Original Broadway Casts - Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings
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Artist: Original Broadway CastsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Music Label: Time Life Entertainment
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture
- Maybe
- It s the Hard-Knock Life
- It s the Hard-Knock Life (Reprise)
- Tomorrow
- We d Like To Thank You, Herbert H
- Little Girls
- Little Girls (Reprise)
- I Think I m Gonna Like It Here
- N.Y.C.
- Easy Street
- You Won t Be an Orphan for Long
- Maybe (Reprise)
- Entr acte
- You re Never Fully Dressed Witho
- You re Never Fully Dress (Reprise)
- Easy Street (Reprise)
- Tomorrow (Reprise)
- Something Was Missing
- Annie
- I Don t Need Anything But You
- Maybe (Reprise)
- A New Deal for Christmas
- Finale; Tomorrow
- The story as told by Carol Burnett
- 1934
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- 1934 (Reprise)
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- How Could I Ever Say No?
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- The Lady of the House
- He Doesn t Know I m Alive
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- The Lady of the House (Reprise)
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- Coney Island
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- Interruption & Explanation
- All I ve Got Is Me
- I Guess Things Happen for the Be
- My Daddy
- Interruption by Miss Hannigan
- Tomorrow Is Now
- Introduction of Bonus Material
- Why Should I Change a Thing? (Fr
- Don t Mess with Mother
- It s Christmas (Originally written
Music reviews of Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings
Music Review: Leapin' Lizards! It's an Annie for Today and Tomorrow!
Rating: 5 Stars
Cast album producers are usually ignored by the general public, but without many of these producers who take risks, we wouldn't see many rare shows worthy of a cast recording.
Robert Sher is one of those producers. From his OBC of Sugar Babies to the lost score of SHERRY! Sher is willing to gamble to bring musical theatre lovers items of interest. So, Why ANNIE? As divine as the Columbia OBC is, with benchmark performances by Andrea Mc Ardle and the incomparable Dorothy Loudon, The OBC has a very 1970's sound and feel that seems inescapable for a show that is set during the great depression. Ah, but this is more than a complete recording. This recording includes a second disc featuring songs from the 1992 mega disaster ANNIE 2 - Miss Hannigan's Revenge.
If you'd wonder why you'd want to hear songs from this flop, the answer is simple: Charles Strouse's tunes are always interesting and often unexpected. In fact, some of his best melodies have been featured in scores from flop shows - Nick and Nora is just one example. Secondly, this second disc is narrated by Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, who arguably was the best thing about the 1982 ANNIE feature film. Burnett lends her comic narrative to fill in the blanks around the score. Burnett,alas, doesn't sing Miss Hannigan in the ANNIE 2 Score, which is slightly disappointing, so you settle for Sally Struthers and Kathy Lee Gifford, who are both perfectly fine, but still leave you wondering what it would have been like if Burnett had performed the songs. Sadly, a lot of ANNIE 2's best melodies were recycled for the next ANNIE incarnation Annie Warbucks, albeit with different lyrics.Those songs were not included on this recording due to rights issues. The best three tracks on the second disc aren't from Annie 2 at all. They are the added songs for various productions of ANNIE. "Why Should I Change a Thing?", added for the 2004 Australian production is a welcome addition for Warbucks. "Don't Mess With Mother", added for the 30th Anniversary Production, is a revamped lyric of "You Make Me Happy", added for Nell Carter in the 20th anniversary production. Kathy Lee Gifford shines here and makes me regret not having caught her as Hannigan. The final song "It's Christmas" is from the 1977 NBC TV ANNIE Christmas Special, and features Andrea Mc Ardle reprising her role as Annie. This second disc is an oddity, but it is deserving of a place in any collector's library.
This 30th Anniversary recording sounds timeless and lush. No, the new cast won't erase your fond memories, but it's chock full of performances that are fresh and just as valid. The orchestrations have been updated, while staying relatively faithful to the original concept and structure.
Alene Robertson, who has made a cottage industry of playing Miss Hannigan, is delightful. Her voice is rich and deep.. and more than a tad butch.. but it works. The Divine Shelley Burch, plays Lily St. Regis on the 1st Disc, and on the Annie 2 disc, turns in a beautiful performance as Grace Farrell. I wish she'd played Grace on the first disc as well, as her voice is far superior to Elizabeth Broadhurst.
Conrad John Schuck is a fine Warbucks, but doesn't posess the vocal depth, range or power of either Reid Shelton nor Harve Presnell.
Of course ANNIE rises and falls on Annie herself. Marissa O' Donnell is perfectly lovely, but she still has to battle with the ghost of Andrea Mc Ardle's indelible performance. Mc Ardle's voice has always been something of an oddity: She had an adult belt from the time she was a baby, and she never sounded cutsey or sugary as Annie. Invariably, every subsequent Annie has that saccharine quality. That's simply no fault of O'Donnell's, she's just no Andrea Mc Ardle.. and who is?
Grab this CD. It's not going to ever replace your OBC, but you will give it repeated play, as you hear this classic score reinvented and "gussied up" for an entirely new generation.. and of course, the 40th anniversary production isn't too far away.
Description of Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings
Leapin'Lizards it is the World Premiere Complete Recording of Annie -the Broadway Musical the 30th Anniversary. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of one of the longest running and most beloved Broadway productions, Time Life is proud to release "Annie: The Broadway Muscial 30th Anniversary Production." Disc 1 contains a full recording of "Annie," the 1st time the entire score has been available. Disc 2 features a fully orchestrated collection of songs from "Annie 2" as well as three additional bonus tracks.General CDs
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