Stephen Sondheim - Saturday Night (2000 Off-Broadway Revival Cast)

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Music Review: awww.... what a cute little baby!
Rating: 5 Stars

The craft is there already, though... the wordplay, the structure, the wonderful melodies can be seen even in this 45-year old material. And it's not just an intellectual exercise, either: "Saturday Night" is a charming show in its own right, and it's hard to believe that it took this long to stage. The story, centering on a group of young men trying to a) get a date, and b) strike it rich, is charming, and the snippets of dialog introducing the songs sound great.

The songs themselves include "What More Do I Need"? (The ultimate New York City valentine), "So Many People" (perhaps Sondheim's best pure ballad), "That Kind of a Neighborhood" (how many odes to Brooklyn have YOU heard recently, let alone one which can find a rhyme for "delinquents"?), and "Montana Chem," which could have been a Loesser song out of "How to Succeed." Speaking of "Montana Chem", it's one of four new songs on this recording which were not on the previous Bridewell company cast recording. This recording also features Jonathan Tunick's brilliant (as always) orchestrations, an overture, and a reprise or two not previously recorded.

The sound is a bit less "edgy" than that of the Bridewell recording, and most of the Brooklyn accents have been softened here (with one notable grating exception: in "In The Movies," Valentino is mentioned as 'wearing a poiple toiban')...

Lauren Ward and David Campbell are more than capable as the leads in this sweet engaging romantic comedy. A separate booklet of liner notes, complete with eye-catching black-and-white production photos, complete lyrics and a well-written plot summary, round out a great overall package. If you haven't gotten the Bridewell cast recording, skip that one and go right to this one. If you have the Bridewell cast, you still need this one. No musical theater buff should be without this one.

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