Masterworks Broadway has filled a long-empty slot on the groaning shelves of show recording completists. They have dug into the vault of the old RCA Victor Green Label Series and given us what was called in 1950 “The Original Show Album” of Irving Berlin’s delightful romp, Call Me Madam. What is more, they have remastered […]
Archives for September 11, 2012
Chaplin
The new musical Chaplin just opened on Broadway without much fanfare, and there was not much buzz in the air about it. Its original writer, Christopher Curtis – book (later joined by Thomas Meehan), music and lyrics – did not offer much opportunity for ballyhoo. Mr. Curtis’ credits – a contract writer in the songwriter […]
Photo-Op
It is open season on political candidates, and Urban Arias may have just bought the license to shoot them all. Their latest opera, Photo-Op, makes good on the company’s promise to sing tough and shoot straight while keeping things short, sharp, and sassily accessible. If you are weary of punditry and just a little cynical […]