The Wild Party (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Andrew LippaEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2000-07-11
Music Label: RCA Victor Broadway
Soundtracks:
- Queenie Was a Blonde - Brian d'Arcy James, Julia K. Murney
- Out of the Blue - Brian d'Arcy James, Julia K. Murney
- What a Party - Kevin Cahoon, Charles Dillon, Kena Tangi Dorsey, Brian d'Arcy James, Alix Korey, Raymond McLeod
- Raise the Roof - Julia K. Murney
- Look at Me Now - Peter Kapetan, Idina Menzel
- Poor Child - Taye Diggs, Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel, Julia K. Murney
- And Old-Fashioned Love Story - Alix Korey
- By Now the Room Was Moving - James Delisco Beeks, Kevin Cahoon, Jennifer Cody, Charles Dillon, Brian d'Arcy James, Raymond McLeod, Julia K. Murney
- Juggernaut
- Wild, Wild Party - James Delisco Beeks, Kevin Cahoon, Charles Dillon, Brian d'Arcy James, Raymond McLeod, Julia K. Murney
- Two of a Kind - Jennifer Cody, Raymond McLeod
- Maybe I Like It This Way - Julia K. Murney
- What Is It About Her? - Brian d'Arcy James, Julia K. Murney
- Life of the Party - Idina Menzel
- I'll Be Here - Taye Diggs
- Let Me Drown - Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel
- Tell Me Something - Taye Diggs, Julia K. Murney
- Come With Me - Taye Diggs, Julia K. Murney
- Jackie's Last Dance
- Make Me Happy - Taye Diggs, Brian d'Arcy James, Julia K. Murney
- How Did We Come to This?/Queenie Was a Blonde (Reprise) - Julia K. Murney
Music reviews of The Wild Party (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Music Review: WOW
Rating: 5 Stars
Just buy it.
I stumbled across a YouTube video of Idina's "The Life of the Party" and was immediately hooked. After my second time of watching the video I downloaded the song, and it quickly became my most played. I slowly expanded to find out more about the show until I broke down and purchased the entire CD.
And it hasn't left the top of my playlist since.
This is an amazing show whose only disappointment is that it never made it to Broadway. What I would give to see this cast in action. The voices are some of the most powerful I've ever heard (like many, I was already familiar with the leads and was STILL blown away) and the music is unbelievable. It's one hell of a party.
Now, I do agree with one other user that some of the lyrics do leave something to be desired. But the rest is so good that I can completely overlook the "How long must I scream NOOO" moments in there.
The only thing I can tell you if you're considering purchasing is just to do it. It's well worth the money, even if just for the talent. The only really negative things people had to say (based on other reviews) was that they preferred the other version better, and I guess that's a matter of taste.
And if anyone hears of this show ever touring...well, I'll be the first in line.
Description of The Wild Party (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Some 70 years after being written, Joseph Moncure March's 1928 Jazz-Age poem, The Wild Party, proved it still knew how to inspire: a pair of musicals dedicated to the sultry tale of excess were produced virtually concurrently. Too bad good parties, like good jokes, are often hard to recount. While the Tony-nominated, star-studded, and short-lived Wild Party by Michael John LaChiusa embraced the dark side of the Prohibition-era f?te, this off-Broadway production by Andrew Lippa tries too hard to have a good time. March's poem is a seething, seedy work filled with internal struggle, but on this disc we never sense that underbelly. It's not until Taye Diggs, as Black, sings the touching "Poor Child" that we sense any tenderness at all in this morality play. For lighthearted good times, Julia Murney as Queenie and Brian d'Arcy James as her abusive lover Burrs do the job. On the fun, upbeat numbers ("What a Party," "Raise the Roof") this cast shines. But, despite its fascinating premise--a life-changing, epic event in the lives of a bunch of Prohibition-era misfits--this musical somehow still suffers from shallowness. --Jason VerlindeGeneral CDs
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