The Only Other Broadway CD You'll Ever Need
is a rare case of the sequel being every bit as good as the original, and that's largely due to the fact that
RCA Victor
has a rich catalog of original cast and vocal recordings. This disc has 19 of the finest, performed by the likes of
Debbie Gravitte
,
Biff McGuire
Dinah Shore
Russ Brown
Rebecca Lurker
Robert Morse
John Cullum
Anthony Rapp
Glenn Close
Bernadette Peters
Colm Wilkinson
and
Donnie Kerr
. This may not be definitive -- a single-disc comp of showtunes couldn't hope to be -- but it's a wonderful sampler of Broadway favorites, concentrating on '90s songs. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine