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19 tracks | 54 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Original Cast Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:31 Closing Song lyrics BUY MP3 01:31 Closing Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:31 Closing Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Spirit Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Spirit Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Spirit Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 What I'm Looking For lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 What I'm Looking For lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 What I'm Looking For
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:11 A Quartet With a Smile lyrics BUY MP3 05:11 A Quartet With a Smile lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:11 A Quartet With a Smile
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 I Know You're Here Jeannine lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 I Know You're Here Jeannine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 I Know You're Here Jeannine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:30 You Beter Watch Out For Me lyrics BUY MP3 01:30 You Beter Watch Out For Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:30 You Beter Watch Out For Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:11 It's Not Working Out lyrics BUY MP3 03:11 It's Not Working Out lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:11 It's Not Working Out
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:33 If We Spent Our Lives in a Fishbowl lyrics BUY MP3 01:33 If We Spent Our Lives in a Fishbowl lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:33 If We Spent Our Lives in a Fishbowl
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:01 Nothing Can Stand in My Way lyrics BUY MP3 02:01 Nothing Can Stand in My Way lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:01 Nothing Can Stand in My Way
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:01 We're Not Who We Think We Are lyrics BUY MP3 02:01 We're Not Who We Think We Are lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:01 We're Not Who We Think We Are
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:58 Unanswered Questions lyrics BUY MP3 03:58 Unanswered Questions lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:58 Unanswered Questions
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:28 If There's Anything Left of Us lyrics BUY MP3 01:28 If There's Anything Left of Us lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:28 If There's Anything Left of Us
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 That's What Love Does to Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 That's What Love Does to Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 That's What Love Does to Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:50 25 Years lyrics BUY MP3 01:50 25 Years lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:50 25 Years
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 Still Here With Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:30 Still Here With Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:30 Still Here With Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 Besancon lyrics BUY MP3 02:39 Besancon lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:39 Besancon
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 The Perfect Imbalance lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 The Perfect Imbalance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 The Perfect Imbalance
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 What Is Funny? lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 What Is Funny? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 What Is Funny?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 New York Finale lyrics FREE 04:28 New York Finale lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 New York Finale
FIVE AFTER EIGHT-Original Cast Recording. This musical played Off Broadway in 1979. It is an eclectic cabaret musical theatre style with a wonderful cast of 5 performers and a great band of 4 musicians.
Bio / Background
What can you say about a show that opens with the closing song, ends with a song called "HOW CAN YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT MANHATTAN WHEN THEY'VE ALL BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE?" which parodies New York songs ranging from Rodgers & Hart, Bernstein to Sondheim, has a song sung by the spirits of the actors supposedly when the audience leaves, as well as a song by Rauol & Loretta Sturgeon, the Underwater Brother & Sister Dance Team, who sing "IF WE SPENT OUR LIVES IN A FISHBOWL", plus a song sung by a ranting, raving woman who's fed up with 25 years of marriage to the same lunkhead and a song that clearly shows we are nothing but a product of our parents and we won't clearly see ourselves until we see our children - THE PERFECT IMBALANCE.
You can say that the show is called "FIVE AFTER EIGHT" and it opened Off Broadway at the Cubiculo Theatre in New York in November 1979 for a limited run of three weeks, breaking all existing house records for that theater.
↓ more ↓Songs from the show have been performed in all the top cabarets in New York including THE BOTTOM LINE, Reno Sweeneys, Ted Hook's ON STAGE, TRAMPS, and even on an ABC-TV special starring Gabe Kaplan.
"FIVE AFTER EIGHT" is a show business show about five actors who have just completed a long run of a musical. From there they all try to find other jobs (hopefully in the theater) and, seeing an ad in Show Business one day, they all try out for the same show called "FIVE AFTER EIGHT". They go through auditions and call backs and, well, you'll just have to see it to find out what happens.
The original Cast album has been recorded with the original cast and the original band and oddly enough, released on Original Cast Records. The bright and witty score is by Michael Bitterman, the book, by Richard Morton.
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