CD Reviews
by John Kenrick
(Copyright 1997-2012)

Cast Recordings & 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:
Compare most available recorded versions of a 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

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