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Julia Murney sings a great rendition of Cole Porter's C'est Magnifique on the Broadway By the Year 1953 album/event. You can imagine my surprise (or not) at the reappearance of this song in an advertisement. That it's paired with one of my favourite actresses is a bonus.

ETA: Of course, I just picked up a concert of Patti LuPone's where she sings this song.

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Kennedy, Powers and Murney Will Join Barbour for Sardi's Concerts

By Andrew Gans
January 18, 2009

As previously announced, Lauren Kennedy will join recent Tale of Two Cities star James Barbour for the opening night of his new concert Love Songs, which will play Saturday evenings at Sardi's beginning Jan. 31.

Barbour returns to Sardi's having concluded his solo run in The Holiday Concert at the theatre-district destination on Jan. 4. His latest show, Love Songs, will play Saturday evenings through Feb. 28.

Other scheduled guests include the newly announced Jenny Powers (Little Women, Happiness) Feb. 7 and Julia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party) Feb. 28.

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Burns, Creel, Parrish, Murney, Urie and More Set for Upright Cabaret's East Coast Debut at Joe's Pub

By Andrew Gans
January 3, 2009

A host of theatre favorites will be part of Upright Cabaret's upcoming East Coast debut at Joe's Pub.

The Jan. 11 concert will mark the first time Upright Cabaret — the L.A.-based cabaret series created by producers/hosts Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel — will play a Manhattan venue. Show time at the intimate theatre located within the Public Theater is 11 PM.

Among those currently scheduled to perform at the one-night-only event are The Broadway Boys, Andrea Burns, Gavin Creel, Spencer Day, Tim Draxl, Audra Mae, Patina Miller, Julia Murney, Hunter Parrish, Valarie Pettiford, Jessica Phillips, Marni Raab, Julie Reiber, Ken Robinson, Katie Thompson, Michael Urie and Rema Webb.

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So, several things - I've loaded as individual tracks, the choral singing. I've also loaded as a zip file, all of the songs (Julia and the choral stuff). It is sans banter, transitions, applause, chatter, etc etc.

I've also not loaded (as individual songs) the 'sing-alongs' because there was a lovely lady behind me who had a lovely voice... that is captured really clearly.

Take what you'd want and so forth. Share and share alike.

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The Spirit of Christmas Concert
2008.12.13e
zip | 100.51MB
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The first part of Julia's songs -- musical theatre plus her own album.

Wicked, Ragtime, and Joni Mitchell.

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So, sometimes I wonder why I believe in backups for backups... and tonight I was reminded why. The HiMD decided that it was going to be recalcitrant and not function, so I have an audio by MD (two discs actually), and by the Sandisk.

Julia was lovely, she sang many songs. The chorus was fine, but since everything was in (I felt) a clear soprano, it was as exciting to hear as oatmeal settling. I was sitting next to a father with a jittery young daughter, so you may hear the candy wrappers, the juice box, and the jelly beans.

These two audios... are from the Children of Eden Benefit Concert (December 1, 2003) with Julia Murney and a whole bunch of other people... including Laura Benanti :)

CAST: Julia Murney (Mama Noah/Eve), Jonathan Dokuchitz(Adam/Noah), Kate Shindle (Yonah), Norm Lewis (Father), Darius de Haas (Cain/Japheth), Laura Benanti (The Snake), John Tartaglia (Seth/Shem)

One of these has the titles on the tracking, but Spark of Creation has (unfortunately) been split. :(

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it seems like this year might be the year where I won't have to travel (too far) to see the performers I want to see... or maybe not. ;)

http://uppercanadachorus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=192&Itemid=272

Julia Murney will be in town 12/13, singing seasonal songs. So I guess I'll be there sitting through seasonal songs. ;)

Maye, Cooper, Cavenaugh, Murney, Noll and More Join Broadway Unplugged Line-Up

By Andrew Gans
November 7, 2008

As previously reported, the fifth annual Broadway Unplugged concert — featuring Broadway stars performing without microphones — will be presented Nov. 17 at Town Hall.

Created and hosted by Scott Siegel, the evening will feature tunes from the American musical theatre. Those performers who had previously been announced to lend their unamplified voices to the 8 PM event include Ashley Brown, Jeff McCarthy, Marc Kudisch, William Michals and Bill Daugherty.

They will be joined by Marilyn Maye, Chuck Cooper, Matt Cavenaugh, Julia Murney, Christiane Noll, Cheryl Freeman, Lorinda Lisitza, Ron Bohmer and Erin Denman; the latter will "lead a small troupe of Broadway gypsys who will also sing and dance unplugged," according to a press release.

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DIVA TALK: Chatting with Wicked's Ashford, Bean, Espinosa, Murney and Thompson

DIVA TALK: Chatting with Wicked's Ashford, Bean, Espinosa, Murney and Thompson

By Andrew Gans
October 24, 2008

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

THE GALS OF WICKED
There can be little argument that the biggest theatrical phenomenon of the past five years has been the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked, which is based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name. The production, which celebrates its fifth anniversary at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre Oct. 30, has been a massive hit wherever it has played, including sit-down productions in Chicago and Los Angeles, a national touring company, and international stagings in London, Tokyo, Stuttgart and Melbourne (there will soon be a second U.S. national touring company, and the Los Angeles production will transfer to San Francisco in January 2009). Much of the show's success can be credited to the exciting score (years ago, Schwartz gave belting fans "Meadowlark," and his work for Wicked includes the vocally soaring "Defying Gravity," "The Wizard and I" and "No Good Deed" as well as the comic and catchy "Popular" and the touching ballad "I'm Not That Girl") and the its big heart (Holzman's adaptation of Maguire's clever novel offers several touching moments and keeps the audience rooting for its green-skinned heroine). The musical also provides two of the greatest roles for women in recent musical theatre history, and the work of original co-stars Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel as well as future Glindas and Elphabas — including Annaleigh Ashford, Shoshana Bean, Stephanie J. Block, Kerry Ellis, Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty, Kendra Kassebaum, Julia Murney, Jennifer Laura Thompson, among others — cannot be discounted. Recently "Diva Talk" posed the same four questions to several of the actresses who have brought Elphaba or Glinda to full life; their answers follow.

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finally!

Julia Murney: Part of the Ghostlight Series
Price: $15

* 11:30 PM - November 24

The worst kept secret for the month of Cocktober thus far. However the Joe's Pub website/calendar still doesn't list this show...

Murney, Kritzer, O'Hara, Naughton, Miranda and Jackson Set for Joe's Pub Concerts

By Andrew Gans
October 7, 2008

A host of theatre favorites will take to the intimate stage of Joe's Pub in November and December.

The Ghostlight Series, which presents a mix of Broadway performers and composers Mondays at 11:30 PM, will continue with Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Chris Jackson (Nov. 3), An Evening with Julia Murney (Nov. 10), Leslie Kritzer Live! (Nov. 17) and An Evening with Greg Naughton and Kelli O'Hara (Dec. 1).

Lin-Manuel Miranda won a Tony Award for Best Original Score for In the Heights, the Tony-winning musical in which he also stars. The actor-composer was also Tony-nominated for his performance in Heights.

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"Rainbow High": Murney Is Evita for Sacramento Music Circus Beginning Aug. 12

By Andrew Gans
August 12, 2008

Julia Murney, the singing actress acclaimed for her performances on Broadway in Wicked and Off-Broadway in The Wild Party, tackles another demanding musical theatre role beginning Aug. 12: Eva Peron in Evita.

Murney — who was most recently seen in the new musical Saved at Playwrights Horizons — will play the wife of Argentinean dictator Juan Peron in the Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA. Performances continue through Aug. 17.

Glenn Casale directs the production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical with choreography by John MacInnis and musical direction by Dennis Castellano.

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Transport Group Lines Up Divas Murney, Blazer, Hoty, Walsh and More to Teach Master Classes

By Kenneth Jones
June 11, 2008

Transport Group, the winner of 2007 Drama Desk and Obie awards, will offer Diva Master Classes, its second series of master classes taught by some of the leading singing actresses in Broadway musicals, starting June 30.

The Diva Master Classes will meet each week for four weeks beginning June 30 and running through July 22.

Actresses scheduled to teach in the course are Judy Blazer (Hello Again, LoveMusik, New York City Opera's Candide); Julie Halston (White Chocolate, Red Scare on Sunset, Gypsy, The Women and Hairspray); Dee Hoty (The Will Rogers Follies, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Footloose); Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Saved); Julia Murney (The Wild Party, Wicked, Saved); Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Crazy for You, Cabaret and The Paris Letter), Mary Beth Peil (Sunday in the Park with George, The King and I with Yul Brynner); and Barbara Walsh (Falsettos, Big, Company).

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At School, Sin’s a-Poppin’ and Cherubs Are Singing

THEATER REVIEW | 'SAVED'
At School, Sin’s a-Poppin’ and Cherubs Are Singing
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Text messages are zipping this way and that, suffusing the suburban airwaves with digital indignation.

Did you hear? Mary is pregnant! OMG, no way!! But guess what? Dean is gay!!!

Just another day at the American Eagle Christian High School, the shiny happy place where the shiny happy new musical “Saved” takes place.

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So, I mustn't talk about TL5Y with Julia Murney without posting the audio.

This is

irnbruise's master... ETA: Please excuse my incorrect ramblings.

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Until there's a better/clearer/less muffled audio to come out of the Chess: In Concert event at the Royal Albert Hall in London, I'm going to console myself by listening to not the two Elphabai (Idina Menzel and Kerry Ellis) but the one Elphaba version (Julia Murney) of Chess. :)

I managed to find (don't ask me how or when) this version of the 20003 Actor's Fund Benefit Concert which must have been ripped off of the DVD boot because the clarity is... so much better :)

Anyhow, I've tossed it back online, and take comfort in my hopes that there will be better audios from either last night or else tonight's performance of Chess.:)

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Reichard, Murney and McIntyre Will Sing Kander and Ebb at Wingspan's Arts2Life May 19

By Adam Hetrick
April 25, 2008

Cast members from Jersey Boys, Curtains and more will take part in Wingspan Arts' annual fundraising benefit Arts2Life, celebrating Kander and Ebb, on May 19.

The 6:30 PM event will be held at the Hard Rock Café in Manhattan. Following dinner and cocktails, a host of Broadway performers will perform selections from the catalogue of Tony winners John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Slated to appear are Daniel Reichard (Candide, Jersey Boys), Julia Murney (Wicked), Gerry McIntyre (Once On This Island), Donnie Kehr (Tommy), Travis Cloer (Jersey Boys), Peter Gregus (Contact), Sara Schmidt (Brooklyn), Lori Eure (Cabaret), Krisha Marcano (The Color Purple) and Christopher Spaulding (Curtains).

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James, Kudisch and Murney Will Sing 1965 Tunes; Ripley, Skinner and Klausner Will Tackle 1979

By Andrew Gans
April 22, 2008

Initial casting has been announced for the next two concerts in Scott Siegel's acclaimed Broadway By the Year series at Manhattan's Town Hall.

The Broadway Musicals of 1965 — featuring songs from musicals that bowed on Broadway during that year — will be presented May 12 and will feature the vocal talents of Brian d'Arcy James, Gregg Edelman, Marc Kudisch, Mandy Gonzalez and Julia Murney as well as the dancing of Kendrick Jones, Shannon Lewis, Melinda Sullivan and Lorin Latarro. The latter will also choreograph and stage the concert.

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The news that we all knew...

"High Flying Adored": Murney Will Be Evita for Sacramento Music Circus

By Andrew Gans
April 15, 2008

Julia Murney, the singing actress acclaimed for her performances on Broadway in Wicked and Off-Broadway in The Wild Party, will tackle another demanding musical theatre role this summer: Eva Peron in Evita.

Murney — who will be seen in Playwright Horizons' upcoming production of the new musical Saved (May 9-June 22) — confirmed to Playbill.com that she will play the wife of Argentinean dictator Juan Peron in the Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA.

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Creel, Murney and Pazakis Will Join Lauper, Harris and Rudetsky on March "Rosie" Cruise

By Andrew Gans
23 Feb 2008

A host of theatre favorites — including Mary Poppins' Gavin Creel and Wicked's Julia Murney — as well as pop star Cyndi Lauper will perform on the upcoming R Family Vacations Mexican Riviera Cruise, which departs from San Diego March 15.

As previously announced, the cruise will boast performances by a wide array of singing actors and/or comics, including Rosie O'Donnell, Lauper, Sam Harris, Seth Rudetsky, Kevin Chamberlin, Shoshana Bean, Marya Grandy, Anne Steele, Brian Nash, Jessica Kirson, Ant, Ross the Intern and Julie Goldman.

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Nota bene: Please see the comments discussion for further clarification of who's singing and when... I need to go and clean up the actual file information for future reference. Mille grazie.

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So I was watching the MTV Legally Blonde performance this weekend and pretty much ignoring LBB on stage whenever there were other performers around. :)

Annaleigh Ashford originated the role of Margot in Legally Blonde and understudied the role of Elle Woods. She's currently at the Gershwin Theatre being very Good as Glinda in Wicked.

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Well.

This is a general post of music stuff that I've loaded. There will probably be a few more posts of this nature up until the weekend of the 22^nd.

Or else, if people have specific requests coming from the (as yet to be updated) list here, you can make requests... :)

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Tune to Host Tony Honors Ceremony; LuPone and Murney to Perform

Oh! Oh! Oh! This year, among the honorees is Alyce Gilbert - Wardrobe Supervisor of the Broadway Wicked production.

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A partial recap of the journey there and back. :)

There are no photos taken from the June 22, 2007 evening show at Curtains - simply because the camera I had was without flash, and took pictures that looked like I'd dragged everything through a bog and back.

( Giant pictures here )

( The Wicked and Musical Theatre mumbles )

t'is obvious that there'll never be a 'best' time for me to be in NYC without missing a boatload of "other" stuff at other times... O+O;

Town Hall's New Summer Broadway Festival to Feature Ziemba, Murney, Racey and More

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Happy Tony Sunday :) I'm running around on errands (and humming Company songs)... that, and Assassins' music. O+O;

Well... there's ever so many renditions of Someone Else's Story (from Chess) based upon the various cast recordings.

I even have a rendition from Gunilla Blackman.

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I'm mildly amused by the bits of news from Mr Rudsetsky --

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108369.html

namely mentions of both Ms Block and Ms Murney this week --

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Just the various demo tracks and such. I still need to figure out where I can pick up the OBC that's just been released.

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and all that.

I've finally finished playing with the double-sided sticky tape and a frame and a camera and a tripod and all that...

( These are very large res photos )

Mmm... more Ms Murney :)

Wicked Star to Head to the Chatterbox May 10

I'd be more interested to hear what song selections might be involved... :)

So, 1956 Budapest is Rising/Nobody's Side was the first track I'd heard from the Chess Benefit concert from a mix-collection (Ohcouture Mix) more than a year ago... probably closer to two?

Yeah. :)

Fell in love with Julia Murney by that song alone. Plus, the mix also had Murney's Magic from Piece and tracks from Lippa's The Wild Party.

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This is the latter (but really former) part of the recap of my Saturday in the City. :)

( March 10, 2007 Daytime )

( March 09, 2007 )

( March 08, 2007 )

Reply and I'll give you a letter. You have to find five songs that start with that letter and post them to your journal.

girlie_girl_23 gave me the letter B:

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On the Friday night... we saw Wicked with Julia Murney and Katie Adams...

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For

sammysam

High Fidelity Demo CD (four tracks with Norbert Leo Butz, Jenn Colella, Julia Murney, and Sherie Rene Scott)

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/0fv0cr

High Fidelity Sampler CD (four tracks with Will Chase, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Leslie Kritzer, Emily Swallow, Jay Klaitz, and Christian Anderson)

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/s022pm

are not here.

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