GOTTA SING

Thank you so much for Laurie Winer’s article on Varese Sarabande and Bruce Kimmel (“The Show Must Go On,” Aug. 25).

The record label has been a godsend to musical theater lovers like myself. Where else could we hear wonderful collections by current musical stars such as Sally Mayes, Rebecca Luker, Jason Graae and Judy Kuhn or cast recordings for shows as diverse as “Das Barbecu,” “She Loves Me” or the upcoming “King and I”?

DONALD FELTHAM

Los Angeles

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Thank you for the nice article on Varese Sarabande and me. However, for the record, I’d like to correct a few things.

While we’ve released thousands of soundtrack recordings, “Ben-Hur” wasn’t one of them (although themes from it have appeared on a couple of our albums). I never said (concerning “Hello, Dolly!”), “Is it a great-sounding album? No,” as I do happen to think that the sound of the album is quite good (it was a Grammy nominee this year). I believe I was speaking about Carol Channing, and the fact that while she may not sound as good as she did 30 years ago, she sounds fine.

And “The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public” was (a) not an off-Broadway show and (b) not produced or recorded by us--we merely licensed and released it.

BRUCE KIMMEL

Vice President/Producer

Varese Sarabande Records

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