Anna Karenina: The Broadway Musical
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Composer: Dan LevineComposer: Peter Kellog
Performer: Brian d'Arcy James
Performer: Gregg Edelman
Performer: Jeff McCarthy
Performer: Kerry Butler
Performer: Marc Kudisch
Performer: Melissa Errico
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Music Label: Lml Music
Soundtracks:
- Journey to Moscow
- There's More to Life Than Love
- How Awful
- Would You
- In a Room
- Snowstorm Scene
- Nothing Has Changed
- I Shall Work
- How Many Men
- We Were Dancing
- Karenin's List
- I'm Lost
- Waiting for You
- This Can't Go On
- That Will Serve Her Right
- Everything's Fine
- Would You (Reprise)
- I Never Dreamed
- Only at Night
- Finale / Seryozha / Epilogue
- Seryozha
- Epilogue
Music reviews of Anna Karenina: The Broadway Musical
Music Review: Tolstoy's great heroine sings
Rating: 4 Stars
This recording recreates the ill-fated 1992 Broadway musical version of ANNA KARENINA. Based on the classic novel by Tolstoy with a score by Dan Levine and Peter Kellogg, the show played a run at Circle-in-the-Square (where it received Tony Award nominations for it's book and score), then faded into the void after only 46 performances. On this brand-new recording, we can once again hear the amazing score.
The story of Anna Karenina, who walks away from her marriage to have an affair with dashing Captain Vronsky, has been the subject of many movie and television adaptations (including versions starring Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Nicola Pagett, Jacqueline Bissett and Sophie Marceau); but the story also easily lends itself to the principles of musical theatre, where these kinds of tragic, Fate-thwarted romances are commonplace.
Ann Crumb and Scott Wentworth originated the roles of Anna and Vronsky on Broadway. For this new recording, the roles are filled by the talented Melissa Errico and Brian d'Arcy James. Both hugely talented Tony-nominated stars in their own right, Ms Errico and Mr James bring lots of passion and emotion to their respective roles. Ms Errico originally played Kitty (and understudied Ms Crumb) in the Broadway production, and it's fun having her "graduated" to Anna on this album.
The score of Kellogg and Levine's ANNA KARENINA has a true pre-Revolution Russia flavour (especially in numbers like "I Shall Work", "Journey to Moscow", and the dreamy "We Were Dancing"); the orchestra for the most part is quite understated and minimalist; a true chamber piece.
Brian d'Arcy James and Melissa Errico sparkle with the main love theme, "Waiting for You". Melissa Errico's haunting voice later tears through "I'm Lost" and "Seryozha" with all the pain of a woman who has given up her entire life to be with a man she'll later be torn from.
The talented cast of Broadway vets assembled for this album also includes Kerry Butler, Gregg Edelman (recreating his original role of Levin), Jeff McCarthy and Marc Kudisch. Definitely one for the top shelf of your cast album collection.
Description of Anna Karenina: The Broadway Musical
"Charming, intelligent, and sophisticated ... tuneful and lyrical." -- Chicago Sun Times "Talented fellows Dan Levine and Peter Kellogg not only dug the essence out of Tolstoy's masterpiece but have strung it together with wit, color, and coherence." -- New York Post "Beguiling music! Anna Karenina does justice to Tolstoy." -- Newhouse Newspapers "Heartbreaking and hilarious ... sensuous and sweet." -- Pioneer Press "Broadway is lucky to be illuminated by the distinctive glow of Melissa Errico." -- New York Times "Errico displays a giddy exhilaration too rarely seen onstage." -- USA Today "The mastery of [Errico's] performance comes in the way she's able to keep two powerful emotions in play at once, whether in speech or song." -- San Francisco Chronicle* New orchestration by the composer! * Full forty-eight-piece orchestra includes strings from the New York Philharmonic. * An all-star Broadway cast includes Tony Award nominees Melissa Errico, Brian D'Arcy James, and Jeff McCarthy, as well as Drama Desk nominee Kerry Butler and Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman.
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