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Grease - The Newest Broadway Cast Recording (1994 Revival with Added 1995 Tracks)

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This second cast album to the successful 1994 Broadway revival of GREASE! is quite fine, with Brooke Shields a surprisingly-good Betty Rizzo.

This recording was made purely to capatalise on Brooke Shields replacing Rosie O'Donnell as Rizzo. Her vocals were dubbed over the pre-existing O'Donnell tracks, so apart from Shields the rest of the cast album remains the same.

Miss Shields gives Rizzo a softer, more human edge (her rendition of "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" is quite moving), and she has a ball with the mocking "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee".

Ricky Paull Goldin and Susan Wood are great as the central characters Danny and Sandy, with Megan Mullally belting it to the back row as Marty with "Freddie My Love"; and CHICAGO's Marcia Lewis as the addled headmistress Miss Lynch.

With Brooke Shields currently back on Broadway in WONDERFUL TOWN (the cast album of which will be re-released with Shields's added vocals), this GREASE! album will be in great demand.

It's definitely not the movie, but you should have taken the hint when you read "Broadway."
In a lot of ways, the Broadway performance is better. There is more of a story to it, and therefore more songs. The performers sound surprising good, especially the voices of "Sandy" and "Danny". Brooke Shields can sing, but I can't help but feel that "Rizzo" needs a more gutteral, edgey voice.
Overall, this is a great performance, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for either a Grease recording or just a good musical.

This album is a joke. Seriously, I play it now for friends and they are dumbfounded that this was actually produced. The orchestrations are cheesy to say the least and the vocals are reminiscent of a high school production. Brooke Shields does an admirable job, especially with "There are Worse Things" but most of the arrangements are lackluster or downright ridiculous. Just listen to "Greased Lighting" and you'll understand. Don't waste you time or money, buy the original movie soundtrack, you'll be glad you did.

This cast is so professional and so phenomenal--they made these classic songs their own, and performed them like we've never heard them. However, Brooke Shields unfortunately sounds like a high school performer next to the others. It's too bad that these stars are cast for their name over their talent.

This Grease recording is wonderful! The choral revisions made on this recording are outstanding and this compact disc should be in any musical lovers library!

Im such of fan of the show " Will and Grace" and then i relized when i was listening to my Broadway Grease soundtrack Meagan Mullaly ( who is Karen on will and grace) plays marty, who sings freddy, my love. which made me love the cd even more....i feel everyone on the soundtrack is a strong singer and i love the cd alot, i would suggest it to anyone....i like the brooke shields version 10 times better then the rosie o'donnel version ,even thouigh its the same cast exept the role of rizzo , we all knwo rosie o'donnel cant sing so that makes that album less enjoyable..... So my vote is for this grease album

La primera pregunta que se haran es la siguiente: ¿Cual es la diferencia con la musica de la pelicula?. Es simple, las melodias del musical no han perdido para nada la belleza de las canciones de los años 50's, en cambio las melodias de la Movie de Grease son un hibrido con la musica de los 70's (notaran que en el musical no existen las canciones "Grease", "You're the one That I want"). Al principio chocara un poco a quienes estabamos acostubrados a la musica de la Movie. Los coros son mas simples pero mas elaborados, los cantantes son A-1, pero al final adoraran la musica, es fantastica y es distinta. Pero ojo, Brooke Shields como cantante es buena cocinera, realmente Stockard Channing la supera en la Movie, con su fantastica y arrolladora version de "There are worse things I could do". Brooke no tiene la fuerza de voz ni el temperamento, o la picardia de Stokcard (recuerdan cuando se burla de Sandy?) como Betty Rizzo al momento de cantar.

La Musica de La Movie y el Musical deben ser tratadas de distintas manera, ambas son excelentes y magnificas.

5 estrellas.