Her First Roman (1993 Studio Cast) [Cast Recording] [Cast Recording]

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"Richard Kiley and Leslie Uggams are nothing short of sensational!"

Album Description
25 years after this show debuted on Broadway, the two original stars - Richard Kiley (Man of La Mancha) and Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby) - join a talented cast of newcomers to record the score! The album also restores the original orchestrations - long thought lost - and recreates the thrilling sound of Broadway shows in the 1960s.

Also featured are Broadway stars Priscilla Lopez (A Chorus Line), Ron Raines (Days of Our Lives) and Brenda Silas-Moore (Freeway Dreams), among others.

Her First Roman (1993 Studio Cast), Music, Ervin Drake, Bryan Miller, Ervin M. Drake, Leslie Uggams, Mark Miller, Priscilla Lopez, Richard Kiley, Roberta Wall, Rod Raines, Cast Recordings, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Original Cast Recordings, Pop, Showtunes / B'way

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Failed Broadway musical revived 25 years later.

Her First Roman (1993 Studio Cast)

Manufacturer: Ducy Lee Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000C2LN
Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

Opening/What Are We Doing In Egypt? - Mark Miller
Song To The Sphinx - Richard Kiley
Save Me From Caesar! - Leslie Uggams
Many Young Men From Now - Leslie Uggams
When My Back Is To The Wall - Leslie Uggams
Pleasure Him - Leslie Uggams
Her First Roman - Chorus
Magic Carpet - Leslie Uggams
Rome - Mark Miller
The Dangerous Age - Ron Raines
The Things We Think We Are - Ron Raines
Her First Roman: Reprise - Ron Raines
Parable Of The Monkey - Maureen Davis
I Cannot Make Him Jealous / I Can't Help Feeling Jealous - Leslie Uggams
The Wrong Man - Leslie Uggams
Let Me Lead The Way - Brenda Silas-Moore
In Vino Veritas - Ron Raines
I Fell In With Evil Companions - Ron Raines
Just For Today - Leslie Uggams
Finale Ultimo - Ensemble
Song To The Sphinx (Demo Recording) - Ervin Drake

Album Description

25 years after this show debuted on Broadway, the two original stars - Richard Kiley (Man of La Mancha) and Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby) - join a talented cast of newcomers to record the score! The album also restores the original orchestrations - long thought lost - and recreates the thrilling sound of Broadway shows in the 1960s.

Also featured are Broadway stars Priscilla Lopez (A Chorus Line), Ron Raines (Days of Our Lives) and Brenda Silas-Moore (Freeway Dreams), among others.

Customer Reviews:

Take a chance on this incredible score!.......2004-07-22

I'm glad I did, as it definitely now resides in my top ten favorite Broadway scores. It's an extremely variable score, from wildly comic to powerfully beautiful, and that may have affected the show's run, but it works great on your CD player.
Don't be afraid to change the order of the songs either. I start off with 2,3, then 1, etc. In fact, the only song I didn't end up liking on the entire CD was "Many Young Men From Now".
When I read a review by someone, I'm always curious about other shows they've liked, or didn't like, to see how similar (or dissimilar!) our tastes are. Some scores I've enjoyed include: House of Flowers, Grass Harp, Saratoga, Camelot, Purlie, Dear World, Mata Hari, The Life, Avenue Q and Wicked.
Some I didn't like include Bajour, Subways Are For Sleeping, The Seussical, St. Louie Woman, Applause, Urinetown, Greenwillow, Big River, Sweet Charity and The Golden Apple.

Failed Broadway musical revived 25 years later........1999-06-05

This is a true oddity. HER FIRST ROMAN with book, music and lyrics by Ervin Drake is a show with some promise. The rhyming in some of the lyrics is clever, the premise of adapting Shaw's CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA to the musical stage a beguiling one. But this is amateurish from beginning to end. Not able to make up its mind whether it is drama, comedy or low comedy, it is none of these. Uggams is woefully miscast but Kiley does a wonderful job as Caesar. There are only two songs of merit - MANY YOUNG MEN FROM NOW (which should be in every gay cabaret singer's repertoire) and the rollicking I FELL IN WITH EVIL COMPANIONS. The rest range from mediocre to downright boring. Amazing that the original cast members and the producers liked it well enough to mount a cast album 25 years after the closing. Valuable to Broadway composers/lyricists in showing how NOT to write a show. This would have been ideal material for Lerner and Loewe, but sadly not for Mr. Drake.

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Her First Roman
Cast-Original
Manufacturer: Original Cast Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002B9NEG
Release Date: 2002-02-19

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