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| 2007-08-05 20:52:48 | Amazon.com Editoral Review: Kritzerland is proud to present Simply Sondheim, a two-CD live recording from the San Francisco tribute concert in honor of Stephen Sondheim's 75th birthday. In December of 2005, some of San Francisco's most talented artists came together to pay homage to one of musical theatre's greatest composer/lyricists. The concert was a smashing sold-out success and featured one great Sondheim song after another. All of Mr. Sondheim's major shows are represented, along with his most recent, Bounce, and the new version of The Frogs. Also included is the world premiere recording of "Farewell," which was written for the 1971 revival of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. The cast features James Brewer, Amy Dondy, Kelly Ground, Hannah Rose Kornfeld, Kim Larsen, Tom Orr, Shay Oglesby-Smith, Steve Rhyne and Stephanie Rhoads, as well as special guests Lisa Vroman, Guy Haines, and Judy Butterfield. |
| showqu 2007-08-06 01:18:09 | This 2-CD set is a revelation. At first I hesitated buying it because I was familiar with only a few of the performers: brilliant producer/performer James Brewer ("Jimmy Thudpucker" of Doonesbury fame), Lisa Vroman ("Phantom," "Sweeney Todd in Concert on PBS"), Amy Dondy (the "Maria Callas of cabaret") and the fabulous Kelly Ground (the original Fantine in the Nat. Tour of "Les Miz"). Much to my surprise, the performers were uniformly amazing. The unique song choices, the great singing/acting and the incredible energy onstage and in the audience made me sorry I wasn't there in person. It must have been quite a night. I was able to see some clips from the concert itself on Youtube (is there a DVD in the making?), and I'm hoping to see this phenomenal piece of musical theatre history revived and brought to Broadway. |
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