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Tracks Overture: Twenty Million People - Evan Pappas Larger Than Life - Evan Pappas Musketeer Sketch - Andrea Martin, Andrea Martin, Josh Mostel, Evan Pappas, Phil, , Paul Stolarsky Rookie in the Ring - Lainie Kazan Manhattan - Tim Curry, Evan Pappas, Ensemble Naked in Bethesda Fountain - Andrea Martin, Andrea Martin, Josh Mostel, Ethan Phillips, , Paul Stolarsky Gospel According to King - Tim Curry, , Ensemble Musketeer Sketch Rehearsal - Tim Curry, Evan Pappas, Ensemble Funny: Duck Joke - Andrea Martin, Andrea Martin, Welcome to Brooklyn - Tim Curry, , Lainie Kazan, David Lipman, Evan Pappas, Mary Stout If the World Were Like the Movies - Tim Curry Exits - Tim Curry Shut up and Dance - Evan Pappas, Professional Showbizness Comedy - Andrea Martin, Andrea Martin, Ensemble King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade - Michael Gruber, Michael McGrath, Nora Mae Lyng, , Lights Come Up - Tim Curry, Evan Pappas Maxford House - Leslie Bell, Maria Calabrese, Christina Youngman Musketeer Sketch Finale My Favorite Year
It's not the DVD It's fun, but my daughter and I thought we were purchasing a DVD. Admittedly a dumb mistake, but just a caution. The music is fun.
Deserved More Success!! A delightful, tuneful musical, true to it's source with some wonderful performances, My Favorite Year deserved much more than the month or so that it ran. There have been alot of musicals, not nearly as good as this that have been successful. Oh well!
Tim Curry does an admirable job of filling Peter O'Toole's shoes. Andrea Martin is a hoot, and having Lainie Kazan ("Rookie, a seltzer!!") re-create her film role was brilliant (after all who else could have done it???). The rest of the cast are fine, Evan Pappas is admirable as Benjy.
The score is charming and does justice to the film. Curry has a couple of lovely big numbers, Kazan actually has a very sweet ballad, Rookie In The Ring, as well as leading the big show stopper, Welcome To Brooklyn. Martin and Papas do nicely with the comedy numbers, and the title song/finale is quite stirring.
Overall a worthwhile musical that deserved more success. Terrific and enjoyable CD, worth having!A nice compliment to the film.. I've enjoyed the Peter O'Toole, Mark Lynn Baker film since it's first appearance. So, when I discovered this musical version of the fabulous film with the amazing Tim Curry I just had to check it out.
This is a very nice musical..it isn't stunning or amazing but I can imagine it was a very fun show to go see. Most of the music is pretty light hearted but Tim has a couple of good strong songs for that amazing voice of his.
Really good! I did this play for a musical my senior year in High school, it's hillarious play with different types of music from slow dancing to jazz, to swing.It even has tap dancing. This musical is hillarious from beginning to end. Ever entertaining, and really sad when you know it by heart.
*Not that I do or anything:-/* But a very funny musical from "The Duck Joke" to "Naked in Bethesda Fountain"...
This a very worthwhile musical,hillarious and heart rendering with a love story, and a few nuts mixed in. Wonderful musical, get it I tell you!
~~Music lover~~
Unsung wonder Besides Ragtime, Aherns and Flaherty get little notice in the musical theater world. They deserve so much more credit. This show, along with Once on this Island, are among my favorites. Tim Curry is amazing as always in this part. His emotion and strength is evident despite this simply being the soundtrack. Lainie Kazan and Andrea Martin are comic geniuses and certainly hold their own in this show. Evan Pappas is great as an innocent young man on his television journey. Highlights of this recording include "If the World Were Like the Movies," "Professional Showbizness Comedy," and "Rookie in the Ring." As far as excellence of musicality, this show does show the immature stages of the pair. Ragtime is far more full and smooth, but My Favorite Year is an unsung musical that deserves some more attention.
