Title:Taboo (American Cast) signed CD
Producer
Rosie O'Donnell, creator and star Boy George and other members of the
Taboo company will take part in a CD signing of that show's original
cast recording May 27 in Manhattan.
O'Donnell, Boy George, Tony
nominees Euan Morton and Raúl Esparza, Sarah Uriarte Berry and Liz
McCartney will all be on hand at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square
(Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets) to autograph copies of the
recording, which features the Tony-nominated score by Boy George. A live
performance of songs from the musical will also be presented at 5 PM.
The much-awaited cast recording of Taboo hit stores May 25 on the DRG Records label. The complete track listing follows:
"Freak"/"Ode to Attention Seekers"
"Stranger in This World"
"Safe in the City"
"Dress to Kill"
"Genocide Peroxide"
"I'll Have You All"
"Sexual Confusion"
"Pretty Lies"
"Guttersnipe"
"Love Is a Question Mark"
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
"Church of the Poison Mind"/"Karma Chameleon"
"Everything Taboo"
"Talk Amongst Yourselves"
"The Fame Game"
"I See Through You"
"Ich Bin Kunst"
"Petrified"
"Out of Fashion"
"Il Adore"
"Come on in From the Outside"
With
a new book by Charles Busch, Taboo concerned the lives of two
larger-than-life personalities involved in the eighties London club
scene: the Kent-born singer Boy George, who rose to fame and
international acclaim via the pop group Culture Club; and performance
artist Leigh Bowery, who became known for his outlandish costumes and
make-up before an early death from AIDS. Their stories were told against
the background of the London club Taboo, which featured an array of
self-proclaimed "freaks."
The Broadway cast featured Boy
George, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jeffrey Carlson, Raúl Esparza, Donnie R.
Keshawarz, Liz McCartney, Euan Morton and Cary Shields.
Opening
Night, I had jitters in my stomach for Boy George but than I just
relaxed and knew he could do it. He looked me straight in the eye
(several times) throughout the show because I was wearing a gigantic
red-(full face)-DEVIL glow-in-the dark Boy George t-shirt and my stomach
was super-tight, Oh and I was also "SMILING" Like it was the greatest
Christmas morning on repeat in my brain and LIVE!
The show, the
cast, the music-which is still on my IPod along with the London cast
recordings is truly some of Boy George's greatest lyrics. The music
flowed with a constant thread of...Undying need for acceptance and pure
desire in LOVE. The play had such amazing potential but some audiences
were not ready for all that glamour on one BIG STAGE.
I'm honored
to have seen Boy George one day on the street before opening night,
Just walking to the theater for rehearsal in full make-up. Just walked
right by me, Until ...
Chris Lopa said, "Tony look!".
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