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Avenue Q The Musical (2003 Original Broadway Cast) 2007-07-02 15:34:00 Music and Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxReleased: October 7, 2003Label: RCA Victor BroadwayAvenue
Q is a Tony award-winning musical that was conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The show is largely inspired by (and is in the style of) Sesame Street: most of the characters in the show are puppets (operated by actors onstage), the set depicts several tenements on a rundown street in an "outer borough" of New York City, both the live characters and puppet characters sing, and short animated video clips are played as part of the story.Also, several characters are recognizably parodies of classic Muppet characters: for example, the roommates Rod and Nicky are versions of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and Trekkie Monster is based on Cookie Monster. However, the characters are in their twenties and thirties and face adult problems instead of those faced by pre-schoolers. The characters use profanity, and the songs concern adult themes. A recurring th Read more:Musical
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A Man of No Importance (2002 Off-Broadway Cast) 2007-06-12 17:39:00 Music: Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics: Lynn AhrensReleased: April 15, 2003Label: Jay RecordsA Man of No Importance is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1994 Albert Finney film A Man of No Importance directed by Suri Krishnamma and screenplay by Barry Devlin, it tells the story of an amateur theatre group in Dublin, the St. Imelda's Players, and their leader, Alfie Byrne, a Dublin bus conductor. A passionate fan of Oscar Wilde, Alfie is determined to stage a version of Salome at his church, despite the objections of church authorities. In the process of fighting for the play, Alfie is finally forced to confront his own sexuality and take a stand in the world.The musical ran from September 12 to December 29, 2002 in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater, New York and was part of the Lincoln Center Theater 2002-03 season. It was awarded the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway
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Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) 2007-06-12 15:17:00 Music: Duncan Sheik. Lyrics: Steven SaterReleased: November 21, 2006Label: Decca BroadwaySpring
Awakening is a Tony Award-winning musical which premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company on May 19, 2006 and closed August 17, 2006. The rock musical transferred to Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it opened on December 10, 2006 to mostly rave reviews. On May 15, 2007, Spring Awakening was recognized with eleven nominations for the 2007 Tony Awards -- more than any other production that year -- including a nomination for Best Musical. The show won eight Tonys for direction, book, score, orchestrations, choreography, lighting design, best featured actor, and best musical. The show won four Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical.More Info: WikipediaLink Read more:Original
Company (Broadway 2006 Revival) 2007-08-04 06:41:00 Music and Lyrics: Stephen SondheimReleased: February 20, 2007Label: NonesuchOriginally entitled Threes, its plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical comprised of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult problems through its music. As Sondheim put it, "they are middle-class people with middle class-problems." It is also one of the first musicals where the songs commented on the characters in the play instead of furthering the plot, a device which became a Sondheim standard.A new revival had try-outs at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Robert S. Marx Theatre in the spring of 2006. After 34 previews, the Broadway
Wicked. 2003 Original Broadway Cast Recording 2008-04-23 09:49:00 Music and Lyrics: Stephen SchwartzReleased: December 16, 2003Label: Universal RecordsWicked
is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a libretto by Winnie Holzman. The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz.Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plot is Read more:Original
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Passing Strange 2007 Demo Recording 2008-05-15 03:39:00 Music and Lyrics: Stew and Heidi RodewaldReleased: UnreleasedA young black musician travels on a picaresque journey to rebel against his mother and his upbringing in a church-going, middle-class, South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. He finds new experiences in promiscuous Amsterdam, with its easy access to drugs and sex, and in artistic, chaotic, political Berlin, where he struggles with ethics Read more:Strange
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