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Amazon.com
Jay Records05.04.19991316
1CD53:16No Lyrics
[TRACKS][CAST]

My Broadway
Solo
Sean McDermott

Description / My Opinion
Amazon.com - Ordered 06/15/1999 - Shipped 06/10/1999 - Received 07/19/1999

The booklet contains a fair amount of nice colour pictures (23) (from very small to full page), including pictures took while he was performing on stage, and other pictures where he is with particular people. There is one full page introduction by Sean and he also wrote a half page credits. The back cover of the booklet holds a colour drawing of him in the same naïve style as the cover itself.

How strange the feeling I have listening at this recording. Of course, Sean is a great actor, who's been singing in some of the most famous and popular musicals. What is clear on this recording is that he has a very powerful voice and a strong acting capability (heard in the emotion he puts in the songs), but to be honest, having heard at the recording, I don't think he's an excellent singer. He is a good singer, but he obviously misses notes at times, not important notes though, but transitional notes that are between two important words. On such a recording, it's easily heard, while during a live performance, both the acting capability and the stage sound can mask this, but here it's not the same situation. Also, when he reaches high & loud notes, I think I've heard some sound distortion but hey, it's *very* loud! Otherwise, the songs selection is rather good, with a few 'overheard' songs (Starlight Express for instance, and I can't bear it anymore - if I ever was able to bear it once) and some less often sung. But because of the singing problem I mentioned before, I wouldn't like to use this recording as a reference for performing the songs (from a general standpoint, as some songs are better rendered than others).

Musical Numbers
13:36Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
The Lion King
Author: John/Rice
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
24:09Why, God, Why?
Miss Saigon
Author: Schonberg/Boublil
Orchestrations: John Cameron
32:36Being Alive
Company
Author: Sondheim
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
42:33Something's Coming
West Side Story
Author: Bernstein/Sondheim
Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Irvin Kostal and Sid Ramin
53:53Starlight Express
Starlight Express
Author: Webber/Stilgoe
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
63:23Loving You
Passion
Author: Sondheim
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
74:13The Last Night of the World
Miss Saigon
Author: Schonberg/Boublil
Orchestrations: John Cameron
with Kim Criswell
83:28What Would I Do?
Falsettos
Author: Finn
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
92:52Maria
West Side Story
Author: Bernstein/Sondheim
Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Irvin Kostal and Sid Ramin
103:09This Is the Moment
Jekyll And Hyde
Author: Wildhorn/Bricusse
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
113:38Hey There
The Pajama Game
Author: Adler/Ross
Orchestrations: Don Walker
122:42Love Can't Happen
Grand Hotel
Author: Yeston
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
132:16Alone at the Drive-In
Grease
Author: Jacobs/Casey
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
144:02Tell My Father
The Civil War
Author: Wildhorn/Murphy
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
152:26Good Thing Going
Merrily We Roll Along
Author: Sondheim
Piano: Martin Yates
164:18One Song Glory
Rent
Author: Larson
Orchestrations: Larry Moore
The Cast
Main Performer Sean McDermott
Guest Performer Kim Criswell

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