I didn’t love Road Show in the theater, and I can’t say I listen to either the Road Show or Bounce cast albums all that much. But boy do I love Jessica Molaskey’s jazzy vocal albums… so here’s “Isn’t He Something” from her 2008 album A Kiss To Build A Dream On.
Sondheim discusses the music he would take with him to a desert island.
I don’t love this performance, but Alice Ripley sure does make a convincing crazy person, doesn’t she?
Betty Buckley — “Rose’s Turn” — An Evening At Carnegie Hall
So it’s way too classy to be in-character … who cares? “Rose’s Turn” has never sounded better. I am convinced that, when she was in her prime, there was no one in the world with a more magnificent voice than Betty Buckley.
“Stephen Sondheim’s Clever ‘Clowns’” hosted by Fred Child (Performance Today) with guest music commentator Rob Kapilow on March 11, 2009. [Taken from NPR.org]
This commentary is about Sondheim’s most popular (mainstream) song “Send in the Clowns” from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music.
