Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara - Harry On Broadway Act 1
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Artist: Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'HaraBrand: Columbia
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-09
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture
- Racing With The Clock
- A New Town Is A Blue Town
- I'm Not At All In Love
- I'll Never Be Jealous Again
- Hey There
- Sleep Tite
- Her Is
- Once A Year Day
- Once A Year Day Playoff
- Her Is
- Small Talk
- There Once Was A Man
- Factory Music / Slow Down
- Hey There
- Steam Heat
- The World Around Us
- Hey There Reprise / If You Win You Lose; Hey There\ If You Win You Lose
- Think Of The Time I Save
- Hernando's Hideaway
- The Three Of Us
- Seven-And-a-Half Cents
- There Once Was A Man
- Hernando's Jive
- The Pajama Game
- Oh, My Dear (Something's Gone Wrong)
- Can't We Tell
- Such Love
- I Like Love More
- My Little World
- All Things
- I Need To Be In Love
- Oh! Ain't That Sweet
- The Other Hours
- Take Advantage
- Take Her To The Mardi Gras
Music reviews of Harry On Broadway Act 1
Music Review: A fun cast album with a little bonus
Rating: 4 Stars
I think Harry Connick Jr. attracted most people to this show and this CD. I was one of the few who bought it for Kelli O'Hara. I first became a fan of O'Hara's silverly soprano on the Light in the Piazza OBC, and the OOBC of My Life With Albertine. In The Pajama Game she takes on a new kind of role- a belty Babe Williams. I was never particularly attracted to the Pajama Game as a musical but I wanted to see what O'Hara did with it.
What she does is show off her versitility as a performer, departing from ingenue roles and playing the brassy Babe for all she's worth. O'Hara never breaks character and brings an energy to songs like "I'm not at all in love", "7 and 1/2 cents" and "There once was a man" that is rarely heard on a studio cast recrding. The same cannot be said for Harry Connick Jr. Not that he isn't good- he is. But there were times when I felt that I wasn't listening to Syd Sorkin so much as Harry Connick Jr- especially in "Hey there".
The supporting cast is paricularly strong and enjoyable. Even though songs like "Her Is" are rather dated, that's part of their charm.
As for the oh so controversial packaging. Basically there is a sleeve with a picture of Connick on it. Remove the sleve and you have a Pajama Game CD with the artwork. Connick writes and into in the booklet. I had absolutely no objection to that and when I got the CD I tossed the sleeve. As for the bonus disc, I enjoyed it. Harry Connick Jr. performs songs from his Broadway flop "Thou Shalt Not" with Kelli O'Hara. It's not a cast recording. It's a series on solos and duets- more background music than the Pajama Game, but it's more or less free. The Pajama Game would have the same price without this disc so I don't see why people object to this so vehemently. Yes, it's a marketing ploy, but so is just about anything you buy.
Description of Harry On Broadway Act 1
This special Harry Connick Jr. release features two distinct albums, packaged in a unique slip case.One album includes the original cast recording from the Broadway hit "The Pajama Game."
The second album includes a selection of new recordings from "Thou Shalt Not" featuring Kelli O?Hara. All of these songs were written, arranged and orchestrated by Harry Connick, Jr.
This set sheds the spotlight on Harry Connick Jr.'s first two major musical-theater experiences. On disc 1, the cast-album recording of The Pajama Game revival, his role is limited to that of singer. On disc 2, which includes songs from his own Thou Shalt Not, he is composer, pianist, and interpreter. The revival of The Pajama Game is all frothy fun and shows that Connick has what it takes to become a stage leading man. (He still sounds a little stiff at times, as in the spoken part of "Hey There" for instance.) Kelli O'Hara plays his love interest with spunky zest?-appropriate, considering her part has been played by both Janis Paige and Doris Day?-and it's hard to beat great tunes such as the aforementioned "Hey There," "Her Is," "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway," performed here in a jumping eight-minute version. Note that both the show and the recording include three Richard Adler songs not in the original production: "If You Win, You Lose," "The World Around Us" (co-written with Jerry Ross) and "The Three of Us." Thou Shalt Not was an interesting but flawed attempt, but this collection of songs?-some of which were in the show, some of which were cut from it-?works quite well on its own. Backed by his quartet (occasionally augmented by a discreet string section), Connick creates a jazzy, dimly-lit mood, especially on duets with Kelli O'Hara, such as "Can't We Tell" and the sumptuously melancholic "I Like Love More." Even when the pace slightly picks up on the Sinatra-esque "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," the general atmosphere remains classily subdued. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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