Old habits die hard. I haven\u2019t written about theatre in years but I am still keeping track of what I listen to; a grasp at normalcy in abnormal times, perhaps. Every recording\u2014which I listened to in its entirety; the only criterion\u2014is linked to its own page on castalbums.org (a site I highly recommend for serious collectors of theatre music).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An asterisk indicates a recording I listened to for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1\/9 – Kiss Me, Kate [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a> Old habits die hard. I haven\u2019t written about theatre in years but I am still keeping track of what I listen to; a grasp at normalcy in abnormal times, perhaps. Every recording\u2014which I listened to in its entirety; the only criterion\u2014is linked to its own page on castalbums.org (a site I highly recommend for serious … 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":[2046,1395,1926,2552],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-broadway","tag-cast-albums","tag-cast-recordings","tag-show-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070","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=5070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5075,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions\/5075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1\/26 – Big [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/27 – The Pajama Game [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/28 – The Light in the Piazza [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/29 – Baby [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/31 – Les Miserables [10th Anniversary Concert Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/3 – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/5 – Chrysanthemum [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/5 – Cyrano [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/5 – The Band’s Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/7 – The Sound of Music [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/11 – Saturday Night [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/21 – Carnival [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/22 – Chess [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/25 – Wonderful Town [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/25 – A Little Night Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/9 – Show Boat [1971 London Revival Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/10 – Hello, Dolly! [1967 Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/11 – Sondheim: A Musical Tribute [Concert Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/19 – Merrily We Roll Along [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/21 – Funny Girl [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/29 – The King and I [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/29 – The King and I [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
4\/11 – The Grass Harp [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/13 – Carnival [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
4\/14 – Gypsy [1989 Broadway Revival Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/19 – The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/22 – My Fair Lady [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/23 – Judy at Carnegie Hall<\/a>
5\/3 – The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/5 – Cinderella [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/5 – The Mystery of Edwin Drood [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/6 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/31 – Do I Hear a Waltz? [Pasadena Playhouse Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/11 – The Light in the Piazza [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
6\/16 – Dreamgirls [Concert Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/17 – Guys and Dolls [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/23 – Li’l Abner [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/27 – Anything Goes [1988 Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
7\/1 – Very Good Eddie [Broadway Revival Cast Recording]*<\/a>
7\/26 – Sunset Boulevard [Kim Criswell EP]*<\/a>
8\/8 – Mame [London Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/9 – Sweet Charity [London Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
8\/10 – Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/11 – Funny Girl [2016 London Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/18 – Applause [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/18 – A Little Night Music [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/20 – Girl From the North Country [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
8\/25 – On the Level [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/6 – Miss Liberty [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/6 – The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
9\/14 – Barbara Cook: It’s Better With a Band<\/a>
9\/19 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]
9\/20 – Kismet [1964 Studio Cast Recording – Mantovani]<\/a>
9\/20 – Naughty Marietta [1981 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/5 – Little Women [Original Television Cast Recording]*<\/a>
10\/9 – Caroline, or Change [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/11 – Diana [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
10\/14 – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/28 – Caroline, or Change [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
10\/30 – Tina [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/1 – Half a Sixpence [London Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
11\/6 – Tina [Original Hamburg Cast Recording]*<\/a>
11\/7 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [1991 London Revival Cast Recording]*<\/a>
11\/14 – The Bridges of Madison County [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/16 – Merrily We Roll Along [Original Broadway Cast Recording [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
11\/17 – Diana [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
11\/18 – They’re Playing Our Song [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
11\/24 – Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/26 – West Side Story [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/26 – Gypsy [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/26 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Do I Hear a Waltz? [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Company [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Follies [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – A Little Night Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
11\/27 – Pacific Overtures [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/27 – Merrily We Roll Along [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
11\/28 – Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
11\/28 – Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/28 – Assassins [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/28 – Passion [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/30 – Brigadoon [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a>
`12\/1 – Candide [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/3 – Annie Live! [Television Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/5 – Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim<\/a>
12\/9 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/10 – Fiddler on the Roof [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 50th Anniversary Edition]<\/a>
12\/12 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/14 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/17 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/18 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/21 – Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/23 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
12\/24 – She Loves Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/25 – Ballroom [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/31 – Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"