Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Original Broadway Cast), Music, David Yazbek, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Renee Scott, Cast Recordings, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Pop, Showtunes / B'way
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • DULL DULL DULL
  • Such an awesome musical, but it wasn't the cast I saw, but a great soundtrack!
  • Good old dirty rotten fun
  • Catchy and Entertaining !
 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
David Yazbek , John Lithgow , Norbert Leo Butz , and Sherie Renee Scott
Manufacturer: Ghostlight Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000929AB4
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. Give Them What They Want
  3. What Was A Woman To Do
  4. Great Big Stuff
  5. Chimp In A Suit
  6. Oklahoma?
  7. All About Ruprecht
  8. Here I Am
  9. Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True
  10. The Miracle
  11. Ruffhousin' Mit Shuffhausen
  12. Like Zis/Like Zat
  13. The More We Dance
  14. Love My Legs
  15. Love Sneaks In
  16. Son of Great Big Stuff
  17. A Message From John Lithgow
  18. The Reckoning
  19. Dirty Rotten Number
  20. Finale
  21. Here I Am (Demo)
  22. All About Ruprecht (Demo)
  23. Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True

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With this giddily entertaining show, David Yazbek confirms that The Full Monty wasn't a fluke--few on Broadway can equal his melodic verve and lyrical cleverness. Based on the 1988 movie of the same name, the show deals with a pair of con artists swindling rich women on the French Riviera. Lithgow brings debonair charm to the Michael Caine part, while Norbert Leo Butz (Wicked) proves to be a comic dynamo in the Steve Martin part. And Yazbek provides them with an array of catchy tunes (adorned in beautiful Bacharach-style arrangements by Harold Wheeler). Butz goes ballistic on the hilarious "Great Big Stuff," which demolishes conspicuous consumption, then pairs up with feisty leading lady Sherie Rene Scott on "Love Is My Legs," a wicked sendup of Celine Dion­style torch epics. Meanwhile, Lightgow nails the tender ballad "Love Sneaks In." A delicious jazz reprise of "Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True" by Scott and pianist Bill Charlap shows that Yazbek's songs don't need flashy pizzazz to be memorable. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.......2007-01-03

Norbert Leo Butz is absolutely amazing once again and once again Sheree Renee Scott is a usual disappointment. But one of the bonus tracks she actually sounds alright.

1 out of 5 stars DULL DULL DULL.......2006-07-24

I haven't seen the show, but I certainly hope it works better on stage with visuals than it does listening to this tepid CD. Not a memorable note of music in the entire score.

4 out of 5 stars Such an awesome musical, but it wasn't the cast I saw, but a great soundtrack!.......2006-06-13

I loved this musical when I went to see it in late March of 2006. It's based off the movie with Steve Martin and Michael Kain.

I think EVERYONE in this original cast is PERFECTLY suited for their part. John Lithgow does a great job at being the haughty, elegant, charming and educated British con man. Norbert Leo Butz will make you laugh your a** off with his crass humor, and he just brings it ALL out in "Great Big Stuff" singing about how he wants to be rich! Sherie Rene Scott is a fantastic Broadway singer, and she's perfect as the sweet, innocent, ditzy American blonde (or is she? hmmm?) While she acts ditzy, her voice is big, telling everyone "Here I Am," making everyone so happy. Joanne Gleason really kicks it with her snooty little role as a rich American woman who, while a bit uneducated, gives each song an attitude! Gregory Jbara is a perfect, snooty Frenchman, always looking out for master Lawrence Jameson (John Lithgow).

Great musical. If you've seen the movie, see the musical, then buy the soundtrack.

5 out of 5 stars Good old dirty rotten fun.......2006-04-29

At first, I borrowed this from the library because I love Norbert Leo Butz. He was very good in Wicked, but the part of Freddy Benson seems made for him. I can't wait to see the show; the entire cast is amazing. Some of my favorite tracks:
-Great Big Stuff
-All About Ruprecht
-Here I Am
-Ruffhousin' mit Shuffhausen
-The More We Dance
-Love is my Legs
-Dirty Rotten Number

All three of the leads are completely at ease in their parts, even though John Lithgow and Sherie Rene Scott have since moved on. If you like good old-fashioned comedy, this is a show for you!

5 out of 5 stars Catchy and Entertaining !.......2006-04-15

Perhaps not one of the great musicals of all time, I have to say that none-the-less this is one darn nifty show... held together by its stylish sets, stylishly catchy tunes, melodies and orchestrations, a "deserves to be a standard" love ballad, and over the top Blake Edward's type physical comedy. - - The only thing that holds it back is the book which seems to lack consistency at times and took until the second act to pick up. Further, I don't think the final plot twist was foreshadowed enough to be believable. But all of this put aside, I'd say this is definitely one fun cast recording - - and I'd even consider seeing it again (though I hope if it were to ever be revived, the play would be cleaned up a bit in order to make the musical more effective overall.)

One big disappointment... The play-out music is not included on the cast recording, but when you see the musical the brass is really wailing out on it !
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Original Broadway Cast Recording
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    		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Original Broadway Cast Recording

    Manufacturer: Ghostlight
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000GDAY52

    Product Description

    The tracks are: 1. Overture, 2. Give Them What They Want, 3. What Was A Woman To Do, 4. Great Gig Stuff, 5. Chimp In A suit, 6. Oklahoma?, 7. All About Ruprecht, 8. Here I Am, 9. Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True, 10. The Miracle, 11. Ruffhousin' mit Shuffhausen, 12. Like Zis/Like Zat, 13. The More We Dance, 14. Love Is My Legs, 15. Love Sneaks In, 16. Son Of Great Big stuff, 17. A Message from John Lithgow, 18. The Reckoning, 19. Dirty Rotten number, 20. Finale.
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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      		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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      Manufacturer: Pocket Songs
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000FAO7ZO
      Release Date: 2006-04-12

      Tracks:

      1. Giving Them What They Want
      2. What Was A Woman To Do
      3. Great Big Stuff
      4. Chimp In A Suit
      5. Oklahoma?
      6. All About Ruprecht
      7. Here I Am
      8. Nothing Is Too Wonderful To Be True
      9. Miracle
      10. Like Zis, Like Zas
      11. The More We Dance
      12. Love Sneaks In
      13. The Reckoning
      14. Dirty Rotten Number

      Product Description

      It's rare when a motion picture yields the material for a stunning new Broadway Musical. The path is usually different. This sparkling, new hit has taken Broadway by storm. First featuring John Lithgow (3rd planet From The Sun star) and now Jonathan Pryce (Oliver, and a host of other Hollywood hits) co-starring with Norbert Leo Butz, the funniest man on the Broadway Stage. The music by a new writer is infectious and fun and perfectly suited to the action, a pair of 'con-men' working the new divorcess and widows on the French Riviera. You may remember Steve Martin and Michael Caine's great performances in the film (1988). Here's a still better and musical take on these merry goings-on.

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