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Just finished listening. The songs are bland and overproduced. Very disappointing. I think (hope) I'll enjoy the songs more when I see them in the movie.

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The show was enjoyable, but ever so slight.I can't see myself remembering much about it in years to come.The score is great. Yazbek really captures the Arabic and Israeli musicality with his use of the harmonic minor scale and the instruments the Band uses on stage (an Oud and a Darbuka are played).There aren't that many songs, maybe 7 full fledged numbers. Lenk's late-in-the-show solo "Something Different" is a knockout. The cast are all great. Shaloub and Ciarini (despite an underwritten pa...

I thought it was colorful, endlessly inventive, and sweet natured.It's also aimed squarely at the kiddies more so than other Bway family offerings.Regarding production values, I thought they were ace. I especially loved the way they did the volcano.The pirate subplot needs to go (apologies to Sara Bareilles).Tom Kitt deserves some kind of award for finessing the disparate songs into a cohesive sounding whole.

Longer takes of the opening talent show acts, the beginning of Steppin' to the Bad Side, CC and Effie's cut song, and a few longer moments here and there.

Yea, that press release for the PBS show was misleading. They're not filming the show (that I know of).

Connor Murphy is definitely an Irish name.Jewish kids always invite their Jewish and non-Jewish friends to their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Regarding Words Fail, I saw it twice and that was all Ben. He is really in the moment for the entire show. It's a stunning performance.

I left for basically the same reason as Kad.I do check in though, there are just very few threads that interest me.

Harvey Schmidt can't read music.

It's a great recording. The score is not as woven through as some musicals so some of the story is lost on the CR, but I think enough of it is there to be able to follow it even if you know nothing about the show. One thing you really don't get is how painfully awkward (possibly on the spectrum?) Evan is.

It was recorded January 9th by Decca. Release late winter/early Spring.

gypsy101 said: "tazber said: "Can you just tell us what she said re: a cast recording so we don't have to sit through 20 some odd minutes?"that lady says yes "Thanks gypsy!

Can you just tell us what she said re: a cast recording so we don't have to sit through 20 some odd minutes?Regardless, the show is a hit and I'd bet large sums of money that it will get a CR.

One of the worst shows I've ever seen. Some thing are best forgotten.

I'm happy/sad about the new recording. It's great to have it all together on one recording. The cast is uniformly excellent. And any time there is a recording of William Finn's work I'm delighted. But I miss the Starobin orchestrations and I can't deal with that cheesy synthesizer. Good to have, but I'll always play the originals over this one.

Unnecessary. They should have saved this property for a live television broadcast.

Love it Rob! Great work!!

I think it must be a financial issue. It costs more to produce BD's that it does DVDs and the price point for sales probably doesn't justify it. I'm bummed about it too.

The one Smaxie posted a picture of.

She says she can't act, but I suspect with the right director she'd flourish. The way she invests herself in her music is evidence that she could do it.