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By Andrew Ku
07 Jul 2007

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.

• 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.

• Release: TBA
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
  
• Performers:Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.

In the Heights
10 Million Miles
Xanadu

Other Recordings:

Song and Dance 1984 Cast Recording with Sarah Brightman - July 16 (UK release)
Darlene Love: It's Christmas Of Course - Shout Factor - Oct. 2

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Adam Brazier: Reflect - June 18
Barbra Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 - Columbia - May 8
Barbara Cook: No One is Alone - DRG
Kurt Weill in America - Adreasong- April 23
Broadway Scene Stealers: The Women - Masterworks Broadway - April 3
Broadway Scene Stealers: The Men - Masterworks Broadway - April 3
Georgia Stitt: This Ordinary Thursday - PS Classics - April 10
Judy Garland: The Letter - DRG - March 13

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