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Cast Recordings & Albums Get a 1st Listen to Mary Testa Singing 'Three Sisters' From Michael Friedman's Adventures in Reality

A studio album of the late composer's musical is releasing March 24.

Get a first listen to Mary Testa singing "Three Sisters" from the upcoming studio album of Michael Friedman's Adventures in Reality, releasing March 24 from Ghostlight Records.

The release is part of The Michael Friedman Collection, a project aimed at releasing world premiere cast recordings of nine musicals written by the late songwriter. Adventures in Reality's album is part of the final set of recordings, releasing alongside albums of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, In the Footprint: The Battle for the Atlantic Yards, and Canard, Canard, Goose?, all also March 24.

Pre-save and purchase the entire Michael Friedman Collection here.

Along with Testa, performers for the new albums include Nick Blaemire, Cindy Cheung, Carla Duren, Jackie Hoffman, Jo Lampert, Lauren Molina, Dito van Reigersberg, Brian Charles Rooney, Heath Saunders, Tony Torn, Alison Weller, and Ada Westfall for Adventures in Reality; Andrew Kober, Grace McLean, Jonathan Raviv, Maya Sharpe, Kristin Stokes, and Colleen Werthmann for Canard, Canard, Goose?; Andrew Kober, Grace McLean, Onyie Nwachukwu, Jonathan Raviv, Maya Sharpe, Kristin Stokes, Akron Watson, and Colleen Werthmann for In the Footprint; and Gibson Frazier, Rebecca Hart, Matthew Maher, Jennifer R. Morris, Maya Sharpe, Christina Sajous, Kristin Stokes, and Sam Breslin Wright for Mr. Burns.

Steve Cosson and Kurt Deutsch produce the new albums, with Ghostlight Records and The Civilians serving as executive producers. Serving as co-producers for all four are Ian Kagey and Wiley DeWeese with the addition of Andrea Grody for Mr. Burns for which she is also music director. Adventures in RealityCanard, Canard, Goose?; and In the Footprint feature orchestrations by DeWeese, who also serves as music director. Dan Lipton is co-music director for Adventures in Reality.

The collection previously released albums for The Great Immensity, The Abominables, This Beautiful City, (I Am) Nobody's Lunch, and Paris Commune. Ghostlight previously recorded Friedman’s Broadway score to Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Fortress of Solitude, and Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Public Theater, as well as Unknown Soldier, Pretty Filthy, and Gone Missing with The Civilians.

“Having a cast album available is essential to a musical’s enduring legacy and to inspire ongoing productions,” said Friedman’s collaborator Cosson in an earlier statement. “And now, thanks to these new recordings, Michael’s shows are part of the future—new people will inhabit them, give them their voices, and step into the wonderfully rich and idiosyncratic world that Michael’s music conjures." 

Friedman was a founding member of The Civilians, which will honor Ghostlight's Kurt Deutsch at its 2023 Spring Benefit. The event will be held April 3 at 6:30 PM at City Winery. The Civilians is currently Green Performance Space's 2023 Spring Artist-in-Residence.

 
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