Hugh Martin - Meet Me In St. Louis (1989 Broadway Revival Cast)

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Music Review: an excellent cast album
Rating: 4 Stars

The story concerns the Smith family: Mr and Mrs Smith (George Hearn and Charlotte Moore), Grandpa (Milo O'Shea), son Lon (Michael O'Steen), and daughters Rose (Juliet Lambert), Esther (Donna Kane), Agnes (Rachel Graham) and precocious Tootie (Courtney Peldon). There's also the comical old cook Katie (Betty Garrett).

The plot zeros in on Esther and her romance with the 'Boy Next Door', John Truitt (Jason Workman). With the Worlds Fair coming to St. Louis, exciting times are ahead, but when Mr Smith announces that the family will be moving to New York very soon, it looks like Esther's romance will come to a premature end. Other subplots include Tootie's antics culminating in a very-eventful Halloween, and Rose's various suitors.

Donna Kane is well-suited to the role of Esther. She sounds eerily like Judy Garland, particularly during "Under the Bamboo Tree" and leads the company in a soaring "Trolley Song".

Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane beefed up the score significantly for the stage version, adding new numbers like "Be Anything But a Girl", "Ice", "A Touch of the Irish" (a showstopper for Betty Garrett), "A Day in New York", "Diamonds in the Starlight" and the big dance number "Banjos" led by Michael O'Steen. Blane and Martin also lifted two songs from their BEST FOOT FORWARD score ("Raving Beauty" and "You Are For Loving"), and re-wrote some of the old movie songs.

All-in-all, a great cast album.

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