On Apr 9, 8:19 pm, New****tsRe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Steve New****t) wrote:
> From: atsarisb...@[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.
I certainly agree that Siegel should edit himself out of the CDs; his
commentary might (MIGHT) be amusing once, not on rehearing, and if he
left it out, there would be room for two or three more songs.
J C de L
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