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Description / My Opinion
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CD-Now - Ordered 02.06.2001 - Shipped 02.09.2001 - Received 02.17.2001 Producers: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lindsay Law and Thomas Hall, Scenic Design John Arnone, Costume Design Robert Morgan, Lighting Design Howell Binkley, Sound Design Tom Clark, Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, Dance Music Arrangements by Zane Mark, Conductor Kimberly Grigsby, Casting by Liz Woodman Casting, C.S.A., Production Supervisor Gene O'Donovan, Production Stage Manager Nancy Harrington, Press Representative Barlow - Hartman public relations, General Management The Charlotte Wilcox Company, Music Direction, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements by Ted Sperling, Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, Directed by Jack O'Brien, Album Produced by David Yazbek and Billy Straus, Co-produced by Ted Sperling, A&R Direction: Bill Rosenfield. Recorded October 2nd - 6th, and October 30th, 2000. The booklet contains 5 full pages of text by Lindsay Law about the writing of the show, a four pages and a half detailed synopsis and the lyrics. As always for RCA Victor, the booklet is very well done and contains all vital information and even more. About pictures, there is 1 big B&W picture, one 2 pages wide color picture, one one page and a half color picture, one B&W medium picture (is this one smaller because Kathleen Freeman is not as pretty as other cast members so well, not a full page?) and one full page color picture of the performers on stage. The inside of the jewel box also holds a full page color picture of The Men dancing. Funnily, I wouldn't have made the comparison myself, but my girlfriend asked me if this one was the recording with "the guy that had the brain removed" (A New Brain). I'm still not sure I'd do the same comparison myself, but that was a nice remark, and I love when she tries to get into my passion (obsession?). This is a nice recording, I listened at it with pleasure. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I will remember it very well as, even if it's entertaining, it contains rather modern music, far from the melodies I generally like to sing. I still have to go through the included lyrics to make a more complete opinion about it.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 1:28 | Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 3:45 | Scrap | Patrick Wilson, John Ellison Conlee, Jason Danieley, Romain Frugé, The Men |
| 3 | 2:19 | It's A Woman World | Annie Golden, Laura Marie Duncan, Jannie Jones, Liz McConahay |
| 4 | 3:11 | Man | Patrick Wilson, John Ellison Conlee |
| 5 | 3:43 | Big-Ass Rock | Patrick Wilson, John Ellison Conlee, Jason Danieley |
| 6 | 2:21 | Life With Harold | Emily Skinner with Patrick Wilson, Marcus Neville, The Men |
| 7 | 3:50 | Big Black Man | André De Shields, The Men |
| 8 | 3:22 | You Rule My World | John Ellison Conlee, Marcus Neville |
| 9 | 2:28 | Michael Jordan's Ball | Patrick Wilson, The Men |
| 10 | 3:41 | Jeanette's Showbiz Number | Kathleen Freeman, The Men |
| 11 | 2:42 | Breeze Off The River | Patrick Wilson |
| 12 | 4:32 | The Goods | The Men, The Women |
| 13 | 3:13 | You Walk With Me | Jason Danieley, Romain Frugé |
| 14 | 1:52 | You Rule My World (Reprise) | Annie Golden, Emily Skinner |
| 15 | 3:52 | Let It Go | Romain Frugé, John Ellison Conlee, Marcus Neville, Jason Danieley, André De Shields, Patrick Wilson, The Company |
The Cast
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| | Georgie Bukatinsky | Annie Golden | | | Buddy " Keno " Walsh | Denis Jones | | | Reg Willoughby | Todd Weeks | | | Jerry Lukowski | Patrick Wilson | | | Dave Bukatinsky | John Ellison Conlee | | | Malcolm MacGregor | Jason Danieley | | | Ethan Girard | Romain Frugé | | | Nathan Lukowski | Nicholas Cutro | | | | Thomas Michael Fiss | | | Susan Hershey | Laura Marie Duncan | | | Joanie Lish | Jannie Jones | | | Estelle Genovese | Liz McConahay | | | Pam Lukowski | Lisa Datz | | | Teddy Slaughter | Angelo Fraboni | | | Molly MacGregor | Patti Perkins | | | Harold Nichols | Marcus Neville | | | Vicki Nichols | Emily Skinner | | | Jeanette Burmeister | Kathleen Freeman | | | Noah " Horse " T. Simmons | André De Shields | | | Police Sergeant | C. E. Smith | | | Minister | Jay Douglas | | | Tony Giordano | Jimmy Smagula | | | Swings | Sue-Anne Morrow | | | | Jason Opsahl | | | | Matthew Stocke | | | | Ronald Wyche |
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