Thomas Hampson last night with the NY Philharmonic

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 9:16am

While watching the New York Philharmonic last night I was surprised to hear something.

Thomas Hampson is the Leonard Bernstein Scholar (I believe thats the title) with the group. In his discussion with Alec Baldwin on the subject on Broadway songs, he talked about those that never made it to Broadway: All the Things You Are. I was very surprised to hear this (especially when it comes from a scholar), since All the Things You Are very much came from Broadway and was introduced by Robert Shaws sister.

I wish people would think (or do research) before they make silly remarks that reveal how much they do not know.

Anyone else feel the same?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 10:09am

You just joined BroadwayWorld, at 9:00 New Year's morning, so that you could bitch about a baritone?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 12:23pm

Now if you'd signed up to complain about a coloratura, this would be understandable.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:39pm

As long as you don't complain about that voice, I'm okay with his scholarship faults.

[busybaritone2]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 1:41pm

wow this is a great site i had not yet explored!! thanks "wonkit" for the +! actually what I was referring to in the interview was that in the 1939 show"Very Warm for May" from where this song comes from,the song was apparently cut/moved in some part of the trials/runouts,out of towns preview process that finally became the show heard on Broadway. the story came to me from John McGlinn as he was preparing the long forgotten original production for a complete performance of the musical sometime in the 90's at the Library of Congress. what may have actually happened was that the character that was to originally sing the song was one of the gangsters that bit the dust eventually so to speak on Broadway and the song was then re-assigned prominence somewhere else in the show with someone else.Or maybe the big reprise of the song was originally in the wrong hands and changed...?? It did at any rate have a very ambiguous birth for the amazing icon it has justly become. And that was really my only point. I will be more clear in the dissertation that i write......just kidding! thanks for the listening. TH

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 1:21am

Hi, Thomas Hampson (if it's really you)!
I'm a huge fan!