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Music : A Catered Affair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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A Catered Affair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) from: P.S. Classics List Price: $19.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0803607086428 Format: Cast Recording Label: P.S. Classics Manufacturer: P.S. Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: P.S. Classics Release Date: May 27, 2008 Studio: P.S. Classics Sales Rank: 13119 MPN: 864 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: A Catered Affair, the new musical with book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by John Bucchino and direction by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, poses the question that inevitably faces every mother and daughter: whose wedding is it anyway? It's 1953, and family ties are strained when a Bronx mother struggles to give her only daughter the elaborate wedding she herself never had and the bride never asked for. Based on the 1956 motion picture of the same name, the production stars Tony Award-winner Faith Prince as Aggie Hurley, the mother-of-the-bride, Tony Award-nominee Tom Wopat as 'Tom Hurley,' the father-of-the-bride, and Fierstein himself as Winston, the uncle-of-the-bride. It's a funny, poignant and oh-so-human tale of love and disaffection, and the tender and melodic score to A Catered Affair -- expertly preserved on this original Broadway cast recording -- explores both our need for love and the true meaning of family. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Wonderful musicalThis musical was VERY under appreciated. With every listen, you get more and more out of the words. If you like musicals, you will LOVE this one. Rating:  - Tasty"The Catered Affair" was not a success on Broadway, but the score deserves to be heard. The cast is excellent. Rating: - worth listening toI don't see this as ever winning a Tony. The voices are excellent and the story line captures your interest, but I didn't walk away from this humming any of the tunes. I will recommend that many of my friends listen to this sountrack for the sake of the story line & the production quality, but it will never be one of my top ten Rating:  - A very small pleasureA very small pleasure, no pretty melodies, no complex story. The songs allow you to follow the story well. Unfortunately the story is exactly the same as the old Bette Davis movie. Faith Prince is fine, she has her Bronx accent perfect. Tom Wopat in good voice but his accent is not so satisfying. But Harvey Firestein is terrible! The raspy voice that was such fun in Hairspray is such an annoyance here. I was disappointed when the show closed before I could get tickets. Now I'm glad I saved the $200. Rating: - An Almost Perfect MusicalI was lucky enough to be New York recently and was priviledged to attend a Saturday Matinee of "A Catered Affair." This is the stuff of legends! Granted the book added a rather trite sub-plot about the uncle, but the music, direction, sets, costumes, orchestrations and stellar performances made for a momentous performance. And the CD beautifully captures the magical, delicate and wholly original score by John Bucchino. I almost chose not to see this show because of Ben Brantley's scathing review in the New York Times. Thank God, my heart took over and told me that this might be another "Light in the Piazza." But it wasn't a copy of anything. It was completely original. Broadway is willing and wanting and waiting for such lovely ... Read More: |
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