I cannot wait to hear how the recording sounds! :] Y'all make it sound so so good! haha. Sharing is caring! lol. jk. What songs were originally in the show and not featured on the recording? I so wish I could've seen this show.
Whoops. Sorry, I forgot. lol. Are any of the lyrics included in the booklet of the cast album or is it packaged the same way as the recent NIGHT MUSIC recording with the booklet separate in the box?
It's not quite like the Night Music packaging. The lyric booklet is stapled, and the sleeve is open on both sides, not just one. It's exactly like the London revival of Sunday's packaging.
I'm late to the "I pre-ordered and got it!" party, but I did pre-order and got it Friday and love it. It's nice that Sondheim's commentary was included as well. A great album!
Got mine today. Love the orchestrations and vocal arrangements. I was expecting the worst from Wopat (I saw Cleale) and I thought he was fine. Too many highlights to list. Gonna listen again tonight. Great job as always PS Classics!
I still have over a week to wait cause psclassics don't ship to Australia <_<...but I long to hear Cook's "I READ". If anyone wants to talk about how it sounds, you can :P.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Question...as I'm only slightly familiar with Sondheim's work...what were the songs used for the scenes where the cast went for a stroll in the "park" (the plasmas became trees) and where the cast paired up as couples (it ended with Vanessa and Barbara as a couple)?