West Side Story Cast Recording Arrives in Stores June 2

By Andrew Gans
June 2, 2009

The Sony Masterworks cast recording of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of West Side Story arrives in stores June 2.

"To have the opportunity to produce the new Broadway cast recording of the great American classic West Side Story is truly an honor for Sony Masterworks," stated Alex Miller, general manager and senior vice president of Sony Masterworks in a recent statement. "That this revival is so relevant, powerful and electrifying today, after more than half a century, only confirms the greatness of West Side Story, which has been part of our label's history since 1957. The new production and recording, which features a full 30-piece orchestra performing the original orchestrations, will introduce a new generation to the show, and we are proud to be part of it."

Orchestrations are by Leonard Bernstein with Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal. Thee production's music supervisor/music director is Patrick Vaccariello.

West Side Story has music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents, who directed the current revival at the Palace Theatre.

The track listing for the single CD, produced by David Caddick and David Lai, follows:

Prologue
Jet Song
Something's Coming
Dance at the Gym
Maria
Tonight
America
Cool
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight (Quintet)
The Rumble
Me Siento Hermosa (I Feel Pretty)
Somewhere
Gee, Officer Krupke
Un Hombre Así (A Boy Like That)/I Have a Love
Finale

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The cast is headed by Matt Cavenaugh (A Catered Affair, Grey Gardens) as Tony, Karen Olivo (In the Heights) as Anita, Cody Green (Movin' Out) as Riff and George Akram ("Stuck on You") as Bernardo. Twenty-one-year-old Argentinean actress Josefina Scaglione, who created the role of Amber Von Tussle in the Argentinean production of Hairspray, co-stars as Maria.