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Bright Lights, Big City » Off-Broadway Cast
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Recording Details
- Date: 2004
- Type: Audio / Stage Cast
- Language: English
- Location: US / NY / New York
- Conductor: Roger Butterley (5)
- Producer: Roger Butterley (5), Kurt Deutsch (34), Ann Marie Milazzo (3), Joel Moss (30)
- Performer: Everett Bradley (3), Gavin Creel (19), Melissa Dye (4), Christine Ebersole (24), Eden Espinosa (6), Celia Keenan-Bolger (7), Richard Kind (4), Sharon Leal (5), Jesse L. Martin (6), Ann Marie Milazzo (3), Greg Naughton (3), Kelli O'Hara (17), Sherie Rene Scott (14), Patrick Wilson (12)
Recording Releases
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- Format: CD
- Label: Sh-K-Boom 1984-2
- Released: 2005-06-21
- Barcode: 0791558198423
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| Shows/Hide Tracks:
| 01. | Bright Lights, Big City | Tad, Jamie, Coke Girl, Chorus | | |  |
| 02. | Back In The City | Tad, Jamie, Chorus | | | |
| 03. | Sunday Morning 6 A.m. | Jamie, Mary O'Brien McCann, Amanda, Statue ... | | | |
| 04. | Coma Baby | Coma Baby, Mom, Chuck Bean, Chorus | | | |
| 05. | Fact And Fiction | Secretary, Clara, Jamie, Chorus | | | |
| 06. | I Hate The French | Jamie, Secretary | | | |
| 07. | Brother | Michael, Amanda, Jamie | | | |
| 08. | I Hate The French | Reprise (Jamie | | | |
| 09. | Odeon | Jamie, Elaine, Theresa, Tad, Pot Girl, Chorus | | | |
| 10. | Happy Birthday Darling | Mom | | | |
| 11. | Missing | Mary O'Brien McCann, Coma Baby, Jamie | | | |
| 12. | To Model | Amanda, Jamie | | | |
| 13. | So Many Little Things | Jamie | | | |
| 14. | Back in the City (Reprise) | Tad | | | |
| 15. | Kindness | Vicky | | | |
| 16. | Perfect Feeling | Jamie, Vicky, Chorus | | | |
| 17. | Bright Lights, Big City (Reprise) | Jamie | | | |
| 18. | You Couldn't Handle It Jamie | Clara, Jamie | | | |
| 19. | My Son | Clara, Jamie | | | |
| 20. | Wednesday | Blues Man, Jamie | | | |
| 21. | Camera Wall | Chuck Bean, Amanda, Tad, Jamie, Girls | | | |
| 22. | Heart And Soul | Micheal, Vicky, Mother | | | |
| 23. | Brother (Reprise) | Michael, Jamie | | | |
| 24. | Mummies At The Met | Mom, Coma Baby, Mary O'Brien McCann, Jamie, Chorus | | | |
| 25. | Are You Still Holding My Hand? | Mom | | | |
| 26. | Brother (2nd Reprise) | Michael, Jamie | | | |
| 27. | Monstrous Events | Tad | | | |
| 28. | Stay In My Life | Amanda, Jamie, Vicky, Chorus | | | |
| 29. | Wordfall | Jamie, Company | | | |
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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48:Amazon.com Editoral Review: This recording will be a revelation to those who were unlucky enough to catch the staging of Paul Scott Goodman's musical adaptation of Jay McInerney's iconic debut novel in 1999. The show turned the book's drug-fueled, nihilistic portrait of 1980s Manhattan into embarrassing mush. But apparently some thought
Bright Lights, Big City was a diamond in the rough, because a studio recording has appeared six years after the production closed. And guess what? The show
was worth recording. Goodman's pop-rock score is more varied and flavorful than it first sounded, proving there's something to be said for nipping and tucking. Surprisingly, the ballads and intimate numbers work a lot better than the more uptempo pieces, which still come across as a bit forced. And speaking of revelations--Eden Espinosa, playing three parts, shows a lot more range here than she does in
Brooklyn and Christine Ebersole brings punchy, roaring flair to Jamie's boss Clara‹she should do more pop material like this. Kudos also to the wonderful Sherie Rene Scott, who shines in her ballad, "Kindness." Twenty years after the book came out, these lights are shining bright indeed.
--Elisabeth Vincentelli
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