MWB Broadway Lovers Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of the year again! Pick up show tunes for the Broadway lovers on your list with the Masterworks Broadway Holiday Gift Guide. These albums make the perfect stocking stuffer!
An American In Paris Soundtrack
An American In Paris is the romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war. An American In Paris is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Lucas.
You may purchase the album in iTunes, Amazon, Amazon Digital Music, and Google Play.
The Wiz LIVE TV Cast Recording
NBC embarks on its latest musical holiday tradition: a 3-hour LIVE event production of The Wiz, the groundbreaking Broadway show that brought Oz to life in a funky sing-along journey down the yellow brick road. Rising star Shanice Williams leads an all-star cast featuring Queen Latifah (The Wiz), Mary J. Blige (Evillene), David Alan Grier (Cowardly Lion), Ne-Yo (Tin Man), Elijah Kelley (Scarecrow), Uzo Aduba (Glinda), Amber Riley (Addaperle), Common (Bouncer), Stephanie Mills (Auntie Em) and Cirque du Soleil.
You may purchase the album in iTunes, Amazon, Amazon Digital Music, Barnes and Noble, and Google Play.
All Broadway Vinyl (ie A Chorus Line, If Then, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof)
For the ultimate Broadway fan, vinyls are always an amazing gift.
The Golden Age of Broadway with Original Broadway Cast Recordings of West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof are available on 180-gram vinyl.
Broadway smash hits IF/THEN and A Chorus Line are also available on vinyl. For IF/THEN click here, for A Chorus Line remastered on vinyl plus 4 bonus tracks, click here.
Check out all of the available Golden Age of Broadway titles on vinyl here.
Straight from the #MWBVault!
An amazing and timeless gift would be the Original Cast Recording of My Fair Lady. Incontestably one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time, My Fair Lady, set the standards for its perfect integration of the songs and the plot in a smooth amalgamation of music and drama. The work of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, who adapted George Bernard Shaw’s whimsical tale of Pygmalion to the musical stage, it starred a non-singing actor, Rex Harrison, another first, and Julie Andrews in her first major role on Broadway.
You may purchase the album in iTunes, Amazon , Barnes and Noble, and Vinyl.
Another classic every Broadway fan should have in their collection is Broadway hit, Cabaret featuring Alan Cumming as the emcee. Where the original production of Cabaret was a big splash-dash affair, directed with a sure hand by Harold Prince, this revival of the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical, deftly staged by Sam Mendes, which debuted on March 19, 1998, more closely resembled a show Kurt Weill might have written. The more intimate relationship between the characters, and the Kit Kat Klub production numbers led by Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles, gave the musical a darker, seedier but no less effective aspect.
You may purchase the album in iTunes and Amazon.
Continue the holiday cheer with albums like:
A Christmas Story, The Musical
A delightfully impish tale set in Indiana in the 1940s, based on the 1983 film of the same name, A Christmas Story takes its inspiration from the writings of humorist Jean Shepherd and his story about 9-year-old Ralphie, whose only wish for Christmas is to get a Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle.
The album features Mrs. Santa Claus with Angela Lansbury and much more! Get yours in iTunes and Amazon.
World-renowned opera singer and conductor, Plácido Domingo returns with, “My Christmas,” his new album for the holidays! The album is a collection of Domingo’s seasonal favorites and includes duets with Idina Menzel ( “Guardian Angels” ), Jackie Evanch (“Pie Jesu”), The Piano Guys (“Silent Night”), Vincent Niclo, Helene Fischer, Hayley Westenra, Plácido Domingo Jr.
You may purchase the album in iTunes and Amazon.
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas – The Musical
In this Broadway adaptation, the classic story based on the beloved children’s story by Dr. Seuss , the grumpy Grinch decides to stop Christmas from happening by sneaking into town and swiping everything that has to do with the holiday from the Christmas loving citizens of Whoville. Featuring songs like “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas”; this is a classic holiday album everyone in the family would love.
You may purchase the album in iTunes and Amazon.
