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Title: A Forgotten Classic
Review: One of Strouse's best scores. This show supposedly had horrendous book trouble, but it is not in evidence on this recording. Only this score gives a hint of what strouse would later be capable of in RAGS. I want to Be With You, NightSong, While the City Sleeps, Lorna's Here and No More are brilliantly dark numbers conveying the story of a love doomed to fail. It's a shame this recording uses The Fight as the finale instead of Joe's Death. Both were recorded and Joe's Death only appeared on a short lived re-issue of the LP. This recording deserves to remain in circulation and the show would be a welcome addition to Broadway Encores.
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