Colored Lights: The Broadway Album
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Colored Lights: The Broadway Album is the eighth studio album--and the first tribute album--by American
singer-songwriter
-actress Deborah Gibson
. Released in 2003 on the Fynsworth Alley label, it includes songs from nine preexisting theatre musicals and one from her own original theatre musical Skirts.
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
-actress Deborah Gibson
Deborah Gibson
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
. Released in 2003 on the Fynsworth Alley label, it includes songs from nine preexisting theatre musicals and one from her own original theatre musical Skirts.
Track listing
- "Let Me Entertain You (from Gypsy: A Musical FableGypsy: A Musical FableGypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business...
)" (Sondheim, Styne) – 2:14 - "Blame It on the Summer Night (from RagsRags (musical)Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse.-Production history:The Broadway production opened on August 21, 1986 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre with little advance sale and to mostly indifferent reviews, and it closed after only four...
)" (Schwartz, Strouse) – 4:39 - "Raise the Roof! (from The Wild PartyThe Wild Party (Lippa musical)The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name...
)" (Lippa) – 3:28 - "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love (from The Boy from OzThe Boy from OzThe Boy from Oz is a jukebox musical based on the life of singer/songwriter Peter Allen and featuring songs written by him. The book is by Nick Enright. The production had its world premiere, directed by Gale Edwards, at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Australia, on 5 March 1998 and toured Brisbane,...
)" (Allen, Sager) – 3:22 - "On My Own (from Les MisérablesLes Misérables (musical)Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
)" (Boublil, Schonberg) – 4:30 - "Colored Lights (from The Rink)" (Ebb, Kander) – 6:06
- "I'm the Greatest Star (from Funny Girl)" (Merrill, Styne) – 4:09
- "Who Are You Now? (from Funny Girl)" (Merrill, Styne) – 3:29
- "They All Laughed (from Shall We Dance?)" (Gershwin) 2:22
- "Sex (from Skirts)" (Gibson) – 2:28
- "Maybe This Time (from CabaretCabaret (musical)Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
)" (Ebb, Kander) – 3:00 - "I Enjoy Being a Girl (from Flower Drum SongFlower Drum SongFlower Drum Song was the eighth stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. The piece opened in 1958 on Broadway and was afterwards presented in the West End and on tour...
)" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 4:36 - "Anytime (I Am There) (from Elegies: A Song Cycle)" (Finn) – 5:08
Personnel
- Ron Abel – Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, Orchestration, Musical Director
- Greg Arnold's Tricycle – Mastering
- Mike Brewer – Assistant
- Ruth Bruegger – Violin
- Debra Byrd – Background vocals
- Mark Converse – Percussion, Drums
- Phillip D. Feather – Reeds
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- John Fumo – Trumpet
- Ray "The Closer" Garcia – Background vocals
- Chris Gehringer – Mastering
- Grant Geissman – Guitar
- Deborah Gibson – Producer
- Jesse Gorman – Assistant Engineer
- Mark Hollingsworth – Reeds
- John Krovozc – Cello
- Randy Landas – Bass
- Sylvia MacCalla – Background vocals
- Joan MarcusJoan MarcusJoan Marcus is a theatrical photographer based in Manhattan, New York, USA.Marcus was educated at George Washington University in Washington, D.C....
– Photography - Jean Marinelli – French Horn
- William Meade – Producer
- Kevin Merrill – Photography
- Lanny Meyers – Orchestration
- Ilene Novog – Viola
- Cheryl Ongaro – Violin
- Steve Orich – Keyboards, Orchestration
- Vladimir Polimatidi – Violin
- Alex Rannie – Harp
- Gabe Sganga – Assistant Engineer
- Jerry Sharell – Background vocals
- David Stout – Trombone
- Chris Tergesen – Engineer
- Mark Wilder – Mastering
- Michael Yuen – Art Direction, Package Design