From: atsarisborn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not even sure when Scott and Barbara Siegel started the series of
"Broadway by the Year" at Town Hall (four Mondays a year, each devoted
to songs from a certain year's shows...You never know when the concert
is going to be a triumph or a fizzle - the series has boasted plenty of
both. Also, dare I admit it? there are certain performers nowadays whose
style drives me crazy. I never look forward to Scott Coulter's high,
whiny tenor. My date looked at the program, saw Scott Coulter was
singing "I'm Flying" from Peter Pan, and sighed, "He'll turn it into an
inspirational ballad with lo-ong drawnout phrases" - which is exactly
what SC did. To be fair, it got one of the night's biggest ovations -
just not from me. Coulter (also) sang a song cut from Peter Pan, "When I
Went Home," making it clear why it didn't fit in that light, enchanting
show. Scott Siegel appears with a page of factoids...
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I find Siegel himself to be really off-putting. I bought 8 or 9 of these
recordings then stopped. Many of the performers annoyed me, and I found
that these were CDs I rarely had a desire to play more than once or
twice. I think the series is basically a good idea-- not well executed.
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