ANYTHING GOES - 2011 Broadway Revival Cast recording of the Cole Porter musical, starring Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Laura Osnes, Adam Godley, John McMartin, Jessica Walter, Jessica Stone, Walter Charles, Robert Creighton, Andrew Cao and Raymond J. Lee.

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LEND ME A TENOR - Original London Cast starring John Stacey  Gay Soper  Joanna Riding  Cassidy Janson  Michael Matus  Matthew Kelly  Damian Humbley  Sophie-Louise Dann  Jane Quinn  and Michelle Bishop . Music by Brad Carroll and Lyrics by Peter Sham.

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HALF-PAST WEDNESDAY - 1962 Off-Broadway Cast recording of the musical adaptaion of Brothers Grimm's "Rumpelstiltskin" starring Dom DeLuise, Robert Fitch, Sean Garrison, Audre Johnston and David Winters. Music by Robert Colby and Lyrics by Colby and Nita Jonas.

SAY, DARLING - Official digital release of the 1958 Original Broadway Cast recording. Starring David Wayne, Vivian Blaine, Johnny Desmond, Steve Condos and Mitchell Gregg. Music by Jule Styne and Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green.

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ARCHY AND MEHITABEL - Official digital release of the 1957 Original Cast Recording of the George Kleinsinger & Joe Darion score (later retitled Shinbone Alley for Broadway). Starring Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, David Wayne and Percival Dove.

ERNEST IN LOVE - Official digital release of the 1960 Original Cast Recording of the musical based on “The Importance of Being Earnest” with a score by Lee Pockriss & Anne Croswell. Starring Louis Edmonds, John Irving, Leila Martin, Gerrianne Raphael, Sara Seegar, Lucy Landau, George, Christina Gillespie and Alan Shayne.

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THE MAD SHOW - Official digital release of the 1966 Original Cast Recording. Music by Mary Rodgers. Lyricists include Larry Siegel, Marshall Barer, Steven Vinaver and Stephen Sondheim. Featuring MacIntyre Dixon, Linda Lavin, Dick Libertini, Paul Sand and Jo Ann Worley.

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THE NERVOUS SET - Official digital release of the 1959 Original Cast Recording of the Tommy Wolf & Fran Landesman score. Starring Tom Aldredge, Del Close, Larry Hagman, Richard Hayes, Gerald Hiken and Tani Seitz.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN - Official digital release of the 1967 Original Off-Broadway Cast recording, with a score by Nancy Ford & Gretchen Cryer. Featuring Sally Niven, Judy Frank, David Cryer, Donna Curtis, David Sabin, Margot Hanson, Regina Lynn, Art Wallace, John Bennett Perry, Murray Olson, Anne Kaye and Steve Skiles.

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GHOST THE MUSICAL - Original London Cast with Music by Dave Stewart (from Eurythmics) & Glen Ballard and Lyrics by Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard and Bruce Joel Rubin. Featuring Richard Fleeshman, Caissie Levy, Sharon D Clarke, Andrew Langtree, Ivan de Freitas, Adebayo Bolaji, Lisa Davina Phillip and Jenny Fitzpatrick.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - Wide release of the Original Broadway Cast recording starring Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Levi Kreis and Rob Lyons.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Cast Recording of the Wyndham Theatre production with David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Music composed by Michael Bruce.

THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET - Original Cast recording of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera, starring Gabriele Ruggiero, David Poleri, Gloria Lane, Thomas Schippers, Maria Di Gerlando, David Alken, John Reardon, Russell Goodwin, Catherine Akos, Maria Marlo and Ernesto Gonzalez.

SWEET BYE AND BYE - PS Classics World Premiere Studio Cast recording of the 1946 musical with Music by Vernon Duke and Lyrics by Ogden Nash. Starring Marin Mazzie, Danny Burstein, Philip Chaffin, Sara Jean Ford, Telly Leung, Michele Ragusa, Graham Rowat and Jim Stanek. The score includes songs like 'Born Too Late,' 'Roundabout' and 'Just Like a Man'.

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THE MUSIC MAN - 1961 Original London Cast recording of Meredith Willson’s musical, starring Van Johnson, Patricia Lambert, Denis Waterman, Bernard Spear, Ruth Kettlewell and Michael Malnick. Includes bonus tracks of Meredith Willson singing songs that were cut from the show.

GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE - Original cast recording of show presented at the SoHo Playhouse in 2007, directed by Thommie Walsh and Baayork Lee and performed by the writers, Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki. Available at CD Baby.

KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY - Cast recording of the January 2011 semi-staged performance at Alice Tully Hall of Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson musical. Announced cast includes Victor Garber, Kelli O'Hara, Bryce Pinkham, Christopher Fitzgerald, David Garrison and Ben Davis.

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STRIKE UP THE BAND - PS Classics release of the Studio Cast recording of the George & Ira Gershwin 1930 version of this musical. Starring Brent Barrett, Don Chastain, Rebecca Luker, Jason Graae, Beth Fowler, Charles Goff, Juliet Lambert, Jeff Lyons and James Rocco. Read my review.

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THE GIRL IN PINK TIGHTS - reissue of the 1954 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Jeanmaire, Chasles Goldner, David Atkinson, Alexander Kalioujny, Brenda Lewis and Lydia Fredericks. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Lyrics by  Leo Robin.

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KEAN - Reissue of the 1961 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Alfred Drake, Lee Venora, Oliver Gray, Joan Weldon, Roderick Cook, Arthur Rubin, Christopher Hewett and Robert Penn. Music and Lyrics by George Forrest, Robert Wright.

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MAGGIE FLYNN - Reissue of the 1968 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, Robert Kaye, Stanley Simmonds, Jennifer Darling and Sybil Bowan. Music and Lyrics by Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss.

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RUNAWAYS - Reissue of the 1978 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Josie de Guzman, Trini Alvarado, Bernie Allison, Leonard Brown, Ray Contreras, Evan Miranda and Diane Lane. Music and Lyrics by Elizabeth Swados.

BABY, IT’S YOU - Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical about Florence Greenberg, who discovered the 1960s pop group The Shirelles and created Scepter Records. Starring Beth Leavel, Allan Louis, Geno Henderson, Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra DaCosta, Crystal Starr Knighton, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Brandon Uranowitz, Alison Cimmet, Erica Dorfler, Berlando Drake, Adam Heller, Jahi A. Kearse, Annette Moore, Zachary Prince, Ken Robinson and Chelsea Morgan Stock.

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CAMELOT - Original London Cast recording starring Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Larner, Barry Kent, Nicky Henson and Josephine Gordon. Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe. This release is limited to 1000 copies only and is available at Kritzerland.

SPIDER-MAN TURN OF THE DARK - Music from the Broadway musical featuring Reeve Carney, Jennifer Damiano, T.V. Carpio, Patrick Page, with contributions from Bono and The Edge and music performed by the production's 20-member strong orchestra. Music and Lyrics by Bono and The Edge (U2).

CAROUSEL - 1955 Studio Cast recording of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II score. Starring Patrice Munsel, Robert Merrill, Florence Henderson, George S. Irving, Gloria Lane and Herbert Banke.

THE BOOK OF MORMON - Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical by Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Featuring Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Nikki M. James, Rory O'Malley, Michael Potts, Lewis Cleale, Scott Barnhardt, Justin Bohon, Darlesia Cearcy, Kevin Duda, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Brian Tyree Henry, Clark Johnsen, John Eric Parker, Jason Michael Snow, Benjamin Schrader, Michael James Scott, Brian Sears, Lawrence Stallings, Rema Webb, Maia Nkenge Wilson, Tommar Wilson, Graham Bowen, Ta'rea Campbell and Tyson Jennette. Read my review.

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DRACULA - Studio Cast recording of the Frank Wildhorn and Don Black & Christopher Hampton musical, starring James Barbour (Dracula), Kate Shindle (Mina), Rob Evan (Jonathan Harker), Lauren Kennedy (Lucy), Norm Lewis (Van Helsing, the Vampyre Hunter), Euan Morton (Renfield), Tracy Miller & Christiane Noll (Girls of the Night). Available at iTunes.

HAMLET! THE MUSICAL - Original Edinburgh Cast recording featuring Jack Shalloo, Mark Inscoe, Stephen Webb, Phil Cole, Virge Gilchrist and Jess Robinson. Music and Lyrics by Alex Silverman, Timothy Knapman & Edward Jaspers.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - 2011 Broadway Revival Cast Recording Frank Loesser's musical. Staring Daniel Radcliffe, Rose Hemingway, John Larroquette, Tammy Blanchard, Christopher J. Hanke, Rob Bartlett, Mary Faber and Ellen Harvey.

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Starring Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Tom Wopat, Kerry Butler, Rachel De Benedet, Linda Hart, Nick Wyman.

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THE MERRY WIDOW - 1964 Music Theatre of Lincoln Center Cast recording, starring Patrice Munsel, Bob Wright, Joan Weldon, Frank Poretta, Mischa Auer and Sig Arno. Score by Franz Lehár. Available for digital download.

MR. PRESIDENT - reissue of the 1962 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Robert Ryan, Nanette Fabray, Anita Gillette, David Brooks, Stanley Grover and Jack Kaskell. Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Available for digital download.

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THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD - reissue of the 1961 Original Broadway Cast Recording, starring Cyril Ritchard, Janice Rule, Dran Seitz, Bruce Yarnel and Lu Leonard. Music by Jacques Offenbach and Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg. Available for digital download.

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TO BROADWAY WITH LOVE - reissue of the 1964 Original Cast Recording, starring Carmen Alvarez, Richard Tone, Glorias LeRoy, Kelly Brown, Stewart Rose, Dorothy Frank and Jimmy Randolph. Music by Jerry Bock and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Available for digital download.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ - Original London Paladium recording that includes the Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg songs from the movie, plus new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Starring Michael Crawford, Edward Baker-Duly, Hannah Waddingham, Helen Walsh, Emily Tierney, Danielle Hope, David Ganly, Paul Keating and Stephen Scott.

STARSHIP - Original musical by Univ of Michigan drama and musical theater grads including "Glee" star Darren Criss. Featuring Joey Richter, Julia Albain, Britney Coleman, Joe Moses, Dylan Saunders and Lauren Lopez. Available at iTunes.

HOORAY FOR DAISY - 1960 Original London Cast recording starring Eleanor Drew, Dorothy Reynolds and Robin Hunter. Music by Julian Slade and Lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade.

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WILDEST DREAMS - 1961 Original London Cast recording starring Dorothy Reynolds, Anna Dawson, John Baddeley and Angus Mackay. Music by Julian Slade and Lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade. 

TEARS OF HEAVEN - Concept Cast Recording of the Frank Wildhorn musical, featuring Linda Eder, Christiane Noll, James Barbour, Rob Evan, Tricia Paoluccio, Pamela Jordan, Jill Paice, Jose Llana, Natalie Hill, Laura Osnes, Tad Wilson and Morgan James. 

AT THE DROP OF A HAT - 1956 Original London Cast recording of the musical revue that opened at the New Lindsey Theatre on New Year’s Eve, 1956, and was subsequently transferred to the Fortune Theatre in the West End. Starring Michael Flanders & Donald Swann. 

MY MOTHER’S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING - Original Toronto Cast recording featuring David Hein, Irene Carl, Rosemary Doyle, Lisa Horner and Kyle Orzech. Music and Lyrics by David Hein.

CARNIVAL - 1963 Original London Cast recording of the Bob Merrill musical. Starring Sally Logan, Michael Maurel, Bob Harris, Shirley Sands, Francis de Wolff, Reg Lever and James Mitchell. Available at Kritzerland.

WONDERLAND - Original Cast Album starring Janet Dacal, Darren Ritchie, E. Clayton Cornelious, Jose Llana, Karen Mason, Kate Shindle, Carly Rose Sonenclar, Edward Staudenmayer and Danny Stiles. Music by Frank Wildhorn and Lyrics by Jack Murphy.

ON YOUR TOES - 1952 Studio Cast recoding of the Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart score. Featuring Laurel Shelby, Robert Eckles, Portia Nelson, Jack Cassidy, Zamah Cunningham, Ray Hyson. Conducted by Lehman Engel.

BEYOND THE FRINGE - Cambridge's Arts Theatre recording featuring Allan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore. “This is a recording of the Cambridge show recorded on 24th April, their first night, in front of a very enthusiastic and appreciative mostly student audience. It can now be heard for first time for 50 years. Over two hours of material, including 9 previously unreleased sketches which did not make the London run for either editorial reasons, or the Lord Chamberlain's disapproval.”

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - Original Broadway Cast recording of the David Yazbek musical. Starring Sherie Rene Scott, Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Danny Burstein, Justin Guarini, de'Adre Aziza, Mary Beth Peil and Nikka Graff Lanzarone. Available at iTunes.

LOST BROADWAY AND MORE VOLUME 3 - Unrecorded songs from Goodtime Charlie, Merrily We Roll Along, I'm Solomon, The Yearling, Something More, Ain't Broadway Grand!, Love From Judy, Dream With Music, Nowhere To Go But Up, The Little Show, Here's Where I Belong, Barefoot Boy With Cheek, Garrick Gaieties, Are You With It?, Take Me Along, Something More!, Allah Be Praised, East Wind, and Great To Be Alive. Featuring Michael Lavine, Alex Rolocek, Ian Michael Stuart, Steven Brinberg, Jillian Louis, Nicolette Hart, Susan Fanale, Sarah Rice, Megan McGinnis, Andrew Samonsky, Leah Horowitz, Heather McRae, Melissa Dye, Joan Bender, Christine Pedi, Michele Ragusa, Sheldon Harnick. Liner notes by Michael Lavine. Available at CD Baby.

MAKE ME A COWBOY - New western musical comedy cast recording. Original Music by Fran Ellison, Jane Godfrey and Kevin Kurth. Featuring Katie Bland, Thayne Bradford, Bill Dahm, Richard Dempsey, Kyle Fowler, Kim Furlow, Christi Horton, Kevin Kurth, Dan McGee and Greg Matzker. Available at CD Baby.

CHRISTINE - Reissue of the 1960 Original Broadway Cast recording of the Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster musical. Starring Maureen O'Hara, Morley Meredith and Barbara Webb. Available for digital download.

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PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT - Original Broadway cast produced by Stephen "Spud" Murphy and Frank Filipetti. Featuring Tony Sheldon, Will Swenson, Nick Adams, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey, Ashley Spencer, Will Swenson, J. Elaine Marcos and C. David Johnson.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Reissue of the 1959 Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical by by Glenn Paxton, Robert Goldman and George David Weiss. Starring Polly Bergen, Farley Granger, Hermione Gingold, Christopher Hewitt and Phyllis Newman. Available for digital download.

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MARY POPPINS: THE LIVE CAST RECORDING - Recorded over five performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne, the live cast recording "presents a score dramatically polished and refined since it was captured on the best-selling 2005 London cast recording," according to a press statement. Includes a new song, "Playing the Game," written by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The song, which is recorded here for the first time, made its debut in the Broadway production and is now in all productions worldwide.

AIRHEART : A NEW MUSICAL - Original Cast recording of the show produced at Roslyn High School. Cast includes student actors and musicians of the Royal Crown Players, the theatrical club of Roslyn High School. Music and Lyrics by Brad Frey and Julia Edelman. Available at CDBaby.

JUNO - Reissue of the 1959 Original Broadway Cast recording of Marc Blitzstein’s score. Starring Shirley Booth, Melvyn Douglas, Tommy Rall, Monte Amundsen, Jack MacGowran, Loren Driscoll, Jean Stapleton, Nancy Andrews, Sada Thompson, Beulah Garrick and Earl Hammond. Available for digital download.

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OH, CAPTAIN! - Reissue of the Original Broadway Cast recording of the Jay Livingston & Ray Evans musical. Starring Tony Randall, Jacqueline McKeever, Edward Platt, Susan Johnson and Paul Valentine. Available for digital download.

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IF U WANT ME, U CAN HAVE ME, RIGHT NOW! - Original Cast Album written and performed by Elizabeth Rose. Available at CDBaby.

SHOES - THE MUSICAL - Original London Cast recording featuring Alison Jiear  Rohan Tickell  Simon Gleeson and Tim Howar . Music by Richard Thomas and Lyrics by Richard Thomas and Alethea Wiles.

BEYOND THE GATE - Original Musical Revue recording featuring David Burt  Stuart Matthew Price and Cath Whitefield . “ Conceived by Mercury Musical Developments and The Gate Theatre. In early 2011 a workshop revue was presented at The Gate to showcase the songwriting skills of some the best writers in Britain - from the established (including Don Black, Frank Lazarus, Richard Stilgoe) to the rising talent (including Craig Adams, Dougal Irvine, Stuart Matthew Price, Tim Sutton).”

INNER CITY - 1971 Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical based on Merriam's book “The Inner City Mother Goose”. Starring Linda Hopkins, Delores Hall, Larry Marshall and Allan Nichols. Music by Helen Miller and Lyrics by Eve Merriam. Available at Arkiv Music and iTunes.

ALADDIN - Original London Cast recording of the 1960 pantomine show with Music and Lyrcis by Cole Porter, starring Bob Monkhouse, Doretta Morrow, Ian Wallace, Ronald Shiner, Philip Hogan, Eddie Fargent, David Fallon, Alan Wheatley and The Bill Shepherd Singers. Plus a Studio Cast recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein II’s CINDERELLA featuring Denis Quilley, Elizabeth Larner, Helen Clare and Dudley Rolph.

GONE WITH THE WIND - 1972 Original London Cast recording with Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome. Starring June Ritchie and Harve Presnell. Limited to 1,000 copies. Available at Kritzerland.

PLACEBO - Original Concept Cast recording of a musical conceived and written by Danny Abosch and Joshua Borths. Music and Lyrics by Danny Abosch. Featuring Lance Fletke, Elise Amato, Peter Preonas, Samantha Massell, Harry Katzman, Joe Dimuzio, Will DeCamp, Brandon Grimes and Jordan Harris. Available for free download at placebothemusical.com.

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY - Original 1964 Off-Broadway Cast recording for the show based on the James Thurber short story. Music by Leon Carr and Lyrics by Earl Shuman. Starring Marc London, Cathryn Damon, Rue McClanahan, Christopher Norris, Lette Rehnolds, Eugene Roche, Charles Rydell, Lorraine Serabian and Rudy Tronto. Available at ArkivMusic.com and iTunes.

END OF THE RAINBOW - Original London Cast recording of the play wiht music starring Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland. Includes songs like "Anything But Love/Just In Time" "When You’re smiling the whole World Smiles With you" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Over the Rainbow" "Get Happy/By Myself" "Smile" "I could go on Singing" "San Francisco," and "Zing Went the Strings of my Heart.”

LOVE STORY - Original London Cast recording of the musical adaptation of Erich Segal’s novel. Music by Howard Goodall and Lyrics by Stephen Clark and Howard Goodall. Starring Emma Williams, Michael Xavier, Peter Polycarpou, Richard Cordery, Gary Milner, Paul Kemble, Lillie Flynn, Christopher Killick, Jamie Muscato and Rebecca Trehearn.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS - Original Cast Recording of a new musical adaptation of Grahame’s novel. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Kingsbury. Featuring Alison Clifford  Tanya Robb  Ben Sleep and Stephen Kingsbury.

ORIGINALS - MUSICAL COMEDY 1909-1935 - This CD is billed as "a fascinating piece of cultural archeology" that is "the perfect introduction to a lost world: the Broadway musical just as it was changing from a vaudeville-style entertainment to an art form." The collection includes famous names and recordings from the era: Blanche Ring's "Rings on My Fingers," Cole Porter singing "You're the Top" and Fanny Brice performing "Second Hand Rose," plus artists including Helen Morgan, Libby Holman, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Beatrice Lillie and the comedy team of Gallagher and Shean in “The Ziegfeld Follies” number "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean." Available at ArkivMusic.com and iTunes.

WINTER WONDERETTES - Original Studio recording of the holiday sequel to the off-Broadway hit “The Marvelous Wonderettes”. Created by Roger Bean and starring Misty Cotton, Julie Dixon Jackson, Bets Malone and Darcie Roberts. Available at iTunes.