Over the Rainbow
Showdate October 14, 2000
" Oklahoma! "
In an enormous rush of excitement, I dedicated this week's show to my new
recording of Rogers & Hammerstein's " Oklahoma! ". It's the 1998 London
revival, which will be coming this season to Broadway. The CD stars Hugh
Jackman (yup, Wolverine from the X-Men movie) as Curly (and boy can he
sing!), along with Josefina Gabriele and Peter Polycarpou. It's such a
great recording of this show. I find the original Broadway cast,
definitive in its own way, is much staler and more staid than this more
fun-loving, rough-and-ready recording. Come on, shell out the 40 bucks to
special-order this...
Songs I played this week:
" Overture "
" Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' "
" The Surrey With The Fringe on Top "
" Kansas City "
" I Cain't Say No "
" Out Of My Dreams "
" The Dream Ballet "
" The Farmer and the Cowman "
" People Will Say We're In Love "
" Poor Jud Is Daid "
" Lonely Room "
" Oklahoma! "