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Author Coleman, Cy.

Title The life : the new musical : original cast recording / [music by Cy Coleman ; lyrics by Ira Gasman ; book by David Newman, Ira Gasman & Cy Coleman ; based on an original idea by Ira Gasman].

Publication Info. New York, NY : Sony Classical, [1997]
℗1997

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 Moore Audio CD  CD 1249    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  CD 7111    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Note Orchestrations by Don Sebesky and Harold Wheeler; dance and vocal arrangements by Cy Coleman and Doug Katsaros.
Performer Pamela Isaacs (Queen); Kevin Ramsey (Fletwood); Lillias White (Sonja); Chuck Cooper (Memphis); Bellamy Young (Mary); Vernel Bagneris (Lacy); Rich Hebert (Lou); Gordon Joseph Weiss (Snickers); Sam Harris (Jojo); supporting cast; orchestra; Gordon Lowry Harrell, conductor.
Event Recorded May 5, 1997, Clinton Recording Studios, New York City.
Note Compact disc.
Synopsis by A.E. Hotchner (15 p. : ports.) in container.
Contents Check it out! -- Use what you got -- Lovely day to be out of jail -- Oh Daddy -- A piece of the action -- The oldest profession -- Don't take much -- Hey Daddy, go home -- You can't get to heaven -- My body -- Why don't they leave us alone -- Easy money -- He's no good -- I'm leaving you -- The hookers' ball -- Mr. Greed -- My way or the highway -- People magazine -- We had a dream -- "Someday" is for suckers -- We gotta go -- My friend.
Summary "The Life depicts the pulsating life on the Times Square streets in the 1980s--where everything had a price, especially sex--the garish topless bars, the transvestite joints, the hookers who worked the sidewalks at the bidding of their pimps ..."--Notes, p. 7.
Subject Musicals -- Excerpts.
Musicals -- Excerpts.
Musicals.
Musicals.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Added Author Gasman, Ira, lyricist, librettist.
Newman, David, 1937-2003, librettist.
Sebesky, Don, arranger.
Wheeler, Harold, 1877- arranger.
Katsaros, Doug, arranger.
Isaacs, Pamela, performer.
Ramsey, Kevin, performer.
White, Lillias, performer.
Cooper, Chuck, 1954- performer.
Young, Bellamy, performer.
Bagneris, Vernel, performer.
Hebert, Rich, performer.
Weiss, Gordon Joseph, performer.
Harris, Sam, 1961- performer.
Harrell, Gordon Lowry, 1940- conductor.
Added Title Life. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016041058
Music No. SK 63312 Sony Classical