Upcoming Cast Recordings
By Andrew Ku
Here is a survey of upcoming and recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway related recordings.)
FORTHCOMING
Legally Blonde
Release: July 17 Label: Sh-k-boom Records Writers: music by Peter Melnick, lyrics Christopher Durang Performers: Laura Bell Bundy and the original Broadway cast.
Adrift in Macao
Release: TBA Label: TBA Writers: music by Peter Melnick, lyrics Christopher Durang Performers: the original Off-Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album was recorded March 5 and 6.
People Like Us
Release: TBA Label: Jay Records Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen Performers:Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.
No Recording Announced:
In the Heights
Other Recordings:
Song and Dance 1984 Cast Recording with Sarah Brightman - July 16 (UK release)
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The Pirate Queen
Release: July 3 Label: Masterworks Broadway Writers: music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil Performers: Stephanie J. Block, Hadley Fraser, Linda Balgord and the original Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album is produced by Boublil and Schonberg.
Broadway Musicals of 1945
Release: June 22 Label: Bayview Recording Company Writers: various Performers: Marc Kudisch, Christiane Noll, Karen Mason, Eddie Korbich, Kerry Butler, Scott Ailing and others.
Miscellaneous: This CD was recorded live at Town Hall.
Music from The Coast of Utopia
Release: June 12 Label: Ghostlight Records Writers: music by Mark Bennett Miscellaneous: The album will contain music from all three parts of Lincoln Center Theater's production of the Tom Stoppard play. The recording is produced by composer Bennett and Curtis Moore.
Curtains
Release: June 5 Label: EMI/Angel Writers: music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb Performers: David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk and the original Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 26 and produced by Jay David Saks and executive produced by Bill Rosenfield.
110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival)
Release: June 5 Label: PS Classics Writers: music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones Performers: Audra McDonald, John Cullum, Steve Kazee and the 2007 Broadway revival cast. Miscellaneous: The album was recorded April 23.
Magic Tree House (Studio Cast)
Release: June 5 Label: PS Classics/Barnes and Noble Writers: music by Randy Courts, lyrics by Courts and Will Osborne Performers: Cass Morgan, Donna Bullock. Miscellaneous: This musical adaptation of the popular children's book will be produced on stage later in 2007.
High Fidelity
Release: May 15 Label: Sh-K-Boom Records Writers: music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Amanda Green Performers: Will Chase, Jenn Colella and the original Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Nov. 20.
Face the Music (2007 Encores! cast)
Release: May 23 Label: DRG Records Writers: music and lyrics by Irving Berlin Performers: Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, Lee Wilkof, Judy Kaye, Walter Bobbie and the 2007 Encores! cast. Miscellaneous: This recording is produced for records by Joel Moss and Curtis Moore.
Evil Dead: The Musical
Release: April 24 Label: Time Life Writers: lyrics by George Reinblatt, music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris and Reinblatt Performers: the 2006 Off-Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Dec. 17.
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Release: April 3 Label: Ghostlight Records Writers: music and lyrics by Kirsten Childs Performers: LaChanze, Jerry Dixon, Darius de Haas, Felicia Finley and the original Off-Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: This recording is produced for records by Joel Moss and Curtis Moore.
Fame Becomes Me
Release: April 10 Label: Ghostlight Records Writers: music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman Performers: Martin Short and the original Broadway cast.
Grey Gardens (Original Broadway Cast)
Release: March 27 Label: PS Classics Writers: music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie Performers: Christine Ebersole and the original Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: Recorded Feb. 13, this new CD replaces the world premiere recording and will include the changes made to the score for the show's Broadway incarnation.
The Brain From Planet X
Release: Feb. 27 Label: Kritzerland Writers: music and lyrics by Bruce Kimmel. Performers: Kevin Spirtas, Alet Taylor, Lauren Rubin, Cason Murphy, Merrill Grant, Benjamin Clark and Egbert Bernard.
A Little Midsummer Night's Music
Release: Feb. 6 Label: PS Classics Writers: music by GrooveLily (Valerie Vigoda, Brendan Milburn and Gene Lewin) and lyrics by GrooveLily and William Shakespeare Performers: Valerie Vigoda, Brendan Milburn and Gene Lewin. Miscellaneous: This recording features songs and original suites taken from the 2006 McCarter and Paper Mill Theatre productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream .
Company (2006 Broadway revival)
Release: Feb. 13 Label: Nonesuch/PS Classics Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Performers: Raul Esparza and the 2006 Broadway cast. Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded Dec. 18-19 and produced by Tommy Krasker.
Happy End
Release: Jan. 30 Label: Ghostlight Records Writers: music by Kurt Weill and words by Bertolt Brecht. Performers: Linda Mugleston and the cast of the 2006 American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) production.
Loving Repeating
Release: Jan. 9 Label: Jay Records Writers: music by Stephen Flaherty and words by Gertrude Stein. Performers: The cast of the 2006 Chicago About Face Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art production.
Other Recordings:
Adam Brazier: Reflect - June 18
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