Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers

Did anyone else attend the Marvin Hamlisch Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers yesterday with the New York Philharmonic? It was about 90 minutes in length with Kristin Chenoweth and Raul Esparza as the main singers. Was a fun time all around, especially sitting in the first orchestra section. Being able to hear all the songs performed by the Philharmonic was really great. These were the songs performed:

"There’s No Business Like Show Business" from Annie Get Your Gun

"Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables

"Ol' Man River" from Show Boat

Music from My Fair Lady

Soliloquy from Carousel

"Being Alive" from Company

"Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me

"Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide

"Tonight" from West Side Story

Overture from A Chorus Line

There are some sound clips on kchenoweth.net. My personal favorite is Kristin and Raul singing "Anything You Can Do".

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I went. (I wouldn't have missed it for the world.) I had a great time. Raúl and Kristin were both fabulous, and they are just adorable together. "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun was an excellent surprise. I think that was my favorite part, actually, as stunning as Soliloquy was.

There's not an overture in A Chorus Line, but Hamlisch did write one for it. It was fun, but awfully long!

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Updated On: 5/21/08 at 05:33 PM

Yeah, I had a "singer" next to me too, during the "My Fair Lady" section. It was very annoying, as was the 45 year long tap number in the beginning.

The rest of it was spectacular though. Hearing Raul do "Soliloquy" is a dream come true. I could listen to him do that piece forever.

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It was a wonderful event and the chemistry definitely is there between Raul and Kristin. Would love to see them in a Broadway show together. His rendition of the Soliloquy was terrific.

Very nice review of the concert in the NY Times today.

Make It Proud and Loud, With Strings

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