The other two singers were repeatedly introduced, sang material from their solo albums and shared stage banter.
On Tuesday, during a convincing but almost too-smooth performance, Trey Songz sang material from "Ready" almost exclusively.
She started singing material like this at French gigs with Mr. Bonnel, and at trad-jazz festivals like the Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
He is working on a 24-concert series in which he sings material from the last 24 decades of popular music.
Mr. Costello and Mr. Allman sang material from their coming albums, and Mr. Mellencamp and the John-Russell duo drew on albums just released this year, all produced by Mr. Burnett.
During one inspired stretch of her casually luxurious concert at the Rose Theater on Friday night, Cassandra Wilson sang material from her oldest and most recent Blue Note albums, released 17 years apart.
But the nature of musicals is such that high-caliber performances of sung material can be achieved much more quickly than satisfying stagings, and as the productions have grown more ambitious, the achievement has sometimes felt shallower.
This was the lugubrious, commercially unsuccessful record inspired by Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath"; when Mr. Springsteen sings material from this album in concert, the audience generally nods off or takes a bathroom break.
The producers said last month that the Tony winners Linda Lavin ("Broadway Bound"), LaChanze ("The Color Purple") and Shuler Hensley ("Oklahoma!") had signed on to the 12-person cast, singing material from shows created by Mr. Prince, the winner of 21 Tony Awards for productions like "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cabaret," "Company," "Follies" and "The Phantom of the Opera".
The Tony winners Linda Lavin ("Broadway Bound"), top, LaChanze ("The Color Purple"), center, and Shuler Hensley ("Oklahoma!"), bottom, will be part of the 12-person cast singing material from shows created by the Broadway producer and director Harold Prince in "Prince of Broadway," a musical tribute set to open in New York in November.
