Sound Advice: Cy by Cy: Creative Composer Colmean by Rob Lester

It's a treat to listen to these recordings, made from the 1950s to the 1980s, either with the hindsight of history or wondering how it must have been to perform them or hear them fresh, with…

SOUND ADVICE: TIME FOR TRIBUTES TO THE "TIMELESS" by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: JUST A SINGER and a PIANO by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: A COUPLE of COUPLES by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LOST BROADWAY and a NEW FIND by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: JACKSON, JOYCE and JENNIFER by Rob Lester

The Even-More-Limited Runs at NYMF: Over in the blink of an eye by Rob Lester

NYMF Reviews

Taking a shine to a fine Shine! in the theatre festival by Rob Lester

NYMF Reviews

SOUND ADVICE: "ORDINARY" ... SPECIAL ... FABULOUS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: "SCOTTSBORO BOYS" OFF-BROADWAY and "MOST HAPPY FELLA" in LONDON by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: 2 THINGS WITH STRINGS AND ONE THAT SWINGS by Rob Lester

BUT THE CAT CAME BACK… 1965 BROADWAY MUSICAL DRAT! THE CAT by Rob Lester

Sluths and private detectives seeking long-lost gems from Broadway's past, stolen away by time and the fates and proven-wrong theories and assumptions that befall shows that failed on Broadw…

SOUND ADVICE: GLORY, "GLORY," DAVIS and DAVIS by Rob Lester

A Little More Sondheim Music by Rob Lester

Well, 2010 isn't quite over yet--and that means that the celebration of Stephen Sondheim's·80th birthday isn't quite over yet either.· With many tributes, such as the one just released to …

SOUND ADVICE: HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: ON BROADWAY and OFF-BROADWAY by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LONDON CASTS PAST by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: TOP CAST ALBUM \ SCORE RECORDINGS OF 2010 by Rob Lester

Sound Advice: Top Ten Vocal Albums of 2010 by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: A LIVE SET and THE SWING SET by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: BUKOWSICAL! and BEN by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: ALICE RIPLEY & CHRISTOPHER JACKSON ALBUMS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: BITTER/SWEET & BITTER MIRROR by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: NOW, BEYOND and LOOK BACK by Rob Lester

Sound Advice: "Fortress of Solitude" Off-Broadway Cast Recording by Rob Lester

. Its appealing and soulful intensity and very human heart make it clear early on that this sometimes gutsy and gritty (but ultimately sweet) musical belongs on the list of gratifyingly adve…

Sound Advice: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz; Anika Larsen Sing(s) You to Sleep by Rob Lester

Alysha Umphress has an album that, like her role in On the Town, has lots of moxie and sass, while it's low-key lullabyes on the agenda for Anika Larsen (Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carol…

Sound Advice: "On the Town" Broadway Revival Cast Recording by Rob Lester

It's only taken seventy years for On the Town to get a truly complete recording by a cast who had lived in the roles through an actual run of a production.

Sound Advice: "The Last Five Years" Soundtrack by Rob Lester

The original stage cast album and the recent recorded revival have somewhat different tones and the same can be send for the film version. Designed for ears attuned to film, there's a genera…

Catch-Up on Cabaret January 2015 by Rob Lester

Hello, cabaret fans. I'd like to start out by telling you about the most inventive, charming, and out-and-out hilarious musically mad merriment I've seen in a cabaret room in a very long tim…

Sound Advice: The Top Ten Vocal Albums of 2014 by Rob Lester

... here is an honor roll of the ones I find myself wanting to return to and which seem richer and more appreciated with repeat plays.