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Title: Severely cut, but well worth a listen
Review: This CD captures about half of Michael LaChiusa's score for _The Wild Party_, recorded by the original cast, for whom most of the numbers seem to have been specially composed. The show itself deviates considerably (and inevitably) from Joseph Moncure March's poem, and many of the performers, especially Mandy Patinkin and Eartha Kitt, are clearly too old for their roles. Still, Kitt's two numbers are magnificent, even in this severely truncated form, and Patinkin's trademark excesses have been reined in for a solid vocal performance.The cuts in the score for this OCR don't always make sense, but the overall product is surprisingly palatable, nonetheless. If you wondered what all the controversy surrounding the show was about, this album will give you a pretty good idea.
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