No For An Answer: An American Opera (1941 Original Cast) [Cast Recording]

Martin Ritt, Olive Deering, Carol Channing, Marc Blitzstein, Burt Conway, Lloyd Gough | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Aei
• ASIN: B000000N5Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,967 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Song of the Bat

2. Take the Book

3. Gina

4. Secret Singing

5. Dimples

6. Fraught

7. Francie

8. No for an Answer

9. Penny Candy

10. Mike

11. The Purest Kind of Guy

12. Nick

13. Make the Heart Be Stone

14. No for an Answer

Customer Reviews

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Social Commentary but Third Rate Musical, May 16, 2010

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P. Gleszer (Fairhope, AL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No For An Answer: An American Opera (1941 Original Cast) (Audio CD)

"No For An Answer" is a meager musical with a great 1930's leftist message. If you're looking for social protest, the recording is mildly interesting. If you're looking for musical theater, go somewhere else. Marc Blitzstein has written some rather majestic orchestral works, but the music is thin here and what's there is too often just a snippet. Disappointing as entertainment.

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure, August 26, 2000

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Yair Haklai - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No For An Answer: An American Opera (1941 Original Cast) (Audio CD)

Following the tracks of Anna Sokolow the choreographer and Her collaborations with musicians in the theater I discover Marc Blitzstein, I didn't find yet "Regina" but I have found "No for an Answer".