A few years ago, I decided to keep a log of the musical theatre-related albums I listened to in their entirety throughout the calendar year. Every recording is linked to its own page on castalbums.org (a site I highly recommend for serious collectors of theatre music). An asterisk indicates a recording I listened to for the first time.<\/p>\n
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1\/1 – Woman of the Year [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/2 – Bajour [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/4 – The Roar of the Greasepaint\u2014The Smell of the Crowd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/5 – Wildcat [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/9 – Kean [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/11 – Pacific Overtures [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/12 – A Little Night Music [National Theatre Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/15 – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/15 – Hello, Dolly! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/15 – Hello, Dolly! [The New 1994 Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/15 – Jerry’s Girls [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/18 – Follies [National Theatre Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/18 – Follies [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/23 – Songs for a New World [Encores! Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/24 – First Impressions [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/25 – Songs for a New World [Encores! Cast Recording]
1\/27 – Rent [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/29 – Giant [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/29 – Gigi [New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/1 – Company [2018 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
2\/2 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
2\/3 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
2\/3 – Hadestown [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
2\/3 – Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy: Marriage Type Love*<\/a>
2\/4 – The Scarlet Pimpernel [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/10 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
2\/27 – Follies [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/28 – Coco [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/28 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
3\/1 – Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/1 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
3\/4 – Wonderful Town [1999 London Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/7 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
3\/7 – The Boy Friend [1984 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/11 – Cyrille Aim\u00e9e: Move On, A Sondheim Adventure*<\/a>
3\/11 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
3\/16 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
3\/16 – 1776 [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/22 – Anne of Green Gables [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/22 – Pacific Overtures [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
3\/25 – The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/27 – Blood Brothers [1988 London Revival Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/28 – Bloomer Girl [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/28 – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/29 – Pippin [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/29 – Nine [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/29 – Two Gentlemen of Verona [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
4\/1 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
4\/1 – The Bridges of Madison County [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/3 – A Time for Singing [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/5 – Tina [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
4\/7 – The Band’s Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/11 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
4\/16 – Alfred Drake: Lucky to Be Me*<\/a>
4\/18 – The Light in the Piazza [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/19 – The Cher Show [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
4\/20 – La Cage Aux Folles [Original Australian Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/29 – The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/30 – The Streets of New York [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
5\/1 – Ben Bagley’s Kurt Weill Revisited*<\/a>
5\/3 – The Threepenny Opera [1930 German Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
5\/5 – The Most Happy Fella [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/10 – Sweet Charity [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/11 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
5\/12 – High Button Shoes [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/15 – Gypsy [The 2008 Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
5\/16 – Goodtime Charley [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/21 – Gypsy [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/28 – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/31 – Walking Happy [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/1 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
6\/3 – Laura Benanti: Songs from My Fair Lady*<\/a>
6\/7 – Kiss Me, Kate [2019 Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
6\/29 – Oklahoma! [2019 Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
6\/30 – Crazy for You [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
7\/4 – Regina [1958 NYCO Cast Recording]<\/a>
7\/7 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
7\/9 – Laura Benanti: Songs from My Fair Lady
7\/15 – Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
7\/25 – Bravo Giovanni [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/9 – Fiddler on the Roof [2018 Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
8\/12 – The Dancing Years [1968 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
8\/12 – South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/17 – State Fair [1945 Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
8\/24 – She Loves Me [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/28 – Irma La Douce [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/29 – Jan Clayton Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel*<\/a>
8\/29 – Ella Logan Sings Finian’s Rainbow*<\/a>
8\/31 – Kean [Original Broadway Cast Recording – Deluxe Edition]
9\/2 – Guys and Dolls [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/5 – Moulin Rouge [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
9\/6 – Grey Gardens [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/12 – The Boy Friend [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/13 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
9\/15 – Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/20 – Porgy and Bess [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]*<\/a>
9\/20 – Cabaret [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/3 – The Dancing Years [First Complete Cast Recording]*<\/a>
10\/4 – No Strings [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/6 – House of Flowers [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/8 – Porgy and Bess [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/9 – Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley: Broadway and Beyond [Live at 54 Below]*<\/a>
10\/19 – Julie Andrews: An Evening with Julie Andrews*<\/a>
10\/25 – Ambassador [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/28 – Elaine Stritch At Liberty<\/a>
10\/31 – Aimie Atkinson: Step Inside Love*<\/a>
11\/9 – On the Town [1960 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/11 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
11\/16 – The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/18 – Ernest in Love [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/3 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
12\/6 – The New Yorkers [Encores! Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/9 – The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording – 60 Anniversary Edition]
12\/9 – Man of Magic [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/10 – The Importance [Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/21 – Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/24 – She Loves Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/26 – Little Shop of Horrors [The New Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/27 – Parade [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – Milk and Honey [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – Hello, Dolly! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/27 – Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – Hello, Dolly! [1967 Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – Dear World [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – Mack & Mabel [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – The Grand Tour [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/27 – La Cage Aux Folles [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/28 – The Prom [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n