Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings [Bonus Tracks]

Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings [Bonus Tracks]

by Annie: 30Th Anniversary Cast Recordings / O.B.C.
Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings [Bonus Tracks]

Annie: The 30th Anniversary Cast Recordings [Bonus Tracks]

by Annie: 30Th Anniversary Cast Recordings / O.B.C.

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Overview

The 30th anniversary of the opening of the 1977 Broadway musical Annie is celebrated -- one year late -- by the release of this cast album, drawing on the talents of the performers of the 30th anniversary tour of the show (which actually hit the road two years early, in 2005). The recording is billed as the "World Premiere Complete Recording," not only because this version of the score takes up the 64 minutes of the first CD, but also because there is a second CD containing bonus material. Producer Robert Sher traveled to Slovakia to record the instrumental tracks with the Istropolis Philharmonic Orchestra (which presumably costs less than using musicians who are union members in the U.S.). This means that the orchestrations are considerably larger than those heard in a typical Broadway pit orchestra. The cast, led by Marissa O'Donnell as Annie, Alene Robertson as the villainous Miss Hannigan, and Conrad John Schuck (who also appeared in the 1997 Broadway revival) as Daddy Warbucks, is strong, and this is overall a winning performance of the music. The second disc will interest music theater fans, especially that particular subgenre fascinated by spectacular flops. It represents the creators' (especially lyricist Martin Charnin) attempt to re-present the Annie sequel, Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, a show that closed out of town without ever reaching Broadway, and was never recorded. (A revised version, Annie Warbucks, had an off-Broadway run and was recorded.) The material is a strange combination of in-character narrative, provided by Carol Burnett (who played Miss Hannigan in the 1982 movie version), songs from the lost show, and explanations and justifications by Charnin. It's actually not hard to hear why Annie 2 failed: the tone is too mean (Daddy Warbucks, for instance, is relatively unsympathetic), and the songs are inconsistent. Why, for instance, is the big production number "Coney Island" played in ragtime style, when the show is set in 1934? Charnin, like other creators pondering their failures, seems to think that some minor tweak could have changed everything, and he pointedly introduces three different sets of lyrics to the same tune of a song heard late in the show, each with a different focus, as if that would have made Annie 2 a hit. It wouldn't have, but flop fans will enjoy hearing the variations. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date: 06/03/2008
Label: Time/Life Music
UPC: 0610583221626
Rank: 8766

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Overture
  2. Maybe
  3. It's the Hard-Knock Life
  4. It's the Hard-Knock Life (Reprise)
  5. Tomorrow
  6. We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover
  7. Little Girls
  8. Little Girls (Reprise)
  9. I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
  10. N.Y.C.
  11. Easy Street
  12. You Won't Be an Orphan for Long
  13. Maybe (Reprise)
  14. Entr'acte
  15. You've Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile
  16. You've Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Reprise)
  17. Easy Street (Reprise)
  18. Tomorrow (Reprise)
  19. Something Was Missing
  20. Annie
  21. I Don't Need Anything But You
  22. Maybe (Reprise)
  23. A New Deal for Christmas
  24. Tomorrow (Finale)

Disc 2

  1. The Story as Told by Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan
  2. 1934
  3. Miss Hannigan Continues
  4. 1934 (Reprise)
  5. Miss Hannigan Continues
  6. How Could I Ever Say No?
  7. Miss Hannigan Continues
  8. The Lady of the House
  9. He Doesn't Know I'm Alive
  10. Miss Hannigan Continues
  11. The Lady of the House (Reprise)
  12. Miss Hannigan Continues
  13. Coney Island
  14. Miss Hannigan Continues
  15. Interruption & Explanation
  16. All I've Got Is Me
  17. I Guess Things Happen for the Best
  18. My Daddy
  19. Miss Hannigan Continues
  20. Tomorrow Is Now
  21. Introduction of Bonus Material
  22. Why Should I Change a Thing
  23. Don't Mess with Mother
  24. It's Christmas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kathie Lee Gifford   Primary Artist
Carol Burnett   Primary Artist
Gary Beach   Primary Artist
Marissa O'Donnell   Primary Artist
Harve Presnell   Primary Artist
Raymond Thorne   Primary Artist
Kathryn Zaremba   Primary Artist
Sally Struthers   Primary Artist
Shelly Burch   Primary Artist
Conrad John Schuck   Primary Artist
Amanda Balon   Primary Artist
Andrea McArdle   Primary Artist
Martin Charnin   Primary Artist
Allen Kendall   Ensemble
Jason Collins   Ensemble
Steve Schenkel   Banjo,Guitar
Richard Costa   Ensemble
Peter Gennaro   Staging
Noah Racey   Soloist
Wayne Coniglio   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Marvin Laird   Piano,Conductor
David Chernault   Ensemble
Cubby O'Brien   Drums
Keith Levenson   Music Direction
Ed Romanoff   Ensemble

Technical Credits

Lewis Allen   Producer
Jason Buell   Associate Producer
Allen Kendall   Cast
Sara Brians   Dancer,Assistant Choreographer
Olivia Kim   Editorial Research
Ken Billington   Lighting Design
Jason Collins   Cast
Brandon Wardell   Engineer,Producer
Sam Giannelli   Assistant Engineer
Helen Zuckerman   Production Assistant
Conrad John Schuck   Cast,Performer
Amanda Balon   Cast,Performer
Michael Macke   Production Assistant
Andrea McArdle   Performer
Martin Charnin   Composer,Liner Notes,Production Director
Richard Costa   Cast
Peter Howard   Dance Arrangement,Vocal Arrangement
Dominic Camardella   Engineer
Jamie Lawrence   Composer
Kathie Lee Gifford   Performer
Noah Racey   Dancer,Choreographer
Alan Rubens   Executive Producer
Adam Long   Mixing,Editing
Larry Wilcox   Orchestration
Dan Lawrence   Engineer
Carol Burnett   Performer
Charles Strouse   Composer,Liner Notes
Robert Sher   Mixing,Editing,Producer
Mike Jason   Executive Producer
Marvin Laird   Arranger
Gary Beach   Performer
Dick Lieb   Orchestration
Marissa O'Donnell   Cast,Performer
Philip J. Lang   Orchestration
Michael Starobin   Orchestration
David Chernault   Cast
Theoni V. Aldredge   Costume Design
Robert Puff   Music Preparation
Harve Presnell   Performer
Francesca Keith   Project Manager
Doug Feltch   Production Assistant
Martin Roller   Engineer
Raymond Thorne   Performer
Mike Nichols & Elaine May   Presentation
Harold Gray   Animation,Character Design
Darrell McClanahan   Mastering
Donald Oliver   Music Preparation,Recording Coordinator
Kathryn Zaremba   Performer
Scott Willis   Cast
Alan Baker   Cast
Keith Levenson   Arranger,Supervisor,Orchestration
Sally Struthers   Performer
Shelly Burch   Cast,Performer
James Lawrence   Orchestration
Ed Romanoff   Cast
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