Grab Me a Gondola – Guildford School of Acting, 2025 cast recording (Stage Door Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ GSA’s 2025 cast recording looks set to continue making waves.
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CD Review: John Raitt – Original Album Series
JOHN RAITT – Original Album Series (Stage Door Records, 2 CD set). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If ever there was a lovely box of goodies to listen to, this is it. I grew up with the original cast recordings of Carousel, The Pajama Game, Carnival in Flanders, etc with this very […]
CD Review: Lost Broadway 1956-1957 – Various Artists
LOST BROADWAY 1956-1957 – Various Artists (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9064) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The latest offering from Stage Door Records includes songs from Broadway shows that took to the stage in the 1956-57 season. They include: ‘Happy Hunting’, ‘Mr Wonderful’, ‘New Faces of 1956’, ‘Jamaica’, ‘Simply Heavenly’, ‘Shinbone […]
CD Review: Lost Broadway 1961 – Various Artists
LOST BROADWAY 1961 – Various Artists (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9063) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have a selection of CDs and vinyl that are catalogued under ‘Great to Be Alive’. They consist of shows that lift your spirits, singers who bring joy to the ear and compilations that hit the […]
CD Review: Lucky To Be Me – Alfred Drake
LUCKY TO BE ME (A Life In Music) – Alfred Drake (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9062) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ So excited to get this double CD for review. I am of the generation that grew up with the original cast recordings of great shows such as Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate; […]
CD Review – Lost West End Revues
LOST WEST END REVUES – 2CD set – Various Artists (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9058) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It always feels good when a package comes through the letterbox with a CD from Stage Door Records to review. In the past, they have done so much for the musical theatre […]
CD Review – King Kong – Original London Cast and Original South African Cast
KING KONG – Original London Cast and Original South African Cast (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9057) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have to confess I actually own this cast recording on vinyl, but I have never played it. Don’t know why – I think the cover put me off – no […]
CD Review – Lost West End Vintage 2 – Various Artists
LOST WEST END – VINTAGE 2 – Various Artists (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9056) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Following on from the excellent Vintage 1 CD – Stage Door Records has kept the standard high with Lost West End Vintage 2. Fifty tracks of remastered delights from London cast recordings […]
CD Review – Scene One / We Speak the Same Language – James Shigeta
SCENE ONE / WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE – James Shigeta (Stage Door Records – STAGE 2460) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Not many people nowadays would instantly know who James Shigeta was. Cited as one of the most pioneering and groundbreaking actors of his generation, he was one of the first […]
CD Review – Pat Suzuki – Complete Album Series
PAT SUZUKI – COMPLETE ALBUM SERIES – Two CD Set (STAGE DOOR RECORDS – STAGE 9055) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To many people, Pat Suzuki will always be remembered as giving the definitive version of ‘I Enjoy Being a Girl’ from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song which she performed at […]
CD Review – Donnybrook! Original Cast Recording
DONNYBROOK! – Original Cast Recording (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9054) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The latest release from Stage Door Records is a 1961 Broadway musical based on the 1933 film The Quiet Man by Johnny Burke and Robert E. McEnroe. The story centres on John Enright (played by […]
CD Review – When Love is Gone – Meredith Braun
WHEN LOVE IS GONE – MEREDITH BRAUN (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9053) Meredith Braun has followed her critically acclaimed first album Someone Else’s Story with this brand new song cycle entitled When Love is Gone through Stage Door Records. There is absolutely no denying that Braun is a consummate performer with great emotion in […]
Meredith Braun to release second solo album
West End star Meredith Braun will release her second solo album When Love is Gone on Stage Door Records on 10 November. Taking its title from the Paul Williams’ ballad performed by Braun in the festive favourite movie The Muppet Christmas Carol, the album features a new version of the song performed by Braun for […]
CD Review – Half a Sixpence – The Original Demo Recordings
HALF A SIXPENCE – The Original Demo Recordings (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9052) The latest release from Stage Door Records brings us a gem of a CD – demo recordings (and more) from David Heneker and Beverley Cross’ Half a Sixpence. Many people, to this day, still believe that when they go and see […]
CD Review – Blondel – Original Cast Recording
BLONDEL – Original Cast Recording (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9050) Originally released as a double album in 1983, Stage Door Records has remastered the original cast recording of Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver’s Blondel and issued it on a double CD set with a couple of bonus tracks thrown in for good measure. I remember […]
Blondel original London cast recording to be released on CD
The original London cast recording of Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver’s musical Blondel will be released on CD next month nearly 20 years after the double LP version went out of print. Rice’s first musical outside of his partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Blondel follows the fortunes of an ambitious minstrel in the court of […]
DVD, CD and Book Reviews – Judy Collins, Drake’s Dream, The King and I/Carousel
JUDY COLLINS – A LOVE LETTER TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM DVD (Wildflower – MVD9662D) I have to admit that I love Judy Collins, always have. In fact, it was her who introduced me to Stephen Sondheim’s music in 1973 with her Top 10 hit version of ‘Send in the Clowns’. It made me want to find out […]
CD Review – Maddie – 20th anniversary London cast album
MADDIE – 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition London Cast Album (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9047) Gosh – is it really 20 years since Maddie was on the West End stage? That’s what happens when you get older – the years get shorter! I remember going to see this production at the Lyric Theatre and I liked […]
Stage Door Records to release Maddie 20th anniversary CD
Previously unreleased recordings by stage and screen favourite John Barrowman will feature on the 20th anniversary double CD featuring the original London cast recording of the 1990s musical Maddie, due for release next month. Continuing its commitment to the preservation of ‘lost’ British theatre scores of the past 50 years, Stage Door Records will release […]
CD reviews – Two Cities – Carousel – Alfred Drake & Roberta Peters sing Leonard Bernstein
Nick Wakeham casts an eye over some of the latest CD releases. TWO CITIES – Original London Cast (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9045) We in the UK have always been very lucky when it comes to original cast recordings. It used to be that the company was taken into the recording studios the first Saturday after […]
The Importance – Original Studio Cast Recording
THE IMPORTANCE – Original Studio Cast Recording (Stage Door Records – STAGE 9044) The only musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest to be staged in London’s West was The Importance with music, lyrics and book adaptation by Sean O’Mahony. This was staged originally at the Ambassadors Theatre in 1984 with a […]
Book and CD Reviews – Barry the Penguin – Liz Callaway – Dorothy Loudon – Richard Woodford
Nick Wakeham casts an eye over some of the latest CDs and Books with a theatrical theme. Musical Theatre Review’s CD and Books page is presented in association with DRESS CIRCLE, the longest-running Musical Theatre specialist shop in the world. BARRY THE PENGUIN’S BLACK AND WHITE CHRISTMAS – Lesley Ross and John-Victor (Matador Books – ISBN: 978-1-78462-357-9) Delightful! I think that sums up […]
CD Reviews – Bend It Like Beckham – Tim Prottey-Jones – Ann Veronica
Nick Wakeham casts an eye over some of the latest CD releases. Musical Theatre Review’s CD reviews page is presented in association with DRESS CIRCLE, the longest-running Musical Theatre specialist shop in the world. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM – Original London Cast I have to admit that I am reviewing this album without having seen the actual show on […]
CD Review – Jack the Ripper – Original London Cast
JACK THE RIPPER – Original London Cast (STAGE 9039) I cannot put into writing the feeling that came over me when I discovered that Stage Door Records had released this album. When I was young (many years ago), I had moved down to London and my thirst for West End shows and original cast recordings from […]
CD reviews – John-Victor, Amanda Thorpe, Anthony Newley
NICK WAKEHAM casts an eye over some of the latest CD releases. SHOOT…BANG – Studio Cast (PPCD005 – available for Download – www.perfectpitchmusicals.com/shootbang.html) This album contains some excerpts from two new musicals with music by John-Victor, a young British composer writing innovative, contemporary scores for new musicals. This album contains excerpts from four of those shows: War […]
Book and CD reviews – Tess of the D’Urbervilles, David Campbell, Chris Grady’s Your Life in Theatre and more…
NICK WAKEHAM casts an eye over some of the latest CD and Book releases. DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO (MP3 Download) This is a refreshing departure from the otherwise highly orchestrated show tunes albums that have been available in the past couple of years. David Campbell Sings John Bucchino is simply that – Campbell’s rich vocals […]
