Category Archives: Cast Recording Reviews

LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 6

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

Part 6 of this track-by-track commentary of Love Never Dies will probably be the shortest installment, dealing with only track 16 on the original cast recording, a self-contained scene that sees all of our principle characters reunited backstage at Phantasma. … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 5

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

The fifth part of my track-by-track Love Never Dies commentary gets us back on track with the the idea of a displaced formula, which was displaced in the previous sequence of scenes by further exposition. In tracks 13-15 on the … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 4

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

Part 4 of this track-by-track Love Never Dies commentary deals with our introduction to Christine, Raoul and the new addition to their family three months after the Phantom sent for Christine under his ‘Mr Y’ pseudonym. (Mister Y = Mystery, … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 3

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

The third part of this track-by-track commentary of Love Never Dies deals with tracks 6-8, during which the Phantom is introduced to the audience and in which we find out just how he got to be in this place, so … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 2

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

Part 2 of this track-by-track commentary deals with our first exposure to Coney Island and its wonders – Tracks 4-5 on the original cast album of Love Never Dies. 4. “Heaven By The Sea” So after all the moody atmosphere … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 1

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

I thought it might be interesting to share some thoughts about Love Never Dies (with book and lyrics by Glenn Slater and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on elements of The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth and an … Continue reading →

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Marry Me a Little

Posted on June 13, 2009 by David Fick

It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since our production of the Craig Lucas and Norman René-conceived Stephen Sondheim revue, Marry Me a Little, at the Intimate Theatre, in which I played the “Man” and which was … Continue reading →

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The Best CAROUSEL Recording

Posted on June 11, 2009 by David Fick

Where to begin? Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s Carousel, which first premiered in 1945, has been recorded several times over: both the original Broadway and London cast performances were preserved, and since then we’ve had numerous revival and studio … Continue reading →

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The Best CAMELOT Recording?

Posted on December 2, 2008 by David Fick

So you want to get a copy of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s classic Broadway musical Camelot on CD and don’t no where to begin? Well, I’d like to tell you to look no further, but things are not … Continue reading →

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CHICAGO in London and Ute Lemper as Velma

Posted on November 6, 2005 by David Fick

Thought for the day: This is probably a rather unpopular opinion but I really do not like the London Revival Cast Recording of Chicago much at all. For me, there is just something missing. I don’t find it particularly entertaining. … Continue reading →

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