Jerome Robbins' Broadway: Original Broadway Cast Recording [Cast Recording]

Jason Alexander, Faith Prince, Robert La Fosse, Charlotte d'Amboise, Debbie Gravitte | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Masterworks Broadway
• ASIN: B000003EVP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Overture: Gotta Dance/Papa,Won't You Dance

2. On The Town: New York,New York/Sailors On...

3. On The Town: Ya Got Me

4. Billion Dollar Baby: Charleston

5. Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The...

6. High Button Shoes: I Still Get Jealous

7. West Side Story: Prologue

8. West Side Story: The Dance At The Gym

9. West Side Story: Cool

10. West Side Story: America

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The King and I: The Small House of Uncle Thomas - Original Broadway Cast

2. You Gotta Have a Gimmick - Original Broadway Cast

3. I'm Flying - Original Broadway Cast

4. On a Sunday by the Sea - Original Broadway Cast

5. Mr.Monotony Dance - Original Broadway Cast

6. Mr.Monotony Dance - Original Broadway Cast

7. Tradition - Original Broadway Cast

8. The Dream - Original Broadway Cast

9. Sunrise,Sunset/Wedding Dance - Original Broadway Cast

10. Some Other time/New York,New York (Reprise) - Original Broadway Cast

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who needs mix tapes?, May 17, 2000

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Brandon Thornburg (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jerome Robbins' Broadway: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Audio CD)

If, like me, you were to pick up this album from a friend, without liner notes nor knowing anything about it, you may listen to it a few times, enjoying the music and wondering what seems familiar about it. I know-that guy playing Tevye from "Fiddler" and Pseudolus from "Forum" sounds really familiar. Now where have I heard that voice before? I've got it-Costanza! It's George!

Once I realized that I was listening to Jason Alexander sing-and well!, I could really get back to enjoying the music instead of having that nagging question first in my mind. And what I hear is a lot of fun. The show translates to soundtrack surprisingly well for what is mostly a dance show. Fiddler, Forum, On the Town, West Side Story-what a great and somewhat underappreciated legacy in this day and age of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Disney. I wish I had been there to see it-the reason I gave this 4 stars rather than 5 can be summed up in "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" which I can just see in my mind, but which does nothing for me as a song absent of Robbins' genius staging. All in all, a nice collection of Broadway songs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Salute to Broadway, September 12, 2007

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Tom George (Wash. DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jerome Robbins' Broadway: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Audio CD)

This is a terrific review of some great theater moments, all at the helm of the great Jerome Robbins. Every song was faithfully re-created from the originals. It was a great oppurtunity for some amazingly talented performers to strut their stuff. Jason Alexander (yes, George from Seinfeld!), Faith Prince, Scott Wise and Charlotte D'Amboise, have a romp in assorted singing and dancing roles from such shows as Fiddler, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Forum....etc. Though it was far better on stage (The Small House of Uncle Thomas from The King and I doesn't really work as a recording), this is still a treat to hear alot of classic numbers from these wonderful musicals.