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...matters which versions of shows have had songs cut or added, which have had the song list shuffled, which have had lyrics revised. It matters that the Broadway revival of Company reinserts at the end of Act One, “Marry Me a Little,” a song originally written as a possible finale for the show. It matters that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Secret Garden not only cuts the Act Two quintet featured in its Broadway debut, but slides the haunting “Lily’s Eyes” into its place...
Changes to music and lyrics are just the tip of the iceberg; interpretation is also crucial. It matters how a TV star may interpret a lyric differently from a classic Broadway belter or a London lilter. It matters that Brent Spiner (Star Trek’s Data) is a vocally superior John Adams in 1776, but somehow his performance in the revival matches the wit or intensity of William Daniels’ original portrayal. It matters that in the second Broadway revival of Cabaret, Alan Cumming delivers the shocking final line of “If You Could See Her?...
...have discovered more and more since coming to Harvard, I am not alone in my collecting and listening habits. Though I will not name names (as occurs in the London but not the Broadway recording of Chess), I know more than a few who can sooner list all Mandy Patinkin’s albums than Mandy Moore?...
...Philharmonic Sweeney is only one of a growing number of gems now available to fellow enthusiasts. Amazon.com has an excellent selection in its Broadway and Vocalists section of uncommon recordings from the recent as well as not-so-recent past. One can find on the site the recording of Bea Arthur on Broadway, a show that opened just last month, as well as the 1954 Threepenny Opera featuring the young Arthur...
Still, even Amazon.com doesn’t boast the debut album of virtuoso Broadway tenor Craig Schulman. To hear his tender renditions of classic musical theater ballads, one must seek out a site like BroadwayGemsRecords.com...