{"id":4911,"date":"2015-12-31T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2015-12-31T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:46:52","slug":"4911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=4911","title":{"rendered":"My Year in Show Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last New Year’s Eve, while preparing my annual “Year of Living Cinematically” post, I sat typing with\u00a0my recently-played iTunes playlist on shuffle. At some point during my transcription, I came to the realization that I’ve been less likely to listen to a full album since I started using an mp3 player. Oftentimes, I would pick a playlist and put it on shuffle (as I call it: my own private radio). For 2015, I made the conscious decision to keep a log of the albums\u00a0(cast recordings, movie musical soundtracks, solo albums, live concert recordings, etc) that I listened to in their entirety.\u00a0Each recording\u00a0is linked to its own page on castalbums.org<\/a> (a site I recommend for any serious collector of theatre music). An\u00a0asterisk indicates a recording I listened to for the first time).<\/p>\n

1\/2: Beautiful [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/2: If\/Then [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/3: Two on the Aisle [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/3: The Merry Widow [1958 Sadler\u2019s Wells Opera Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/7: Anya [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/9: Honeymoon in Vegas [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n1\/9: Kiss Me, Kate [New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/10: Hairspray [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n<\/a>1\/13: Company [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/13: A Little Night Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/13: Pacific Overtures [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/13: Merrily We Roll Along [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/14: Kiss of the Spider Woman [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/16: On the Town [1960 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/21: The Merry Widow [1952 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n1\/26: The Merry Widow [1978 NYCO Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n2\/8: The Bridges of Madison County [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n2\/15: The Ethel Merman Disco Album*<\/a>
\n2\/21: Side Show [Original 2014 Broadway Cast Recording]*
\n<\/a>3\/2: The Sound of Music [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 50th Anniversary]<\/a>
\n3\/9: The Merry Widow [1978 Studio Cast]*<\/a>
\n3\/14: On the Town [New Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n3\/14: The King and I [Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n3\/16: 1776 [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n3\/22: Paint Your Wagon [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n4\/16: Gypsy [The 2015 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n4\/25: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n4\/26: Matilda [Original Stratford Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n5\/3: Gypsy [The 2015 London Cast Recording]
\n5\/4: Zorba [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n5\/11: Zorba [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n5\/14: Barbara Cook: It\u2019s Better With a Band
\n<\/a>5\/15: Gigi [New Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n5\/19: On the Twentieth Century [New Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n5\/19: Fun Home [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n5\/24: Marin Mazzie: Make Your Own Kind of Music [Live at 54 Below]*<\/a>
\n5\/24: The Last Ship [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n5\/24: Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n5\/26: The Sound of Music [OMPS New 2-LP Edition]
\n5\/27: An American in Paris [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n5\/30: Street Scene [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n5\/31: Laura Osnes: Dream a Little Dream [Live at the Cafe Carlyle]<\/a>
\n5\/31: Laura Osnes: If I Tell You [The Songs of Maury Yeston]*<\/a>
\n5\/31: Illya Darling [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/1: Hallelujah, Baby! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/2: The King and I [The 2015 Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/2: The Golden Apple [First Full-Length Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/3: The Golden Apple [First Full-Length Recording]
\n6\/7: Judy Kuhn: Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel*<\/a>
\n6\/9: The King and I [The 2015 Broadway Cast Recording]
\n6\/10: The Scottsboro Boys [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/11: Me and Juliet [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/15: Hair [The New Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
\n6\/15: Marilyn Maye: The Happiest Sound in Town* [LP]<\/a>
\n6\/17: Rags [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/17: Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/18: Fifty Million Frenchmen [Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/18: High Spirits [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/18: High Society [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
\n6\/19: The Boys from Syracuse [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/21: The King and I [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/21: West Side Story [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/21: The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/22: John & Jen [2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/22: Grab Me a Gondola [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/26: Misia [Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/26: Miss Liberty [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/26: Irma La Douce [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/28: Barbra Streisand: The Second Barbra Streisand Album<\/a>
\n6\/28: Giant [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/29: Regina [1958 NYCO Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n6\/30: The Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n6\/30: Oh, What a Lovely War [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n7\/2: The Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n7\/2: Little Shop of Horrors [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/9: The King and I [The 2015 Broadway Cast Recording]
\n7\/11: The Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n7\/11: West Side Story [2013 San Francisco Symphony Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/22: Porgy and Bess [Houston Grand Opera Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/24: The King and I [The 2015 Broadway Cast Recording]
\n7\/25: Gypsy [The 2015 London Cast Recording]
\n7\/26: The Pajama Game [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/28: Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/29: La Cage Aux Folles [Original Australian Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n7\/30: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [2015 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n7\/30: Carousel [2015 Stratford Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n7\/31: Doctor Zhivago [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n8\/1: Dames at Sea [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/2: Nine [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/3: South Pacific [1967 Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/4: Mary Poppins [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/5: Thoroughly Modern Millie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/9: The Music Man [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/10: City of Angels [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/11: Bells Are Ringing [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/11: Bells Are Ringing [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]*<\/a>
\n8\/15: Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/16: The Bridges of Madison County [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n8\/17: Robert and Elizabeth [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/19: My Fair Lady [2001 London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/22: The King and I [1977 Broadway Revival Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n8\/24: State Fair [Original 1945 Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
\n8\/26: Bend It Like Beckham [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n8\/31: Legally Blonde [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n9\/3: The Baker\u2019s Wife [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/4: The Sound of Music [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/6: On the Town [New Broadway Cast Recording]
\n9\/6: Cyrano [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/7: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/9: Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/10: The Girl in Pink Tights [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/11: Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/13: Baby [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/16: Prettybelle [1981 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/17: Titanic [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/19: The Happy Time [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/20: Lady, Be Good [Encores! Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n9\/21: Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n9\/22: Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n9\/22: South Pacific [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n9\/23: Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett: Julie and Carol Live at Carnegie Hall*<\/a>
\n9\/24: A Chorus Line [Original Broadway Cast Recording – 40th Anniversary Celebration]<\/a>
\n9\/25: Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n9\/25: Cry-Baby [Original Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/1: Victor\/Victoria [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/1: My Fair Lady [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/1: Camelot [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/1: Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett: Julie and Carol Live at Lincoln Center*<\/a>
\n10\/2: Mary Poppins [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
\n10\/2: A Man of No Importance [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/6: Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n10\/6: Pacific Overtures [The New Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/11: Pacific Overtures [English National Opera Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/13: Oklahoma! [1979 Broadway Revival Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/16: Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/16: Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n10\/16: Dear World [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/16: Gypsy [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/19: Robert and Elizabeth [Original London Cast Recording]
\n10\/22: Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium*<\/a>
\n10\/22: Porgy and Bess [1976 Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/22: Miss Saigon [The 2014 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/28: Maggie May [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n10\/28: Orpheus in the Underworld [1959 Sadler\u2019s Wells Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n10\/29: Elf [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n11\/13: Melissa Errico: What About Today? [Live at 54 Below]*<\/a>
\n11\/13: Steven Pasquale: Somethin\u2019 Like Love*<\/a>
\n11\/18: Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n11\/28: Gypsy [2015 London Cast Recording]
\n12\/2: The Bridges of Madison County [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n12\/9: The Wiz Live! [Original Television Soundtrack]*<\/a>
\n12\/9: School of Rock [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n12\/14: Be More Chill [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
\n12\/24: Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz*<\/a>
\n12\/24: She Loves Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
\n12\/30: Beautiful [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
\n12\/31: The Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last New Year’s Eve, while preparing my annual “Year of Living Cinematically” post, I sat typing with\u00a0my recently-played iTunes playlist on shuffle. At some point during my transcription, I came to the realization that I’ve been less likely to listen to a full album since I started using an mp3 player. Oftentimes, I would pick … Continue reading My Year in Show Music<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1993,1395,1926,2553,2552],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cabaret","tag-cast-albums","tag-cast-recordings","tag-concert","tag-show-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}