Description

On June 14, 2006, Rufus Wainwright took to the stage to recreate the Greatest Show of All Time in honour of the Greatest Show of All Time: Judy Garlands legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. He recreated the entire show song-for-song in the very same venue it was recorded at. Garland fanatics feared a fiasco, but the show was a triumph. His sophisticated act of homage to his hero was both a loving tribute and an arch commentary on the original, featuring classics like Over The Rainbow, Come Rain Or Come Shine and Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart. Backed by a 36-piece orchestra and arranged by Broadways famed Stephen Oremus (Wicked, Avenue Q), Rufuss vocal talent soars over these classic melodies.