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Upstairs at O'Neals' [Original Cast Album]
Various Composers, David Krane, Paul Ford
Upstairs at O'Neals' [Original Cast Album]
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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All Artists: Various Composers, David Krane, Paul Ford, Bebe Neuwirth, Douglas Bernstein, Michon Peacock, Randall Edwards, Richard Ryder, Sarah Weeks
Title: Upstairs at O'Neals' [Original Cast Album]
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Original Cast Record
Original Release Date: 2/15/2000
Re-Release Date: 1/1/2000
Album Type: Cast Recording
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 741117993129
 

CD Reviews

Sweet Throwback
Ex-lyricist | New York, NY | 08/08/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

""Upstairs at O'Neals" was a 1978 effort to rekindle a form of cabaret that flourished in the 40's and 50's in soigne nightclubs: the revue comprised of witty topical sketches, comedy songs and ballads, drawn from a broad range of creators. ("Saturday Night Live," more than the troupes that have supplied its casts over the years, is now obviously a dinosaur of the breed.) The show--like everything writer/director Martin Charnin has been involved with--was so taken with itself that most of it was dated and coy even when it opened; the then-famous saloon near Lincoln Center which housed it vanished in the 80's as well. But several pieces were highly praised then and remain noteworthy: the sprechgesang performed by the mothers of three major Broadway critics of the time is a good catty item on its own terms (and the kind of thing "Forbidden Broadway" has handled with ease for the past few decades); but the best song is a lovely and literate piece that has been overlooked almost entirely. "I Furnished My One-Room Apartment" is worth the cost of the album, if someone is looking for a touching, funny, human song; it's also not too difficult to sing, and since it's a story-song whose last lines ideally transmute the song's meaning, it will keep listeners' attention right to the last word."