1) All of the Talking Heads songs.
2) A little Kate Bush.
3) Some Sondheim. (Not popular music. Don't care.)

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This is a fantastic article, but don't read it if you're looking for cheap schadenfreude thrills. It's too sad for that.

Yes! New Bowie Album! Cheering!

Thanks for the response! Incidentally, this is the space where I'd normally ask you why Cast Album X was missing, as you're the AVC writer who most consistently reps musical theatre. But this year there was not one that I thought deserved to be on a top ten list. Depressing.

Thanks for the response! Incidentally, this is the space where I'd normally ask you why Cast Album X was missing, as you're the AVC writer who most consistently reps musical theatre. But this year there was not one that I thought deserved to be on a top ten list. Depressing.

It was gratifying to see down-ballot love for Regina Spektor, David Byrne/St Vincent, Santigold, Craig Finn, Kelly Hogan, and Rufus Wainwright.

It was gratifying to see down-ballot love for Regina Spektor, David Byrne/St Vincent, Santigold, Craig Finn, Kelly Hogan, and Rufus Wainwright.

Yes!

Yes!

Granted, given del Toro's record of being connected to films that don't happen, this may all be worry over nothing.

Granted, given del Toro's record of being connected to films that don't happen, this may all be worry over nothing.

Am I crazy to think that this could make an interesting show? Not really a conventional musical, but some sort of arty movement-theatre piece. It could potentially not suck.

Am I crazy to think that this could make an interesting show? Not really a conventional musical, but some sort of arty movement-theatre piece. It could potentially not suck.

Seriously. What happened to him? He's made many of my favorite films, but everything since "The Queen" has been featherweight at best.

Seriously. What happened to him? He's made many of my favorite films, but everything since "The Queen" has been featherweight at best.

Isn't Dainty June a lot closer to a soprano than Gaga is? But then again, Gaga's perverse knowingness might actually be great for the part.

Isn't Dainty June a lot closer to a soprano than Gaga is? But then again, Gaga's perverse knowingness might actually be great for the part.

And I actually think that Lady Gaga would be better for "Gypsy" than Rob Marshall would be for "Into the Woods".

And I actually think that Lady Gaga would be better for "Gypsy" than Rob Marshall would be for "Into the Woods".