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Taboo [Original London Cast]

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Just got back from NYC where I saw TABOO. In all my years of seeing musicals, TABOO was by far the best!

Amazing music and every voice powerful & unbelievable! Raul Esparza & Brooke Elliott as the narrators (Philip & Big Sue) are incredible. Brooke's solo "Talk Amoungst Yourselves" was absolutely incredible! That girl can sing!

Euan Morton is a dead ringer for the Boy George of the 80s. And he has the voice of an angel. Boy George himself is great as Leigh Bowery and does a stand-up bit in Act II! Euan & George are the only 2 from the London cast that are on Broadway.

I wish I had another day to spend in NYC to see it again!

Definetly get the London Cast CD and wait anxiously for the Broadway cast to release one!

This is not the NYC recording!!! This is the London cast. The NYC cast is slated to record Feb. 2.

The above just about describes my reaction after coming out of the theater this weekend. I actually didn't see Raul Esparza, but Donnie Keshawarz was incredible just the same. I don't buy soundtracks often, but the songs in this show were just... le sigh. "Stranger in This World" had me near tears, as did "Out of Fashion." As for "Talk Amongst Yourselves", I doubt I could do Liz McCartney justice. I could've sworn Euan Morto was George, and only a look at the playbill convinced me otherwise. As for George himself... Just listen to "Ich Bin Kunst". It's his character in a nutshell. Overall, a Grade A kick-a$$ performance.

My best friend had purchased tickets for us to see Taboo before they announced the clsing date. We both enjoyed the show which I personally thought was phenomenal. Euan was great, Raul was amazing, and the Boy, of course, was VERY flamboyant! All good ingredients for this wonderful show...especially George's solo in a glass box, "Ich Bin Kunst". Even the solo performance of "Il Adore", by George's wife for George's death scene was spectacular. If they were still open, I would be there at least once a month. Definitely getting the soundtrack when it's released!

This is a great CD and it was fun to listen to George's songs. I have the DVD and enjoy both very much. Sometimes I wish the songs were longer. Boy George is a genius and I love his lyrics and his voice. Found Culture Club later in life and am glad that I could obtain these items so that I could take pleasure in them again and again. Looking forward to Culture Club's 2012 tour and hope they get to come to America!!

OK... Only VERY RARELY (if EVER) is it possible for a ROCK STAR to write an entire Broadway musical soundtrack & story all by himself, STAR in it, and SUCCEED!! Boy George has done it. And now, after 15 months on the London stage, TABOO opens on Broadway at the Plymouth Theater October 24, 2003, starring... BOY GEORGE! The musical is based on the life of a young George O'Dowd from the suburbs of London, expelled from school at the age of 16 who, only a few years later, becomes BOY GEORGE, lead singer of the most popular rock band of the British music invasion of the early 1980's, CULTURE CLUB. Young, excellent actor & stage performer EUAN MORTON, plays an EXCELLENT Boy George; and BOY GEORGE portrays a creatively-outrageous and talented English artist, LEIGH BOWERY. A true-story with a FANTASTIC musical score! About a crazy little era in pop-music history, in which I lived through my own teenage years (a good time was had by all!), TABOO is destined for the Hollywood big-screen! And how could it not be?? Amazing!! AAA+++ BABY!!

Holy Rosie O'Donnell, this is one hell of a great Cast recording!

George O'Dowd (aka: BOY GEORGE) always knew how to compose strong melodies and make a grand entrance and spectacle.

The songs found in this recording confirm the downright impressive magnitude of his talent.
It's a sure bet that this season, on the great white way, "TABOO" will become a sought after ticket. One of the main reasons will be the strength of these songs.
Hopefully, a Broadway cast recording of this show will soon be made available on CD.
Every so often a Broadway show will imprint a decade. "HAIR" wove it's way into the consciousness of the seventies, "CATS" clawed it's way around the eighties, "MISS SAIGON" firmly landed in the Nineties and now "TABOO" is about to cast a mind spell awaking a Republican era that is hiding their heads beneath a "BUSH". This show is going to become the show to beat come "TONY" season.

JUST RETURNED FROM SEEING TABOO ON BROADWAY ---- AND ALL I CAN SAY IS OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-I WAS BLOWN AWAY - THE MUSIC IS PHENOMINAL-THE SHOW - BY FAR THE BEST SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN-AN I MEAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!-THE SOUND TRACK BY THE ORIGINAL CAST IS DUE OUT IN JANUARY-I'LL BE WATCHING FOR IT - THIS SHOW BY FAR EMPLOYS ALL THE TALENT WORTH EMPLOYING ON BROADWAY - A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought the Cd it was very good music especially when i need time to relax. This music also helps me meditate. I reccomend this Cd to anyone that can have a few minutes to enjoy good music. Although the music can be loud it is easy to sleep with it on.

One of the best songs on or off broadway. This is a great CD.