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Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, Sutton Foster

Release Date June 11, 2002
If you'd like a pick -me -up, this is the show to listen to. Great music, a wonderful score, and just fun to listen to. Sutton Foster is just great in the lead. (I think her first show.) If you saw the movie, well, not so crazy, but the basics are still there. It would help a lot if you can catch a touring company or even a high school production. Then the music would make more sense. But try it, you'll like it. I'm only sorry I missed the B'way original. But I think it will be around in revival; it's such fun.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Let Yourself Go

by: Kristin Chenoweth, Jule Styne, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Jeanine Tesori, Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Ricky Ian Gordon, Richard Dworsky, Lawrence Ellington Duke / Brown, Harry Warren, Bobby Troup, Jason Alexander, Irving Berlin, Rob Fisher, The Coffee Club Orchestra

Release Date May 29, 2001
The first time I saw Kristin Chenoweth in a movie was the TV "Music Man". Just lately I listened to the "Wicked" soundtrack, and after that, I've been listening to Kristin's CDs whenever I can. This one is a jazzy, Broadway-type CD with fun, engaging songs. She's a different type of singer, and while not everyone might enjoy her voice, I really do. If you like Broadway, jazz, drama, romance, or just fun, catchy songs, this is a CD for you.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Violet (1998 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

by: Jeanine Tesori, Brian Crawley

Release Date February 09, 1999
Never have received it or even an email to explain. STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS SELLER>

CD-Charts Position 4
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Caroline, Or Change (2004 Original Broadway Cast)

by: Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner, Tonya Pinkins, Anika Noni Rose

Release Date June 29, 2004
I saw this production in LA with the original Broadway cast, and while I thought it was emotional and VERY well acted, it was also musically forgettable. I mean, 'songs that sound pretty powerful while you hear them that you couldn't sing a note from ten seconds later' forgettable. Yes, there are some interesting songs like the afore mentioned "Salty Teardrops", "Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw", and "Lot's Wife", but it still doesn't stay with you. The EMOTION does, but alas, the melodies do not. And I've sang in an award-winning gospel group for years, but ANY of those melodies stay with you and these don't. Not too mention that when you hoped that it might finally be over, you realized it was only the intermission! I have not experienced anything like THAT ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Mulan II

from: Walt Disney Records

Release Date January 25, 2005
What a masterpiece by McNeely! The new "Mulan" theme nearly matches Goldsmith's theme in quality and even transcends it in sheer tragic beauty. Granted, if you hate the "animated" score sound, you will hate a few moments in this one... However you will also be swept away by some truly sweeping moments of beauty that bring back the glory days of Goldsmith, Barry or even Williams.

Overall, this is a highly recommended score!
Kudos Mr. McNeely!

CD-Charts Position 6
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Ultimate Broadway II: The Very Best of Broadway Now

by: Various Artists

Release Date May 20, 2003
Four of the songs on this CD (Oklahoma, Music of the Night, Cabaret, and All That Jazz) were on the earlier Ultimate Broadway. Of all the shows that have been on Broadway over the past 70+ years, including the ones that are currently running, there is no excuse for repeats!

CD-Charts Position 7
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Twelfth Night

from: Original Cast

Release Date February 18, 2000
This recording of the music from the Lincoln Center production is eclectic, exciting, haunting and absolutely beautiful. To hear Jeanine's other works, you wouldn't think that they are from the same composer. She is a major talent through so many different styles. For anyone interested in the work of a rising star of theatre composition, you will love this recording. Incidently, I met and talked with Jeanine after a performance of Millie and she is incredibly humble and lovely. I wish her the best in her career.

CD-Charts Position 8
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The Musicals: The Best Of

from: Solid Gold

Release Date November 01, 2005
This recording of the music from the Lincoln Center production is eclectic, exciting, haunting and absolutely beautiful. To hear Jeanine's other works, you wouldn't think that they are from the same composer. She is a major talent through so many different styles. For anyone interested in the work of a rising star of theatre composition, you will love this recording. Incidently, I met and talked with Jeanine after a performance of Millie and she is incredibly humble and lovely. I wish her the best in her career.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Broadway Today

from: Sony

Release Date June 03, 2003
If you are a broadway passer-by, someone who looks to getting to know just what's on broadway and not what's it like, someone who says he's seen all of the broadway shows after reading the "what's on listings" in the papers this is a CD for you. I don't own the CD but own all of the Cds from which songs were taken to make this CD. every musical has it's own style and kind of music, and this CD doesn't even take all the highlights. If you are into really experiencing something when listening to a cd, if you are a real broadway-lover and you are interested in modern musical-writing, every one of the original cast recordings (from which songs were taken to this CD-hairpsray, producers, millie, aida, b&b, boheme, moving out) will be a much bigger enjoyment ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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We Love New York

from: RCA

Release Date August 20, 2002
If you are a broadway passer-by, someone who looks to getting to know just what's on broadway and not what's it like, someone who says he's seen all of the broadway shows after reading the "what's on listings" in the papers this is a CD for you. I don't own the CD but own all of the Cds from which songs were taken to make this CD. every musical has it's own style and kind of music, and this CD doesn't even take all the highlights. If you are into really experiencing something when listening to a cd, if you are a real broadway-lover and you are interested in modern musical-writing, every one of the original cast recordings (from which songs were taken to this CD-hairpsray, producers, millie, aida, b&b, boheme, moving out) will be a much bigger enjoyment ... Read More: