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...unionizing of college grinds jibes with the aims of AFL-CIO boss John Sweeney--who has urged the organizing of overseas sweatshop operations and amnesty drives for illegal immigrants--and of the U.A.W. The autoworkers' union also represents the curatorial staff at New York City's Museum of Modern Art; two years ago, it unionized teaching assistants at New York University...
...real reward of the double album is Sweeney himself, portrayed by the redoubtable George Hearn. Twenty years after he played the role in New York, Hearn’s voice shows no strain and his performance remains remarkably powerful. Though an out-of-print videotape of Hearn’s performance in Hal Prince’s original staging is available, this is the first recording to feature him as Sweeney, and even were it not desirable for its comprehensiveness and its perfectly cast principals, Hearn’s Sweeney is a marvel worth possessing...
...Party in 2000 but also which featured an opening number entitled “Queenie Was a Blonde” (trick question, both did), I’d like to offer a recommendation regarding my favorite recent album, last year’s New York Philharmonic-backed recording of Sweeney Todd...
...Philharmonic Sweeney is only one of a growing number of gems now available to fellow enthusiasts. Amazon.com has an excellent selection in its Broadway and Vocalists section of uncommon recordings from the recent as well as not-so-recent past. One can find on the site the recording of Bea Arthur on Broadway, a show that opened just last month, as well as the 1954 Threepenny Opera featuring the young Arthur...
According to Gfaller, Dickens’ classic was ready-made for the stage. “As a story, it’s like a lot of modern musical theater, like Les Misérables and Sweeney Todd,” he says. “It’s about finding what’s essentially you. It’s dorky. There’s almost something Disney about...