{"id":5092,"date":"2024-12-31T23:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T04:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2024-12-31T23:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T04:13:51","slug":"my-year-in-show-music-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=5092","title":{"rendered":"My Year in Show Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every recording\u2014which I&#8217;ve listened to in its entirety; the only criterion for making it onto this list\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<p>An asterisk indicates a first-time listen.<br><br>1\/3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Mame-\/2340\">Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/A-Little-Night-Music-\/122\">A Little Night Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Candide-\/1791\">Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Out-of-This-World-\/3161\">Out of This World [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Kiss-Me-Kate-\/2595\">Kiss Me, Kate [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Harmony-Close-\/8875\">Harmony Close [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/16 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Hello-Dolly-\/94\">Hello, Dolly! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/22 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Kimberly-Akimbo-\/47365\">Kimberly Akimbo [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/28 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Once-Upon-a-Mattress-\/3806\">Once Upon a Mattress [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Oklahoma-\/48355\">Oklahoma! [World Premiere Complete Recording]<\/a><br>1\/30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Seventh-Heaven-\/3444\">Seventh Heaven [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Mr-Wonderful-\/2773\">Mr. Wonderful [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/West-Side-Story-\/2858\">West Side Story [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Bye-Bye-Birdie-\/3308\">Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Bye-Bye-Birdie-\/2645\">Bye Bye Birdie [Original London Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Bajour-\/2502\">Bajour [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Sweet-Charity-\/1025\">Sweet Charity [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Chicago-\/2572\">Chicago [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Bring-Back-Birdie-\/1050\">Bring Back Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>1\/31 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Kiss-of-the-Spider-Woman-\/2610\">Kiss of the Spider Woman [Original Cast Recording]<\/a><br>2\/1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Nine-\/3910\">Nine [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>2\/1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Visit-\/29367\">The Visit [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>2\/9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Boulevard-\/4617\">Boulevard! [Concept Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>2\/16 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Crystal-Heart-\/1702\">The Crystal Heart [Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>2\/18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Sound-of-Music-\/1094\">The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>2\/20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/New-Ways-to-Dream-Songs-From-Sunset-Boulevard-\/4899\">Betty Buckley: New Ways to Dream<\/a><br>2\/26 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Jellys-Last-Jam-\/2470\">Jelly&#8217;s Last Jam [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>2\/29 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Pirates-of-Penzance-\/166\">The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>3\/1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Sweeney-Todd-The-Demon-Barber-of-Fleet-Street-\/2759\">Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>3\/6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Over-Here-\/775\">Over Here! [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>3\/26 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Funny-Girl-\/2698\">Funny Girl [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>4\/7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/High-Spirits-\/2678\">High Spirits [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>4\/7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/South-Pacific-\/3231\">South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>5\/2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Sunday-in-the-Park-with-George-\/2090\">Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>5\/7 &#8211; Kimberly Akimbo [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<br>5\/9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Passion-\/3606\">Passion [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>5\/17 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Here-We-Are-\/49687\">Here We Are [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>6\/4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/My-Favorite-Things-The-Rodgers-Hammerstein-80th-Anniversary-Concert-\/49953\">My Favorite Things: The Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert*<\/a><br>8\/25 &#8211; Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<br>8\/29 &#8211; Kimberly Akimbo [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<br>9\/13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Carousel-\/50250\">Carousel [World Premiere Complete Recording]*<\/a><br>9\/18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Stereophonic-\/49951\">Stereophonic [Original Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>9\/27 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/New-Faces-of-1956-\/3342\">New Faces of &#8217;56 [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>10\/6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Mack-Mabel-\/2944\">Mack &amp; Mabel [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>10\/7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Impossible-Dream-2024-Aaron-Lazar\/50344\">Aaron Lazar: Impossible Dream*<\/a><br>10\/14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Paint-Your-Wagon-\/29257\">Paint Your Wagon [Encores! Cast Recording]<\/a><br>10\/15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Suffs-\/49957\">Suffs [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>10\/17 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/South-Pacific-\/3314\">South Pacific [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a><br>10\/18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Black-Mikado-\/1414\">The Black Mikado [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>10\/20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Peter-Pan-\/2227\">Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>10\/21 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/My-Fair-Lady-\/1205\">My Fair Lady [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]<\/a><br>10\/24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Sunset-Boulevard-\/49907\">Sunset Boulevard [2023 London Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>10\/29 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Jason-Robert-Brown-and-Stephen-Sondheim-Live-in-Concert-\/50499\">Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim: Live in Concert*<\/a><br>11\/5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Porgy-and-Bess-\/335\">Porgy and Bess [Houston Grand Opera Cast Recording]<\/a><br>11\/5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/The-Sound-of-Music-\/3365\">The Sound of Music [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack &#8211; Super Deluxe Edition]<\/a><br>11\/11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Songs-from-Ragtime-the-Musical-\/2703\">Ragtime [Concept Cast Recording]<\/a><br>11\/14 &#8211; Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<br>11\/16 &#8211; The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast Recording<br>11\/18 &#8211; Kiss Me, Kate [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<br>11\/22 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Gypsy-\/3637\">Gypsy [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>11\/28 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Hadestown-\/41243\">Hadestown [Original Broadway Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>12\/5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Ernest-in-Love-\/2511\">Ernest in Love [Original Cast Recording]<\/a><br>12\/6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Hadestown-\/50352\">Hadestown [Original West End Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>12\/8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/Valmouth-\/1172\">Valmouth [Original London Cast Recording]*<\/a><br>12\/10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/South-Pacific-\/11539\">South Pacific [The New Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>12\/15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/I-Had-a-Ball-\/3767\">I Had a Ball [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>12\/24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/castalbums.org\/recordings\/She-Loves-Me-\/1356\">She Loves Me [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<\/a><br>12\/31 &#8211; Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording]<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every recording\u2014which I&#8217;ve listened to in its entirety; the only criterion for making it onto this list\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. 1\/3 &#8211; Mame [Original Broadway Cast Recording]1\/4 &#8211; A Little Night Music [Original Broadway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=5092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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":[],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","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=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5093,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/5093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}