 | Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) by Stephen Sondheim
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.48 1979 - Another slew of awards for Sondheim and Prince in this, their finest musical. Angela Lansbury won her 4th Tony for her performance as Mrs. Lovett.
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 | Evita (1978 Original Broadway Cast) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $6.81 1980 also won Tonys for Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, best Book, best score and best direction of a musical (Harold Prince.)
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 | 42nd Street (1980 Original Broadway Cast) by Harry Warren
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.15 1981 and winner as BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL for 2001.This well produced CD brings the tap dancers right into your living room.
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 | Nine (1982 Original Broadway Cast) by Maury Yeston
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $40.61 1982 and winner of the 2003 BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL Tony award! This newly expanded CD has almost the entire show.
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 | Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording (1982 Original Broadway Cast) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $19.99 1983 and a Tony also went to Betty Buckley as Grizabellla
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 | La Cage Aux Folles: The Broadway Musical (1983 Original Broadway Cast) by Jerry Herman
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.46 1984 also won 5 other Tony awards inluding one for George Hearn. The other nominees that year: BABY; THE RINK; THE TAP DANCE KID and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (which SHOULD have won!)
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 | Big River: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1985 Original Broadway Cast)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.22 1985 and revived on Broadway in 2003. This title is somewhat neglected, possibly because the 1984/85 season was rather lacklustre.
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 | The Mystery Of Edwin Drood: The Solve-It-Yourself Broadway Musical (1985 Original Broadway Cast) by Rupert Holmes
Buy used from: $62.20 1986 with a Tony to Rupert Holmes for his score. 1986 Bernadette Peters won her first Tony for SONG AND DANCE.
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 | Les Miserables (1987 Original Broadway Cast) by Alain Boublil
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $14.95 1987 (I prefer the complete symphonic recording which has the entire show, but we're sticking with Broadway cast albums for this list when possible.)
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 | The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast) by Charles Hart
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $17.99 1988 - No Broadway cast album was made because the 3 stars of the London production opened this show on Broadway. Stephen Sondheim won the Best Score Tony for INTO THE WOODS.
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 | Jerome Robbins' Broadway: Original Broadway Cast Recording by Various Artists
Buy used from: $9.95 1989 - a collection of showstopping songs and dances covering such hits as WEST SIDE STORY, ON THE TOWN, PETER PAN, GYPSY and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!
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 | City of Angels by Original Broadway Cast Recording
Buy used from: $33.75 1990 - Clever score by Cy Coleman and David Zippel. The main cmpetition that season came from GRAND HOTEL THE MUSICAL, which is also well worth exploring.
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 | The Will Rogers Follies by Original Cast Recording
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.99 1991 - a second Tony winning score by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. The year's other winners: THE SECRET GARDEN and MISS SAIGON
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 | Crazy for You (1992 Original Broadway Cast) by George Gershwin
Buy new: $11.94 / Used from: $2.25 1992 - a celebration of Gershwin songs. Best Book of a musical and Best score Tonys went to FALSETTOS (see MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS and FALSETTOLAND)
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 | Kiss Of The Spider Woman: The Musical - Original Cast Recording (Original London Cast) by John Kander
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.89 1993 - This is really the original Toronto & London cast but essentially the same performers brough it to New York.
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 | Passion (1994 Original Broadway Cast) by Stephen Sondheim
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $0.85 1994 - with Donna Murphey's Tony winning performance as Fosca. A rich and multi-layered Sondheim score and Angel provides a libretto to follow along when the listening gets tricky.
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 | Sunset Boulevard (1994 Los Angeles Cast) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $3.58 1995 - this show only won because there were no other new musicals that season. The BIG hit was the revival of SHOW BOAT.
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 | Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) by Jeff Potter
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $5.58 1996 - and set to close September 2008. This 2 CD set has virtually the entire show.
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 | Titanic (1997 Original Broadway Cast) by Maury Yeston
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.46 1997 - 6 months before the launch of the TITANIC movie, the stage musical took home the Tony. The big winner, however, was the revival of CHICAGO starring Bebe Neuworth and Ann Reinking.
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 | The Lion King (1997 Original Broadway Cast) by Elton John
Buy used from: $8.54 1998 - the big contest that year was between THE LION KING and RAGTIME. RAGTIME won Best Book and Best Score. The other big hit that year: the revival of CABARET!
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 | Fosse (1999 Original Broadway Cast) by Bob Fosse
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.86 1999 - A revue celebrating the choreographic genius that was Bob Fosse. Unfortunately, on CD you can't see the dancers. Better to get the DVD. The Best Book and Score Tony's went to musical PARADE
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