West Side Story Wins!

The Grammy, that is. The cast album won Best Musical Show Album, according to Broadwayworld.com.

The revival is great, and stars Tony nominee (and Argentinian goddess of the high note) Josefina Scaglione, Tony winner Karen Olivo (her new album will be out any day now!), and Matt Cavenaugh (before he left in December). If you're in New York, I highly reccomend checking out the Tony/Grammy winning production directed by the play's librettist, 91 year old Arthur Laurents.

If not, check out the soundtrack on iTunes/amazon.com! It's great. It's just impossible to get tired of Matt, Josefina, and Karen's voices.

Have you seen the show or listened to the new cast album? Love the movie? Love another Broadway show? Please, do share in the comments!

VMA Side Story

The VMAs are on September 13th, and to help promote them, a "VMA Side Story" promo has been launched, featuring Taylor Swift, Cobra Starship/Leighton Meester, Ne-Yo, Katy Perry, and Russell Brand. The promo has each of the stars singing a bit of Tonight (or the quintet, to be more specific) with changed lyrics and different settings than the play/film. It's kind of a mess, but it's sort of cool I guess.

Ne-Yo's choreography is laughable, Katy Perry's voice leaves much to be desired, Russell Brand should never try singing again, EVER, but the Cobra Starship/Taylor Swift portion of the promo isn't all bad. Taylor's voice is more pure and stage-like than the rest, and Cobra Starship does a pretty good job with what they have. And Leighton Meester has one line...could it be that she's not that great of a singer?

What are your (you few readers...) thoughts? Please comment!