LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ CineMedia Promotions) From Show Boat to Sweeney Todd -
Stunning 25-CD Box Set of the Great Musicals Available Now
Masterworks Broadway releases Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection available now. Perfect for both new and longtime Broadway fans, this new collection brings together, for the first time, classic cast recordings from 25 of Broadway's greatest musicals.
While Broadway in a Box is a must-have for musical theater aficionados and show-tune lovers, it's also an ideal introduction to the glorious history of the Broadway musical. From Show Boat to Sweeney Todd, and Anything Goes to Annie, the new set documents so many wonderful classics of the genre. Newbies may find quite a few surprises as they discover the shows that gave birth to popular song classics like "
Tomorrow" (from Annie), "Sunrise, Sunset" (from Fiddler on the Roof), "
You'll Never Walk Alone" (from Carousel), and "My Favorite Things" (from The Sound of Music), to name just a few. Old hands will be thrilled to have so many of Broadway's foundational works in one collection.
Each individual disc is packaged in its own full-color mini-sleeve featuring the original album cover art. A 64-page companion booklet contains liner notes by noted theatre critic
Peter Filichia, historical photos of many of the original productions, and for each show an introduction, cast list, list of musical numbers, and awards.
These cast recordings feature dozens of stars of yesterday and today: Patti Lupone, John Raitt, Joel Grey, Lotte Lenya, John Cullum, Richard Burton,
Julie Andrews, Roddy McDowall, Jerry Orbach, Chita Rivera, Elaine Stritch, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Jack Klugman, Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Rudy Vallee, Darren McGavin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Rex Harrison, Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Ezio Pinza, Victor Garber,
Angela Lansbury, and more.
In addition to the cast recordings, the set includes many extra features: Kander & Ebb's demo recordings for Cabaret; Ethel Merman singing alternate lyrics to "
Some People" from Gypsy; recordings from German and Swedish productions of The Sound of Music; numbers cut from shows during tryouts; conversations and interviews with the likes of Jule Styne, Rex Harrison, and
Julie Andrews; and
Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse giving the first public performance of "Tomorrow."
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Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection includes:
1.
Annie (Original Broadway Cast)
2. Anything Goes (1987 Lincoln Center Theater Cast)
3. Cabaret (Original Broadway Cast)
4. Camelot (Original Broadway Cast)
5. Carousel (1965
Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast)
6.
Chicago (Original Broadway Cast)
7. A Chorus Line (Original Broadway Cast)
8. Company (Original Broadway Cast)
9. Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast)
10. Guys and Dolls (1992 Broadway Cast)
11. Gypsy (Original Broadway Cast)
12. Hair (Original Broadway Cast)
13. Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast)
14. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Original Broadway Cast)
15. Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast)
16. The King & I (1964
Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast)
17. Man of La Mancha (2002 Broadway Cast)
18. My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast)
19. Oklahoma! (1979 Broadway Cast)
20. Oliver! (Original Broadway Cast)
21. Show Boat (1966
Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast)
22. The Sound of
Music (Original Broadway Cast)
23. South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast)
24. Sweeney Todd (Highlights) (Original Broadway Cast)
25. West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast)
