Starring: - Davis Gaines
- Rebecca Luker
- Sarah Uriarte Berry
- Julie Halston
Description:
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE is one of the more delighful offerings in the Rodgers and Hart canon. It features some of the most beloved songs ever written for the Broadway stage. This recording is from the acclaimed 1997 concert-reading from the Encores! series.
Rebecca Luker (THE SECRET GARDEN, THE MUSIC MAN), Davis Gaines (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, SWEENEY TODD), Sarah Uriarte Berry, Julie Halston (GYPSY), Debbie Gravitte and Malcolm Gets, all superb Broadway talents, lead the strong cast.
The musical, based on Shakespeare's COMEDY OF ERRORS, originally opened on Broadway in 1938. This is the first time since then that the show has featured the original orchestrations, restored and played to perfection by the Coffee Club Orchestra, led by Rob Fisher.
Rebecca Luker dazzles and scintillates with "Falling in Love with Love"; Debbie Gravitte belts out "Oh, Diogenes" in her own grand style, whilst Davis Gaines and Sarah Uriarte Berry sing the ballad "This Can't Be Love" (later added to the film score of Rodgers and Hart's JUMBO). Luker, Gravitte and Berry also sing a dizzying rendition of "Sing For Your Supper", arguably one of the score's high-points.
1. Overture
2. Prologue
3. I Had Twins
4. Dear Old Syracuse
5. What Can You Do With A Man?
6. Falling In Love With Love
7. Shortest Day Of The Year, The
8. This Can't Be Love
9. This Can't Be Love (Reprise)
10. Shortest Day Of The Year (Reprise), The
11. Finale Act I: Let Antipholus In
12. Ladies Of The Evening
13. He And She
14. You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea
15. Come With Me
16. Big Brother
17. Twins Ballet
18. Sing For Your Supper Dance And Encore
19. Oh, Diogenes!
20. Finale Act II: This Can't Be Love
Boys From Syracuse
