My Favorite Broadway: Leading Ladies

My Favorite Broadway: Leading Ladies

A live concert at Carnegie Hall, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies collects a top-notch cast in a kind of VH1 Divas for Broadway. While big names such as Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone are conspicuously absent, and Julie Andrews hosts but doesn't sing, there is still plenty of talent on display. The program mixes stars of the '90s (Bebe Neuwirth with "Nowadays," Linda Eder with the unusual yet appropriately bombastic selection of "Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)"), along with stars of the '70s and '80s (Elaine Stritch with "The Ladies Who Lunch," Jennifer Holliday with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Nell Carter with "Mean to Me"). Particularly welcome are Andrea McArdle's sweet, understated combination of "Look for the Silver Lining" and, of course, "Tomorrow," an appearance by Priscilla Lopez ("Nothing"), and a trio of Andrew Lloyd Webber love songs performed separately then woven together by Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie, and Judy Kuhn. Some of these performances might be nearly equal (or even slightly inferior) to the original recordings, but there are a number of gems, and the star power of the whole lineup is undeniable. If there's a downside here, it's that the 99-minute video program was cut to 61 minutes for the CD release. --David Horiuchi
Country USA
Manufacturer Hybrid Recordings
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1999-11-16
UnitCount 1
UPCs 614992001121
EANs 0614992001121

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