BROADWAY SCENE STEALERS CDs - Men's and Women's Editions - Buy Both and Save!

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"Broadway Scene Stealers - The Men" offers a rich panoply of songs from some of the theater's most gifted male artists. Chief among them is Cyril Ritchard, whose portrayal of Captain Hook in the Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green Peter Pan has become one of the classic performances in Broadway musical history. Here he offers his "Captain Hook's Waltz," done with incomparable comic relish. Another great show from the 1950s, Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella, is represented here with Art Lund's stunning solo, "Joey, Joey, Joey."

Unknown young performers can always help give an audience a sense of discovery. Although the Andrews Sisters were the stars of the 1974 nostalgia musical Over Here!, it was John Travolta, in his pre-Hollywood days, who leaped to attention with a smooth-voiced rendition of "Dream Drummin" and "Soft Music." One of the best-known songs in this collection comes from Gypsy, the 1959 landmark musical drama starring Ethel Merman as the indomitable stage mother, Rose. Although most hits from a Merman show were sung by Merman, Gypsy gave the young Paul Wallace a terrific showcase with the first-act solo, "All I Need is the Girl."

Track Listings

1. Into The Woods: "Giants In The Sky" - Ben Wright

2. Gypsy: "All I Need Is The Girl" - Paul Wallace

3. Over Here!: "Dream Drummin'"/"Soft Music" - John Travolta

4. Ain't Misbehavin': "The Viper's Drag" - Andre de Shields

5. Merrily We Roll Along: "Franklin Shepard, Inc." - Lonny Price

6. 1776" "The Lees Of Old Virginia" - Ron Holgate

7. Barnum: "Bigger Isn't Better" - Leonard John Crofoot

8. Fiddler on the Roof: "Miracle Of Miracles" - Austin Pendleton

9. Little Me: "I've Got Your Number" - Swen Swenson

10. The Most Happy Fella: "Joey, Joey, Joey" - Art Lund

11. Peter Pan: "Captain Hook's Waltz" - Cyril Ritchard

12. Chicago: "Mr. Cellophane"- Barney Martin

"Broadway Scene Stealers - The Women" features several heavy vocal hitters, first and foremost Barbra Streisand, who sings her breakout hit "Miss Marmelstein" from 1962's I Can Get It for You Wholesale. This was the prelude to a brilliant career that skyrocketed two years later when she landed the part of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl.

There's also Betty Buckley, who first came to prominence in 1776, a musical with an unusual subject: the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This show was dominated by men, but the twenty-two-year old, pre-Cats Buckley, playing the love-struck Martha Jefferson, came through with a great personal success in the charming ballad "He Plays the Violin."

There are several other Tony-winning performances represented in Broadway Scene Stealers, including Dorothy Loudon ("Little Girls" from Annie); Nell Carter ("Get Some Trash for Your Cash" from the 1978 Fats Waller revue Ain't Misbehavin") and many more.

Track Listings

1. The Most Happy Fella: "Ooh! My Feet" - Susan Johnson

2. Ain't Misbehavin': "Cash For Your Trash" - Nell Carter

3. Inner City: "Deep In The Night" - Linda Hopkins

4. 1776: "He Plays The Violin" Betty Buckley

5. A Little Night Music: "The Miller's Son" - D'Jamin Bartlett

6. Mame: "Gooch's Song" Jane Connell

7. I Can Get It For You Wholesale: "Miss Marmelstein" Barbra Streisand

8. Annie: "Little Girls" - Dorothy Loudon

9. Steel Pier: "Everybody's Girl" - Debra Monk

10. Jerome Robbins' Broadway: "Mr. Monotony" - Debbie Shapiro

11. Chicago: "When You're Good To Mama" - Mary McCarty

12. City Of Angels: "You Can Always Count On Me" - Randy Graff

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