Track-by-Track Breakdown
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Tomas Costanza, Ashley Gordon, Alaska Thunderfuck | May 13, 2022Out May 13, the studio album of the musical telling the story of two rival drag bars fighting for financial survival features Peppermint, Nick Adams, Max Von Essen, and more.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Tom Kitt, Michael Korie | May 6, 2022
Watch two exclusive full-song performances filmed during the Broadway run as the show's writers offer a peak inside its development.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joe Iconis | March 24, 2022
Learn the classic songs, artists, and stories that went into the writing of this new musical from the Be More Chill songwriter.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond | December 10, 2021The world premiere cast recording of this Off-Broadway musical released from Ghostlight Records earlier this year.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Logan Culwell-Block | December 3, 2021The album releases December 3 with performances from Broadway favorites Daniel J. Watts, Lilli Cooper, Amber Iman, and more.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Daniel Goldstein | November 5, 2021The cast album from Ghostlight Records captures the 2020 Off-Broadway production of one of the late Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson songwriter's final musicals.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Logan Culwell-Block | October 29, 2021The Rainbow Lullaby, featuring performances from Jenn Collella, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Caitlin Kinnunen, and more, is out now from Broadway Records.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ryan McPhee | June 25, 2021The Grammy-winning country star dives deep into her love of musical theatre, (literally) singing the praises of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim, Pasek and Paul, and more.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Eleri Ward | June 4, 2021Singer-songwriter Ward arranges, plays, and sings Sondheim through the lens of Sufjan Stevens on this new 13-track album.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joey Contreras | May 13, 2021Andrew Barth Feldman, George Salazar, Solea Pfeiffer, and more sing in Joey Contreras’ ode to relationships.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By The Lazours | April 21, 2021Flap My Wings is a collaborative album inspired by Daniel and Patrick Lazour's musical We Live in Cairo. In the following essay, the brothers share their journey of working with artists from around the world for the release.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Kyle Taylor Parker | March 22, 2021The Kinky Boots star dives into the inspiration behind his new takes on songs from Ragtime, The Color Purple, Follies, and more.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Sally Wilfert | March 5, 2021The album of their 2019 concert All the Girls gets a physical release March 5 from PS Classics.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Grace McLean, Logan Culwell-Block | January 15, 2021The Great Comet star gives us the inside scoop on the inspiration and artistry that went into the medieval musical as the cast recording gets a physical release from Ghostlight Records.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Katori Hall | November 18, 2020In this in-depth and reflective essay, the Tony-nominated book writer explores Tina Turner's life, Adrienne Warren's pipes, and more.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg, Ryan Shaw | November 12, 2020The Grammy nominee and America”s Got Talent alum asks “What if Marvin Gay were still alive today?” And answers it with Imagining Marvin.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ryan Scott Oliver with Lindsay Mendez | November 4, 2020RSO brings his horror-thriller album to life, explaining the ins and outs of writing spooky music—with an intro from Tony winner Lindsay Mendez.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Jacob Brandt | October 28, 2020Composer-lyricist Jacob Brandt takes us inside the melodic motivations and inner workings of his musical and capturing the psychological story of Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jaime Lozano | October 5, 2020The 12-track album, released October 2, is unlike any other you’ve heard—fusing salsa, bolero pop, tex-mex, cumbia, musical theatre, and more—which is why Miranda wrote the liner notes.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By David Henry Hwang | April 28, 2020Nominated for 11 Drama Desk Awards, the Off-Broadway musical's cast album is now available from Ghostlight Records.
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Special Features
By Bobby Conte Thornton and James Sampliner | April 24, 2020With album producer James Sampliner, Thornton shares the narrative trajectory of the cabaret act-turned-record.
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Special Features
By Irene Sankoff and David Hein | April 21, 2020The musical opened March 12, 2017, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman | April 17, 2020Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman reveal the fusion of two seemingly opposite musical languages in their “Sondheim Disco Fever Dream” from Broadway Records.
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Special Features
By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | April 8, 2020A deep dive into the untold stories of lyrical inspirations, creations of musical themes, cut sequences, and the genius of Terrence McNally behind the show’s Tony Award–winning songs.
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Special Features
By Georgia Stitt | March 27, 2020The composer and music director shares the backstories of the 13 tracks on her A Quiet Revolution.
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Special Features
By Keith Harrison and Laura Schein | March 24, 2020Co-writers Keith Harrison and Laura Schein share the backstory to their songs, which can be heard on the original cast album released by Broadway Records.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Greg Edwards | June 24, 2019With the Off-Broadway cast album—featuring Kevin Zak, Brennan Caldwell, Jennifer Blood, and Morgan Weed—now available, Edwards walks Playbill readers through the score one neurosis at a time.
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Special Features
By Jennifer Ashley Tepper | April 15, 2019Jennifer Ashley Tepper, the director of the Feinstein's/54 Below concert, shares behind-the-scenes stories about the mostly unheard Larson songs that comprise the song cycle.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Andrew Lippa | March 6, 2019The songwriter takes readers through the live recording of the 2018 concert about the history of gay rights in 20th-century America.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | February 27, 2019Stars Max Crumm, Allie Trimm, and Leslie Hiatt share memories from the musical upon the cast album's release.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Kirsten Childs | February 15, 2019Childs, who also wrote The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, shares stories behind each song on the new cast album for her Off-Broadway musical.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | January 15, 2019The Tony-winning songwriters explain what changed, what didn't change, and why they wrote some brand-new songs for their adaptation of their animated musical.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Maria Ciampi | December 17, 2018Bookwriter Maria Ciampi shares behind-the-scenes stories of the Kris Kringle The Musical score just in time for the holidays.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | December 14, 2018The songwriters for the new musical comedy starring Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmanskas, Caitlin Kinnunen, and more walk readers through the new cast album, now available.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | October 8, 2018Allen shares behind-the-score stories to the songs in the Broadway musical seen at the Belasco earlier this season.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | October 6, 2018The writers of this emotional Off-Broadway musical go in-depth on each song featured on the new cast album.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Mark Peikert | October 3, 2018Before Ghostlight Records releases the original cast album digitally October 5, Pulitzer winner Quiara Alegría Hudes and singer-songwriter Erin McKeown share how their score came to be.
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Special Features
By Playbill Staff | September 28, 2018The Season 9 contestant and cabaret favorite shares how and why she chose the ten tracks on her new album.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | September 25, 2018Real-life couple Abigail and Shaun Bengson go deep on their eclectic score, preserved on a new cast album.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Jim Vallance | September 21, 2018Written with Bryan Adams, the score to Pretty Woman is a showcase for some amazing Broadway voices (Samantha Barks and Orfeh, anyone?).
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Special Features
Track-by-Track Breakdown: Peter Kellogg and David Friedman Go Deep on Their Desperate Measures ScoreBy Peter Kellogg and David Friedman | August 22, 2018Currently running at New World Stages, Desperate Measures takes Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, ups the comedy, and sets the whole thing in the Wild Wild West.
