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For a look at Broadway at the beginning of the 21st century, Show Stoppers, Too! is a reasonably priced, 21-song, 78-minute compilation of recent recordings from DRG Records. That includes popular revivals (Wonderful Town starring Donna Murphy, Little Shop of Horrors, Flower Drum Song), a new London import (Boy George's Taboo), and one-woman shows (Elaine Stritch's Tony winner, Barbara Cook, Bea Arthur). One could forever debate the merits of a revival recording compared to the original, or the need for a heavily changed "revisal" of Flower Drum Song, but that these recordings exist to debate at all is largely because DRG and other small labels have stepped in to fill the increasingly cavernous void in show music left by the major labels. For that, fans owe them a considerable debt of gratitude. --David Horiuchi