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).
An asterisk indicates a first-time listen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1\/2 – The King and I [1977 Broadway Revival Cast Recording]<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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":[2046,1395,1926,2552,4],"class_list":["post-5077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-broadway","tag-cast-albums","tag-cast-recordings","tag-show-music","tag-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077","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=5077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5078,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions\/5078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1\/11 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/17 – The Card [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
1\/18 – Charlie Girl [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/19 – The Most Happy Fella [Complete Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/20 – I Can Get It For You Wholesale [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
1\/24 – Linzi Hateley: For the First Time*<\/a>
1\/30 – Ragtime [Concept Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/8 – Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/18 – Regina [1958 NYCO Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/19 – Crazy For You [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/21 – Six [Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/23 – Brigadoon [2019 Vienna Cast Recording]*<\/a>
2\/24 – The Sound of Music [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
2\/25 – Flying Over Sunset [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/3 – West Side Story [2021 Motion Picture Soundtrack]*<\/a>
3\/8 – Hamilton [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/13 – Brigadoon [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/15 – No Strings [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
3\/16 – Assassins [The 2022 Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/17 – A Strange Loop [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/19 – A Chorus Line [Original Spanish Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/20 – A Chorus Line [Original Spanish Cast Recording]
3\/22 – The Sound of Music [1999 Australian Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/24 – The Sound of Music [Original Salzburg Cast Recording]*<\/a>
3\/28 – Camelot [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/1 – Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/3 – The Sound of Music [1983 Australian Cast Recording – LP Edition]*<\/a>
4\/3 – A Family Affair [Original Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/3 – Matilda [Original Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/4 – Six [Studio Cast Recording – LP Edition]
4\/4 – My Fair Lady [Original London Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/5 – Christine Andreas: Piaf: No Regrets [LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/6 – The Color Purple [New Broadway Cast Recording – LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/8 – 42nd Street [First Complete Recording]*<\/a>
4\/9 – Sugar [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/18 – Thoroughly Modern Millie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
4\/18 – Marilyn Maye: Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye [LP Edition]<\/a>
4\/24 – Funny Girl [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
4\/26 – A Strange Loop [Original Cast Recording]
5\/2 – Caroline, or Change [The New Broadway Cast Recording]
5\/6 – Six [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
5\/6 – Six [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
5\/7 – Spring Awakening [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/8 – The Drifters Girl [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
5\/8 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/9 – Nine [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/14 – Carnival [Original Broadway Cast Recording – Deluxe Edition]<\/a>
5\/14 – No, No, Nanette [1971 Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/16 – Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/16 – High Society [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
5\/24 – A Chorus Line [Original Spanish Cast Recording]
6\/3 – Fanny Und Alexander [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
6\/12 – A Strange Loop [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
6\/15 – Matilda [Original Stratford Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/19 – Stars in Your Eyes [Original Studio Cast Recording]*<\/a>
6\/21 – Irma La Douce [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/22 – Hair [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
6\/23 – Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
7\/25 – The Baker\u2019s Wife [Original Cast Recording]<\/a>
7\/26 – The Unsinkable Molly Brown [The New Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
8\/11 – Once Upon a Mattress [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/14 – Brigadoon [1991 Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/15 – Hairspray [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
8\/19 – A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a>
9\/4 – The Secret Garden [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/12 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/21 – Donnybrook! [Original Broadway Cast Recording – Deluxe Edition]<\/a>
9\/22 – Dreamgirls [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/23 – The Music Man [The 2022 Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/23 – 1776 [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
9\/30 – Into the Woods [2022 Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
9\/30 – Into the Woods [2022 Broadway Cast Recording]
10\/4 – Kismet [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/7 – Cats [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/11 – Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/12 – Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
10\/12 – Dear World [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/12 – Gypsy [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/12 – Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/12 – Prettybelle [Studio Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/12 – A Little Night Music [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/13 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]*<\/a>
10\/13 – Beauty and the Beast [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a>
10\/13 – Mrs. Santa Claus [Television Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/21 – Knoxville [World Premiere Cast Recording]*<\/a>
10\/23 – Pippin [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/24 – Fiddler on the Roof [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
10\/28 – Company [Original Spanish Cast Recording]*<\/a>
10\/28 – Company [Original Spanish Cast Recording]
11\/3 – Robert and Elizabeth [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/4 – Barbra Streisand Live at the Bon Soir*<\/a>
11\/11 – December Songs [For Voice and Orchestra]*<\/a>
11\/11 – To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim*<\/a>
11\/17 – Little Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
11\/21 – Funny Girl [New Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a>
11\/29 – Matilda [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]*<\/a>
12\/8 – The Light in the Piazza [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/11 – The Girl Who Came to Supper [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/13 – Chess [Concept Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/13 – Chess [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/17 – Cabaret [2021 London Cast Recording]*<\/a>
12\/24 – She Loves Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a>
12\/26 – Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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