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Title:
Broadway in a box : the essential Broadway musicals collection.
Author:
Strouse, Charles. Annie.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Anything goes.

Kander, John. Cabaret.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. Camelot.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Carousel.

Kander, John. Chicago.

Hamlisch, Marvin. Chorus line.

Sondheim, Stephen. Company.

Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof.

Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Guys and dolls.

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994. Gypsy.

MacDermot, Galt. Hair.

Herman, Jerry, 1931- Hello, Dolly.

Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. How to succeed in business without really trying.

Sondheim, Stephen. Into the woods.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. King and I.

Leigh, Mitch, 1928-2014. Man of La Mancha.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Oklahoma.

Bart, Lionel. Oliver.

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat. Selections.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Sound of music.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific.

Sondheim, Stephen. Sweeney Todd. Selections.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Masterworks Broadway : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, [2012]
Call Number:
K BROA BBE V52
Physical Description:
25 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"All original Broadway cast recordings unless otherwise noted"--Container.

Previously released material.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Peter Filichia (64 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Annie / music by Charles Strouse ; lyrics by Martin Charnin ; book by Thomas Meehan, based on Little Orphan Annie (Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton, Dorothy Loudon; supporting performers; Peter Howard, conductor) (recorded Apr. 25, 1977, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York; originally released in 1977 as Columbia PS 34712) -- Anything goes : 1987 Broadway revival cast / music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; original book by Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse (Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, Bill McCutcheon; supporting performers; Edward Strauss, conductor) (recorded Dec. 7, 1987, at RCA's Studio A, New York; originally released in 1988 as RCA 7769-2-RC) -- Cabaret / music by John Kander ; lyrics by Fred Ebb ; book by Joe Masteroff, based on I am a camera by John van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood (Jill Haworth, Jack Gilford, Bert Convy, Lotte Lenya; supporting performers; Harold Hastings, conductor) (recorded Nov. 27, 1966, at CBS 30th Street Studios, New York; originally released in 1966 as Columbia KOL 6640/KOS 3040) -- Camelot / music by Frederick Loewe ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, based on The once and future king by T.H. White (Richard Burton, Julie Andrew, Roddy McDowall, Robert Coote, Robert Goulet; supporting performers; Franz Allers, conductor) (recorded Dec. 11, 1960 at CBS 30th Street Studios, New York; originally released in 1960 as Columbia KOL 5620/KOS 2031) -- Carousel : 1965 Music Theater of Lincoln Center cast / music by Richard Rodgers ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (John Raitt, Eileen Christy, Susan Watson, Jerry Orbach; supporting performers; Franz Allers, conductor) (recorded Aug. 15, 1965, at Webster Hall, New York; originally released in 1965 as RCA LSO 1114) -- Chicago / music by John Kander ; book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins ; lyrics by Fred Ebb (Gwen Verdon, Jerry Orbach, Chita Rivera; supporting performers; Stanley Lebowsky, conductor) (recorded June 17-22, 1975, at A & R Studios, New York; originally released in 1975 as Columbia AL 9005) -- A chorus line / music by Marvin Hamlisch ; conceived, choreographed, and directed by Michael Bennett ; book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante ; lyrics by Edward Kleban (recorded June 2, 1975, at Columbia's 30th Street Studios; originally released in 1975 as Columbia PS 33581) -- Company / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by George Furth (Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, Elaine Stritch; supporting performers; Harold Hastings, conductor) (recorded May 3, 1970, at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York; originally released in 1970 as Columbia OS 3550) -- Fiddler on the roof / music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; book by Joseph Stein, based on stories by Sholom Aleichem (Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova, Beatrice Arthur; supporting performers; Milton Greene, conductor) (recorded Sept. 27, 1964, in Webster Hall, New York; originally released in 1964 as RCA LSO-1093) -- Guys and dolls : 1992 Broadway revival cast / music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon (Peter Gallagher, Josie de Guzman, Nathan Lane, Faith Prince; supporting performers; Edward Strauss, conductor) (recorded May 3, 1992, in BMG Studio A, New York; originally released in 1992 as RCA 09026-61317-2) -- Gypsy / music by Jule Styne ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Arthur Laurents, suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee (Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, Sandra Church; supporting performers; Milton Rosenstock, conductor) (recorded May 24, 1959; originally released in 1959 as Columbia OL 5420/OS 2017) -- Hair / music by Galt MacDermot ; book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado (Galt MacDermot, conductor) (recorded May 6, 1968 in RCA's Studio B, New York; originally released in 1968 as RCA LSO-1150).

Hello, Dolly! / music and lyrics by Jerry Herman ; book by Michael Stewart, based on The matchmaker by Thornton Wilder (Carol Channing, David Burns, Eileen Brennan, Sondra Lee, Charles Nelson Reilly; supporting performers; Shepard Coleman, conductor) (recorded Jan. 19, 1964, Webster Hall, New York; originally released as RCA LSO-1087) -- How to succeed in business without really trying / music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on How to succeed in business without really trying by Shepherd Mead (Robert Morse, Rudy Vallée; supporting performers; Elliot Lawrence, conductor) (recorded Oct. 22, 1961, in Webster Hall, New York; originally released in 1961 as RCA LOC-1066) -- Into the woods / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by James Lapine (Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg; supporting performers; Paul Gemignani, conductor) (recorded Nov. 9-10, 1987, RCA's Studio A, New York; originally released in 1988 as RCA RL-8679 [i.e. 6796-1-RC]) -- The King and I : 1964 Music Theater of Lincoln Center cast / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon (Risë Stevens, Darren McGavin; supporting performers; Franz Allers, conductor) (recorded July 12, 1964, at Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, NY; originally released in 1964 as RCA LSO-1092) -- Man of La Mancha : 2002 Broadway revival cast / music by Mitch Leigh ; lyrics by Joe Darion ; book by Dale Wasserman, suggested by the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ernie Sabella; supporting performers; Robert Billig, conductor) (recorded Nov. 14, 2002, at Right Track Recording Studio A509, New York; originally released in 2003 as RCA 09026-64007-2) -- My fair lady / music by Frederick Loewe ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews; supporting performers; Franz Allers, conductor) (recorded Mar. 25, 1956, at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York; originally released in 1956 as Columbia OL 5090) -- Oklahoma! : 1979 Broadway revival cast / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Lynn Riggs's Green grow the lilacs (Laurence Guittard, Christine Andreas, Mary Wickes; supporting performers; Jay Blackton, conductor) (recorded Jan. 7, 1980, in RCA's Studio A, New York; originally released in 1980 as RCA RCD1-3572) -- Oliver! / book, music, and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; freely adapted from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (Clive Revill, Georgia Brown; supporting performers; Donald Pippin, conductor) (recorded Aug. 19, 1962, at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA; originally released in 1962 as RCA LSOD-2004) -- Show boat : 1966 Music Theater of Lincoln Center cast [selections] / music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the novel Show boat by Edna Ferber (Barbara Cook, Constance Towers, Stephen Douglass, David Wayne, William Warfield; supporting performers; Franz Allers, conductor) (recorded July 24, 1966, in Webster Hall, New York; originally released in 1966 as RCA LSO-1126) -- The sound of music / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel; supporting performers; Frederick Dvonch, conductor) (recorded Nov. 22, 1959, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York; originally released in 1959 as Columbia KOS 2020) -- South Pacific / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, adapted from James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific (Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza; supporting performers; Salvatore Dell'Isola, conductor) (recorded Apr 18-19, 1949, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York; originally released in 1949 as Columbia ML 4180) -- Sweeney Todd : highlights / music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Hugh Wheeler, based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond (Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou; supporting performers; Paul Gemignani, conductor) (recorded Mar. 12-13, 1979, in RCA's Studio A, New York; originally released in 1979 as RCA CBL2-3379) -- West Side story / music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Arthur Laurents (Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Art Smith; supporting performers; Max Goberman, conductor) (recorded Sept. 29, 1957, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York; originally released in 1957 as Columbia OL 5230).
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