The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway [Original recording reissued]

Cy Coleman (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Peter / Rubins, Josh Larson (Composer), Burt Bacharach (Composer), Lionel Bart (Composer), Stephen Schwartz (Composer), Robert Waldman (Composer), Stephen Sondheim (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), David Shire (Composer), Charles Strouse (Composer), Alan Menken (Composer), Liz Callaway (Performer), Billy Porter (Performer), Ann Hampton Callaway (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Liz Callaway, Billy Porter, Ann Hampton Callaway
• Composer: Cy Coleman, Richard Rodgers, Peter / Rubins, Josh Larson, Burt Bacharach, Lionel Bart, et al.
• Audio CD (April 3, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00005B176
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You There in the Back Row

2. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

3. Since You Stayed Here

4. Knowing When to Leave/Promises Promises

5. Where Is Love? (with Billy Porter)

6. Meadowlark

7. Sleepy Man

8. Our Time (with Ann Hampton Callaway)

9. I Got the Sun in the Morning

10. Stop, Time

11. One Boy

12. Marry Me a Little

13. The Story Goes On

14. A Place Called Home

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mostly hits, with two misses, January 14, 2002

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burghtenor (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway (Audio CD)

Liz Callaway has pulled together a melange from the musical theater canon on this CD. It includes some unorthodox takes on classics from SOUTH PACIFIC, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, and OLIVER! It also features songs from less successful shows, including THE BAKER'S WIFE, BABY, and BIG. There's also some pieces from truly obscure ventures, such as BROWNSTONE and 13 DAYS TO BROADWAY.

Ms. Callaway's rendition of five of the songs are remarkable: "Since You Stayed Here" is ballad by a character of great strength; "Meadowlark" sparkles with a lust for life and the relief after making a tough decision; "Stop, Time" speaks of the disappointments formed in the very joys of raising a child; "Marry Me a Little" (dropped from Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY) builds on the energy of being afraid to commit; and the title song is a statement of a unique sensation that a woman feels during pregnancy.

Most of the other songs are also very enjoyable, but two may be in styles a little avant-garde for the average musical theater listener to enjoy. "One Boy" is sung in a 1950's radio style (complete with a reading of some lyrics over the accompaniment) to match the ambience of the source show, BYE BYE BIRDIE. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" features a relentless rock drumbeat that ties in titles of other SOUTH PACIFIC songs in the adventurous coda.

The two duets on the album, "Where Is Love?" with Billy Porter (a fellow burghtenor) and "Our Time" with Ms. Callaway's sister, Anne Hampton Callaway, do not work. The strong and simple messages of these songs are lost in the excessive "pop style" improvisational ornamentation.

These problems aside, I like this CD a lot. The two Maltby and Shire songs about motherhood make it a great present for a pregnant musical theater lover.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liz is superb, September 13, 2000

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Steven R. Becker (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway (Audio CD)

If she just hadn't done that awful duet with Billy Porter it would have 5 stars plus. I have to skip that one song each time because it is annoying, it does not fit with this CD. From the opening You there in the back row, to A place called home, you can feel the singer on the stage filling you with the emotions of each song. If the story goes on does not give you goose bumps you do not have a family. Her voice sells the music and the emotions. This is a wonderfull set of songs and performances, for she is a performer not just a singer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unknown Talent Sings Unknown and Known Broadway Songs, June 10, 2003

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James W. Mccully (Wake Forest, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway On & Off Broadway (Audio CD)

... I thought I recognized the voice but I couldn't quite place it. I finally realized that she was the singing voice of Anastacia in the animated movie. Meg Ryan was the speaking voice. Liz Callaway has one of the clearest voices I have ever heard and also a very strong voice. I love her rendition of Knowing When to Leave/Promises, Promises by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Great arrangements. Dionne Warwick, who I am also a fan of covered Promises, and the Carpenters sang a version of Knowing When to Leave. I'm also a Carpenters' fan. On this album all the songs are Broadway. Many I hadn't heard before but love now due to Liz. The first song, You There in the Backrow is a tribute to fans of shows. "Watch me sing my song for you" the words go. Liz makes you want to jump to your feet. Liz does a rendition of I' Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair from South Pacific, rock version. I can't say that's my favorite, but favorite to one of my friends. Since You Stayed Here, another unknown song to me, is quiet and hauntingly beautiful. Bette Midler does a version of this I think on her CD with From a Distance. She sings a duet with her sister, Ann Hampton Callaway who sings on Sibling Revelry with Liz. Ann wrote and sang the theme from The Nanny. The song Liz and Callaway and here sister does is Our Time. It's also on Sibling Revelry. Great duet. One of my favorites on the CD is Marry Me a Little by Stephen Sondheim. The words are a plea to marry me, a little. The song is an almost a desperate plea to marry me but you don't have to make promises you don't want to, an open marriage? Make a few demands a few that I'm able to fulfill. She sings I'm ready. We won't have to give up a thing, we'll stay who we are the words say. Someone I'm Ready. I would give this song 5 stars on its own. It makes me cry because she sounds like she will settle but at the same time she wants the love fully. The arrngements on this album are unique. She sings I've Got the Sun in the Morning from Annie Get Your Gun jazzy. Most of the other songs on the album are not known by most people. I can only say that Liz makes you want to see these shows and she pulls you in. I think I've become her biggest fan. I'm a singer too. I could see myself singing with her. I have her The Beat Goes On album too with sixties hits. I hope that people will get to know her because if you haven't heard this or her voice, you are going to be deprived of a remarkale clear strong voice. Buy this. I promise you won't be sorry! One more addition, Meadowlark. Spectacular! The story tells of someone hesitating because the time wasn't right and she learns from the story to live your life, climb every mtn.