The two best songs from 'A Catered Affair'...

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:37pm

Judging from the cast recording. The two main highlights for me are

"Married"
&
"I Stayed"


The score is pretty nice, some forgettable songs - but some really good ones.

What are your favorite songs from the score?

[BenKaye]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:49pm

I like various parts of "Partners." I also like "Immediate Family," "Don't Ever Stop Saying I Love You," and "I Stayed."

Great score. Don't know what those Tony voters were thinking.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:52pm

Our Only Daughter
One White Dress
Don't Ever Stop Saying I Love You
Coney Island

I think the music is gorgeous throughout. The harmonies in Partners. The underscoring before One White Dress.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:57pm

Dont Ever Stop Saying I Love You & One White Dress

J*

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 7:46pm

I enjoy "Coney Island," but would enjoy it a lot more if, say, Nathan Lane were singing it.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:30pm

Amen! That's why I like you...yankee...you are always two steps ahead of me!

J*

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:31pm

No one else liked MARRIED??

[shh282]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:59pm

Partners + Don't ever stop saying ILY

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:15pm

I heard Coney Island online and thought how lucky they were to get Harvey to sing it- a pretty voice would have made it so much less poignant.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:32pm

I can't stop singing "One White Dress" but I also love "Married" and "Our Only Daughter"

But Tom Wopat does bring it home with "I Stayed"

[christhefish]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:33pm

I think Tom Wopat's "I Stayed" is the high point of the production

[matty159]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 5:55pm

I got the disc in the mail yesterday and seriously cannot stop listening to it. Very poignant and gorgeous. I have to say that it might just be, IMHO, one of the best new scores I have heard in a very long time. Though I am definitely coming to NYC in August for vacation, I am going to find time to come see this hopefully next month.

My favorites: Married, Our Only Daughter, One White Dress, Vision (very chilling and wonderful), I Stayed, and Coney Island.

I was prepared to hate Harvey based on some of the comments on here, but really enjoy him.

To echo other sentiments...What were the Tony voters thinking?!!!

[nmartin]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 6:14pm

I have no hope of getting to NYC to see this show, but earlier today I watched the video on the show's website and everything I saw I loved. I was really surprised. I realize it was just a snippet, but I was impressed.

[matty159]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 6:30pm

I agree, nmartin. It is rare that I get chills from listening to a recording, let alone on repeated play-throughs, but this definitely does that to me. Simply wonderful and touching.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 7:31pm

One White Dress & Don't Ever Stop Saying I Love You

[nitsua]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 7:46pm

"I Stayed" is the only song I remember from seeing it in San Diego.

Mr Wopat brought the house down!