(Proper Soundtrack) My Favorite Broadway - The Leading Ladies

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (Proper Soundtrack)
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater took the stage at New York City's Carnegie Hall to belt out a selection of Broadway hits. It couldn't have been hosted by any other person than Julie Andrews.

Every performance is amazing. Definitely a DIVAS night Although they may all be trying to outsing each other, its impossible to compare them because all of the performances are captivating in their own way. Some of the ladies offer songs with which they have been closely associated over the years, while others explore the road not taken. This is highly recommended for Broadway fans


1. "Nowadays" & "Hot Honey Rag" (from "CHICAGO")
Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Performed by Bebe Neuwirth and Karen Ziemba

2. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (from "PAL JOEY")
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung by Marin Mazzie

3. "The Man of La Mancha" (from "MAN OF LA MANCHA")
Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion
Sung by Linda Eder

4A. "Look for the Silver Lining” (from "SALLY")
Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva
Sung by Andrea McArdle

4B. "Tomorrow" (from “ANNIE")
Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Sung by Andrea McArdle

5. "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (from "DREAMGIRLS")
Music by Henry Krieger, Music by lyrics by Tom Eyen
Sung by Jennifer Holliday

6. "Nothing" (from "A CHORUS LINE")
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Performed by Priscilla Lopez

7. “I’m Everybody’s Girl” (from "STEEL PIER")
Sung by Debra Monk

8."Mean to Me" (used in the revue "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'")
Music by Fred E. Ahlert, Lyrics by Roy Turk
Sung by Nell Carter, with Luther Henderson at the piano

9. “Fifty Percent” (from “BALLROOM”)
Sung by Dorothy Loudon

10. "Some People" (from "GYPSY")
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Sung by Liza Minnelli

11A. "Love Changes Everything" (from "ASPECTS OF LOVE")
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart
Sung by Audra McDonald

11B. "Unexpected Song" (from "SONG AND DANCE")
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black
Sung by Marin Mazzie

11C. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (from "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR")
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice
Sung by Judy Kuhn

12. "Falling in Love with Love" (from "THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE")
Music by Richard Rodgers. Music by lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung by Rebecca Luker

13. "Life Upon the Wicked Stage " (from "SHOW BOAT")
Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Anna Kendrick and chorus

14. "Down With Love" (from "HOORAY FOR WHAT!")
Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Sung by Audra McDonald

15. “Could I Leave You” (from “FOLLIES”)
Sung by Dee Hoty

16. "I Wanna be a Rockette" (from "KICKS")
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Tom Eyen
Performed by Karen Ziemba and sixteen Radio City Music Hall Rockettes

17. "I Can Cook, Too" (from "ON THE TOWN")
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Sung by Lea DeLaria

18. "Adalaide's Lament" (from "GUYS AND DOLLS")
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Performed by Faith Prince

19. "The Ladies Who Lunch" (from "COMPANY")
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Elaine Stritch

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(Sequel) Note regarding My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2000)

The sequel to the 1998 Carnegie Hall gala My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs) was staged at City Center on October 16, 2000. It will be released as a CD on February 27, 2009; the DVD/VHS release is scheduled for March 13, 2009 (Image Entertainment), with a PBS airing also happening that month. My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs received a great deal of media attention owing to one sequence: Following Crawford's "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," he was joined by host Julie Andrews, who speaks a few Eliza Doolittle lines, then sings about five notes of "The Rain in Spain" - because of Andrews' well-publicized vocal problems, the audience reacts deliriously.

Further info about the sequel can be found at http://www.broadway.com/buzz/news_feature_detail.aspx?id=17619