop singing group The Four Seasons — or, at least, true to whoever is…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:10PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2014 (Ghostlight) Based on a novel by Roy Horniman that also inspired the film Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is pure wit…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:04AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2006 (Verve) Even with the success of such shows as Hair and Rent, the original pop/rock musical theater score has had a spotty history on Broadway, but it saw a majo…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:44AMMonday, July 4, 2016
Film Soundtrack, 1989 (Disney) After a decades-long dry spell, Disney film animation finally sprang to life again with The Little Mermaid, a musical adaptation of the children’s story by H…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 07:45PMOriginal London Cast, 2006 (Decca Broadway) Based on the film written by Lee Hall, who did double duty for the stage musical as librettist and lyricist, Billy Elliot tells of a Northern Engl…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 06:55PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2009 (Sh-K-Boom) If Spring Awakening marked the successful comeback of the original pop/rock musical theater score, then Next to Normal helped insure its future. Part…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 06:28PMSunday, July 3, 2016
“The Sound of Musicals,” is a monthly podcast devoted to musical theatre recordings of all types, including Broadway cast albums, London cast albums, studio cast albums, and soun…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 03:44PMTuesday, May 24, 2016
The 72nd annual Theatre World Awards, honoring "outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway significant, reviewable debut performances," were presented last evening in a ceremony at Circle in the S…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:39PMSunday, May 8, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2006 (Ghostlight) This might be the first Broadway musical with commentary written into the script. Alone in his apartment, a musical theater devotee anonymously name…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:07PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2005 (Nonesuch) The Light in the Piazza seemed to re-open the door for lush scores and musicals of honest sentiment of the type not seen since Rodgers and Hammerste…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:33PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2009 (Rhino) Winner of 2010 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book, Original Score, and Orchestrations, Memphis charts an enjoyable journey through the pioneering days of…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:59PMMonday, May 2, 2016
Guards at the Taj (Outstanding Play), FUTURITY (Outstanding Musical), and The Robber Bridegroom (Outstanding Revival) were among the big winners at the 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards honoring ex…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:25AMFriday, April 29, 2016
Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2013 (Ghostlight) Some musical theater writers have had great difficulty adapting epic, classic novels for the stage: Doctor Zhivago, Jane Eyre, East of Eden, etc…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:03PMSaturday, April 23, 2016
“The Sound of Musicals,” is a monthly podcast devoted to musical theatre recordings of all types, including Broadway cast albums, London cast albums, studio cast albums, and soun…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:59PMWednesday, April 20, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2011 (Ghostlight) When it was announced that the creators of South Park were writing a Broadway musical, with one of the songwriters of Avenue Q, no less, everyone ex…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:28PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2013 (Sony Masterworks Broadway) Kinky Boots marked 80’s pop icon Cyndi Lauper’s debut as a Broadway songwriter. Based on the film of the same title, the musical …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:06PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Original London Cast, 2013 (RSC) This recording reflects the Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere production of the musical Matilda, based on Roald Dahl’s book about a precocious, …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:56PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2014 (Ghostlight) Robert James Waller’s novel about an Italian war bride’s brief affair with a photographer who passes through her Iowa town became a cultural phe…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:01PMTuesday, March 29, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2008 (Ghostlight, 2CDs) Winner of 2008 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Orchestrations, In the Heights was the first Broadway musical hit t…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:51PMThursday, March 24, 2016
Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2006 (PS Classics) Based on Albert and David Maysles’ fascinating 1975 documentary film of the same name, the musical Grey Gardens depicts the dysfunctional rel…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:15AMFriday, March 18, 2016
Studio Cast, 2013 (Cherrytree/A&M) Rock icon Sting introduced most of the songs that would fuel his Broadway musical The Last Ship in this eponymous, 12-track concept album, released …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:46AMSunday, March 13, 2016
Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2005 (Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom) A boisterous, satirical show in the form of a concert by a Christian pop-rock boy band espousing wholesome morality through their musi…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:42PMThursday, March 10, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2005 (Masterworks Broadway) A lightweight jukebox musical showcasing 25 songs made famous by Elvis Presley, All Shook Up concerns a motorcycle-riding roustabout who b…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:10PMTuesday, March 8, 2016
Studio Cast, 1981 (Beginners Records/Bayview) A minor milestone in the history of American musical theater, Dearest Enemy (1925) was the first book show with a score entirely by Richard Rodg…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:17AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
Original West Coast Cast, 1965 (Capitol/no CD) Edwin Lester of the Civic Light Opera Company of Los Angeles and San Francisco was known for bringing Broadway’s first national tours to the …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:36AMThursday, February 25, 2016
Women Without Men sounds like it could be the title of a girl-on-girl porno flick, or maybe one of those trashy, lesbian-themed pulp novels of the 1950s.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:52PMWednesday, February 24, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2005 (Angel) Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple is a work with a lot of heart that was sadly compromised in its original Broa…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:00PMWorld Premiere Cast, 2014 (Yellow Sound Label) Based on the ’80s cult film of the same title, Heathers is a musical that’s sometimes fun and frothy, though not particularly strong. Write…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:25PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2005 (Decca Broadway) This show, based on the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, attempts to spoof the formula of musical theatre while still adheri…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:41PMSunday, February 14, 2016
Original Broadway Cast, 2015 (Ghostlight) The more one knows about Broadway musicals, the more convulsed with laughter one becomes upon experiencing Something Rotten!, a smart stew of shrewd…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:08PM 
