Sunday, January 22, 2012

CD OF THE WEEK: MAME


My all time favorite song, “It’s Today”, belongs to this musical and the rest of the score is unpretentiously glorious.

Jerry Herman was at the top of his form when he wrote it and he was lucky to have a perfect cast to give life to the characters; Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur and Jane Connell are irresistible and irreplaceable.

Herman is known for his feel good scores and this is perhaps his most uplifted work. With unforgettable songs like “We Need a Little Christmas”, “Open a New Window”, “Bosom Buddies”, “Gooch’s Songs” and the breathtaking “If He Walked Into My Life”, this is truly Broadway at its best!




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