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In the past five years, Kelli O'Hara as emerged as one of the most talented stars of musical theater suggesting that we might finally be seeing a soprano heir to the thrones of Barbara Cook and Julie Andrews. After creating a few roles in musicals ranging from the brilliant and underrated (My Life With Albertine), to the dire (Dracula) Kelli's poignant portrayal of Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza made her a rising star and subsequent roles in The Pajama Game, South Pacific, and My Fair Lady, confirmed that status. I've been waiting for Kelli O'Hara's solo album since she announced that it was in the works back when she was doing The Pajama Game. Actually I've been hoping for it ever since I heard The Light in the Piazza OBCR. So does it live up to expectations? Yes and no. But do I like it nonetheless? Yes.
When it was announced that Harry Connick Jr. would be the producer I was worried that he would sort of take over and make it his project. That fear was unfounded. Yes, Kelli sings three of his songs, but she also includes one song penned by her husband, Greg Naughton ("The Sun Went Out"), one from her breakthrough musical ("Fable" from Piazza), one that her father requested ("I Have Dreamed"), two she wrote herself, as well as several covers. Of the Harry Connick Jr. songs, the title song "Wonder in the World" (which they sing as a duet) is the best. It's a pop ballad that has sort of a musical theater flavor. Another highlight is Kelli's original song "I Love You The World" as well as a cover of "And So It Goes". Kelli's rendition of Piazza's "Fable" isn't the same as the version Victoria Clark owned onstage. Rather it's a new arrangement by Connick Jr, that according to Kelli is how Clara (her character in the show) might hear the song: it's a pretty, soothing, lullaby. It lacks the raw emotion of the stage version but it's in keeping with the mellow feel of the album. Ditto for Kelli's other musical theater selections "I Have Dreamed" and "Make Someone Happy".
Overall this is a lovely album that I enjoy listening to. It leaves me wanting more which I guess can be seen as both positive and negative. We hear her jazzy, mellow, pop sound on this album. Hopefully on her next she'll let us see another side of herself. Just a side note: the CD booklet (I use the term loosely) comes with the cover art, some song info, and another picture of Kelli. Considering Kelli is a beautiful woman more photos would have been nice. Considering Kelli involved a lot of people close to her in this album, liner notes wouldn't have been amiss. Seeing how the album features several original songs, lyrics would have been nice. That's a relatively minor quibble though. The music is the important thing to me.
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