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FILM MUSIC RECORDINGS REVIEWS |
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EDITOR’S RECOMMENDATION – August 1999 ************************************************************** |
Bob FOSSE's
Sweet Charity (Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman with lyrics
by Dorothy Fields) 
Original Broadway Cast
SONY SMK 60960 [75:29] |
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Shirley MacLaine shone brightly as Sweet Charity in the 1969 film of the Broadway musical which itself had its roots in Fellini's Le noyyi di Cabiria. It is often forgotten however, that Gwen Verdon the original Sweet Charity was just as arresting in the role. This marvellous refurbished reissue, in excellent sound, has all the numbers one remembers from the film; plus interviews with members of the production immediately after the premiere of the show - Ethel Merman, Hellen Gallagher (who plays Nickie), Neil Simon, and Gwen Verdon herself. All those unforgettable numbers are here: 'Big Spender' (blasted out with real abandon); 'If My Friends Could See Me Now'; 'There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This'; I Love to Cry at Weddings'; and 'Where Am I Going Now?' Absolutely terrific Reviewer Ian Lace
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Reviewer Ian Lace
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