GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording

GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording

GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording

Track Listings
 
1. The Wishing Hole (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
2. The Guy from TV (Doug Mancheski)
3. Ode to a Snowmobile Suit (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
4. Everything is New (Fred Alley)
5. The King (Doug Mancheski, Fred Alley and James Valcq)
6. Things Ain't Like They Used to Be (James Valcq)
7. The One That Got Away (Fred Alley)
8. Fish is the Miracle Food (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
9. What's Mine is Yours (James Valcq)
10. Your Last Day on Earth (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
11. When on Thin Ice (James Valcq, Doug Mancheski and Fred Alley)

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
GUYS ON ICE has been performed in California, Oregon, New York, Minnesota, West Virginia, North Dakota and Michigan, in addition to hundreds of sold-out performances throughout Wisconsin.

The Book and Lyrics of GUYS ON ICE were written by the late Fred Alley. Fred was the co-founder of American Folklore Theatre in Door County, Wisconsin, where he created dozens of shows. He was the original Lloyd in GUYS ON ICE and his beautiful voice is heard on this CD. Fred also wrothe the musical THE SPITFIRE GRILL, (with James Valcq) which premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York in 2001. His shows are being performed regularly all across the United States.

The composer of GUYS ON ICE is JAMES KAPLAN. A New Jersey native, James wrote the music for such American Folklore Theatre hits as LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS, THE BACHELORS, GUYS ON ICE and LUMBERJACKS IN LOVE. His music also appears in PACKER FANS FROM OUTER SPACE, BONE DANCE, BELGIANS IN HEAVEN and YA YA YOU BETCHA! James also arranged the music for several AFT revues - GOODNIGHT IRENE, HARVEST MOON, OLD FRIENDS and SWEET BABY JAMES. He is currently at work on two new musicals, one with long-time AFT company member Laurie Flanigan, and one with Chicago writer Dave Hudson.

Product Description
This recording contains the complete GUYS ON ICE, as performed in 1999 in Door County, Wisconsin by American Folklore Theatre. The cast was Fred Alley, Doug Mancheski and James Valcq.

Alley and Valcq went on to write ths musical THE SPITFIRE GRILL, which was produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York, and is very popular througout the country.

GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording,Original Aft Cast,guysonice records,The CD contains a complete performance of the hit musical, GUYS ON ICE, which has been performed all across the country to sell-out crowds. The show is a charming slice of Midwest life with Lloyd and Marvin, two buddies who spend the day in their shanty.
GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fun, offbeat show
GUYS ON ICE Original Cast Recording
Original Aft Cast
Manufacturer: guysonice records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006L5P1M
Release Date: 1999-12-01

Tracks:

  1. The Wishing Hole (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
  2. The Guy from TV (Doug Mancheski)
  3. Ode to a Snowmobile Suit (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
  4. Everything is New (Fred Alley)
  5. The King (Doug Mancheski, Fred Alley and James Valcq)
  6. Things Ain't Like They Used to Be (James Valcq)
  7. The One That Got Away (Fred Alley)
  8. Fish is the Miracle Food (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
  9. What's Mine is Yours (James Valcq)
  10. Your Last Day on Earth (Fred Alley and Doug Mancheski)
  11. When on Thin Ice (James Valcq, Doug Mancheski and Fred Alley)

Product Description

This CD contains an entire performance of the musical hit, GUYS ON ICE, as performed in Door County, Wisconsin in the fall of 1999. At that time, the show was a one-act. (It was expanded into two acts in 2000.) The recording features the late playwright Fred Alley as Lloyd, Doug Mancheski as Marvin, and James Valcq playing the piano and appearing as Ernie the Moocher. Alley and Valcq created the musical of THE SPITFIRE GRILL.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fun, offbeat show.......2007-01-14

An ice fishing musical? A show about two guys in a hut on the ice? The best Wisconsin musical ever? Surprise, both the show and songs are pretty good.

Sure it's a little cornball with terse men (in the Lake Wobegon tradition) and lots of ice fishing jokes, but it's also clever, fresh, with fun, listenable songs, many of which have a depth and sweetness as unexpected parallels are drawn between ice fishing and life. The CD is not just the songs, it's (most of) the show. It was recorded during a performance so you hear the audience laughing at the jokes making it more fun. Recommended.

Minor quibble -- the CD description and liner notes claim it is the whole show, but I recently saw the show at a local theater in its New England premier and the beginning of the second act (circa 2007) is missing from the CD.

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