broadway musicals!
Sep. 27th, 2008 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
newmoonstarWell, aside from that one day where the power went out in my whole neighborhood for several hours (while I was in the shower, no less, so you can imagine what fun that was... e__e) it's been a very good week, since I've been continuing my odyssey into Broadway musicals, and found some real gems.
First and foremost, She Loves Me. Wow. And more wow. It's from 1963, and it's a musical adaptation of the play by Miklos Lazslo that spawned The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and, much less felicitously, You've Got Mail. When I read the liner notes to the cast album before I listened to it, I thought to myself, 'nothing can possibly be this good' because everybody gushed about how amazingly wonderful it was; Barbara Cook went on about how when she heard the score she ran out of superlatives to describe how great it was. I thought she was just kissing up as actors are wont to do, but after I listened to it, I completely agreed with her. There really aren't enough superlatives to describe how great it is! Bottom line, you cannot be unhappy after you've listened to the cast album of She Loves Me. It's romantic, it's funny, it's sweet, and completely, genuinely heartfelt. All the actors are so perfect for their roles, and Barbara Cook has one of the loveliest voices I've ever heard. Just listen to her sing 'Will He Like Me?' and I dare your heart not to melt. The title song is one of the happiest love songs you'll ever hear, and though Daniel Massey is only a middling singer, he gets by on charm. All the supporting cast have pleasant numbers of their own; heck, even the uber-smarmy Jack Cassidy is good in this! It's just quality all around! All I can say is, if you love musicals, and you've never heard She Loves Me, you need to. As soon as possible. Go! Listen! Right now! ;-D
If you've foolishly not gone right now to give She Loves Me a listen, another recommendation I have would be Carnival. 1961, a musical adaptation of the film Lili, and a zillion times better than that movie. Stars Jerry Orbach and Anna Maria Alberghetti are superb, and though the score and story are a bit on the sad and melancholy side, they are also intensely beautiful. This is another must listen, trust me.
First and foremost, She Loves Me. Wow. And more wow. It's from 1963, and it's a musical adaptation of the play by Miklos Lazslo that spawned The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and, much less felicitously, You've Got Mail. When I read the liner notes to the cast album before I listened to it, I thought to myself, 'nothing can possibly be this good' because everybody gushed about how amazingly wonderful it was; Barbara Cook went on about how when she heard the score she ran out of superlatives to describe how great it was. I thought she was just kissing up as actors are wont to do, but after I listened to it, I completely agreed with her. There really aren't enough superlatives to describe how great it is! Bottom line, you cannot be unhappy after you've listened to the cast album of She Loves Me. It's romantic, it's funny, it's sweet, and completely, genuinely heartfelt. All the actors are so perfect for their roles, and Barbara Cook has one of the loveliest voices I've ever heard. Just listen to her sing 'Will He Like Me?' and I dare your heart not to melt. The title song is one of the happiest love songs you'll ever hear, and though Daniel Massey is only a middling singer, he gets by on charm. All the supporting cast have pleasant numbers of their own; heck, even the uber-smarmy Jack Cassidy is good in this! It's just quality all around! All I can say is, if you love musicals, and you've never heard She Loves Me, you need to. As soon as possible. Go! Listen! Right now! ;-D
If you've foolishly not gone right now to give She Loves Me a listen, another recommendation I have would be Carnival. 1961, a musical adaptation of the film Lili, and a zillion times better than that movie. Stars Jerry Orbach and Anna Maria Alberghetti are superb, and though the score and story are a bit on the sad and melancholy side, they are also intensely beautiful. This is another must listen, trust me.
