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Title: Great pipes, somewhat ordinary interpretations
Review: Karen Akers has earned and deserved the respect of the Broadway fan, and this is an honorable though not groundbreaking release with a 100% theater sensibility.The songs are selected on the basis of their emotional intensity, and she does fine delivering them. It is, in fact, a pleasure to indulge in an audio CD where the talent is not all in the mixing board.But her delivery is straight ahead, and the arrangements are the conventional ones. I don't get a sense of a personal interpretation of these songs -- one much different than would be delivered center stage, fitting in with the rest of the original cast production.
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