Call Me Madam (1995 Broadway Concert Cast)

Irving Berlin - Call Me Madam (1995 Broadway Concert Cast)

Call Me Madam (1995 Broadway Concert Cast)
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Artist: Irving Berlin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Live
CD Release Date: 1995-05-23
Music Label: Drg
Soundtracks:
  1. Overture - Coffee Club Orchestra/Rob Fisher
  2. Mrs. Sally Adams - Company
  3. The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball - Tyne Daly
  4. The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball (Encore) - Tyne Daly
  5. Washington Square Dance - Tyne Daly, Men
  6. Lichtenburg - Walter Charles, Jamie Baer, John Clonts, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Dale Hensley...
  7. Can You Use Any Money Today? - Tyne Daly
  8. Marrying For Love - Tyne Daly, Walter Charles
  9. (Dance To The Music Of) The Ocarina - Melissa Errico, Simon Jones, John Campo, Harvey Estrin, Jamie Baer, John Clonts...
  10. It's A Lovely Day Today - Lewis Cleale, Melissa Errico
  11. The Best Thing For You - Tyne Daly, Walter Charles
  12. Entr' acte - Coffee Club Orchestra/Rob Fisher
  13. Something To Dance About - Tyne Daly, Jamie Baer, John Clonts, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Dale Hensley...
  14. Once Upon A Time Today - Lewis Cleale
  15. They Like Ike - MacIntyre Dixon, Christopher Durang, Ken Page
  16. It's A Lovely Day Today - Jamie Baer, John Clonts, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Dale Hensley...
  17. You're Just In Love - Lewis Cleale, Tyne Daly
  18. Mrs. Sally Adams (Reprise) - Jamie Baer, John Clonts, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Dale Hensley...
  19. Finale-You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly, Walter Charles, Company

Music reviews of Call Me Madam (1995 Broadway Concert Cast)

Music Review: LIKE AN OLD FRIEND, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE "CALL ME MADAM" AROUND . . . . .
Rating: 4 Stars

When we were kids, my younger sister and I drove the family crazy with our renditions of "It's a Lovely Day Today," "You're Just in Love," and "The Ocarina" - three tunes from this Irving Berlin Broadway hit that I can still remember all of the words to. In addition, the score included "The Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball" (who can forget Ethel Merman's peerles version of this one?) and the topical (at the time) "They Like Ike." Among the Tony Awards conferred on the show were those for Mr. Berlin, Ms. Merman, and for Russell Nype, who played the part of Kenneth Gibson. After the show completed its 644-performance run at the Imperial Theatre, Parmount Pictures went against traditional Hollywood wisdom and cast Ms. Merman in the film version, with Donald O'Connor filling in for Mr. Nype.

No need to go into the reasons why an authentic original cast album was never released. What a loss! But thanks to City Center's Encores! and DRG, we have a pretty darn good recording of the score, which, I think, is Berlin's best for Broadway. Sure, he'll always be remembered for ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN, but Berlin was truly at the top of his form with MADAM. In addition to those songs already mentioned, there's "Lichtenberg" ("Too small to be a city, too big to be a town. Too poor to have an army and too easy to knock down"), "Can You Use Any Money Today?" ("Home in the states underground there's a cave full of gold. Back up a truck and we'll fill it with all it can hold. Take ten million and please don't fuss. If you find it can't be spent/You can lend it right back to us/And we'll pay you seven percent"), "Marrying for Love" ("If she must have gold, let it be in her hair. Rubies, let them be in her lips. Diamonds, let them shine in her eyes"), "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)," "Something To Dance About," and "Once upon a Time Today" ("But she was a princess/He was just a guy/So there was the royal devil to pay"). In addition to "Mrs. Sally Adams," the choral ensemble gets to shine in several numbers, and what other show features a sweet potato (ocarina) ensemble?

No, Tyne Daly is not Ethel Merman and, yes, she has pitch problems. And sometimes she gives the impression that she is just walking through her part, but all in all, it's not a bad performance. Walter Charles makes a fine Cosmo Constantine, Melissa Errico is a sweet-voiced Princess Maria, Lewis Cleale sweetly sings the part of Kenneth Gibson (especially on "Once Upon a Time Today"), and MacIntyre Dixon, Christopher Durang & Ken Page have a high time with "They Like Ike" ("A Republican President? That's against the law!").

Were it not for the so-so performance of Ms. Daly, the album would receive a 5-star rating. Too bad the producers didn't cast Kim Criswell instead.

Highly Recommended.

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