#26
Posted: 1/31/10 at 8:52pm
For years now the voters of the cast album Grammy have generally known nothing about the scores nominated or even musical theatre in general. Most often they don't bother listening and simply vote for the title with the most name recognition... hence: WSS!
Overall I thought it was a fine CD, but lacking the excitement (as well as the many wrong note) of the original.
Of the "new" scores I find NEXT TO NORMAL more interesting that SHREk but it starts to pall after a while: Too much of the same thing over and over.
I really like the new AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - It crackles with excitement. And I am generally quite fond of the new HAIR, though it is not overall a favourite score for me.
25 years ago the Cast album Grammy went to Thomas Shepard and Stephen Sondheim for SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Now that was a deserved award for both gentlemen!
Overall I thought it was a fine CD, but lacking the excitement (as well as the many wrong note) of the original.
Of the "new" scores I find NEXT TO NORMAL more interesting that SHREk but it starts to pall after a while: Too much of the same thing over and over.
I really like the new AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - It crackles with excitement. And I am generally quite fond of the new HAIR, though it is not overall a favourite score for me.
25 years ago the Cast album Grammy went to Thomas Shepard and Stephen Sondheim for SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Now that was a deserved award for both gentlemen!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
