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Description / My Opinion
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CD Now - Ordered 05/19/1999 - Shipped 05/29/1999 - Received 06/08/1999 The booklet contains 3 medium B&W pictures of the show, and 2 big B&W pictures of Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse. There are 5 pages of text by Peter Filichia (the New Jersey theater critic for the Newark Star-Ledger, a columnist for Theater Week and the author of Let's Put On A Musical(Avon Books).). This text contains a synopsis of about one page. This recording is both pretty and sometimes boring. Orchestra parts are - according to me, and with only the music - quite ears-breaking. The vocal score is sometimes very nice. Sometimes very Snow White like. Voices are these typical old Broadway voices of which I'm not very fond of. A musical I'd be interested to hear in a more modern version, without being sure it would please me. Note: Orchestrations for the REDHEAD (RCA) CD are credited on the inside booklet to RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT instead of ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 4:10 | Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 2:02 | The Simpson Sisters | Patrons |
| 3 | 1:33 | The Right Finger Of My Left Hand | Gwen Verdon |
| 4 | 3:11 | Just For Once | Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone |
| 5 | 1:31 | I Feel Merely Marvelous | Gwen Verdon |
| 6 | 3:29 | The Uncle Sam Rag | Leonard Stone, Ensemble |
| 7 | 3:03 | Erbie Fitch's Twitch | Gwen Verdon |
| 8 | 2:41 | She's Not Enough Woman For Me | Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone |
| 9 | 2:33 | Behave Yourself | Gwen Verdon, Cynthia Latham, Doris Rich |
| 10 | 2:07 | Look Who's In Love | Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley |
| 11 | 2:32 | My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me | Richard Kiley, Passersby |
| 12 | 3:05 | Dream Dance (Essie's Vision) | Orchestra |
| 13 | 2:09 | Two Faces In The Dark | Bob Dixon, Singers |
| 14 | 1:27 | I'm Back In Circulation | Richard Kiley |
| 15 | 1:27 | We Loves Ya, Jimey | Joy Nichols, Pat Ferrier, Clientele of the Green Dragon |
| 16 | 2:43 | Pick-Pocket Tango | Orchestra |
| 17 | 2:50 | I'll Try | Gwen, Richard Kiley |
| 18 | 2:14 | Chase And Finale | Entire Company |
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The Cast
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| | Ruth LaRue | Pat Ferrier | | | Howard Cavanaugh | William Le Massena | | | Maude Simpson | Cynthia Latham | | | Sarah Simpson | Doris Rich | | | George Poppett | Leonard Stone | | | Inspector White | Ralph Sumpter | | | Essie Whimple | Gwen Verdon | | | Tom Baxter | Richard Kiley | | | May | Iva Withers | | | Tilly | Pat Ferrier | | | Alfy | Lee Krieger | | | Sir Charles Willingham | Michael McAloney | | | The Tenor | Bob Dixon | | | Inez | Bette Graham | | | Street Customer | Elizabeth Kerr | | | Jailer | Buzz Miller | | | Singers | Mame Wennis | | | | Bette Graham | | | | Amelia Haas | | | | Janie Janvier | | | | Pat McEnnis | | | | Donna Monroe | | | | Marianne Gale | | | | Burt Bier | | | | Bob Dixon | | | | Clifford Fearl | | | | John Lankston | | | | Larry Mitchell | | | | Shev Rodgers | | | Dancers | Margery Beddow | | | | Mary Burr | | | | Dorothy Dushock | | | | Pat Ferrier | | | | Reby Howells | | | | Elaine King | | | | Liane Plane | | | | Dean Taliaferro | | | | John Aristides | | | | William Guske | | | | Kazimir Kokich | | | | Curtis Hood | | | | Dale Moreda | | | | Noel Parenti | | | | Ken Urmston | | | | Gayle Young |
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