Original Broadway Cast: The Rink, CD

John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss Of The Spider Woman) wrote this powerful musical with award winning playright Terrence McNally. It is about the complex and bittersweet relationship between a mother and a daughter who are trying to stitch their lives back together again. This great cult score includes Coloured Lights, The Apple Doesnt Fall, Marry Me and All The Children In A Row. The dramatic and forceful story of The Rink won much admiration both on Broadway and in the West End of London for its biting lyrics, scintillating music and wonderful punchy orchestrations. Set in a decaying family roller rink in New York, this critically acclaimed musical played for over a year on Broadway. This great score has a variety of musical style; from glitzy big band numbers climaxing in a Janis Joplin style song (All The Children In A Row) which manages to encompass the entire social history of America in the 1960s. Broadway legends and super stars, Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera give the performance of their lives. which won a Tony Award for Chita Rivera for the first time in her career.