Tracks: 1. Overture
2. Love is sweeping the country/'Til there was you/Lover/So in love - Adam Pascal, Brent Spiner, Rebecca Luker, Peter Gallagher & Marin Mazzie
3. Music is better than words
4. Lullaby of Broadway - Tom Wopat & dancers
5. Sue me - Nathan Lane and Doo Wop Trio
6 He touched me - Heather Headley
7. La donna e mobile/Let the good times roll/Standing on the corner - Three Mo' Tenors
8. Gigi - Ronm Raines
9. No longer shy
10. Smoke gets in your eyes - Jeffry Denman & Joan Hess
11. When did I fall in love? - Marin Mazzie
12. An English teacher/Rosie - Chita Rivera & Brent Spiner
13. The enchanted audition
14. If ever I would leave you - Robert Goulet
15. I'm gonna love you/You don't know how to love him/What kind of fool am I? - Linda Eder
16. Music of the night - Michael Crawford
17. Season of love - Adam Pascal
18. Elaborate lives Adam Pascal & Heather Headley
19. Every single day - Barry Manilow
20. They write the songs
21. Too late now/Sometimes a day goes by/Not a day goes by - Marin Mazzie, Rebecca Luker & Peter Gallagher
22. I'm a brass band - Bebe Neuwirth
23. This nearly was mine - Robert Goulet
24. Brush up your Shakespeare - Michael McCormick & Michael Mulheren
25. How lucky can you get - Chita Rivera
26. I've grown accustomed to her face/The rain in Spain - Michael Crawford & Julie Andrews
27. Finale
Posted 2007-11-26 03:24:40: Amazon.com: This October 2000 follow-up to 1998's My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies allows the gentlemen in, but that's not always an advantage. Sure, Michael Crawford developed a great following as the Phantom and Nathan Lane is a comedian nonpareil, but Tom Wopat, Brent Spiner, Peter Gallagher, Adam Pascal, and Ron Raines, while all fine performers with good resumés, simply can't match the marquee power of the original's Liza Minnelli, Audra McDonald, Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter, and many others. And even when old vets appear, Robert Goulet seems closer to Las Vegas than Lancelot, and Barry Manilow (mostly making his name as a composer these days) looks pretty awkward. That said, this is still an enjoyable live show from New York's City Center (also available on CD). Among the ladies returning, Rebecca Luker and Marin Mazzie shine in songs from the revivals they star in, and super diva Linda Eder raises the roof with a three-song medley. And there are other additions to the roster, one legend, Chita Rivera (reprising her "English Teacher" from Bye Bye Birdie), and one up-and-comer, Heather Headley (sharing her "Elaborate Lives" duet with Aida costar Pascal).
But the first 100 minutes is all prologue, anyway. The real star is the host, Julie Andrews, who also hosted the original show and conspicuously did not sing in it, following her infamous, lawsuit-laden vocal-cord surgery that effectively ended her music career. Throughout the evening she teases the audience, reciting lyrics and making references to My Fair Lady. So when Crawford begins the finale, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," and Andrews enters, the audience holds its breath: Will she or won't she? It's an electric moment, and perfect theater. --David Horiuchi
