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My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
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Various Artists
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Product Details
- Artist: Various Artists
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0016581201026
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- Format: Live
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- Label: Hybrid Recordings
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- Manufacturer: Hybrid Recordings
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Hybrid Recordings
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- Release Date: 1999-11-16
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- Studio: Hybrid Recordings
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- Title: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
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- UPC: 614992001121
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Product Description: A live concert at Carnegie Hall, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies collects a top-notch cast in a kind of VH1 Divas for Broadway. While big names such as Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone are conspicuously absent, and Julie Andrews hosts but doesn't sing, there is still plenty of talent on display. The program mixes stars of the '90s (Bebe Neuwirth with "Nowadays," Linda Eder with the unusual yet appropriately bombastic selection of "Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)"), along with stars of the '70s and '80s (Elaine Stritch with "The Ladies Who Lunch," Jennifer Holliday with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Nell Carter with "Mean to Me"). Particularly welcome are Andrea McArdle's sweet, understated combination of "Look for the Silver Lining" and, of course, "Tomorrow," an appearance by Priscilla Lopez ("Nothing"), and a trio of Andrew Lloyd Webber love songs performed separately then woven together by Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie, and Judy Kuhn. Some of these performances might be nearly equal (or even slightly inferior) to the original recordings, but there are a number of gems, and the star power of the whole lineup is undeniable. If there's a downside here, it's that the 99-minute video program was cut to 61 minutes for the CD release. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Reviews
I would give ZERO stars if there was that rating!!!
Some of the other reviewers have left out songs that was omitted in the recording, the concise list of songs that wasn't in the recording is below:
Marin Mazzie: Bewitched Bothered Bewildered
Audra McDonald: Down With Love
Dee Hoty: Could I Leave You?
Rebecca Luker: Falling In Love With Love
Karen Ziemba/Bebe Neuwirth: Hot Honey Rag
Karen Ziemba: I Wanna Be A Rockette
Nell Carter: Ain't Misbehaving
Anna Kendricks: Life Upon the Wicked Stage
Lea DeLaria: encore to I Can Cook Too
Jennifer Holliday: intro to And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
Tony Roberts/Robert Morse: The Beauty That Drives A Man Mad (I suppose it's leading ladies, so this one omitted is okay)
So as you can see it's quite a rip off version of the DVD, so don't buy it, right-d-o?
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A tremendous recording with one major exception
I have to say the mounting of this show alone was fantastic. Broadway divas from past to present sing their famous/ favorite tunes. All the ladies turn in a brilliant performance.
There is only one complaint about the CD version of this event. The exclusion of Audra McDonald's rendition of "Down with Love" from the 1937 musical "Hooray for What!". It is included on the DVD and is the best version of this song...even.."gulp" better than Streisand's
I highly recommend this cd, even with the glaring omission.
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It's All About Linda Eder (but the rest rock too)
When I saw this performance on KCET, I was blown away! Such amazing talent all brought into one performance is amazing. So the next time it was on TV, I taped it and I've watched it several times. Still realizing that wasn't enough, I bought the CD, and it keeps amazing me every time I listen to it. Although I wish that all of the songs from the show were on it, they have most of my famorites. Linda Eder obviously stole the show, but Jennifer Holliday, among others, came close. What a tremendous addition to my musical theatre collection! I would recomend it for anyone who likes modern female musical theatre vocalists. Noah (17)
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Half Of Those Songs Are Not On The CD
I would just like to tell the person that wrote Over All A Great Compilation the reason why this CD Is bad is because many of the songs you mentioned are not on the CD. Rebecca Lucker is no where to be found on it and Marin Mazzie's Bewitched was one of the best songs of the concert and it is not on there. Karen Ziemba's I Wanna Be A Rockette was probably the greatest number in the whole show but funny, it's not there eather. So Yes like that reviewer said these people gave great preformances but unfortunitly that person forgot to mention that all of the numbers were left off the CD.
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Overall a great compilation, a must buy for Broadway fans!
Okay first off, do not pay attention to any of these other reviews, they were really not well-founded arguments (minus thes ones who actually liked it). Okay this CD does leave out a lot of the good stuff from the VHS and DVD, so I recommend you buy both. The performances were fantastic, most of the original singers from Broadway sang their trademark songs. Priscilla Lopez did pretty good after 20 years, I mean today she's not as amazing but it was nice to see her. Liza Minelli can't sing very well anymore but has a great acting ability. Marin Mazzie is unbelievable and by far always amazing (she's herself). Rebecca Luker is great too, Dee Hoty is amazing as usual, Judy Kuhn is one of the best singers ever born. Audra McDonald is not as good as she could be -- buy the original Ragtime CD. Bebe and Karen are great, Karen is awesome and very versatile. Debra Monk did a nice job but was overacting a bit in the actual performance. It was nice to see Julie Andrews talk and to revel in her memories of her great roles. Elaine Stritch was astounding, she sounds just the way she did when she originated the role in "Company" back in 1970. She is not supposed to have a great voice but she can definitely sing. Her song means something and she can still get that message across, by far her version is the most authoritative in all of Musical Theatre. Nell Carter and Jennifer Holliday were sensational as well. No one sang or acted badly and the show was a great success. You need to buy it if you like Broadway or any of the singers on it, the final Chorus Line number "One" is the best recording ever, of course you must consider it's all female voices.
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