Chicago - A Musical Vaudeville (1980 Australian Cast)

Chicago - A Musical Vaudeville (1980 Australian Cast) Artist: John Kander , and Fred Ebb
Label: Universal/Polygram
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Cast Recording
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731453919228
EAN: 0731453919228
ASIN: B00000J9VG


Release Date: 1996-11-20

Chicago - A Musical Vaudeville (1980 Australian Cast)


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Tracks:

  1. A Little Bit Of Good
  2. All I Care About
  3. All That Jazz
  4. All That Jazz (Reprise)
  5. Cell Block Tango
  6. Class
  7. Funny Honey
  8. I Can't Do It Alone
  9. Me And My Baby
  10. Mr. Cellophane
  11. My Own Best Friend
  12. Nowadays
  13. Overture (From Chicago)
  14. Razzle Dazzle
  15. Roxie
  16. We Both Reached For The Gun
  17. When Velma Takes The Stand
  18. When You're Good To Mama

Album Details

Re-release of the Soundtrack of the 1980 Australian Play.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fine Australian Talent.......2004-01-26

Geraldine Turner OAM shines in the original Australian cast recording of "Chicago". Her gutsy, delicious presence give this production an exciting edge. Turner was recently seen in Cameron Mackintosh's production of "The Witches of Eastwick" in Melbourne as Felicia Gabriel, and also in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of "Inheritance" by Hannie Rayson.

4 out of 5 stars a fine recording.......2003-06-04

This is the 1981 original Australian cast of CHICAGO, directed by the late and lamented Richard Wherrett. The quality of the recording is average and is really only for die-hard fans of the musical and completists.

Nancye Hayes and Geraldine Turner play Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, respectively, and they are excellent performers. Particularly-memorable are Hayes' "Funny Honey" and "Roxie"; and Turner's "When Velma Takes the Stand". Turner's "All That Jazz" oddly does nothing to me.

Judi Connelli, as Matron 'Mama' Morton, is easily the best performer here. Her "When You're Good to Mama" is a powerhouse rendition, and the best aside from Marcia Lewis' rendition on the 1996 Broadway revival album. Also, her hilarious duet with Geraldine Turner in "Class" is worth the price of the CD all by itself.

Terence Donovan and George Spartels are both adequate, though hardly surprising, in their respective roles of Billy Flynn and Amos Hart. J. Webster's Mary Sunshine is the weakest of the cast, and is the worst-sung Mary Sunshine I have heard on CD. Even so, the role is one of the hardest ones to perform in the musical.

This is an average recording, and it makes me wonder why the original Australian revival cast headed by Caroline O'Connor and Chelsea Gibb wasn't made. A little disappointing, but redeemed by the superb trio of Nancye Hayes, Geraldine Turner and Judi Connelli.

4 out of 5 stars

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