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| | Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast) | | | Music Artist : | | Dorothy Fields | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Drg | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $9.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $9.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. See-Saw
2. My City
3. Nobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
4. In Tune - Ken Howard, Ken Howard, Michele Lee, Company
5. Spanglish - Giancarlo Esposito, Ken Howard, Ken Howard, Michele Lee, Company
6. Welcome to the Holiday Inn - Michele Lee
7. You're a Lovable Lunatic - Ken Howard, Ken Howard
8. He's Good for Me - Michele Lee
9. Ride Out the Storm - Company
10. Entr'acte - Orchestra
11. We've Got It - Ken Howard, Ken Howard
12. Poor Everybody Else - Michele Lee
13. Chapter 54, Number 1909 - Ken Howard, Ken Howard, Michael K. Lee, Tommy Tune, Company
14. Seesaw Ballet - Orchestra
15. It's Not Where You Start - Tommy Tune, Company
16. Finale: I'm Way Ahead and Seesaw - Michele Lee
17. Bows: It's Not Where You Start - Company
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Seesaw is a "Hell Of A Ride" & Broadway at its best!!!
Submitted on: 2009-10-05 |
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| "Seesaw" is a wondrous Broadway Musical that has all the elements of the Ultimate Broadway Musical...great score, tremendous leads and Tommy Tune is fascinating co-starring in a role tailor made to his unique character & is he ever a total showstopper! Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields are at the peak of there legendary power here and create a mind whirling group of great songs making "Seesaw" the Ultimate Broadway Fantasy Musical. Michele Lee in great voice must have blown audiences away and out of their seats with her magnificent solo spots and Ken Howard is engrossing throughout as Jerry Ryan but these memorable leads not touring must have been what kept this incredible musical from getting deserved legendary status that many lesser works have acheived. Los Angeles had an exhuberant production with Lucie Arnaz and John Gavin giving amazing performances plus the incredible Tommy Tune from Original Broadway production playing to packed houses evenings this music lover experienced the greatest musical ever to be housed in The Music Center Ahmanson Theater...standing ovations filled those memorable evenings but that wasn't enough to give acclaim deserved to such a great work. Original Broadway Cast is awesome & hold up great with the passage of time and Michele lets it rip with her great passionate voice making one wonder why this magnificent talent stopped singing...the lady can really SING and believe at the time "Nobody Does It Like Me" was fact! Bravo to Michele and company and will be forever inspired by the message of "It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish"...can still see Tommy Tune doing this wondrous production number and it is a true CLASSIC!!! |
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More Ups Than Downs
Submitted on: 2009-09-04 |
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| Before Michael Bennett provided us with the masterpiece A CHORUS LINE, he was involved with a hidden treat, SEESAW. This score that still resonates today, is highlighted by Michelle Lee's outstanding performance, terrific music, and a charming story that isn't necessarily "happy-ever-after." |
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 HUH????
Submitted on: 2009-06-30 |
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| In reading the other reviews, I am sitting i\here in wonderment. Seesaw was a workman like show, by some pretty great people named Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields. Both of them did much better work elsewhere. Like any show that did not fold in a week, there are a couple of decent songs. Here they are Welcome to Holiday Inn, Its Not Where You Start and Nobody Does it Like Me. Michele Lee was decent in the role of Greta Moscow, but then so was Lucie Armaz when the show went on tour. Forgive me for saying this but Ken Howard is blah, very blah. I saw the show, and found it forgettable. The album is so so, also. The only reason I have it on CD instead of just keeping my vinyl is that DRG sent me a free copy. With that said, the transfer to CD is outstanding, fully up to the level I expect from DRG. If I want excitement from these same people, I just toss on the cast album of Sweet Charity. That show also has some book problems, but WOW WHAT A SCORE!!! |
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It doesn't get much better than Seesaw
Submitted on: 2009-02-28 |
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| I agree with all of the other positive reviews already posted... This show would have been perfect had it not included "Spanglish" and "Ride Out The Storm" which are completely incongruous with the rest of the songs on this otherwise great recording. Even "My City" was an ill-advised adventure in funk. These three detours though, are only detours along a super highway of 14 other wonderful, finely crafted, well-tailored, perfectly fitted, blue-suited broadway songs. It doesn't get much better than "Poor Everybody Else" and the reprise blended with "Chapter 54, Number 1909." Incidentally, "Poor Everybody Else" was originally written for the earlier Coleman/Fields collaboration Sweet Charity, but was not absorbed into that musical. Michele Lee blew me away with a 44 magnum. Her performance is the best I've ever heard in a broadway musical. Every note she sings is exhilerating. She purrs and prowls through every one of her songs like a lioness. And the musical (as a recording) for me is as good as Mame, Gypsy, Company, Chorus Line and Funny Girl. Colman's music here sometimes sounds like Bachrach, only better than Bachrach. It also sometimes reminds me of Gershwin's Piano Concerto, which is appropriate given that one of the main characters of this show seems to be the city of New York itself. Dorothy Fields' lyrics are tricky, simple, knowing and universal with content that is often sexy, often funny and always warm and clever. The orchestration is perfect, right down to the choice of each instrument. If you like Broadway soundtracks, you'll love Seesaw (except for those three detours I mentioned). I wish I would have been an adult living in New York when Seesaw was playing. In 1973 after all, I was 6 years old and living in Los Angeles. |
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 It deserved better
Submitted on: 2007-07-05 |
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| I've often wondered if I'm the only person alive who saw "Seesaw!" It's been sadly neglected. Michele Lee was wonderful, and it was a great introduction to a guy named Tommy Tune.. The music is very enjoyable. Highly recommended for Broadway show lovers! |
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