Broadway Showstoppers
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Conductor: John McGlinnPerformer: Brent Barrett
Performer: Kevin Colson
Performer: Kim Criswell
Performer: George Dvorsky
Performer: David Gaines
Performer: Chris Groenendaal
Performer: Judy Kaye
Performer: Jeanne Lehman
Performer: Rebecca Luker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1993-01-19
Music Label: Angel Records
Free Music Notes for Broadway Showstoppers
Free Music Review: Mesmerizing
Hit: 5 Stars
The title of this album, Broadway Showstoppers, is a bit misleading. Yes, there are some big hits included, like Swanee and Tea for Two. However, there also are numbers from some obscure shows and two from a complete flop. Kurt Weill's September Song is given in its original, somewhat menacing version, totally unfamiliar from all the cover versions. Bill from Show Boat is performed in the version with the original, 1918 lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse which was removed from the show it was originally intended for. The CD also contains the first recording of the original version for soloists and chorus of Kern's All the Things You Are, taken from the flop Very Warm for May, a show about summer stock theaters. There are three engaging numbers from Kern's 1929 Sweet Adeline. Perhaps most notably, the CD includes two numbers from the 1976 Lerner/Bernstein flop, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. One of them, Duet for Two, is a virtuoso romp for Judy Kaye, who portrays two successive First Ladies in the same number. The album is beautifully sung overall, while John McGlinn presides over the whole of it with wisdom and verve. The sound engineering is very good, too. In sum, Broadway Showstoppers may be a somewhat optimistic title, but this CD offers much real pleasure nevertheless.
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