Tracks: 1. Overture
2. The beauty that drives a man mad - Tony Roberts & Robert Morse
3. Welcome - Julie Andrews, Tony Roberts & Robert Morse
4. Monologue - Julie Andrews
5. Nowadays/Hot honey rag - Karen Ziemba & Bebe Neuwirth
6. Bewitched, bewildered & bothered - Marin Mazzie
7. Man of la Mancha - Linda Eder
8. Look for the silver lining/Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle
9. And I'm telling you I'm not going 0 Jennifer Holliday
10. Nothing - Priscilla Lopez
11. Everybody's girl - Debra Monk
12. Ain't misbehavin' - Nell Carter
13. Mean to me - Nell Carter with Luther Henderson
14. Fifty percent - Dorothy Loudon
15. A few words - Liza Minelli
16. Some people- Liza Minnelli
17. Love changes everything - Audra McDonald
18. Unexpected song - Marin Mazzie
19. I don't know how to love him - Judy Kuhn
20. Introduction - JUlie Andrews
21. Falling in love with love - Rebecca Luker
22. Life upon the wicked stage - Anna Kendricks & Kit Kat Girls
23. Down with love - Audra McDonald
24. Could I leave you? - Dee Hoty
25. I wanna be a rockette - Karen Ziemba and the Rockettes
26. I can cook too - Lea deLaria
27. Adelaide's lament - Faith Prince
28. The ladies who lunch - Elaine Stritch
29. Closing - Julie Andrews
30. One (finale)/End credits - ensemble
Posted 2007-12-16 23:09:56: Amazon.com: A live concert at Carnegie Hall filmed in September 1998, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies gathers a glittering lineup of Broadway's best, past and present. Some marquee names such as Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, and Betty Buckley are conspicuously missing, and Julie Andrews hosts but does not sing, but it still has Liza and stars aplenty from the '90s (Bebe Neuwirth, Faith Prince) as well as the '70s and '80s (Elaine Stritch, Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter). The older stars sing songs from landmark original roles, while the '90s stars tend to sing either songs they've performed in revivals or songs from older shows--curiously, modern headliners such as Audra McDonald and Linda Eder sing older material rather than the contemporary shows (Ragtime, Jekyll & Hyde, respectively, among others) with which they are strongly associated.
A number of these performances might be slightly inferior to those on the original recordings, but there are a number of gems, and the star power of the whole lineup is undeniable. In addition, even though only a few numbers provide action to watch, video is a valuable format for this concert because it gives faces to stars who most viewers outside of New York might recognize only by name or still photographs, and also allows fans to catch up with yesterday's stars. (Those who were dazzled by Andrea McArdle's cameo in the 1999 TV remake of her original star-making vehicle, Annie, will love her sweet, understated performance here.) Furthermore, the 99-minute video program provides more footage than the PBS telecast (85 minutes) or the CD release (61 minutes). This is highly recommended for Broadway fans. --David Horiuchi > 2 Comments
