Somebody Please Give Farah Alvin a Broadway Show of Her Own!

I just got back from the concert version of Next Thing You Know, the new song cycle by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. Overall, I thought the music was great . It's clearly a work in progress, but still quite wonderful. Colin Hanlon and David Austin were wonderful as always, and Jay A. Johnson and Sally Eidman were quite good. But the star of the evening (as usual) was Farah Alvin. That girl has such an amazing set of pipes, wonderful stage presence, and sharp comic timing. It's too bad that she has never had a lead on Broadway. (I would love to see her as Mother in the Ragtime revival). Did anyone else go tonight?

Agreed. I didn't see the concert tonight, but she's always great. She's played Mother in Ragtime somewhere, correct?

I bought her CD at a show a few years ago. She writes music as well as she sings it.

She is astonishing. There must be something for her in development for this or next season.

Just saw a video of her singing Solitaire. She's gooood.

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I dont think she was in 10 Commandments...

Which song on the Reefer Madness CD does she sing?

Alvin played Mother in a concert staging of RAGTIME at the White Plains Performing Arts Center last year (and was divine.)

She's certainly overdue for a leading role on Broadway.

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