Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby Jr. - Nick & Nora
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Artist: Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby Jr.Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1997-11-25
Music Label: Jay Records
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Is There Anything Better Than Dancing?
- Everybody Wants to Do a Musical
- Max's Story
- Swell
- As Long As You're Happy
- People Get Hurt
- Men
- May the Best Man Win
- Look Who's Alone Now
- Entr'Acte
- Class
- Let's Go Home
- Busy Night at Lorraine's
- Boom Chicka Boom
- Married Life
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Music Review: Great score + talented stars = recipe for a Broadway flop!
Rating: 5 Stars
A murder myster musical sounds like one of the best evenings that I could spend in the theatre. Especially if it has such a complex, yet catchy, score as this one. Johanna Gleason and Barry Bostwick are strong leads, and Christine Baranski and Chris Sarandon are equally so in their supporting lead roles. Debra Monk's "People Get Hurt" is hilarious, and Faith Prince's heart-pounding, pulse-racing, and biting "Men" is definately among the high-lights of the album. These two songs alone make this album very buyable! At first I found the songs "Let's Go Home," "Look Who's Alone Now," and "Class" to be boring, B-flat Broadway ballads, but now I see that they are knowing, and reveal great character. The album deserves repeated listening, as the songs might not catch on at first listen, and the plot and various, over-lapping time sequances can be confusing. But by re-reading the synopsis and re-listening to the album, you will find this as a great a musical as I did. And the songs at the climaxes of both the acts ("May the Best Man Win" and "A Busy Night at Lorraine's"), are among the finest devices ever used in an experimental Broadway musical. Starting out as duets between the main two characters, and then expanding into numbers that include the full chorus (who are not really "present" at all, but who Nick and Nora have summoned up in their minds) is absolutely ingenious. And the story is not just about a murder, but about Nick and Nora Charles examining their glamorous marriage, taking it apart, and seeing it for what it really is. And if what it "really is," really works at all. And you know what? The great score, strong story, and amazingly talented, almost all-name cast didn't help this musical to succeed. It flopped when it opened on Broadway. Go figure, huh? Well, I guess it deserved it, as there were no helicopters or crashing chandeliers or dancing pussy-cats or anything like that along the way.
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