Steel Pier (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Original Cast Recording - CD
- Artist: Original Cast Recording
- Format: CD
- Year: 1997
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 090266887828
- Item Number: BMG688782
- Release date: 07/29/1997
- 1. Overture
- 2. Prelude
- 3. Willing to Ride
- 4. Everybody Dance
- 5. Second Chance
- 6. A Powerful Thing
- 7. Dance with Me/Last Girl
- 8. The Shag
- 9. Everybody's Girl
- 10. Two Step
- 11. Wet
- 12. Harmonica Specialty
- 13. Love Bird
- 14. The Sprints
- 15. Entr'acte
- 16. Leave the World Behind
- 17. Somebody Older
- 18. Running in Place
- 19. Two Little Words
- 20. First You Dream
- 21. Steel Pier
- 22. Steel Pier (Reprise)
- 23. Final Dance
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John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical Steel Pier, with an original book by David Thompson, was set at a dance marathon held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City in 1933. That it failed on Broadway in the spring of 1997 may be attributed both to the competition -- it was swamped by Titanic -- and to a peculiar plot twist: feeling that the subject matter was not dire enough, the creators decided that the leading man should be, well, dead. Typically, Kander and Ebb chose a dark story (their previous efforts include Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman) and then wrote a lot of slick songs, few of which were integrated into the story, the intention being that the plot would add weight to the music and the music would give buoyancy to the plot. Composer Kander's primary influence came not from Broadway but from Hollywood, as he evoked the music Harry Warren wrote for Warner Bros. movie musicals like 42nd Street; Ebb's lyrics were as serviceable. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
- Artist: Original Cast Recording
- Format: CD
- Year: 1997
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 090266887828
- Item Number: BMG688782
- Release date: 07/29/1997
- Label: RCA
- Genre: Stage & Screen, Classical
- Style: Cast Recordings, Show/Musical, Contemporary
- Album Time: 74:07
- Composers:
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Performers:
- Charles Gordon - Trombone (Tenor)
- Andy Drelles - Woodwind
- Anita Miller - French Horn
- Diane Barere - Cello
- Earl McIntyre - Trombone (Bass), Tuba
- Lawrence Feldman - Woodwind
- Roger Wendt - French Horn
- William Shadel - Woodwind
- Anthony Geralis - Synthesizer
- Barry Finclair - Viola, Violin
- Christopher Cardona - Violin
- Gregory Utzig - Piano, Guitar
- James Moore - Synthesizer
- Jill Jaffe - Viola, Violin
- John Pintavalle - Violin
- Mark Sherman - Percussion
- Matthew Raimondi - Violin
- Paul Woodiel - Violin
- Richard Auldon Clark - Viola, Violin
- Richard Henrickson - Violin
- Richard Kelley - Trumpet
- Susan Follari - Viola, Violin
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Credits:
- James Moore - Associate Conductor
- Alexander Vselensky - Concert Master
- Carol Rosegg - Photography
- Daniel McDonald - Performer
- David Loud - Conductor
- David Thompson - Liner Notes
- Debra Monk - Performer
- Gregory Harrison - Performer
- Gregory Mitchell - Performer
- Joan Marcus - Photography
- John Kander - Performer
- Karen Ziemba - Performer
- Kevin Fox - Assistant Engineer
- Kristin Chenoweth - Performer
- Mary Illes - Performer
- Michael McCoy - Assistant Engineer
- Paul J. Falcone - Assistant Engineer
- Regina Elliott - Production Coordination
- Richard Dombrowski - Art Direction
- Ronn Carroll - Performer
- The Orchestra - Performer
- Jay David Saks - Producer
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