Complete Recording on 2CDs. Original Off Broadway Cast.

A look into the private song vault of Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire (Big; Starting Here, Starting Now; Baby), the review, Maltby and Shire's Closer Than Ever, is filled to the brim with the brilliance for which these musical theatre giants are known.Closer Than Ever is a nonstop exploration of everyday struggles in the 'modern world.' Topics ranging from unrequited adoration... to aging... to Muzak are tackled with resounding sincerity and precisely placed hilarity. Each song is a unique story told by a new character, taking audiences, not only into the songbook of Mr. Maltby and Mr. Shire, but into the minds of the individuals facing these completely relatable challenges.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Doors
• She Loves Me Not
• You Wanna Be My Friend
• What Am I Doing?
• The Bear the Tiger the Hamster and the Mole
• I'll Get Up Tomorrow Morning
• Miss Byrd
• Transition 1
• Dating Again
• One of the Good Guys
• There's Nothing Like It
• Life Story
• Next Time / I Wouldn't Go Back

Disc 2:

• Three Friends
• Fandango
• There
• Transition 2
• Patterns
• There Is Something In a Wedding
• Another Wedding
• If I Sing
• Back On Base
• The March of Time
• Fathers of Fathers
• It's Never That Easy / I've Been Here Before
• Closer Than Ever

Additional Details

Label: JAY Records

Genre: Musical/Broadway

Run Time: 103 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/08/13

UPC: 605288142727