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John Kander, Fred Ebb
70, Girls, 70 (1971 Original Broadway Cast)
Genres: Soundtracks, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Old Folks
2. Home
3. Broadway, My Street
4. The Caper
5. Coffee in a Cardboard Cup
6. You and I, Love
7. Do We?
8. Hit It, Lorraine
9. See the Light
10. Boom Ditty Boom
11. Believe
12. Go Visit Your Grandmother
13. 70, Girls, 70
14. The Elephant Song
15. Say Yes
16. Finale

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CD Details

All Artists: John Kander, Fred Ebb
Title: 70, Girls, 70 (1971 Original Broadway Cast)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/1992
Re-Release Date: 5/19/1992
Album Type: Cast Recording
Genres: Soundtracks, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Musicals, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 074643058926, 074643058940

Synopsis

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This half-forgotten Kander and Ebb show lasted barely a month in 1971, done in, perhaps, by a needlessly complicated book about denizens of an old folks' home becoming shoplifters. Still, many of the numbers have a certain quirky charm. The songs were more or less (usually less) integrated into the plot, each one an excuse for a different cast member to ham it up. "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" is a fiery, hilarious showstopper ("drearier" rhymes with "cafeteria") while the wistful "Home" deserves to be rediscovered. This sleeper of a show will particularly delight those in need of a little something to gnaw on between Cabaret and Chicago, as Kander and Ebb's trademark mix of honky-tonk vaudeville and ultramelodic sentimentality is in evidence all through the score. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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CD Reviews

Masterpiece-thrilling-not to be missed--a treasure

M. Woods | Miami, FL USA | 05/04/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a special treat. This ranks with chicago and cabaret as kander and ebb's best. what a magnificent score, beautifully recorded so we can relive the theater experience. and what an experience. virtually every song is a gem, starting with the rousing "old folks", through mildred natwick's precious performances on HOME and the elephant song. trust me, i own virtually every show cd every produced and having discovered this cd, i cannot stop playing it."

Fun and Brassy!

M. Woods | 07/25/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A wonderful Kander and Ebb score! Full of their usual showstopping type numbers! You'll just love "Coffee In A Cardboard Cup" and "Broadway, My Street", while "Do We?" and "Old Folks" are sure to at least make you chuckle. I highly recommend this C.D to join any collection. You might own "Cabaret", "Chicago" and "Kiss Of The Spider Woman", but your Kander and Ebb collection will be incomplete without this one!Also recommended by the same song writing team: "Woman Of The Year", "The Happy Time" and "Flora The Red Menace.""

A peculiar-yet beguiling Broadway musical

Byron Kolln | the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood | 01/27/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"70 GIRLS 70 was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, best-remembered for their firecracker CABARET and CHICAGO scores. This 1971 offering was based on the British play BREATH OF SPRING (later turned into the film MAKE MINE MINK) about a motley group of seniors who steal furs and money from young people, in order to help the elderly and less-fortunate.The show featured an amazing lineup of regal old-timers headed by Mildred Natwick, Hans Conried and Lillian Roth, and also featured Henrietta Jacobson, Lillian Hayman, Dorothea Freitag and Lucie Lancaster. 70 GIRLS 70 shuttered after 35 performances.The score yielded at least one hit: "Yes", which became a staple in Liza Minnelli's repertoire for years. Other great numbers include "Go Visit" (a showstopping turn for Henrietta Jacobson and young Tommy Breslin); "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup"; "Broadway, My Street" and "The Elephant Song".Still, a must-own for Broadway enthusiasts. [SONY SK-30589]"

Brassy, Sassy and Ageless!

David F. Powers | 06/05/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"70, Girls, 70 was quite ill-fated (Broadway comedian David Burns dropped dead onstage during the pre-Broadway tour; he was replaced by Hans Conreid -- and the "show-within-a-show" storyline confused audiences. The show had "book trouble" from day one.)

Nevertheless, if you can forget the flimsy premise about old performers returning to the stage, playing "old folks" who moonlight as burglars, what a SOCKO-BOFFO-"Punch 'em in the GUT" score this is! The orchestrations are brassy, punchy, and full of toe-tappng synchopation. Mildred Natwick, in her musical debut, is confident and commanding, even if her voice has a bit of an unsteady quaver, now and then. She always was a great character actress, and she successfully morphed into a great Broadway diva in this show. Too bad it ran only a month. Hans Conreid produces his usual "haughty growl" as he navigates some very tricky comic songs. Old-timer Henrietta Jacobson is great as a soft-shoeing grandmother. But the pair who steal the show are Goldye Shaw and Lillian Heyman with their riotous comment on the values of modern society, "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup". This show has the brass, punch, and energy of Broadway's greatest musicals. That it somehow is NOT one of Broadway's greatest musicals is due to a failure of creative concept, not a dearth of talent. There is enough old-fahsioned, vaudeville-style talent in the cast of "70, Girls, 70" to blast a bank vault to smithereens. Listen and learn, kiddies -- this is what the old-style Broadway pros used to do, when Broadway was really something special."

70,girls,70

Graeme G. Studd | 02/06/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have been a fan of Kander and Ebb for sometime, and I have several of their CD's and or DVD's. I heard some selections from "70, girls,70" on a local radio station in Australia, and decieded to get a copy. I have not been disappointd, the delight of hearing Mildred Natwick, and Lillian Roth, is something not to be missed. Great Stuff. Up there with "On the 20th Century" and "Steele Pier"

Graeme Studd, Australia"