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O.o Phwee? Do you mean what we want in real life or just what we want on gaia?

also Who is Floyd Collins? and A Man of No Importance?

just got:
Tick Tick Boom
Lucky Stiff

still want:
La Cage Au Folles
Avenue Q
Sunday in the Park with George
Spamalot (whenever it comes out)
Jekkyl and Hyde (studio cast)

I've "pationatly" awaiting recordings for Dirty Rotten Scoundrals and the revival cast of La Cage, but I am counting down the minutes until Brooklyn is going to be all MINE!

TUESDAY! TUESDAY! It comes out on TUESDAY!

oh, i meant just in real life, specifically cast recordings. and the two things are shows that i'm not sure too many people on this forum know of.

Actually, I am. People have worked hard to make these recordings, and I feel that anyone who burns it off the computer is cheating them out of money.

Probably the original casts of those musicals.

i see how that might apply to the mainstream commercial music industry...but then as far as cast recordings go, i wonder who gets the money. and considering how it should be about the art and not the money, i personally would be incredibly happy to have as many people as possible know about my music (of course, this from the perspective of someone who might be part of a cast album, not a pop artist). becuase in a business as small (yes, it is) as theater where you aren't really going to make much cash anyway (ironically, as small as the business is, the chances of working on broadway are still just as small), which is worse: not making that much money, or not getting your voice (whether as actor, musician, or the writer) heard? the more people know of your work regardless of whether or not they paid for it, the more likely your potential for whatever success it is you're looking at.

if i'm the writer of a new musical and it gets recorded, sure, it might be nice to make some money, don't get me wrong. but if the price steers people away from my work, and it becomes forgotten, i'd feel a lot more cheated than if i didn't get whatever royalties from sales. i'd prefer to sacrifice some cash for the better goal of creating great art that recieves critical recognition. hell, look at stephen sondheim.

it's not like cast recordings really make that much money to begin with...and therefore, it might seem more heinous to cheat them out of their money, but i think most people aren't in it for the money to begin with. i think it's more about trying to preserve the score of a show.

but no, i do understand and respect your take on things; i just disagree.

Brooklyn LIVE! is more wonderful than I thought it was gonna be. Gift from the Broadway Gods I tell ya!

*Huggles her CD and crys tears of joy*

Other recordings on my list include:
Songs For a New World
Zanna Don't
Bat Boy
Tick Tick...Boom

and eventually when/if recordings are made...
Dirty Rotten Schoundrals
La Cage (Revival)
Spamalot
Lennon (Cus Terrence Mann is gonna be in it!)
Vox Lumiere (Which is only gonna happen in my wildest dreams)