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Broadway Kids: Sing Broadway

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I've been a Broadway junkie for years and I bought this for my daughter and she loves it. It's such a pleasure to listen to professionally trained singers, not pop-star wannabees, tackle these songs. If you want to expose your kids to well-written music done by kids in the profession, this CD is a great way to introduce them to the world of Broadway. If you're already a theatre buff, it's a lot of fun to hear the selections they chose for this group of talented, not annoying, kids. There's even a couple of songs on the CD that I've never heard, and I've got quite a Broadway CD collection. As I write this I'm in the process of ordering one for my niece for her birthday. Get it for the kids in your life!

Koch Records presents "BROADWAY KIDS SING BROADWAY" --. The Broadway Kids is a concert group based in New York --- The group consists of a rotating company of children, aged 8 to 16, who have performed in at least one Broadway, Off-Broadway or major national touring production --- They perform winter and spring concerts singing showtunes from various musicals, appear at special events such as Broadway on Broadway, and record CDs --- The Broadway Kids have also appeared in the Off-Broadway show The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, which has been produced in various theatres in New York and elsewhere.

TRACK LISTINGS AS THEY APPEAR:
1. Broadway Kids, The - (Original Theme Song)
2. Annie Medley: It's the Hard Knock Life / Maybe, Tomorrow - (Annie)
3. Kite, The - (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
4. Les Miz Medley: Castle On a Cloud / Little People - (Les Miserables)
5. Why Am I Me? - (Shenandoah)
6. Mama a Rainbow - (Minnie's Boys)
7. Newsboys / Born To Entertain - (Gypsy/Ruthless)
8. Girl I Mean To Be, The - (The Secret Garden)
9. Oliver Medley: Food, Glorious Food / Who Will Buy? / Where Is Love? / Consider Yourself - (Oliver!)
10. I Always Knew - (Annie Warbucks)
11. Big Time, The - (The Will Rogers Follies)
12. My Best Girl / My Pa - (Mame/The Yearling)
13. Rodgers And Hammerstein Medley: The Sound Of Music / Getting To Know You / The Other Generation /...
14. Gary, Indiana - (The Music Man)
15. I Won't Grow Up - (Peter Pan)
16. Let Kids Rule the Land - (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
17. Happiness - (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)

Hats off to Koch Records --- strongly recommend this CD to all music lovers and all others who need to hear some great Broadway music --- The Broadway Kids: Lacey Chabert, Ashley Pettet, Eden Riegel, Kathryn Zaremba, Sivan Cotel, Jeffrey Landman, Michael Shulman, Buddy Smith --- Additional personnel: Petula Clark --- Additional personnel: Kevin Kuhn (electric guitar); James Kreger (cello); Andrew Sterman (flute, piccolo, soprano recorder, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Bob Millikan (trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Dave Taylor (bass trombone); Ned Ginsburg (piano, synthesizer, keyboard programming, sequencer); Peter Grant (drums, percussion); Cindy Lou, Petula Clark --- please stand up and take a bow for this well deserved rare gem you've given us --- this is a keeper!

Total Time: 51 mins on 17 Tracks ~ Koch Records ~ (2/05/2008)

Simply stated...this album is so well polished that it is enjoyable for a Broadway fan of any age and level of discernment.

I bought this CD as my daughter loves Broadway type singing, and also because I am so tired of CDs of kids singing that really can't sing. It appealed to me that PROFESSIONALS were singing on this CD---not off-key cute sounding toddlers. I wasn't disappointed---the singing is skillful, and I am especially impressed with the song selection. I listen to a fair amount of Broadway, and there were a few songs I'd never heard before and liked a lot, and a few others I'd heard many, many times and love. A good mix! The selections from Les Miz were great, as were those from Oliver---the rousing Consider Yourself At Home is terrific! The only song I didn't really care for was Mother A Rainbow, but that's just personal preference.

I don't know why so many CDs for kids with singing kids are done so poorly. I wish more were like this. There are many talented kids out there, and they are the ones I'd like my kids to emulate when singing!