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 | Title : Hairspray (2002 Original Broadway Cast)
Author : Marc Shaiman
Release Date : 20020813
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
The cast recording for the Broadway musical of John Waters's 1988 paean to dance, music, big beautiful women, and integration is a sheer delight. It's wonderfully upbeat all the way through, with a classic feel that's in keeping with the story's setting in the early 1960s. The characters come alive in these songs, from Marissa Jaret Winokur's (Tracy Turnblad) opening lines in 'Good Morning Baltimore' to the stunningly upbeat finale, 'You Can't Stop the Beat.' The music is by Marc Shaiman, whose recent projects include South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, as well as a number of film soundtracks, and his compositions are simultaneously solid and exuberant. Shaiman and Scott Wittman's lyrics brim over with the unreserved passions and primary-color emotions that made the film so successful. Regardless of one's familiarity with the story or the stage production, it's hard to avoid the appeal of this recording; even the less cheerful songs are awash in bright colors, without disrespect for their subjects.
Buyer Reviews :
This is the zippiest, most accessible Broadway score in ages. Particular standouts are the rousing opener, 'Good Morning Baltimore,' which really gets the CD (and the show) off and running at breakneck speed, the fabulous 'Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now' (which with careful marketing could actually be a Top-40 hit), 'The Big Dollhouse' (listen for the clever references to 'Chicago' and 'Gypsy'), the delightful Harvey Fierstein/Dick Latessa duet '(You're) Timeless To Me' (which stops the show cold and is getting all the early press as the best number), and 'Without Love' a zinger of a double duet between the four young principals.
My favorite is 'You Can't Stop The Beat' which raises the roof of the Neil Simon Theatre every performance (it's the closing number and they can't reprise it enough). Want to see 20 year olds and 60 year olds dancing in the same aisle?. Watch this.
There isn't a clunker in the bunch, and some of the numbers, particularly 'The Legend of Miss Baltimore Crabs' actually seem to work better on CD (of course it helps to know the plot of the show).
A lock for the Best Score Tony unless I'm very, very surprised.
Ditto Best Orchestrations.
And there's no one like Harvey. Who can possibly replace him in this show? It will be interesting to see.
(by Dave Hillman)
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