On The Town
Louise
Gold was featured as the Cabaret singers, Jay/TER recording, recorded on
9, 10 & 11 May 1995 at Abbey Road Studios.
Catalogue number: CDTER2 1217
Cast
Gabey - Ethan
Freeman
Chip - Gregg
Edelman
Ozzie - Tim
Flavin
Hildy - Kim
Criswell
Claire - Judy
Kaye
Ivy - Tinuke
Olafimihan
Dily - Valerie
Masterston
Pitkin -
Michael Bauer
Rajah Bimney
- Matt Zimmerman
Dolores/Cabaret
Singer - Louise Gold
Workman 1 - Michael
Bauer
Workman
2/Announcer - Nicolas Colicos
Workman 3 - David
Firth
Announcer - Nicolas
Colicos
Andy/Sailor
1 - Simon Masterson-Smith
Tom/Sailor 2
- Richard Mitchell
Sailor 3 - Robert
Fardell
Tram
Conductor - David Green
Chorus:
Karen Broughton, Nicolas Colicos, Dominic
Curtis, Robert Fardell, David Firth, Carol Lesley Green,
Phillip Griffiths, Peter Hickmet, Liza Hobbs, Gaynor
Keeble, Julie Livesey, Lara Marland, Richard Mitchell,
Katrina Murphy, Martin Nelson, Bruce Ogston, Shirley
Pilgrim, Jane Powell, Denise Silvey, Gareth Snook, Gareth
Vaughan and Hilary Weston
With The
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards
Production Team
Music
- Leonard Bernstein
Book and
Lyrics - Betty Comden and Adolph Green
from an idea
by Jerome Robbins
Produced by John
Yap
Sleeve notes
- Rexton S Bunnet
Track Listing
CD1/Act1
1.Overture -Orchestra
2. Opening /
3. Miss Turnstiles - Orchestra, Announcer, Ivy (Nicolas
Colicos and Tinuke Olafimihan)
4. Come Up To My Place - Hildy, Chip (Kim Criswell
and Gregg Edelman)
5. Carried Away - Claire, Ozzie (Judy Kaye
and Tim Flavin)
6. Lonely Town - Gabey (Ethan Freeman)
7. High School Girls (Lonely Town Pas De Deux) - Orchestra
8. Lonely Town (Choral) - Gabey, Chorus - Ethan Freeman
9. Carnegie Hall Pavane - Ivy, Dilly, Chorus (Tinuke Olafimihan
and Valerie Masterson)
10. I Can Cook Too - Hildy (Kim Criswell)
11. Lucky To Be Me - Gabey, Chorus (Ethan Freeman)
12.
CD2/Act2
1. Entr'acte - Orchestra
2. So Long Baby - Girls
3. I Wish I Was Dead (Night Club
Sequence) - Cabaret
Singers (Louise Gold), with Heckling from Hildy (Kim Criswell)
4. Ya Got Me - Hildy, Ozzie, Chip, Claire (Kim
Criswell, Tim Flavin, Gregg Edelman and Judy Kaye)
5. Slam Bang Blues - Orchestra
6. Pitkin's Song - Pitkin (Michael Bauer)
7. Subway Ride / Imaginary
8. The Great Lover Display's
Himself (Pas De Deux)
- Orchestra
9. Some Other Time - Claire, Hildy, Ozzie, Chip, Subway
Conductor (Judy Kaye, Kim Criswell, Tim Flavin, Gregg
Edelman and David Green)
10. The Real
11. Finale Act II - Ozzie, Gabey, Chip, Hildy, Claire,
Ivy, Three New Sailors, Chorus (Tim Flavin, Ethan Freeman, Gregg
Edelman, Kim Criswell, Judy Kaye, Tinuke Olafimihan, Simon
Masterson-Smith, Richard Mitchell and Robert Fardell)
12. Exit Music - Orchesta
13. Gabey's Coming - Ozzie, Chip, Chorus (Tim
Flavin and Gregg Edelman)
Kim Criswell, Ethan Freeman, Valerie Masterson,
and, Tinuke Olafimihan, along with the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by John Owen Edwards can be heard on The Great Musicals - Wonderful Tales, this
includes the version of Lucky To Be Me from this album.
David Firth
and Louise Gold had previously appeared together in: Love Life, they went on to appear together in Man Of La Mancha
Louise Gold and
Gareth Snook had previously appeared together in Merrily We Roll Along (Stage Production)
and on that cast’s Merrily
We Roll Along (Recording).
David Firth,
Louise Gold and Gareth Snook had previously appeared together in Assassins.
David Firth,
Louise Gold, Liza Hobbs and Richard Mitchell had
previously appeared together under the musical direction of John Owen
Edwards in The Metropolitan Mikado.
David Firth,
Louise Gold, and Liza Hobbs, under the musical direction of John
Owen Edwards had previously appeared together in a concert of highlights
from Ratepayers'
Iolanthe & Metropolitan Mikado
Kim Criswell,
Louise Gold, Matt Zimmerman and Bruce Ogston had
previously recorded a radio production of Let ‘Em Eat Cake together.
Kim Criswell
went on create her role of Hildy in a Concert production at The Royal
Festival Hall in October 2000.
Kim Criswell
and Louise Gold went on to Co-Star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Louise Gold
and Nicolas Colicos went on to appear in Mamma
Mia.
Louise Gold
and Ethan Freeman were later united in One Touch of Venus.
Tim Flavin
and Louise Gold had previously appeared in Broadway To Brighton
Louise Gold,
Gregg Edelman Katrina Murphy, Matt Zimmerman, Nicolas
Colicos, Simon Masterson-Smith and Gareth Snook, with: Karen
Broughton, Dominic Curtis, Robert Fardell, David Firth,
Carol Lesley Green, Philip Griffiths, Liza Hobbs,Gaynor
Keeble, Julie Livesey, Lara Marland, Robert Mitchell,
Martin Nelson, Bruce Ogston, Shirley Pilgrim, Jane Powell,
Denise Silvey, Gareth Vaughan, and, Hilary Weston also
recorded Anything Goes (recording) - Website
Recommended Album. for JAY/TER, with the NSO Ensemble under the direction of
John Owen-Edwards.
Stop Press! (January 2004): Anything Goes (Recording) - (CD
Music Theatre Hour) CDTEH6011 has gone on general release - the
webmaster says that: if you
Louise Gold and
Matt Zimmerman had previously
co-starred in a production of Anything Goes
Louise Gold
and Katrina Murphy also recorded Stop The World I Want To Get Off
for JAY/TER with the NSO Ensemble.
Ethan Freeman,
Judy Kaye, and, Valarie Masterson all feature on various tracks
on JAY/TER’s The Best Of
Broadway Musicals as do The NSO Ensemble conducted by John
Owen-Edwards.
Kim Criswell, Tim
Flavin, Ethan Freeman, David Green, Valerie Masterson,
Katrina Murphy, Tinuke Olafimihan with the NSO conducted
by John Owen Edwards are also featured on Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals, for which Rexton S Bunnet also did the sleeve
notes.
Gregg Edelman,
Ethan Freeman, Valerie Masterson, Katrina Murphy, and, Tinuke
Olafimihan with the NSO conducted by John Owen-Edwards are
also featured on Great
Duets From The Musicals for which Rexton S Bunnet also did the
sleeve notes.
Nicolas
Colicos, Dominic Curtis, Gregg Edelman, Robert Fardell,
Louise Gold, Philip Griffiths, Bruce Ogston and Gareth
Snook with the NSO conducted by John Owen Edwards also
recorded JAY/TER’s Cabaret produced by John
Yap.
Gregg Edelman, Louise Gold, Simon
Masterson-Smith, Katrina Murphy, and, Matt Zimmerman, with
the NSO conducted by John Owen Edwards all feature on the Readers
Digest album Cole Porter - Night
And Day
Kim Criswell, Tim Flavin, Ethan
Freeman, Valerie Masterson, Tinuke Olafimihan, Matt
Zimmerman and The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John
Owen Edwards also feature on The
History Of The Musical
Kim Criswell, Gregg Edelman, Katrina
Murphy, and, Tinuke Olafimihan can also be heard on Simply Musicals, which also features the NSO
conducted by John Owen Edwards.
Sleeve note writer Rexton S Bunnet was also the
researcher for Ned Sherrin’s Review Of Revue
Tim Flavin’s television credits include A Week
In The West End.
Kim Criswell, Ethan Freeman, Simon
Masterson-Smith, Tinuke Olafimihan, and, Matt Zimmerman,
along with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen
Edwards can also be heard on The Greatest Musicals of
the 20th Century.
Kim Criswell, Valerie Masterson, and, Katrina Murphy, along with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted
by John Owen Edwards can also be
heard on The Great Musicals – Glamour And
Majesty.
Valerie
Masterson, and, Tinuke Olafimihan’s
recording credits include Centre Stage
Showtime!, which also featured The
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards.
Ethan Freeman, and, Katrina Murphy’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals –
Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens; which also featured The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards.
Kim Criswell, Gregg Edelman, and, Valerie Masterson’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals – Laughter And
Tears; which also featured The
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards.
A
review of this CD appeared in Issue
28, September 1997, of Words And Music, to read that review, please click here. The reviewer seems to have been
rather taken by Kim Criswell's performance of I Can Cook Too.
When
listening to On The Town it should perhaps be remembered that it
is one of those shows (like many of these old musicals) that is very much of
era in which it was written.
Critics Comments
. “Louise
Gold is a riot as a chanteuse who sings a depressing song in the night club
scene where Gabey's pals are trying to cheer him up.” Joseph Molnar,
Sound Advice column, TALKN’ BROADWAY, April 1999
“The leads are more than ably supported by
an exemplary ensemble of vocal talent which includes Louise Gold, Matt
Zimmerman, Michael Bauer, and David Firth (plus a sterling performance by the
National Symphony Orchestra ably led by John Owen Edwards)” Terry
Wardrope, WORDS AND MUSIC, Issue 28, September 1997
Links about On The
Town
Jay Records’s page for this
recording: http://www.jayrecords.com/jay/site/pages/recordings/onthetown/recording.htm
Joseph Molnar’s review of this
recording: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/apr6.html
Cast
album.org database’s entry for this album: http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/2086
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