Wonderful Town (2003 Broadway Revival Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Donna Murphy, Jennifer Westfeldt, Adolph Green
Label: Drg
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 9307
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 12999
UPC: 021471299922
EAN: 0021471299922
ASIN: B0001BFDIW
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Christopher Street | | • | Ohio | | • | Conquering New York | | • | One Hundred Easy Ways | | • | What A Waste | | • | Little Bit Of Love, A | | • | Pass The Football | | • | Conversation Piece | | • | Quiet Girl, A | | • | Conga! | | • | My Darlin' Eileen | | • | Swing! | | • | Ohio (Reprise) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's 1953 collaboration in Wonderful Town doesn't lack for recordings, including two good studio casts from 1998 and 1999. Yet the uncommonly funny show hadn't received a proper Broadway revival until this 2003 production. As Ruth Sherwood, a role created by Rosalind Russell, Donna Murphy gives a glorious five-star star performance, and nowhere is it more obvious than on "Conga!" and "Swing," the latter a delirious spoof of 1950s Greenwich Village hipsterisms. As Eileen Sherwood, Jennifer Westfeldt doesn't have the crystalline pipes of Audra McDonald (from the 1999 album) but she gives a warm performance that comes across well on CD. The rest of the cast is studded with pros who take obvious delight in the show, and music director Rob Fisher polishes Bernstein's score to a gleam. Truly, Broadway doesn't get much better than this. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Not Wonderful February 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jennifer Westfeldt hits all the notes required for the role of Eileen, yet her voice isn't my favorite. Donna Murphy's voice is not great either. The real talent there is Gregg Edelman, but I honestly prefer him along Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills.
 Wonderful Town (2003) February 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Frankly, I got this album for one song..."A Hundred Ways to Lose a Man", which I heard on the Braodway station of our digital cable network. I was extremely entertained by the song and loved the style portrayed in this album's particular rendition of it. I got it in order to perform the song myself for a benefit performance. I am very pleased to have it in my collection. As far as the rest of the album is concerned...one has to be "in the mood". It can be a bit annoying at times. Not my favorite Leonard Bernstein...doesn't compare to West Side Story...rather fluffy in comparison and silly, but that's what was intended.
Good Piece December 16, 2006
This show is nice, very broadway. The music is nice, lyrics fun, and whole show a nice piece. It isn't something I would listen to over and over which is why it's only getting three stars, but it isn't something that I won't play from time to time. Of the two recordings I have (this one and the 2004 revival) there are MINISCULE differences, but I would say this is the better of the two. I like Donna Murphy's character over Brooke Shields. Good CD for collectors and new broadway listners alike. Fav Song: "Conga"
Wonderful wonderful town!! May 19, 2005
This is an excellent piece of work. Delightful. Charming. Splendid. Funny. Enjoyable. There are so many songs that stand out on this soundtrack, paticularly "one hundred easy ways." Evey time I hear I just can't help but break out in laughter. Excellent soundtrack; a must purchase!!
Really Good, But... February 1, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This may be the prime example of how a live performance transcends any recorded experience. I have read all the rave reviews of Donna Murphy's performance and trust people's judgment: she must have been wonderful in person. In this recording, however, she struggles through four or five different accents, settling somewhere between a voice from Missippi by way of New York.It seems less a performance than a gimmick.
As a kid I heard my parents play the Rosalind Russell version of this show a hundred times and I guess she is imprinted in my mind as Ruth Sherwood.
The orchestrations here sound magnificent and there are a few tracks added which round out the experience.
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