CD Reviews
by John Kenrick
(Copyright 1997-2012)
Cast Recordings and Soundtracks:
- A Chorus Line- Original Broadway Cast
- A Class Act - Original Cast
- A Star Is Born - Soundtrack Re-Release
- Ace of Clubs - Original London Cast
- All Shook Up - Original Broadway Cast
- Allegro - 2009 Studio Cast
- Ankles Aweigh - Original Bway Cast
- Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 Cast
- Anyone Can Whistle - 1995 Concert Cast
- Applause - Broadway Cast
- As Thousands Cheer - Off-Broadway Cast
- Babes in Arms - 1999 Encores Cast
- Barnum - Original Broadway Cast
- Bat Boy - Original Off-Broadway Cast
- Bea Arthur: Between Friends
- Bells Are Ringing - 2000 Revival Cast
- Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Touring Cast
- Billion Dollar Baby - Studio Cast
- Billy Elliot - Original London Cast
- The Book of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast
- Bounce - Original Cast
- The Boy From Oz - Original Broadway Cast
- Bravo Giovanni - Original Broadway Cast
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - Studio Cast
- Brian Stokes Mitchell - Solo CD
- Broadway Musicals of 1943 - Concert Cast
- By the Beautiful Sea - Original Broadway Cast
- Cabaret - 1966 Bway Cast
- Cabaret - 1997 Bway Cast
- Camp - Soundtrack
- Carousel - 1965 Lincoln Center Cast
- Catch Me If You Can - Original Broadway Cast
- Cinderella - 2010 International Tour Cast
- The Color Purple - Original Broadway Cast
- Company - Original Broadway Cast
- Darling of the Day- Broadway Cast
- Destry Rides Again - Original Broadway Cast
- Do I Hear a Waltz? - Regional Cast
- Do, Re, Mi - 1999 Encores Cast
- Donna McKechnie: Inside the Music
- The Drowsy Chaperone - Original Broadway Cast
- Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
- Enchanted - Original Soundtrack
- End of the Rainbow - Original Broadway Cast
- Ernest in Love - Original Off-Broadway Cast
- Evita - 2012 Broadway Revival Cast
- Fade Out-Fade In - Original Bway Cast
- Finian's Rainbow - Bway Cast
- Finian's Rainbow - 2004 Irish Rep Cast
- Finian's Rainbow - 2010 Broadway Revival Cast
- First Impressions - Original Broadway Cast
- Flower Drum Song - Original Broadway Cast
- Flower Drum Song - 2002 Broadway Cast
- Floyd Collins - Original Off-Broadway Cast
- Follies - 1998 Papermill Cast
- Footloose - Original Bway Cast
- Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
- 42nd Street - 2001 Revival Cast
- Fosse - Broadway Cast
- Foxy - Studio Cast
- The Full Monty - Original Bway Cast
- A Funny Thing Happened - 1996 Broadway Cast
- Gay's The Word - Original London Cast
- George M. Cohan Tonight - NY Cast Recording
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips - 1968 Soundtrack
- Gypsy - 1999 Remastering, Original Broadway Cast
- Gypsy - 2008 Broadway Revival
- Hairspray - Original Broadway Cast
- Half a Sixpence - Broadway Cast
- High Society - 1998 Broadway Cast
- How Now, Dow Jones - Broadway Cast
- How to Succeed - 2011 Broadway Revival
- If Love Were All - Original Off-Broadway Cast
- Into the Woods - Broadway Revival Cast
- The It Girl - Original Off-Broadway Cast
- Jaques Brel is Alive and Well - Original Off-Bway Cast
- Jane Eyre - Original Bway Cast
- John Murray Anderson's Almanac
- Juno - Original Cast
- Ka - Cirque Du Soliel
- The King and I - Animated Soundtrack
- Kiss Me Kate - Re-mastered 1948 Cast
- Kiss Me Kate - 1999 Broadway Revival Cast
- Knickerbocker Holiday - 2011 Concert Cast
- Kuni Leml - Off-Broadway Cast
- La Boheme - Original Broadway Cast
- La Cage Aux Folles - 2010 Broadway Revival Cast
- Light In the Piazza - Original Broadway Cast
- Lil' Abner - Original Broadway Cast
- Little Me - 1998 Revival Cast
- Little Mermaid - Original Broadway Cast
- Little Women - Original Broadway Cast
- A Little Night Music - Original Broadway Cast
- The Little Prince - Soundtrack
- Mame - Original Bway Cast/1999 Remastering
- Mermania - Her Private Recordings
- Minnelli on Minnelli - Broadway Cast
- Miss Spectacular - Studio Cast
- Monty Python's Spamalot - Original Broadway Cast
- The Most Happy Fella - Jay Studio Cast
- The Music Man - 2000 Cast
- The Music Man - TV Soundtrack
- My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast
- My Fair Lady - 2001 London Cast
- Naughty Marietta - Ohio Light Opera
- The New Moon - Encores! Concert Cast
- Newsies - Original Broadway Cast
- The Night of the Hunter - Studio Cast
- Nine - Broadway Revival Cast
- No, No Nanette - 1999 Remastering
- Oklahoma - Nelson Eddy Studio Cast
- Oklahoma - Raitt/Henderson Studio Cast
- Once - Original Broadway Cast
- The Producers - Original Broadway Cast
- Ramin Kaloo, Human Heart
- Rodgers Conducts Rodgers - NY Philharmonic
- Saratoga- Broadway Cast
- Saturday Night- Broadway Cast
- Scarlet Pimpernel- First Broadway Cast
- Seussical- Broadway Cast
- Sherry - Studio Cast
- Shine - Original NY Cast
- Sibling Revelry - Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway
- Something for the Boys - New SF Cast
- Song of Norway - Original Bway Cast
- South Pacific - 2005 Carnegie Hall Cast
- South Pacific - 2008 Broadway Revival
- Star Is Born - Soundtrack Re-Release
- Subways Are For Sleeping - Original Cast
- Sweeney Todd - NY Philharmonic Concert Cast
- Sweeney Todd - 2005 Broadway Revival Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead - Give My Regards to Broadway
- Tenderloin - Encores! Cast
- Texas Lil' Darlin' - Original Bway Cast
- Thrill Me - 2005 New York Cast
- Titanic - Original Bway Cast
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - Original Cast
- Triumph of Love - Original Bway Cast
- Two On the Aisle - Original Broadway Cast
- Valentino - Studio Cast
- Victor/Victoria - Soundtrack
- West Side Story - Soundtrack Re-Release
- West Side Story - 50th Anniversary Studio Cast
- West Side Story - 2010 Broadway Revival Cast
- Wicked - Original Broadway Cast
- Wizard of Oz - 1998 NY Cast
- Wizard of Oz - 2011 London Cast
- Yankee Doodle Dandy - Soundtrack
- A Year With Frog and Toad - Original Broadway Cast
- You Can't Run Away From It - Soundtrack
- You're A Good Man Charlie Brown - Original Off-Bway Cast
- You're A Good Man Charlie Brown - Revival Cast
- Z - The Masked Musical - Studio Cast
Comparative CD Reviews:
Comparisons of mutiple available recorded versions of a theatrical score
- Annie Get Your Gun
- The Boys From Syracuse
- Brigadoon
- Cabaret
- Camelot
- Candide
- Carousel
- Chicago
- The Desert Song
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Follies
- Guys and Dolls
- Gypsy
- The King & I
- Kismet
- Kiss Me Kate
- Man of La Mancha
- The Merry Widow
- The Music Man
- My Fair Lady
- Show Boat
- Sound of Music
- South Pacific
Stage Flops on CD
Dozens of Broadway disasters made it to the recording studio, but not all
flops are created equal!
- A Class Act
- Anastasia/Anastasia Affaire
- Annie Warbucks
- Baker's Wife
- Ben Franklin in Paris
- Best Little W-house Goes Public
- Biograph Girl
- Birds of Paradise
- Blues in the Night
- Bring Back Birdie
- Canterbury Tales
- Carmelina
- Darling of the Day
- Dear World
- A Doll's Life
- Doonesbury
- Drat the Cat
- Flahooley
- The Gay Life
- The Girl Who Came to Supper
- The Golden Apple
- Goldilocks
- Goodtime Charley
- Her First Roman
- High Society
- Is There Life After High School?
- Jennie
- Kwamina
- Kelly
- Late Night Comic
- Legs Diamond
- Mack & Mabel
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- My Favorite Year
- Oh Brother
- Out of This World
- Parade
- PrettyBelle
- Rex
- The Robber Bridegroom
- Sail Away
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- 70 Girls, 70
- Sherlock Holmes
- Side Show
- State Fair
- Steel Pier
- Tarzan - Original Broadway Cast
- Thou Shalt Not - Original Bway Cast
- Thrill Me - 2005 New York Cast
- Triumph of Love
- Unsung Musicals (CD Series)
Broadway Songs & Performers on CD
- Sarah Brightman - Encore
- Barbara Brussel - Lerner In Love
- Carol Burnett
- Liz Callaway
- Kristen Chenoweth
- Barbara Cook
- George Dvorsky
- Jason Graae
- Debbie Gravitte
- Jerry Hadley
- Judy Kaye
- Rebecca Luker
- Audra MacDonald
- Christiane Noll
- Christiane Noll: Ira Gershwin Album
- Paige O'Hara
- Donny Osmond
- Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein
- Ron Raines
- Craig Rubano
- Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley
- Weill - Anne Kerry Ford