Back in the 70s, I spent a lot of time in love with the music of Broadway. This was in the heydays of Stephen Sondheim musicals like Follies and Company. Then Broadway musicals (at least the kind with music I like) got replaced by the mega-musicals. And gradually my interest lagged.

Then along comes this album with Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson and these songs seem fresh again.

I'd always liked Michael Feinstein but found his singing somewhat precious at times. Maybe it's because he's now 'out' or maybe it's the influence of his collaborator, Mr. Jackson, but I've never enjoyed his singing more. And Cheyenne Jackson (lately featured on 30 Rock) can match him note for note.

Their duets are terrific and they each get some great solo songs. I think my favourite is Michael Jackson singing "Old Friend". It's a song from an off-Broadway show from the 70s called "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road" by Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer. I loved this show and now all these many years later this song has a special resonance for me.

And there's something happening here that I couldn't have imagined in my early coming out days back in the mid-70s ... two men singing together about their love for one another. There's no fudging the lyrics here. When Cheyenne Jackson sings Gershwin's "Someone To Watch Over Me", he sings "... won't you tell him please to put on some speed".