Album Review: A Broadway Revival Company's Cast Album Takes Us Back INTO THE WOODS… Again
Now to this new album - The present company of ITW is a fine balance of voices and talents and with its ethnically mixed casting is a revival for our new era.
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Now to this new album - The present company of ITW is a fine balance of voices and talents and with its ethnically mixed casting is a revival for our new era.
This collection of 10 ballads by the likes of Kern, Mercer, Kern & Mercer, Kern & Harbach, Kern & Fields, the law firm of Hammerstein, Hart, Rodgers & Romberg, and even Turman Capote is the collection of ballads you didn’t know you needed.
His fans will love it because they are fans and they love him, but the rest of the world, especially Judy Garland fans, will just be uninterested in this mostly uninteresting performance.
This album, more than any we have heard in a long time, sounds (and most importantly) feels like we’re sitting down in a club, hearing a live performer doing her cabaret set.
n KEEP A TENDER DISTANCE, Ms.
Bobby really liked this one for more than just its gayness.
The problem this music release has, which most likely reflects a problem the show (that we didn’t see) had, is - not enough singing from Mrs.
HAND IN HAND is a sweet way for this musical partnership to round out what has been a whirlwind ride for their household.
This is a declaration of artistic intent and freedom breaking the bonds of the biz, the audience, and everyone to be the music-maker she was born to be.
Teenage angst and musical theater make for a very specific buying demographic.
Amanda Prahl examines all-new UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, the good, the bad, and the triumphant.
After conquering the cabaret stage, it was time for Ann Kittredge to conquer the recording studio, and she did it in true Kittredge form.
When she went into the studio to record her award-winning cabaret show, Elizabeth Ward Land documented her own genius as an artists, along with Linda Ronstadt's.
After playing these original compositions in clubs around the city for years, Joe Iconis & Family have finally gone into the studio and recorded all the songs on their first ALBUM.
The legendarily spoken of last concert of Judy Garland has been digitally mixed, mastered, and restored and it is a respectful, loving look at the legend's last days.
For years the fans have wished for a CD release of Liza's 1979 Carnegie Hall concert.
Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals has released a well-produced cast recording of the musical comedy that has audiences howling on 41st Street.
Viral internet sensation Debbie Wileman's first album honors her favorite entertainer with love, respect, humor.
The live cast recording, recorded on their (new) opening night, captures the unique energy that has turned Six from quirky online phenom to Broadway hit.
Earlier this spring, Broadway Records released ASSASSINS (The 2022 Off-Broadway Cast Recording), giving fans of Stephen Sondheim our third English language commercially released recording of this brilliant score.
SPACE DOGS is the epic new musical, telling the mind-blowing true story of Laika and the Chief Designer — a stray dog and the top-secret Russian scientist, who sent her to space during the Cold War.
FLYING OVER SUNSET had the kind of pedigree that made it a must-see show.
With some catchy tunes and a talented cast, the cast recording of Love in Hate Nation is a valiant effort, but it never quite rises to standout status.
As presented by Sony Masterworks Broadway on WITNESS UGANDA (AN AMERICAN MUSICAL), the musical surprised me with its catchy musical hooks and rhythms, gorgeous vocal performances, and the universality of its story despite its Biblical references.
CLUB44 RECORDS recently announced the release of The Sunday Set, the new album from Billy Stritch and Jim Caruso – including an entertaining selection of urbane standards, jazz favorites, and clever comedy numbers.