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110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast)
from P.S. Classics

Features:

• Cast Recording

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Fantastic Recording of an Underrated Show with a Glorious Lead Performace
  What more can be said about the glorious Audra McDonald that hasn't been said already? The woman is a gift; a bizarrely immense talent of truly legendary proportions. No one should be this good (or in an ideal world, everyone should be this good). And what she alone is able to bring to a production is more valuable than any other effort a production team can accomplish.
  Even with a show like "110 in the Shade," an obscure piece last seen on Broadway in 1963, Audra McDonald is capable of mustering up a... more info

• Audra McDonald Lifts Quality of CD
  When it opened originally the show didn't do well, so it seemed anodd choice to revive. When the Tony Awards aired, it became evident how much the show gained from Audra McDonald's performance. A friend of mine was lucky enough to see it and felt she elevated the entire evening. The CD captures her musical abilities well. I've been following her since I saw her in Carousel years ago in NYC. Well worth the purchase.

• This show was a stinker
  I saw the NY production a few months ago. Huge disappointment. I recall there was one good number in the second act. Everything else (music and otherwise) was tedious and completely forgettable. If I hadn't paid so much money to see the show, I would have walked out at intermission.
  I would like to listen to an old recording with the large choruses as others have mentioned. Perhaps that would make a difference.
  What's the fuss about Audra McDonald in this show. She's a great dramatic actress, but... more info

• Faithful revival
  I saw the original production of this musical twice and just love it. And I loved Inga Swenson in the leading role. Yet one can't deny that Audra MacDonald's extraordinary voice brings new life to these beautiful songs. The revival was a disappointment; the CD is not. It's just lovely, and it displays a luscious, emotional score worth preserving.

Tracks:

1. Another Hot Day
2. Lizzie's Comin' Home
3. Love, Don't Turn Away
4. Poker Polka
5. The Hungry Men
6. The Rain Song
7. You're Not Fooling Me
8. Cinderella
9. Raunchy
10. A Man and a Woman
11. "She Walked Out On Me..."
12. Old Maid
13. Evenin' Star
14. Everything Beautiful
15. "Stay and Talk..."
16. Melisande

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