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Bobby Patrick

Heigh Ho Friends & “Family”! Bobby Patrick your RAINBOW Reviewer here, bringing you all the fresh TEA on the freshest releases in the musical world. Little Bobby's a queer reviewer, specializing in the recording industry's contributions to our musical theatre/cabaret lives with our own Queer Rainbow's Eye View of it all. After studying theatre in college we wound up following a career in entertainment/theatrical advertising for nearly 2 decades.  Now a freelance contributor who's ready to bring you all our Sunshine, Rainbows, & Rants for Broadway World's New Releases section, and fill you in on what's up in the Recording Studios and virtual "Record Stores" (Yes, Bobby Still insists they are record stores!!) of our musical entertainment community. That aside, check out Bobby's shout-out on THE SHERRI SHEPHERD SHOW




LEARN MORE ABOUT Bobby Patrick

First Show:

The National Tour Of 1776, OCtober 1970

Favorite Show:

Into the Woods

Favorite Stories:



Album Review: SWEENEY TODD Cast Recording Lacking Flavor
Album Review: SWEENEY TODD Cast Recording Lacking Flavor
September 30, 2023

The truth is that any recording of this score is worth listening to, and most people do tend to love the recording that was their first.

Music Review: Brandi Burkhardt Captures That Feeling Of Falling Hopelessly In Love With Her New Single DAYDREAM
Music Review: Brandi Burkhardt Captures That Feeling Of Falling Hopelessly In Love With Her New Single DAYDREAM
September 29, 2023

Dance to it or make whoopie to it, for Brandi’s DAYDREAM is a truly nice place to visit.

Album Review: Jaime Lozano Sings & Plays With The Familia On SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT Vol. 2
Album Review: Jaime Lozano Sings & Plays With The Familia On SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT Vol. 2
September 26, 2023

Jaime Lozano’s SONGS FROM AN IMMIGRANT Vol. 2, while leaning a bit to the long-ish side, bursts forth with energy and passion and is worth every minute.

Review: Viral Social Media STARR Sings Her Music Live At Dizzy's Club Introducing Her New Album DARA STARR TUCKER
Review: Viral Social Media STARR Sings Her Music Live At Dizzy's Club Introducing Her New Album DARA STARR TUCKER
September 21, 2023

Tucker also took her own time to enjoy those shining moments from the musicians and demonstrated that she was there to hear their musical creations as much as she was to sing hers.

Music Review: Sari Jordan Calls For An End To Hostilities Between… Us All, Really, With Her New Single, CEASEFIRE
Music Review: Sari Jordan Calls For An End To Hostilities Between… Us All, Really, With Her New Single, CEASEFIRE
September 18, 2023

CEASEFIRE is a beautiful if painful portrait of resolving conflict between people and the battle scars love can leave behind.

Album Review: Extra! Extra! Read All About It! The WORLD PREMIER COMPLETE RECORDING OF OKLAHOMA! Is An H-I-T All Over Again!
Album Review: Extra! Extra! Read All About It! The WORLD PREMIER COMPLETE RECORDING OF OKLAHOMA! Is An H-I-T All Over Again!
September 15, 2023

Sinfonia of London is indeed an exciting super-orchestra and John Wilson & CO have polished a diamond of the American Musical Theatre to a high gloss

Album Review: Jeff Harnar Inspires Sighs Of Satisfaction With A COLLECTIVE CY
Album Review: Jeff Harnar Inspires Sighs Of Satisfaction With A COLLECTIVE CY
September 11, 2023

A COLLECTIVE CY is a gorgeous dream album of a recording that shows off Jeff Harnar's mad skills at cabaret storytelling and music making, both at the same time.

Album Review: Barry's Boys Bring Back Beautiful Blends To Broadway On HARMONY'S New Cast Album
Album Review: Barry's Boys Bring Back Beautiful Blends To Broadway On HARMONY'S New Cast Album
September 10, 2023

This recording checks our most important Broadway Album Box - one comes away from the first listening with a real sense of the show and its story.

Album Review: Joplin & Virginia Woolf Live Inside Mary Bridget Davies On Her New Live Album FREEDOM OF MY MIND
Album Review: Joplin & Virginia Woolf Live Inside Mary Bridget Davies On Her New Live Album FREEDOM OF MY MIND
September 1, 2023

The passion of her music and the soul of her work comes right out of the speakers to you (not AT you).

Album Review: Idina Menzel's DRAMA QUEEN is Making Us All Dance
Album Review: Idina Menzel's DRAMA QUEEN is Making Us All Dance
August 30, 2023

This kind of music really does give us that old disco feeling and with Idina Menzel’s DRAMA QUEEN, we can all grab it together.

Album Review:  If Linda Purl's THIS COULD BE THE START Is The Start, We Can't Wait To See The Finished Product
Album Review:  If Linda Purl's THIS COULD BE THE START Is The Start, We Can't Wait To See The Finished Product
August 29, 2023

It is an exciting thing to see an artist grow, evolve, change, and the musical marriage between the two friends and colleagues that are Linda and Tedd has been a wonderful witness for the last few years.

Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes Rose Marie's 1st Ever CD Collection For Her 100th Birthday on ROSE MARIE SINGS
Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes Rose Marie's 1st Ever CD Collection For Her 100th Birthday on ROSE MARIE SINGS
August 28, 2023

For those of us for whom she represents more than kitsch, this album is an essential.

Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIVE AT THE PURPLE ROOM
Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIVE AT THE PURPLE ROOM
August 26, 2023

Lucie’s singing voice is that of a Broadway belter, but more than that, Lucie Arnaz is an actor.

Music Review: Ben Jones' Latest Swoon-Worthy Single TOO LATE NOW Has Arrived Just In Time
Music Review: Ben Jones' Latest Swoon-Worthy Single TOO LATE NOW Has Arrived Just In Time
August 22, 2023

We loved this new single of an old song in a young voice, and though many of us have heard this one many times over many years, Ben Jones makes it worthwhile again.

Music Review: Meryl Streep Delivers… Again! This Time on ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Singing LOOK FOR THE LIGHT
Music Review: Meryl Streep Delivers… Again! This Time on ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Singing LOOK FOR THE LIGHT
August 21, 2023

Sara Bareilles, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul have composed a beautifully haunting song that you just can’t get out of your head.

Review: Goofy Gabriel Generally Brings Brooklyn To The Basement With A NIGHT OF HEHE-HAHAS At 54 Below
Review: Goofy Gabriel Generally Brings Brooklyn To The Basement With A NIGHT OF HEHE-HAHAS At 54 Below
August 21, 2023

Though Gabriel Generally’s set on Wednesday night moved from hilarious to incomprehensible, and back again, we recognize that they definitely have something going on.

Review: Acidic, Acerbic Jackie Hoffman Gets Blunt In IT'S OVER. WHO HAS WEED? at Joe's Pub
Review: Acidic, Acerbic Jackie Hoffman Gets Blunt In IT'S OVER. WHO HAS WEED? at Joe's Pub
August 18, 2023

Each time it has been this writer’s pleasure to catch her act on The Broadway, Off-The-Broadway, in the clubs, or on a screen, we have marveled, we have admired, and we have laughed - oh golly how we have laughed.

Album Review: Actor Turned NYPD Detective Turned Actor Michael Devine Sings His Heart Out On An Album 10 Years In The Making With SENTINELS
Album Review: Actor Turned NYPD Detective Turned Actor Michael Devine Sings His Heart Out On An Album 10 Years In The Making With SENTINELS
August 18, 2023

If you’re the kind of music fan who buys albums of singers singing earnestly in voices they have strenuously trained, then Michale Devine belongs in your collection

Streaming Review: The Prince & The President's Progeny Perspire & Prime Heats Up As RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE Steams & Streams On AmazonPrime
Album Review: Singer Composers Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki Give Us A Cabaret Gift Tied Up In A Pretty Bow With MID-CENTURY MODERN
Album Review: Singer Composers Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki Give Us A Cabaret Gift Tied Up In A Pretty Bow With MID-CENTURY MODERN
August 8, 2023

Finally, what you have with Turner & Grusecki’s MID-CENTURY MODERN is new songs written in an old-fashioned way with old-fashioned sounds



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