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Released for the first time COMPLETE on 2CD's, The Original Cast Recording of the wonderful

       

Set in Victorian England, CHARLOTTE SWEET spotlights Charlotte, a girl with one of the highest & most beautiful soprano voices in the world. Because of her father's debts, she is forced to leave Ludlow Ladd (her Liverpool sweetheart) and join Barnaby Bugaboo's Circus of Voices: a troupe of freak voices including low-voiced Katinka Bugaboo, fast-voiced Harry Host, bubble-voiced Cecily Macintosh, and Skitzy Scofield (with dual personalities & voices). Becoming the troupe's biggest sensation, Charlotte is mercilessly exploited by Barnaby until she has a vocal breakdown. Thereupon, Barnaby & his wife Katinka addict Charlotte to helium balloons in order to maintain her high notes. Only Ludlow Ladd can rescue her—in a scene full of surprises.

 

What the Critics Said...

3 Drama Desk Nominations: "Outstanding Lyrics" (Michael Colby) • "Outstanding Music" (Gerald Jay Markoe) • "Outstanding Actress/Musical" (Mara Beckerman)

"It's as if the Crummles from 'Nichlas Nickleby' stumpled onto the set of 'Sweeney Todd.' Mixes the adorable and the strange, and it is delectable. The glory is Mr. Colby's lyrics." - John Corry, NY Times •

"Witty & endlessly inventive lyrics. Daffy dilly of a musical."-Marilyn Stasio, NY Post •

"Your bon-bon for the season. Delightfully zany." - Don Nelsen, NY Daily News •

"Head over heels above almost anything else around." - Max Preeo, Show Music •

"Delightful, original, totally charming." - John Madden, Variety •

"A sweetheart of a musical evening in the theatre." - Mary Campbell, A.P. •

"A lovely piece of work. Clever, resourceful combination of book and lyrics. Might well be a good bet on Broadway." - Leonard Harris, The Hollywood Reporter •

"Bewitched the critics." - Earl Wilson, NY Post •

"An especially literate, tuneful, and unusual show. An amalgam of musical comedy, music hall, opera, operetta, and melodrama. Outrageously funny." - Richard Traubner, author of "Operetta: A Theatrical History" •

"A unique show, bitterly lovely, dancey as a calliope, elegant. The score never runs out of tunes and inventions. The show would make a splendid video. Any takers?" - Ethan Mordden, musical theater historian •

"I loved the show. Some of those songs are classic theatre pieces—I think they'll be around for a long time." - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter •

"The most ambitious musical since 'The Most Happy Fella'. It succeeds brilliantly. What we've been waiting for since 'The Black Crook'." - Patrick O'Connor, Hollywood Entertainment Network •

1. AT THE MUSIC HALL
   Harry & Ensemble
2. CHARLOTTE SWEET
   Bob, Charlotte & Ensemble
3. A DAUGHTER OF VALENTINE'S DAY
   Charlotte & Ensemble
4. The Only Man for Charlotte Sweet
   Ensemble
5. FOREVER
   Ludlow & Charlotte
6. LIVERPOOL SUNSET
   Ensemble
7. Waa-aa! LAYERS OF UNDERWEAR
   Bob, Katinka, Barnaby & Charlotte
8. QUARTET AGONISTES
   Katinka, Barnaby, Charlotte & Bob
9. Ah, wait till you've met...
   Katinka, Barnaby, Bob & Charlotte
10. FOREVER (reprise)
    Barnaby & Katinka
11. We strut out our band
    Barnaby, Katinka, Skitzy, Cecily, Harry & Charlotte
12. THE CIRCUS OF VOICES
    Barnaby, Katinka, Skitzy, Cecily, Harry & Charlotte
13. Oh Charlotte, oh Charlotte
    Ludlow
14. KEEP IT LOW
    Katinka & Men's Chorus (Harry & Skitzy)
15. BUBBLES IN ME BONNET
    Cecily
16. VEGETABLE REGGIE
    Harry
17. MY BABY AND ME
    Skitzy
18. A-WEAVING
    Charlotte
19. A-WEAVING (reprise)
    Charlotte & Women's Chorus (Cecily & Skitzy)
20. What a girl!
    Ensemble
21. YOUR HIGH NOTE
    Charlotte, Barnaby & Katinka
22. KATINKA / THE DARKNESS
    Barnaby
23. ACT ONE CLOSING
    Orchestra

1. ON IT GOES
   Bob & Ensemble
2. Oh, top o' the mornin'
   Patrick, Barnaby & Katinka
3. YOU SEE IN ME A BOBBY
   Patrick, Barnaby & Katinka
4. A CHRISTMAS BUCHE
   Charlotte, Cecily, Skitzy & Harry
5. THE LETTER (ME CHARLOTTE DEAR)
   Ludlow
6. Why, that's good news
   Cecily
7. DOVER
   Skitzy
8. VOLLEY OF INDECISION
   Skits, Harry, Charlotte
9. GOOD THINGS COME
   Cecily
10. You're right
    Charlotte
11. IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE THEATRE
    Cecily, Skitzy, Patrick & Harry
12. And now, folks, sit tight / Please, no no!
    Harry, Charlotte, Katinka & Barnaby
13. LONELY CANARY
    Charlotte
14. CIRCUS OF VOICES (reprise)
    Skitzy, Patrick, Cecily & Harry
15. MY HIGH NOTE (reprise)
    Charlotte
16. QUEENLY COMMENTS
    The Queen, Barnaby, Katinka, Patrick & Charlotte
17. SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
    Ensemble
18. THE RECKONING
    Ensemble
19. FAREWELL TO AULD LANG SYNE / FINALE
    Ensemble