When I was a kid, I used to collect cast recordings. I don’t know that I ever did a final tally, but I still have about 200 cast recordings on my shelf at home. I used to subscribe those CD clubs in the 90s where you would get 20 CDs for a penny and have to buy 7 more in the year. I used to make the trek from my Thornhill home to downtown Toronto just to visit Song & Script or (the deeply missed) Theatre Qs to pick up the newest recordings. Every Saturday morning I used to wake-up and stay in bed with headphones listening to a cast recording. I remember being in Grade 10 and rushing home after school to listen to the 2-CD recording of Rent in its entirety. I would revel in the linear notes that came with the CD, studying every lyric and studiously reviewing the synopsis between songs to try to imagine what was happening in the book scenes. More