![]() | The Original Broadway Cast. This is a CD that both my parents enjoy listening to, which is a rarity among my theatre CDs. That's mostly because all of the songs in the show are familiar to an older audience, songs like "Hey Big Spender", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Mr. Bojangles", and so on. The cast does a good job of them, though in a lot of cases you can find better recordings elsewhere. The orchestrations are supurb...there's a reason this show won the Tony for orchestrations! Much of it, of course, is dance music with no vocals, which, while enjoyable, is certainly no comparison to seeing the show performed live. However, if you don't own these songs already, and you enjoyed the show, I think you'll enjoy the CD too. |