The Woman in White: Original Cast Recording

YEAR: 2004 CAST: Michael Crawford, Maria Friedman, Jill Paice, Angela Christian, Martin Crewes, Oliver Darley, Edward Petherbridge, et al. INTRO Let me begin by saying that listening to The Woman in White is a damn sight more preferable than watching the blasted thing. A lot has been said in criticism of the projection effects used in …

My Fair Lady: 2001 London Cast Recording

YEAR: 2001 CAST: Jonathan Pryce, Martine McCutcheon, Mark Umbers, Dennis Waterman, Nicholas Le Prevost I only saw this wonderful production very late in life, back in early 2003, by which time it was onto its third cast (I saw Anthony Andrews with Katie Knight-Adams and Laura Michelle-Kelly respectively - a young Michael Xavier played Freddy). I …

Muppet Christ Superstar (Christo Graham)

And now for the one you've all been waiting for... yes! It's Muppet Christ Superstar! Wait... what? In case you hadn't noticed, I love me a weird and wonderful cast recording. They certainly don't come any weirder (I'm unsure about the 'wonderful' part) than this bizarre offering from 2014 by Christopher Graham. Now, I am …

Marguerite: Original London Cast Recording

YEAR: 2008 CAST: Ruthie Henshall, Julian Ovenden, Alexander Hanson, Simon Thomas, Annalene Beechey, Matt Cross, Andrew C. Wadsworth, Gay Soper, Keiron Crook I was perhaps in the minority when I saw Marguerite at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket back in 2008 - in that I rather liked it. The musical - "the world premiere of a new musical" …

Cabaret: 1986 London Revival Cast Recording

YEAR: 1986 CAST: Wayne Sleep, Oscar Masteroff, Peter Land, Rodney Cottam, Grazina Frame, Vivienne Martin, Kelly Hunter I've personally had the misfortune of seeing La Sleep in Cabaret in the flesh. Starring alongside Samantha Barks, the 2008/2009 tour was an absolute disaster. Cheap, nasty and with Sleep clearly waaaaaaay past it, it was an excruciating couple of …

Miss Saigon: The Highlights (The Christopher/Emery Company)

YEAR: 1993 CAST: Grace Wilson, Anthony Llewellyn, Nigel Lebeau, Michael Svensson, Caroline McLean I stumbled across this curious little studio album in a charity shop for a quid, and was attracted by the cheap looking cover. These budget Tring International published efforts have a certain aroma about them, a sort of fecal bouquet, which always suggests …