Song & Dance: The Songs - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Andrew Lloyd Webber'sSong and Danceis a combination of his 1979Paganini variationsfor cello and rock band with a 1980 one-woman television piece calledTell Me on a Sunday, which featured lyrics by Don Black. In 1985,Song and Dancewas reconceived by Richard Maltby Jr. and debuted on Broadway, which led to this recording of the first half of the show,Song and Dance: The Songs. In the role of Emma, a British girl exploring a new life and new relationships in New York and Los Angeles, Bernadette Peters always keeps things interesting, but the one-woman-show concept probably works better visually, and some of the themes and catch phrases become repetitive. Better to skip past the book numbers and simply enjoy some of Lloyd Webber's tastiest songs: "Tell Me on a Sunday," "Take That Look off Your Face," "Come Back with That Same Look in Your Eyes," and the gorgeous "Unexpected Song."--David Horiuchi