[HPforGrownups] Interim Report Re: HP on Audio: Dale v. Fry Taste Test

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 17802



Haggridd wrote:

> Fry recited the Sorting Hat Song very nicely, but he didn't SING it.
> I like that tuneless way Dale does it.
>
> That's all for now.  Any comments?
>

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that Jim Dale is a singer. I think his most famous pre-HP role was as Barnum, back in 1979 or 1980  - the Broadway version with Glenn Close ( I believe Michael Crawford of Phantom fame did the
London version, although Dale may've done it for a time as well) - I can't seem to find the soundtrack anymore, but it should be discoverable in various used music stores.
I just went to his website & saw that in January, he did a few readings of the HP books in Brooklyn - can the new yorkers try to keep up to date on whether he does any more?


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