Despite his highly distinctive physical appearance, Jesse Tyler Ferguson's versatility as an actor has allowed him to triumph in roles as disparate as a naïve young sailor in On the Town,…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:52AM[SHARE]Opera North Cast, 2025 (Capriccio) Since its 1948 Broadway premiere, Love Life has existed primarily as a legend in musical theater history, a famously unrecorded collaboration between Kurt …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:59PM[SHARE]Original Off-Broadway Cast, 1979 (DRG) Â When anthropologists set out to decode the raw, unvarnished theater scene of late-1970s New York, their fieldwork should probably start with this …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:58PM[SHARE]Original London Cast, 2024 (If I Believed Ltd) This recording of Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) showcases the score of a charming, two-character show, but it struggles to maint…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 08:19AM[SHARE]Film Soundtrack, 1997 (Walt Disney Records) Â Hercules is plausibly one of the Disney studio's wittiest animated musicals, leaning heavily on meta-humor and pop-culture riffs " especially …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:28AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Audible and Yellow Sound Label) One of Broadway's most versatile composers, David Yazbek collaborated with Erik Della Penna in creating the music and lyrics for…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:29AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2013 (Shout! Broadway) Carolee Carmello was tasked with carrying this show in the role of charismatic evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, playing the character from ag…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:01PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Concord Theatricals) Smash was a short-lived TV series about a group of people trying to put together a Broadway musical based on the life and career of Marilyn…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:13PM[SHARE]Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2010 (Ghostlight) Composer and lyricist Adam Gwon crafted this four-person musical as a celebration of the ordinary, everyday facets of the human experience. The …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:37AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Atlantic Records) One sign of a true star is that the performer in question can triumph in a role in which they're arguably miscast. A famous example of this is…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:43AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2019 (Warner Bros. Records) For many people, Cher " pop goddess, ageless wonder, beloved survivor in gold lamé " is more than an icon, she's practically part of our …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:45PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2012 (Ghostlight) Leap of Faith endured a critical drubbing when it opened on Broadway in 2012, receiving multiple pans for the music by Alan Menken, the lyrics by Gl…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:17PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2007 (Ghostlight) When this show was announced, Broadway purists everywhere clutched their pearls and groaned "Not another film-to-stage adaptation!" But there it was…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 08:51AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (World Circuit Records) This cast album is full of Cuban music, a genre that has rarely if ever been showcased on Broadway. The title of the show, Buena Vista So…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:33AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Ghostlight) "Refreshing" is an apt choice of word to describe this album. The snappy opening number, "Make It Work," draws listeners in, and the score has sever…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:46PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Melody Place Theatrical) Â Boop! invites listeners into a vibrant and whimsical world, guided by music from 16-time Grammy Award winner David Foster and lyri…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:21AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Sony Masterworks Broadway) Â Redwood, which lasted only 127 performances on Broadway, has a score that exposes several of the musical's inherent weaknesses e…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:12PM[SHARE]Original London Cast, 2023 (Sony Masterworks Broadway) Â This show was a smash hit in London, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and its original company of five actors trans…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:04PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2025 (Concord Theatricals) Would anyone really want to live forever? Only if it's with Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. These two leading ladies are the crown jewels …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:12PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2014 (Masterworks Broadway) At the time of its opening, If/Then was hailed as Idina Menzel's return to the Broadway stage after starring in Wicked almost a decade ear…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:25PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2007 (Ghostlight) This show is based on the 1995 novel of the same title, written by Nick Hornby, and the film version of the property that was produced in 2000 to a …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:15PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2024 (Ghostlight) While Maybe Happy Ending's story revolves around two humanoids known as Helperbots, the score is anything but robotic. In fact, the music by Will Ar…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:02PM[SHARE]Studio Cast/Concept Album, 2010 (Nonesuch) No stars, not recommended. The controversial life of politician and former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos hardly seemed ripe for music…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:44AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2013 (Ghostlight) Here is a unique example of American musical theater in the 21st century. With a score by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, and a book by Doug Wright…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:27PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2014 (Universal Music Enterprises) The overture of Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon in Vegas tells us everything we need to know about the score: It's full of showbiz r…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:56PM[SHARE]Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2024 (Center Stage Records) Written by Neil Berg and Cary Gitter, this musical tells the story of an unlikely love match between Angie (Marilyn Caserta), an Itali…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:33PM[SHARE]Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2013 (PS Classics) Parts of Scott Frankel's score for this musical, based on the 2002 film of the same title, are uncommonly intricate. The beginning of the album…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:44AM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2024 (Center Stage Records) Â It's difficult to criticize the cast recording of a show that is so representative in its diversity and so bold in its subject matter…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:17PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2011 (Broadway Records) The cast recording of Doctor Zhivago reveals an uneven score for a musical with a rather complicated plot. The source material, Boris Pasterna…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:52PM[SHARE]Original Broadway Cast, 2024 (Alicia Keys Records/Interscope) Hell's Kitchen is one jukebox musical " in this case, celebrating the artistry of R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys through …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:30AM[SHARE]McKinley Belcher III made his New York City stage debut in 2013 as Benvolio in a totally gonzo Classic Stage Company production of Romeo and Juliet. With that experience under his belt, he w…
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