Friday, August 29, 2014
The homeland of Anna in The King and I, which she described as "a civilized land called Wales," with a side trip to Venice are the settings for a little-known, never-recorded score that dese…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:14AMThursday, August 21, 2014
The gentle, low-key A Second Chance brings us a nice enough later-in-life man and woman who meet at a party and soon begin dating ... the "concept album" of the British entry Swan Esther, f…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:08PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Here are two Off-Broadway shows with new cast albums. Each has its own devilish humor and talented cast.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:03PMThursday, July 24, 2014
McDonald is equally adept at capturing the insouciance of chipper pieces or the resigned role of needy romantic. Her struggle through "Easy Living," with much help from the pianist, and the …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:49AMThursday, July 17, 2014
"Love's Labour's Lost," ... freshly musicalized ... And the not-so-classic lost-in-the-shuffle Kern.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:01AMThursday, July 10, 2014
You might have heard the Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty songs for the musical "Rocky" are upstaged by the show's downstage boxing match finale ... ["Nice Fighting You" is] a nice reminder of …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:25AMThursday, June 26, 2014
We haven't heard the last of "The Last Session," as there's a new recording from a London production.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:37AMTuesday, June 24, 2014
It's never been seen in the United States, despite its score having been written by one of the giants of musical theatre: Cole Porter.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:56AMThursday, June 19, 2014
It's June, traditionally a wedding-heavy month, so let's consider three very different married couples for whom a career in creative endeavors was also central to the relationship.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:00AMThursday, June 12, 2014
For broad Broadway panache, and sublime silliness, it's tough to top the well-aimed Bullets cast recording.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:24PMThursday, May 29, 2014
A musical from long ago that never had a complete recording (till now) and a just-closed show from the current season look at love quite differently. Besides debuting pre-Broadway in Massach…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:29AMThursday, May 22, 2014
I found Here Lies Love's cast album capable of casting a spell with its surprising effectiveness and lurking drama of slinky propaganda and the human desire to glorify/deify leaders and eter…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:47PMThursday, May 15, 2014
... nice songs and nice singing from the Carole King musical Beautiful and Beautiful Dreamer from Broadway-experienced Donna Vivino.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:32PMThursday, May 1, 2014
Two singers, different as night and day: One is grand and stylized, full of flamboyant flourishes, recording with a sizeable orchestra; the other is singing simply in a minimalist setting, w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:57PMThursday, April 17, 2014
"Going Up" studio cast recording and "Andy Capp" original London cast recording.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:07AMFriday, April 11, 2014
Here they are�a collection paired up for your musical inspection�a formidable musical theatre actress well matched to songs favored by one of our greatest playwrights; lovers from thousand o…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:42AMThursday, April 3, 2014
Not so gentle the touch in the rollicking A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, a new Broadway musical, or an old show about a show's troupe�Privates on Parade�transferred to CD for the fi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:13PMThursday, March 27, 2014
They've made their names on Broadway�as, respectively, a Jersey Boy, a Dreamgirl, and a girl who dreams of life above sea level. The heroes and musical American idols for each are numerous, …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:51PMThursday, March 20, 2014
March is "Cabaret Month" in New York and other cities ... Here are some cabaret-related CDs that came out in 2013, whose artists are nominees.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:46PMFriday, March 14, 2014
Taking place in earlier decades, two shows with characters dealing with their homosexuality have new cast albums which have come out from the PS Classics label. These are two powerful and to…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:38AMThursday, March 6, 2014
Here are two contrasting how-do-you-do scenes taking place in a single night, where memories and imagination take over. One is a new show about a date that recently visited Broadway and the …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:56PMThursday, February 20, 2014
Over the top, don't hold back .... The two have something in common.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:40AMFriday, February 7, 2014
Let's consider the male presumed perspective perceived by a woman playing-and playing with-male roles, from those women who dressed as men on stage. And then, an international all-male group…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:33AMFriday, January 31, 2014
"Gather around/ I've got a story to tell ..." sings Bebe Neuwirth ...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:30AMThursday, January 23, 2014
When artist and material connect and something rings true, the spark is one we want to experience again. This year, there were some fortunate matches of artists to material, and some rewardi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:15PMThursday, January 16, 2014
The past year brought many pleasures to the ears and mind when it came to cast albums. Some were on the daring side, others were familiar musical comfort food in the form of revivals. Here's…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:43PMThursday, December 12, 2013
"A Swinging Birdland Christmas," Liz Callaway's "Merry and Bright" and "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:56PMMonday, December 9, 2013
Broadway Cares' Carols for a Cure Vol 15, Natalie Toro's Just in Time for Christmas, Megan McClannan Reardon's Dreams of Christmas.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:29AMThursday, November 14, 2013
We get her many flavors: pluck, pizzazz, passion, playfulness and unaffected sweetness (no artificial sweetness her). The 15-track album is a welcome mix of the standards (refreshened rather…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:12AMThursday, October 24, 2013
There's a sense of wild anything-can-happen excitement, daredevilry, and delightful defiance throughout this piece.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:59PMThursday, October 17, 2013
It's a competition and people keep getting eliminated. We find out about them along the way: what makes these Texans tick, what ticks them off, what drives them to want to drive off with the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:00PM 
