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Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
The folks who run the Encores! series in New York have added a revue to their ever-growing list of restored shows. Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 actually works a lot better on record than it did on stage--let's face it, a lot of the skits haven't aged very well and we're better off focusing on the songs. And the songs certainly warrant rediscovery. Written by lyricist Ira Gershwin and composer Vernon Duke, they cover a wide range and include romantic duets ("That Moment of Moments"), torchy solos ("Words Without Music"), comic narratives ("The Economic Situation"), and "tropical" numbers ("Island in the West Indies"). The cast (led by Ruthie Henshall, Karen Ziemba, Howard McGillin, Mary Testa, and Christine Ebersole) is uniformly fabulous in roles created by such actors as Fannie Brice, Bob Hope, Josephine Baker, and Eve Arden. Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 is definitely the kind of show in which the sum doesn't produce a masterpiece, but the parts are absolutely lovely. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Tracks| 1 | Overture - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher | | 2 | Time Marches On - Timothy Breese, Tony Capone, Natasha K. Chandler, Will Gartshore, Chris Hoch, Damon Kirsche, Howard McGillin | | 3 | He Hasn't a Thing Except Me - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Mary Testa | | 4 | My Red-Letter Day - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Bob Walton, Jim Walton, Karen Ziémba | | 5 | Island in the West Indies - Timothy Breese, Tony Capone, Natasha K. Chandler, Christine Ebersole, Will Gartshore, Chris Hoch, Damon Kirsche | | 6 | Island in the West Indies [Dance] - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher | | 7 | Words Without Music - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Ruthie Henshall | | 8 | Economic Situation - Dottie Earle, Christine Ebersole, Jennifer Frankel, Amy Heggins, Pamela Jordan, Aixa M. Rosario Medina, | | 9 | Fancy, Fancy - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Peter Scolari, Mary Testa | | 10 | Maharanee - Timothy Breese, Tony Capone, Natasha K. Chandler, Will Gartshore, Chris Hoch, Howard McGillin, Stephanie Pope | | 11 | Gazooka - Timothy Breese, Tony Capone, Natasha K. Chandler, Will Gartshore, Chris Hoch, Damon Kirsche, Mary Testa, Van H | | 12 | That Moment of Moments - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Ruthie Henshall, Howard McGillin | | 13 | Sentimental Weather - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Bob Walton, Jim Walton, Karen Ziémba | | 14 | 5 A.M. - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Stephanie Pope | | 15 | I Can't Get Started - Coffee Club Orchestra, Christine Ebersole, Eddie Fisher, Peter Scolari | | 16 | Modernistic Moe - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Mary Testa | | 17 | Finale [Dancing to the Score] - Coffee Club Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Howard McGillin |
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