You may not know this about your host but he has never attended a Broadway play or even an Off Broadway play. I was stage manager for our 8th grade play in school and had a phenomenal time playing spin the bottle at the wrap party though so I feel more than qualified to speak on matters of The Great White Way. Plus I've stayed awake through some of the film adaptations, soooooooo... Also on April 29th, the US arm of Now That's What I Call Music! will be releasing Now That's What I Call Broadway, featuring eighteen of The Biggest Broadway Hits on One Album! featuring:
- Seasons of Love - Rent
- Defying Gravity - Wicked
- All That Jazz - Chicago
- On the Balcony/Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Evita
- The Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera
- Memory - Cats
- I Dreamed A Dream - Les Misérables
- And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Dreamgirls
- Ease On Down the Road - The Wiz
- Sherry - Jersey Boys
- Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Hairspray
- Mamma Mia - Mamma Mia!
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Beautiful
- Tomorrow - Annie
- When I Grow Up - Matilda
- Circle of Life - The Lion King
- Finale: Children will Listen - Into the Woods
- One - A Chorus Line
Interestingly enough, the UK arm of Now That's What I Call Music! has already issued two double disc sets similar to NOW Broadway titled Now That's What I Call Musicals. The first one was released in November 2012 and the second one in November 2014. In addition to featuring songs from original cast recordings and revivals of both Broadway and West End productions, both collections also contain songs from movie and television soundtracks. The first one below, the 2012 version, has 40 tracks while the second one from 2014, has but 39 tracks. There is a lot of common songs between the two sets though some of the singers are different but I suppose that the huge circle of NOW fans who are also Glee fans with discretionary income bought both sets without blinking.
2012 tracklist:
- We Will Rock You - We Will Rock You
- Dancing Queen - Mama Mia
- The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Unchained Melody - Ghost
- All That Jazz - Chicago
- The Grease Mega-Mix - Grease
- I'm a Believer - Shrek
- Circle of Life - The Lion King
- A Whole New World - Aladdin
- Defying Gravity - Wicked
- Electricity - Billy Elliot
- Come What May - Moulin Rouge
- Consider Yourself - Oliver
- You Can't Stop the Beat - Hairspray
- Dreamboats & Petticoats - Dreamboats & Petticoats
- Fame - Fame
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins
- Tomorrow - Annie
- Breaking Free - High School Musical
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall - Evita
- The Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera
- I Know Him So Well - Chess
- Over the Rainbow - Wizard of Oz
- Bring Him Home - Les Miserables
- Memory - Cats
- Summertime - Porgy & Bess
- December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - Jersey Boys
- Singin' in the Rain - Singin' In The Rain
- Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love
- I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Evita
- All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
- Send in the Clowns - A Little Light Music
- Maria - West Side Story
- Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
- As If We Never Said Goodbye - Sunset Boulevard
- Getting to Know You - The King and I
- Oklahoma - Oklahoma
- You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
- I Dreamed a Dream - Les Miserables
2014 tracklist:
- We Will Rock You - We Will Rock You
- Let It Go - Frozen
- I Dreamed a Dream - Les Misérables
- The Winner Takes It All - Mamma Mia
- Unchained Melody - Ghost
- All That Jazz - Chicago
- The Grease Mega-Mix - Grease
- Fame - Fame
- December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!) - Jersey Boys
- Mustang Sally - The Commitments
- Dreamboats and Petticoats - Dreamboats and Petticoats
- I'm a Believer - Shrek
- A Whole New World - Aladdin
- Defying Gravity - Wicked
- Come What May - Moulin Rouge
- Consider Yourself - Oliver
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins
- Tomorrow - Annie
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall - Evita
- Breaking Free - High School Musical
- Bring Him Home - Les Misérables
- The Music of the Night - The Phantom of the Opera
- Memory - Cats
- Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music
- I Know Him So Well - Chess
- Take That Look Off Your Face - Tell Me on a Sunday
- Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Evita
- Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
- Any Dream Will Do - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- When I Grow Up - Matilda
- Whistle Down the Wind - Whistle Down the Wind
- Maria - West Side Story
- You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
- Singin' in the Rain - Singin' in the Rain
- Getting to Know You - The King and I
- All I Ask of You - The Phantom of the Opera
- I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Light at the End of the Tunnel - Starlight Express
Let's take a look at the US album that claims "Broadway" in the title. Therefore, I expect original works written for the US stage.
ReplyDeleteSeasons of Love - Rent ✔ (Broadway 1996, movie 2005)
Defying Gravity - Wicked ✔ (Broadway 2003 based on 1995 book)
All That Jazz - Chicago ✔ (Broadway 1975, movie 2002)
On the Balcony/Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Evita ✘ (original album 1976, London production 1978, Broadway 1979, movie 1996)
The Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera ✘ (London production 1986 based on 1910 book, Broadway 1988, movie 2004)
Memory - Cats ✘ (London production 1981, Broadway 1982)
I Dreamed A Dream - Les Misérables ✘ (Paris production 1980 based on 1862 book, Broadway 1987, movie 2012)
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Dreamgirls ✔ (Broadway 1981, movie 2006)
Ease On Down the Road - The Wiz ✔ (Broadway 1975, movie 1978)
Sherry - Jersey Boys ✘ (Original Four Seasons single 1962, "jukebox" musical on Broadway 2005, movie 2014)
Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Hairspray ✔ (Broadway 2002 based on 1988 non-musical film version, musical film version 2007)
Mamma Mia - Mamma Mia! ✘ (Original ABBA single 1975, "jukebox" musical in London 1999, Broadway 2001, movie 2008)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Beautiful ✘ (Original Shirelles single 1960, "jukebox" musical on Broadway 2014)
Tomorrow - Annie ✔ (Broadway 1977 based on 1924 comic strip, musical film versions 1982, 1999, 2014)
When I Grow Up - Matilda ✘ (London production 2011 based on 1988 book, Broadway 2013)
Circle of Life - The Lion King ✘ (movie 1994, Broadway 1997)
Finale: Children will Listen - Into the Woods ✔ (Broadway 1987, movie 2014)
One - A Chorus Line ✔ (Broadway 1975, movie 1985)
Final score 9 of 18. Batting .500 will put you in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but this ain't baseball. However, I will concede that all the songs have appeared on Broadway, so the title isn't misleading.
Personally, I've seen The Lion King and Mamma Mia! on Broadway; touring versions of Phantom of the Opera, Les Miz, Rent, and Cats; and a high school production of Into the Woods. I've seen most of the film adaptations, the best of which was Evita.