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Many of these CDs may not be released as soon as planned, and a few of those will probably be postponed (some indefinitely).

Last update: May 11th, 2008

Most Recent Additions

SHLOMO - Cast Recording of the musical based on the life of the singing rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, starring David Rossmer, Josie de Guzman, Thursday Farrar, Paul Jackel, James Judy, Brooke Moriber, Daniel Rudin, David Reiser, Aaron Kaburick, Jillian Louis, Gary Patent, Luke Rosen, Talya Smilowitz, Noah Solomon and Lauren Weisman. Music by Shlomo Carlebach and Lyrics by David Schechter, with additional material by Carlebach's daughter, Neshama Carlebach

MILK AND HONEY - reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Jerry Herman musical, starring Robert Weede, Mimi Benzell, Molly Picon and Tommy Rall

ME AND JULIET - reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II musical, starring Isabel Bigley, Joan McCracken, Ray Walston, Mark Dawson and Jackie Kelk

THE BODY BEAUTIFUL - Cast Recording of The York Theatre Company's recent production of the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock 1958 musical. Starring Cady Huffman, Brad Oscar, Megan Lawrence, Stephen Bienskie, Laura Marie Duncan, Ryan Duncan, Capathia Jenkins, Jonathan Kay, Mike McGowan, John Eric Parker, Patrick Richwood, Angie Schworer, Jim Sorensen and Kerry Conte

ADDING MACHINE - Off-Broadway Cast Recording of the Joshua Schmidt musical, starring Cyrilla Baer, Joel Hatch, Amy Warren, Joe Farrell, Jeff Still, Adinah Alexander, Niffer Clark, Roger E. DeWitt and Daniel Marcus. Nominated for six Lucille Lortel Awards including Best Musical, Best Actor and Best Featured Actress

A CATTERED AFFAIR - Original Broadway Cast Recording of the John Bucchino musical, starring Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, Harvey Fierstein, Leslie Kritzer and Matt Cavenaugh - Release date: May 2008

THE PEOPLE VS. MONA - Concert Cast Recording of Jim Wann/Patricia Miller musical. Starring Marc Kudisch, Ron Raines, Christiane Noll, Lillias White, Omri Schein and Natalie Toro


Future Releases in Alphabetical Order

42ND STREET - JAY's complete studio cast of the Harry Warren & Al Dubin musical

ADDING MACHINE - Off-Broadway Cast Recording of the Joshua Schmidt musical, starring Cyrilla Baer, Joel Hatch, Amy Warren, Joe Farrell, Jeff Still, Adinah Alexander, Niffer Clark, Roger E. DeWitt and Daniel Marcus. Nominated for six Lucille Lortel Awards including Best Musical, Best Actor and Best Featured Actress

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Off-Broadway Cast Recording of the Gretchen Cryer & Nancy Ford musical, featuring Bethe Austin, Erick Devine, Alison Faircloth, Andrew Gehling, Piper Goodeve, Jessica Grove, Heather Mac Rae and Michael Mendiola

ANNIE - JAY's complete cast studio cast recording

ANNIE: 30th ANNIVERSARY RECORDING - double CD release that includes the Original Broadway Cast Recording, songs written for but dropped from Annie, plus those written for subsequent production. Featuring Marissa O'Donnell, Andrea McArdle, Amanda Balon, Kathryn Zaremba, Carol Burnett, Shelly Burch, Conrad John Schuck, Kathie Lee Gifford, Sally Struthers and Gary Beach. Music by Charles Strouse and Lyrics by Martin Charnin

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - 1966 Lincoln Center Cast Recording of the Irving Berlin musical. Starring Ethel Merman, Jerry Orbach, Rufus Smith, Benay Venuta and Bruce Yarnell - Release date: March 2008

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - JAY's studio cast recording of the Stephen Sondheim score, starring Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie and John Barrowman

CABARET - reissue of the Original London Cast Recording of the Kander & Ebb musical, starring Judi Dench as Sally Bowles, plus Kevin Colson, Peter Sallis, Lila Kedrova, Richard Owens, Barry Dennen and Pamela Strong

BABES IN TOYLAND - Studio Cast recording of the Victor Herbert's 1903 musical conducted by John McGlinn, includes numbers like "March of the Toys", "Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep", "Toyland"

BACK IN DAY - Selections from a new musical by Jonathan Larson award winning writer Lance Horne. Featuing the Cape Cod Repertory Theatre cast: Trish LaRose, Kate Pazakis, Ethan Paulini, Matthew Morris, Aaron Libby and Justyn Eldredge

BANG GOES THE MERINGUE! - Original Cast recording of an earlier Julian Slade (SALAD DAYS) musical

BARE - Studio Recording of Jon Hartmere & Damon Intrabartolo musical; reflects changes since the 2004 Off-Broadway production.

BIG BANG - Original Cast Recording of the Off-Broadway musical

THE BODY BEAUTIFUL - Cast Recording of The York Theatre Company's recent production of the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock 1958 musical. Starring Cady Huffman, Brad Oscar, Megan Lawrence, Stephen Bienskie, Laura Marie Duncan, Ryan Duncan, Capathia Jenkins, Jonathan Kay, Mike McGowan, John Eric Parker, Patrick Richwood, Angie Schworer, Jim Sorensen and Kerry Conte

BOOBS, THE MUSICAL - cast album of the revue of Ruth Wallis songs

BRIGADOON - complete Studio Cast recording in two CDs of the Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner musical

A CATTERED AFFAIR - Original Broadway Cast Recording of the John Bucchino musical, starring Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, Harvey Fierstein, Leslie Kritzer and Matt Cavenaugh - Release date: May 2008

COME SPY WITH ME - Original Cast recording of the 1966 Bryan Blackburn's show, starring Danny La Rue and Barbara Windsor

CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Concept Cast Recording of a new musical with Music by Frank Wildhorn and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

DADDY COOL - 2006 Original London Cast Recording of the Boney M. musical, starring Harvey, Javine and Michelle Collins

THE DANCING YEARS - JAY's complete studio cast recording of the Ivor Novello's 1939 score, includes songs like "My Dearest Dear", "Waltz of My Heart" and "I Can Give You the Starlight"

DARLING LILI - American release of the 1970 movie soundtrack starring Julie Andrews, with a score by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer

DOLL'S LIFE - cast recording to be released by Original Cast

DRACULA - studio cast recording of the Frank Wildhorn and Don Black & Christopher Hampton musical, starring James Barbour (Dracula), Kate Shindle (Mina), Rob Evan (Jonathan Harker), Lauren Kennedy (Lucy), Norm Lewis (Van Helsing, the Vampyre Hunter), Euan Morton (Renfield), Tracy Miller & Christiane Noll (Girls of the Night)

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Jay's complete studio cast recording

A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE - 2006 York Theatre Cast Recording of Erik Haagensen and Richard Isen musical. Featuring Glenn Seven Allen, Christiane Noll, Joseph Kolinski, Evalyn Baron and Gabriel Barre

THE GIG - 2006 York Theatre Concert Cast Recording of Douglas J. Cohen musical. Starring Stephen Berger, Jill Paice, James Judy, Herndon Lackey, Michael James Leslie, Michael McCormick, William Parry, Michele Pawk, Charles Pistone, Steve Routman and Karen Ziemba

THE GLORIOUS ONES - Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording starring Marc Kudisch, Erin Davie, Natalie Venetia Belcon, John Kassir, David Patrick Kelly, Jeremy Webb and Julyana Soelistyo. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Music byStephen Flaherty musical

GYPSY - 2008 2008 Broadway Revival Cast starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti. Music by Jule Styne and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim - Release date: May 2008

HAVE A HEART - John McGlinn and the London Sinfonietta studio cast recording of the Jerome Kern & P. G. Wodehouse 1917 musical, includes songs like "Napoleon", "I Am All Alone" and "They All Look Alike"

HELLO, DOLLY - for the first time on CD the 1964 Original London Cast Recording of the Jerry Herman musical starring Mary Martin, Garrett Lewis, Loring Smith, Mark Alden, Marilynn Lovell and Johnny Beecher

HIGH SOCIETY - Original Movie Soundtrack starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Grace Kelly and Celeste Holm. Songs by Cole Porter

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS - Original Cast album

ILLYA DARLING - Original Broadway Cast Recording of the 1967 musical starring Melina Mercouri, Orson Bean, Hal Linde, Titos Vandis, Joe E. Marks, Rudy Bond, Despo, Harold Gray and Nikos Kourkoulos . Music by Joe Darion and Lyrics by Manos Hadjidakis - Release date: May 2008

IN THE HEIGHTS - Original Broadway Cast Recording starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andrea Burns, Janet Dacal, Robin DeJesus, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo and Seth Stewart. Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda - Release date: May 2008

KISS ME, KATE / SOUTH PACIFIC - Twofer of Capitol albums of songs from the two musicals, featuring vocals by Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae, Peggy Lee and Margaret Whiting

JUMBO - this CD of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart score will include radio tracks of the show, cut numbers and other historic material. Miles Kreuger is writing the notes, like he did for the studio cast of SHOW BOAT. The scores includes "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "Little Girl Blue" and "My Romance"

LADY MAY - Original Cast recording of an earlier Julian Slade (SALAD DAYS) musical

LEAVE IT TO JANE - John McGlinn and the London Sinfonietta studio cast recording of the Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse musical, starring Jason Graae, Judy Kaye, Rebecca Luker and Alix Korey. The score includes "Cleopatterer", "Sir Galahad" and "The Sun Shines Brighter"

LESTAT - Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Elton John and Bernie Taupin musical. Starring Hugh Panaro, Carolee Carmello, Drew Sarich, Jim Stanek, Roderick Hill, Michael Genet and Allison Fischer

LITTLE FISH - Blank Theatre Company Cast Recording of Michael John LaChiusa's musical, starring Alice Ripley, Chad Kimball, Gregory Jbara, Robert Torti, Dina Morishita, German Santiago, Samantha Shelton and Brooke Tansley - Release date: 2008

A LITTLE PRINCESS - world-premiere recording of the musical based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett . Music by Andrew Lippa and Lyrics by Brian Crawley, featuring Will Chase and Julia Murney

LOVELY LADIES KIND GENTLEMEN - studio cast recording of the Stan Freeman / Franklin Underwood's musical with Lou Diamond Phillips, Mickey Rooney, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Schneider and Eleanor Cables

MAMMA MIA - Original Soundtrack of the movie adaptation of ABBA's musical, starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski and Dominic Cooper - Release date: 2008

ME AND JULIET - reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II musical, starring Isabel Bigley, Joan McCracken, Ray Walston, Mark Dawson and Jackie Kelk

MILK AND HONEY - reissue of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Jerry Herman musical, starring Robert Weede, Mimi Benzell, Molly Picon and Tommy Rall

MISS CHICKEN LITTLE - PS Classic will release a studio cast recording of this 1954 television musical with music by Alec Wilder and lyrcis by William Engvick. You can help this project, to see how visit www.psclassics.org

A MOTHER'S KISSES - studio cast recording of the Richard Adler musical based on Brue Jay Friedman's novel. Although Beatrice Arthur had the leading role, this show closed-on-the-road. Debbie Reynolds will play the role for this recording

NAPOLEON - original London cast recording, music by Timothy Williams and lyrics by Andrew Sabiston, with Paul Baker and Anastasia Barzee

NINE - London concert cast recording of the Maury Yeston musical

OH, BOY! - Studio Cast recording of the Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse's 1917 musical conducted by John McGlinn, includes songs like "Till the Clouds Roll By" and "An Old-Fashioned Wife"

OH, LADY! LADY! - Studio Cast recording of the Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse's 1918 musical conducted by John McGlinn, includes songs like "Bill" (heard here for the first time) and "Not Yet"

ONE TOUCH OF VENUS - JAY's studio cast recording of the Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash's musical, starring Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, Kim Criswell and Ron Raines. The score includes "Speak Low" and "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"

PEOPLE LIKE US - Cast Recording of the new musical with Lyrics by Todd Almond & Gus Kaikkonen and Music by Todd Almond. Starring Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob

THE PEOPLE VS. MONA - Concert Cast Recording of Jim Wann/Patricia Miller musical. Starring Marc Kudisch, Ron Raines, Christiane Noll, Lillias White, Omri Schein and Natalie Toro

THE PHILADELPHIA - Studio Cast Recording of the musical by J. Eccleshare. Featuing Sean Hargreaves, Vicki Forrester, Sophie Elliot, Daniel Whitehead, Nicole Thomason, Tom Kirk, Arran Kent, Craig Nixon, James Barber, Emily Cookson and Jonny Pryor

PRINCE OF GRAND STREET - Cast recording of the 2003 Jewish Repertory Theatre production of this Bob Merrill that closed out of town. Starring Mike Burstyn and Brooke Sunny Moriber

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - British Cast Recording of the new musical based on E. Nesbit novel, starring Paul Henry and Susannah Fellows. Music by Richard John and Lyrics by Julian Woolford

ROSE-MARIE - for the first time on CD the RCA's Studio Cast Recording starring Julie Andrews and Giorgio Tozzi. Music by Rudolf Friml & Herbert P. Stothart, with Lyrics by Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS - JAY's complete studio cast recording

SHLOMO - Cast Recording of the musical based on the life of the singing rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, starring David Rossmer, Josie de Guzman, Thursday Farrar, Paul Jackel, James Judy, Brooke Moriber, Daniel Rudin, David Reiser, Aaron Kaburick, Jillian Louis, Gary Patent, Luke Rosen, Talya Smilowitz, Noah Solomon and Lauren Weisman. Music by Shlomo Carlebach and Lyrics by David Schechter, with additional material by Carlebach's daughter, Neshama Carlebach

SOUTH PACIFIC - 2008 Broadway Revival production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, starring Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Loretta Ables Sayre, Sean Cullen, Victor Hawks, Luka Kain, Li Jun Li, Laurissa Romain, Skipp Sudduth and Noah Weisberg - Release date: May 2008

SPRING IS HERE - studio cast recording of the Richard Rodgers & LorenZ Hart 1925 musical comedy, produced by Tommy Krasker for his PS Classics label with Aaron Gandy as musical director (two of the responsibles for the deligthful THROUGH THE YEARS cast recording). The score includes "With a Song in My Heart", "Why Can't I" and "Yours Sincerely"

STRIKE UP THE BAND - studio cast recording of the 1930 revival of George & Ira Gershwin's usical. The score includes "Soon" and "I've Got a Crush on You"

SWEET CHARITY - another recording of the Coleman & Fields' musical, this time the 1966 French Cast recording, starring Magali Noel, Sidney Chaplin, and Collette Marchand

THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR - Off-Broadway Cast recording of the Blues musical starring Chuck Cooper, Leslie Uggams, Peter J. Fernandez, Marva Hicks and Michael McElroy. Music by Keb' Mo', Anderson Edwards and Keith Glover, Lyrics by Keith Glover

THREEPENNY OPERA - Cast Recording of the Kurt Weill & Bertold Brecht musical starring Raul Julia

WHOOPEE - PS Classics will release a studio cast version of this 1928 musical with Music by Walter Donaldson and Lyrics by Gus Kahn. The score includes “Makin’ Whoopee” and “Love Me or Leave Me”. With the assistance of the Donaldson family a reconstruction is now underway and the entire score will be restored and recorded. The cast will include Karen Ziemba, Marin Mazzie and Erin Dilly. You can help this project, to see how visit www.psclassics.org

 

 

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