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This is one of the Best Broadway series in years!

04/03/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Last year I purchased My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies. This release was fantastic. I could not wait for the second release in this series. On My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, the material is so well performed. The selections are flawless. Check out Linda Eder, Robert Goulet, Barry Manilow performing some of the greatest love songs ever recorded. I LOVE IT!"

Just shy of good

04/21/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"After locating completely by accident and listening to the first in this series; My Favorite Broadway; The Leading Ladies, I was quite anxious to see and hear this second entry. My joy in seeing the first was not duplicated in this second venture. Although once again visually beautiful, the selection of music and performers were not at the same level as The Leading Ladies. Where the first kept you entranced from beginning to end, there were long stretches of very boring performances included here. Some of the artists were just not up to the effort. I'll admit to a lump-in-the-throat/tear-in-the-eye reaction to Julie Andrews brief vocalization at the end, and for that it was worth the price."

Good...but not great.

03/27/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I agree with our reviewer from San Francisco. I really enjoyed the first installment in this series (Leading Ladies) where famous performances are recreated by their original artists--Strich and Holliday. So I rushed to get this. The compilation seems a bit of a mish mash--with the female performances of better quality. Julie Andrews shines...and I must admit I got a shiver when she and Bob Goulet were on stage together. And it was wonderful to hear her sing--and hear the audience leap out of their seats (yes...you could actually hear that!)I think it is cheating to put "How Lucky Can You Get" out there as a Broadway piece (though it was in the 1991 Broadway Kander and Ebb review).But I am happy that I purchased it."

Broadway fans will likely be disappointed by this one

Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 09/30/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

""My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs" is a major disappointment, mainly because the title would leave you to expect some of the classic love songs from Broadway musicals. But whatever songs immediately pop into your mind, they are probably not in this collection. For that matter you not recognize most of the performers, but it is not recognizing some of these songs that will bother you more. For those who were charmed by "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies," this follow-up effort pales in comparison and when Tom Wopat starts the evening off singing "Lullaby Of Broadway" from "42nd Street" I was not wondering what the former "Dukes of Hazard" star was doing singing but how this song qualified as a "love song." From such a strange beginning this evening never really gets off the ground.

The two best tracks are a pair of medleys. Linda Eder does the first one which combines "Come Rain Or Come Shine" from "St. Louis Woman," "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" from "Stop The World! I Want To Get Off." Marzin Mazzie does the second medley, which has "Too Late Now" from "Royal Wedding," "Sometimes a Day Goes By" from "Woman of the Year" and Peter Gallagher joining her for "Not a Day Goes By" from "Merrily We Roll Along." The pair of tracks that sadden you are Robert Goulet doing "If Ever I Would Leave You" from "Camelot" and Michael Crawford reprising "Music of the Night" from "The Phantom of the Opera." In both instances the singers are showing their age and I do not really want to think of either of them as nostalgic figures. When host Julia Andrews manages a couple of notes at the end of the show you know at least she has a medical excuse and that the effort is what matters in her endeavor. The bottom line is that "My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs" is worth a listen, but is not going to be a keeper."

Heather Headley makes it worth it

Stephanie | Austin | 03/28/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Don't get me wrong, the cd is fine and all. But if you need one reason to buy it, it is Heather Headley's version of "He Touched Me" from Drat the Cat. It is probably one of the most moving songs you will ever hear on a broadway cd, and i would listen to that woman sing the Wall Street Journal."

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