Sound Advice "The Visit" and "Gigi" New Cast Albums by Rob Lester

Their roads to the Broadway season were long, but their runs were short. Here are two recently closed musicals whose action takes place in Europe, with scores written by major league songwri…

Sound Advice: "Misia" and Mazzie by Rob Lester

Musical theatre's Marin Mazzie does double duty in this spring's CD releases: serving in the title role of a long-gestating/morphing musical's premiere recording with Misia featuring melodie…

PS Classics' "The Golden Apple" 2-CD Set by Rob Lester

The missing slices from the juicy score to 1954's The Golden Apple are on disc at last. So there is reason to rejoice for lovers of adventurous musical theatre scores ...

Sound Advice: "Fun Home," "Tokio Confidential" and Andrew Heller by Rob Lester

Our mix this time contains the high-profile big Broadway hit, a low-profile 2012 show, and a fellow profiling some Sinatra standbys.

Sound Advice: Cy by Cy: Creative Composer Colmean by Rob Lester

It's a treat to listen to these recordings, made from the 1950s to the 1980s, either with the hindsight of history or wondering how it must have been to perform them or hear them fresh, with…

SOUND ADVICE: TIME FOR TRIBUTES TO THE "TIMELESS" by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: JUST A SINGER and a PIANO by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: A COUPLE of COUPLES by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LOST BROADWAY and a NEW FIND by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: JACKSON, JOYCE and JENNIFER by Rob Lester

The Even-More-Limited Runs at NYMF: Over in the blink of an eye by Rob Lester

NYMF Reviews

Taking a shine to a fine Shine! in the theatre festival by Rob Lester

NYMF Reviews

SOUND ADVICE: "ORDINARY" ... SPECIAL ... FABULOUS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: "SCOTTSBORO BOYS" OFF-BROADWAY and "MOST HAPPY FELLA" in LONDON by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: 2 THINGS WITH STRINGS AND ONE THAT SWINGS by Rob Lester

BUT THE CAT CAME BACK… 1965 BROADWAY MUSICAL DRAT! THE CAT by Rob Lester

Sluths and private detectives seeking long-lost gems from Broadway's past, stolen away by time and the fates and proven-wrong theories and assumptions that befall shows that failed on Broadw…

SOUND ADVICE: GLORY, "GLORY," DAVIS and DAVIS by Rob Lester

A Little More Sondheim Music by Rob Lester

Well, 2010 isn't quite over yet--and that means that the celebration of Stephen Sondheim's·80th birthday isn't quite over yet either.· With many tributes, such as the one just released…

SOUND ADVICE: HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: ON BROADWAY and OFF-BROADWAY by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: LONDON CASTS PAST by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: TOP CAST ALBUM \ SCORE RECORDINGS OF 2010 by Rob Lester

Sound Advice: Top Ten Vocal Albums of 2010 by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: A LIVE SET and THE SWING SET by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: BUKOWSICAL! and BEN by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: ALICE RIPLEY & CHRISTOPHER JACKSON ALBUMS by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: BITTER/SWEET & BITTER MIRROR by Rob Lester

SOUND ADVICE: NOW, BEYOND and LOOK BACK by Rob Lester

Sound Advice: "Fortress of Solitude" Off-Broadway Cast Recording by Rob Lester

. Its appealing and soulful intensity and very human heart make it clear early on that this sometimes gutsy and gritty (but ultimately sweet) musical belongs on the list of gratifyingly adve…

Sound Advice: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz; Anika Larsen Sing(s) You to Sleep by Rob Lester

Alysha Umphress has an album that, like her role in On the Town, has lots of moxie and sass, while it's low-key lullabyes on the agenda for Anika Larsen (Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carol…