Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch - They're Playing Our Song - Original Broadway Cast
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Artist: Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin HamlischBrand: VARIOUS
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
- Fallin'
- Workin' It Out
- If He Really Knew Me
- They're Playing My Song (His)
- They're Playing My Song (Hers)
- Right
- Just For Tonight
- Entre Act (Instrumental)
- When You're In My Arms
- If He Really Knew Me (Reprise)
- I Still Believe In Love
- Fill In The Words
- They're Playing Our Song (The Bows)
Music reviews of They're Playing Our Song - Original Broadway Cast
Music Review: Tuneful Little Broadway Gem
Rating: 4 Stars
An excellent no-frills musical from the 1970's with an impeccable pedigree - music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and a script by Neil Simon (allegedly based on the actual Hamlisch/Sager relationship). The stars were Robert Klein and a dazzling Lucie Arnaz (daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz). The only other cast members were three boys and three girls - basically backup singers and dancers - who had the habit of suddenly appearing from within the scenery to act as the leads' alter egos.
The plot was simple enough - egotistical and mega-successful composer takes on a new lyricist - a kooky, insecure incurable romantic still bruised by a recently ended affair. Of course, the two are totally different and dislike each other on first sight. But anyone who has ever seen a musical knows they are destined to end up together.
This musical with just two characters worked because of the rapid-fire dialogue, the fast-paced direction, the clever sets, the larger than life performances, and the songs. I'm always surprised that songs from They're Playing Our Song have not become standards because it is such a solid and inventive score. The uptempo title song and others such as "Workin' It Out" had the same sort of catchy hooks as the disco music of the time. But better than that, the show was filled with soulful and reflective ballads such as "Fallin'", "If He Really Knew Me", "Just For Tonight", and "I Still Believe In Love". In fact, the score is much stronger - and stands much better on its own - than the one from Hamlisch's other great success A Chorus Line.
Lucie Arnaz lit up Broadway with her performance in this show and it's easy to hear why on this CD. A lesson current producers could learn from They're Playing Our Song is that a musical doesn't have to be big to be good.
By the way, there is also a recording available of the London cast in which Tom Conti conclusively proves that the Brits are no better at doing American accents than Dick Van Dyke was at being a cockney in Mary Poppins!
Description of They're Playing Our Song - Original Broadway Cast
No Description Available.Genre: Original Cast Recordings
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002
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