NewsIf/Then Cast Album, With Idina Menzel, Sets June ReleaseThe original Broadway cast album of the new musical If/Then, starring Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, will be recorded by Masterworks Broadway.
By
Adam Hetrick
March 24, 2014
If/Then has music by Tom Kitt, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. The writers earned the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for penning Next to Normal.
The album will be recorded April 7 in anticipation of a June 3 release.
Michael Greif helms the production that began previews March 5 and will officially open March 30 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. It is produced by David Stone (Wicked, Next to Normal).
If/Then has musical direction by Carmel Dean and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Michael Starobin, who previously collaborated with Kitt on Next to Normal.
If/Then has choreography by Larry Keigwin, set design by Tony Award nominee Mark Wendland (Next to Normal, The Merchant of Venice), costume design by Emily Rebholz (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner (Kinky Boots, Wicked) and sound design by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan(Next To Normal, The Book of Mormon).
According to the creators, "If/Then is an original musical set at the intersection of choice and chance, where the road you takes meets the road you didn't. Tony Award winner Menzel makes her much-anticipated return to the stage in this contemporary new musical as Elizabeth, a woman rebuilding her life in New York, a city of infinite possibilities."
The Richard Rodgers Theatre is located at 226 West 46th Street. Visit ifthenthemusical.com.
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