Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: Gotta Love Broadway!
Hit: 4 Stars
Lovers of Broadway will appreciate thaat the Musical genre' is alive. Here is a refreshing "new" work, with a clever story and a great cast. Buy the cd & then see the show! You'll leave the theare with your toes a tappin'.Free Music Review: Fun show
Hit: 5 Stars
We only went to see it because of David Hyde Pierce. The show was lots of fun and the cast amazing. There was great talent on the stage and the music fit well. I had to get the CD. Not the best of Kander & Ebb, but "Show People" still knocks your socks off... and it transfered to the CD beautifully. Hearing the music won't ruin the ending and it gets you ready to follow along or relive the energy.Free Music Review: Good cast, bland score...
Hit: 2 Stars
The cast recording of "Curtains" features a score by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb (with additional material by Rupert Holmes) that is just too bland-- especially given the songwriting team's track record. Tony-winner David Hyde Pierce and a gathering of Broadway pros perform admirably on disc and the orchestra is lively, but most of the tracks had me bored within about thirty seconds. The story involves a murder mystery behind the scenes of a terrible musical and the investigation by a show business-loving detective (Pierce), whose love of theater gets in the way of solving the crime. It's a promising premise with a good enough cast that might make this one of those musicals that's still enjoyable without having a distinguished score. "Curtains" is obviously a throwback to old fashioned musical comedies (in keeping with the 1950's setting), but even as nostalgia, the recording doesn't offer a whole lot. The songs for the musical-within-the musical are intentionally dopey, and therefore pretty tedious on disc. There are bits here and there that work okay-- particularly when some cynical humor breaks through. I liked "The Woman's Dead," in which the cast of the show-within-a show use the occasion of the star's unexpected death to engage in an impromptu "acting exercise." But the darker bits really only made me want to listen to edgier Kander and Ebb fare, like "Chicago" or "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Free Music Review: Curtains
Hit: 5 Stars
Good to get a contemporary musical comedy album that sounds like an old fashioned musical with good music and lyrics. I do not appreciate that rock and roll seems to be taking over Broadway.Free Music Review: Memories
Hit: 5 Stars
I was able to see this wonderful play on Broadway this summer and meet one of the cast, Ward Billeisen who gave a presentation for our group. Each time I listen to the CD I again feel like I am in the theatre watching the performance. It is well done.