Customer Reviews

Good News! (1995 Studio Cast)

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I was suprised that this was the only Good News! recording there is. This is not a broadway soundtrack but the soundtrack to when it was put on in Witchita a few years ago. Still, I found it to be a GREAT soundtrack with GREAT music. I recommend this to ALL theater fans.

The original broadway production was never recorded and the broadway revival recording is rare and can set you back big bucks. So this regional production is the only recording available. And it isn't bad! Its got good singers and a nice, full orchestra. What it doesn't have is any historical relevance. "Good News" was a simple 20's musical with a typical book and a better than average score. This production has decided that the score could be improved upon and threw in songs from the Henderson library as well as songs added in the 40"s movie. The result is alot of familiar songs and no real feeling for the original show. Still, its alot of fun listening to these old chestnuts.

This musical was adapted by Wayne Bryan and Mark Madama, for Music Theatre of Wichita. I recently saw the tenth anniversary production of this show, and I thought some of the performances were better than this CD. Kim Huber is amazing and she is much better than the woman who played her role in the new production. But the Bobby, Tom, and Babe are all much better in the revival production. It's fun and I think it is a worthy addition to any CD collection. Just good fun . . .nothing more!

I just want people to know that if they don't have this CD they are missing the boat. I have just finished performing this play and I think it one of the best plays I have been in or seen.

This recording is good because it has good music. If you're doing the performance of good news-it will help you A lot

I'm Michael Haber and I Just finshed performing in our School Production of "Good News". I was a Student of Tait College. Our performences were April 22nd, April 23rd, and April 24th. We used this CD to rehearse all the Songs. Our Production was shown on Old Bridge Channel and thier was an Article in the Suburban Paper about how we made the show. Then in June we had a Cast and Crew pincic because of our Great Performence. On Opening Night all the teachers who were the production staff at School celebrated 20's Day. They all dressed as people from the 1920's. In the Article it said that we were a Smash hit Musical and that made me Happy. Good Bye to Goood News on Closing Night evreyone was Crying that it was the Final show but we had VHS Cpoies. "The Varsity Drag" was an Great Number and evreyone enjoyed it making Noise when evreyone in the Cast Posed. WHAT A SHOW WE PUT ON!