The Drifters Girl (Original Cast Album) | Review
- Monday, February 27, 2023
The indisputably wonderful part of this flawed enterprise is the music: The Drifters, in all their various incarnations, have a fantastic back catalogue
The indisputably wonderful part of this flawed enterprise is the music: The Drifters, in all their various incarnations, have a fantastic back catalogue
The distinctiveness of Michael R Jackson’s writing comes through loud and clear
Tinuke Olafimihan cannot quite rival the zing of Julie Andrews’s pinpoint singing, but she meets all the other musical challenges
The clever thing about the score is that it has a teen vibe – it’s poppy and propulsive with catchy hooks
This release makes a case for the show’s future viability
In their duet, Lady Lovelock reminds her husband, in a tart exchange, that sodomy is a hanging offence
The engineering places you on stage and in the audience at the same time