Jayne Houdyshell may not have won a Tony Award for her performance in Follies, but thanks to PS Classics, we’re all winners with this just-released solo version of her big number “Broadway Baby.”
In the show, the song is part of a trio montage, which finds the end of “Broadway Baby” subsumed in counterpoint with the other two songs; this version, which is you can also download (legally, for free), has the false ending you’re used to from concert and cabaret performances of the song.
And it’s great.