Here is a survey of recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway related releases), and a schedule of those announced for 2002.
FORTHCOMING
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
- Release: March 26
- Label: DRG
- Writers: various
- Performer: Elaine Stritch.
- The 2-CD album was recorded live Jan. 10-11 at the Public Theater. There will be a limited release at the Neil Simon Theatre prior to wide distribution.
- Release: April 16
- Label: Sh-K-Boom Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
- Performers: Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott.
- Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 11.
- Release: TBA
- Label: Sony Classical
- Writers: music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Craig Carnelia
- Performers: John Lithgow, Brian d'Arcy James and the original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 17.
- Release: early 2002
- Label: private release
- Writers: music by James Valcq, lyrics by Fred Alley
- Performers: Liz Callaway, Garret Long, and the 2001 Playwrights Horizons cast.
- Release: mid 2002
- Label: Original Cast Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood
- Performers: Lou Diamond Phillips, Charles Nelson Reilly, Eleanor Calbes, Mickey Rooney, and others.
- Miscellaneous: This is a studio recording of the 1970 flop, a musicalization of The Teahouse of the August Moon.
Bernadette Peters: Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein – Angel – March 12
Girl in Pink Tights (reissue) - DRG - March 12
Donna McKechnie: Inside the Music - Fynsworth Alley - March
Evita Highlights Original Broadway Cast - Decca Broadway - March 26
Wall to Wall Richard Rodgers - Fynsworth Alley - April
Darius de Haas: Day Dream – ps classics – May 21
Jessica Molaskey: Pentimento - ps classics - May 21
No Recording Announced:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Oklahoma!
One Mo' Time
Into the Woods
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Dreamgirls (2001 Concert Recording)
- Release: Feb. 26
- Label: Nonesuch
- Writers: music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Tom Eyen
- Performers: Audra McDonald, Heather Headley, Lillias White, among others.
- Miscellaneous: This will be a 2 CD release.
- Release: Feb. 28
- Label: Original Cast Records
- Writers: Johnny Mercer and Robert Emmet
- Performers: The Musicals Tonight Revival Cast.
- Release: Feb. 12
- Label: DRG Records
- Writers: various
- Performers: cast of the 2000 national tour
- Miscellaneous: Featuring musical director Billy Goldenberg at piano, this album was recorded live Dec. 12-13 at the Royal Poinciana in West Palm Beach, FL.
- Release: Dec. 4, 2001
- Label: Fynsworth Alley
- Writers: various
- Performers: Sally Mayes and George Dvorsky. P>
- Release: Dec. 4, 2001
- Label: Fynsworth Alley
- Writers: music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: Alyson Reed, Anthony Crivello and the Pasadena Playhouse Cast. P>
- Release: Nov. 19, 2001
- Label: Decca Broadway
- Writers: music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Performers: The 1999 Encores! cast including Karen Ziemba, Ruthie Henshall, and Stephanie Pope.
- Miscellaneous: Recorded shortly after the 1999 Encores! presentation, the recording was released in late 2001.
- Release: Nov. 14, 2001
- Label: JAY Records
- Writers: Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Performers: Cathy Rigby and the cast of the 2000 television broadcast.
- Miscellaneous: The A&E television production was based on the 1997 Broadway revival.
- Release: Nov. 13, 2001
- Label: Fynsworth Alley
- Writer: Michael Frayn
- Performers: Philip Bosco, Michael Cumpsty and Blair Brown
- Miscellaneous: This is a 2-CD recording of the entire play.
- Release: Nov. 7, 2001
- Label: Legacy/Sony Direct/Radio City Records
- Writers: various
- Performers: cast of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- Miscellaneous: This is a compilation of Christmas-themed songs performed in the annual extravaganza.
- Release: Nov. 6, 2001
- Label: DRG
- Writers: Frank Loesser
- Performers: Maurice Hines, Alexandra Foucard, Brian Sutherland, and the 2000 National touring cast.
- Release: Oct. 16, 2001
- Label: Original Cast Records
- Writers: music by Roger Anderson and lyrics by Lee Goldsmith
- Performers: The company of the 2001 National Music Theatre Network’s staged reading.
- Release: Oct. 16, 2001
- Label: Decca Broadway
- Writers: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn
- Performers: John Scherer and Martin Jarvis and the 2000 Pittsburgh Public Theater production.
- Release: Oct. 16, 2001
- Label: Nonesuch
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: Nathan Lane, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Davis Gaines, Neil Patrick Harris, Theresa McCarthy.
- Miscellaneous: This studio recording was produced by Tommy Krasker, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.
- Release: Oct. 2, 2001
- Label: ps classics
- Writers: lyrics by John Latouche
- Performers: The cast of the original Off-Broadway production.
- Miscellaneous: This album is produced by Robert Sher.
The Student Prince (reissue) - DRG - Feb. 26
Moulin Rouge 2 - Interscope - Feb. 26
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs – WEA/London/Sire – Feb. 20
Jack Donahue: Lighthouse – LML Music – Feb. 12
Linda Eder: Gold – Atlantic – Feb. 12
Liza Minnelli: Tropical Nights - DRG - Feb. 12
A Broadway Valentine – Fynsworth Alley – Feb. 5
Highlights from Disney on Broadway – Disney – Feb. 5
Stephen Schwartz: Uncharted Territory – Fynsworth Alley – Jan. 29
Barbra Streisand: The Essential Barbra Streisand – Columbia – Jan. 29
Cy Coleman: It Started with a Dream - Sony - Jan. 15
— Compiled by Andrew Ku
