Cats Broadway Cast Recording 2005
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Cats broadway cast recording 2005. I don t intend any yankcentrism but there is an irrepressible energy in this version that isn t. Highlights denotes a recording that is only available as a selection of songs designed to fit on a single record cassette cd. The musical includes the well known song memory as. A live recording is one that was recorded of one or more live performance rather than in a recording studio.
Directed by trevor nunn and choreographed by gillian lynne cats first opened in the west end in 1981 and then with the same creative team on broadway in 1982. Selections from the original broadway cast recording at discogs. A list of all of the official cast recordings of cats. The original broadway cast of cats including the understudies recorded the album in october 1982.
Cats is a sung through musical composed by andrew lloyd webber based on the 1939 poetry collection old possum s book of practical cats by t. This page uses the day month year dd mm yy date format. I know many cats fans who were raised on elaine paige and the original london cast may be up in arms about this but objectively there is perhaps more fun in this new york version of the musical. Between the london and broadway recordings of cats i tend to favour the broadway cast version more.
Discover releases reviews track listings recommendations and more about andrew lloyd webber cats complete original broadway cast recording at discogs. Lloyd webber flew in from london to oversee the recording which was estimated to cost as much as 400 000. There are also numerous studio recordings made of the music by non cast studio singers which are. Cats is a musical composed by andrew lloyd webber and produced by cameron mackintosh based on old possum s book of practical cats by t.
It would seem that rather than regular annual or biannual cast changes actors were employed on rolling contracts so the cast changed gradually over time. Discover releases reviews track listings recommendations and more about andrew lloyd webber cats. Cats originally ran on broadway from 1982 to 2000.