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Broadway Unplugged
(Various)
(RNBW032)
Eighteen Broadway and Cabaret Performers singing their favorite Show Tunes
Off-Broadway Cast with; Nancy Anderson, Christine Andreas, Stephanie J. Block, Michael Cerveris, Chuck Cooper, Bill Daugherty, Darius DeHaas, Ann Harada, Cady Huffman, Ludmilla Ilieva, A.J. Irvin, Alix Korey, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Euan Morton, Alice Ripley, Mary Testa and Barbara Walsh. With the Ross Patterson Little Big Band. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. Recorded Town Hall, New York, September 27, 2004. Includes songs from RAGTIME, MISS SAIGON, DREAMGIRLS, LADY IN THE DARK, GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, EUBIE, FALSETTOS, ON THE TOWN, TRIUMPH OF LOVE, LOST IN THE STARS, FADE OUT – FADE IN, ANYTHING GOES, THE BAND WAGON, THE DESERT SONG, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, CAROUSEL and INNOCENT EYES.
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“The capacity crowd came cheering to its feet”
Robert L. Daniels, Variety
“Let's hope there will be more evenings like this as a reminder of what we've lost.”
Howard Kissell, NY Daily News
“A glorious celebration.”
William Wolf, Wolf Entertainment Guide
“Barbara Walsh gave one of the most emotionally honest and devastating moments of the evening with “Holding To The Ground”… Chuck Cooper rocked the house with a powerhouse performance of “Low Down Blues”… Christine Andreas gave a shimmering and haunting rendition of “My Ship.”
Jonathan Frank, Talkin’ Broadway
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Tracks:
To hear a song sample, click on any song title below that is followed
by 
1. Don't Rain On My Parade - FUNNY GIRL (Jule Styne/Bob Merrill - Stephanie J. Block
2. Romance - THE DESERT SONG (Sigmund Romberg/Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein 2) Nancy Anderson
3. Anything Goes - ANYTHING GOES (Cole Porter) Cady Huffman
4. Dancing In The Dark - THE BAND WAGON (Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz) Ludmilla Ilieva
5. There Won't Be Trumpets - ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (Stephen Sondheim) Ann Harada
6. Lonely Town - ON THE TOWN (Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green) Bill Daugherty
7. My Fortune Is My Face - FADE OUT - FADE IN (Jule Styne/Betty Comden/Adolph Green) Marc Kudisch
8. Holding To The Ground - FALSETTOS (William Finn) Barbara Walsh
9. Finishing The Hat - SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Stephen Sondheim) Michael Cerveris
10. Low Down Blues - EUBIE! (Eubie Blake/Noble Sissle) Chuck Cooper
11. Serenity - TRIUMPH OF LOVE (Jeffrey Stock/Susan Birkenhead) Alice Ripley
12. Make Them Hear You - RAGTIME (Stephen Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens) Norm Lewis
13. Lost In The Stars - LOST IN THE STARS (Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson) A.J. Irvin
14. Hard Hearted Hannah - INNOCENT EYES (Jack Yellen/Bob Bigelow/Charles Bates) Mary Testa
15. Why God Why? - MISS SAIGON (Claude-Michel Schonberg/Alain Boublil/Richard Maltby Jnr) Euan Morton
16. I Am Changing - DREAMGIRLS (Henry Kreiger/Tom Eyen) Darius DeHaas
17. My Ship - LADY IN THE DARK (Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin) Christine Andreas
18. Everything's Coming Up Roses - GYPSY (Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim) Alix Korey
19. You'll Never Walk Alone - CAROUSEL (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein 2) Company
Musical Director: Ross Patterson
Director: Jack Cummings III
Produced for CD: Peter Pinne |
