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By Andrew Ku
08 Mar 2008

Here is a survey of upcoming and recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway-related recordings).

FORTHCOMING

Adrift in Macao

• Release: May 13
  
• Label: LML Music
  
• Writers: music by Peter Melnick, lyrics Christopher Durang
  
• Performers: the original Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded March 5 and 6.

• Release: May 27
  
• Label: Masterworks Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
  
• Performers: Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Matthew Morrison, and the 2008 Lincoln Center cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded April 14.

• Release: June 3
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
  
• Performers: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mandy Gonzalez, Andréa Burns, Karen Olivo, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Robin De Jesús and the 2008 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The 2 disk CD will be recorded March 23-24.

• Release: June 3
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Joshua Schmidt.
  
• Performers: The original Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded April 14.

• Release: June
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stew and Heidi Rodewald.
  
• Performers: Stew, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis and the original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was live at the Belasco Theatre April 14.

• Release: May 27
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by John Bucchino.
  
• Performers: Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, Matt Cavenaugh and the original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded April 7.

• Release: August
  
• Label: Time Life Records
  
• Writers: music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  
• Performers: Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines and the 2008 Broadway revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: recording will boast several songs cut from the original Broadway production: "Three Wishes for Christmas," "Mama's Talkin' Soft," "Nice She Ain't," "Mother's Day," "Smile, Girls," "Who Needs Him?," and an alternate version of "Mother's Day," all featuring new orchestrations penned by Jonathan Tunick.

• Release: Summer 2008
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.
  
• Performers: Marc Kudisch, Erin Davie, Natalie Venetia Belcon, John Kassir, David Patrick Kelly, Jeremy Webb and Julyana Soelistyo.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded Jan. 8.

• Release: TBA
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa.
  
• Performers: Alice Ripley, Chad Kimball, Gregory Jbara and the 2007 Blank Theatre cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Nov. 12.

• Release: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Lance Horne.
  
• Performers: Cast of the Cap Cod Repertory Theatre production.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Sept. 26.

• Release: TBA
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
  
• Performers: Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.

Cry-Baby
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Other Recordings:

Kelli O'Hara: Wonder of the World - Ghostlight - May 6
Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch: Sunday in New York - Ghostlight - May 13

AVAILABLE NOW

Make Me a Song

• Release: April 29
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by William Finn.
  
• Performers: The 2007 Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: This is a live, 2-CD recording.

• Release: Feb. 26
  
• Label: Disney
  
• Writers: music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater.
  
• Performers: Sierra Boggess, Sherie Rene Scott, Sean Palmer, Norm Lewis, and the original 2008 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: A limited edition CD is available for purchase at the Playbill Store.

• Release: Jan. 22
  
• Label: DRG Records
  
• Writers: lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini, music by various.
  
• Performers: Jared Bradshaw, Janet Dickinson, James Donegan, Valerie Fagan, David Caldwell, William Selby, Jeanne Montana, Megan Lewis, Gina Kreiezmar and Michael West.

• Release: Jan. 15 (available at Barrow Street Theatre by late 2007)
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Michael Friedman.
  
• Performers: Emily Ackerman, Damian Baldet, Jennifer R. Morris, Stephen Plunkett, Robbie Collier Sublett and Colleen Werthmann.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Oct. 2.

• Release: Jan. 8, 2008 (already available for online download)
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: songs by John Farrar and Jeff Lynne.
  
• Performers: Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman and the 2007 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Oct. 29.

• Release: Jan. 8, 2008
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby.
  
• Performers: Sally Ann Triplett and the 2007 Menier Chocolate Factory cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: One track, "Pffft!," will be made available online only, as a digital download.

• Release: Dec. 18
  
• Label: Nonesuch
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  
• Performers: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and the 2007 movie cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The movie will be released Dec. 21. Nonesuch will also release a 2-CD deluxe edition.

• Release: Dec. 26
  
• Decca Broadway
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Mel Brooks.
  
• Performers: Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Shuler Hensley, Sutton Foster, Andrea Martin and the original 2007 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The CD was recorded Nov. 12.

• Release: Dec. 12
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Brian Gari.
  
• Performers: Brian D'Arcy James, Julia Murney, Karen Ziemba, Howard McGillin, Mary Testa, Liz Callaway, Chip Zien, Liz Larsen, Sal Viviano, Mario Cantone, Jason Graae, Paul Shaffer, Rupert Holmes, Tony Roberts, Daniel Reichard, Martin Vidnovic and Seth Rudetsky.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording includes Larry Hochman's original Broadway orchestrations, as well as all cut songs from the production.

• Release: Dec. 10. (UK release)
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.
  
• Performers: Bertie Carvel, Lara Pulver and the 2007 Donmar Warehouse cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The double CD will include two new songs written for the London production.

• Release: Dec. 1
  
• Label: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Andrew Rohn
  
• Performers: The original 2007 Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: Recorded Oct. 31, the album will be produced by the show's musical director, August Eriksmoen.

• Release: Nov. 27
  
• Label: Ghostlight Records
  
• Writers: music by Kurt Weill
  
• Performers: Michael Cerveris, Donna Murphy and the original Broadway cast.

• Release: Nov. 13
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman
  
• Performers: Jim Dale, Glenn Close and the November 2006 concert cast the York Theatre Company.

• Release: Oct. 30
  
• Writers: music by Damon Intrabartolo and lyrics by Jon Hartmere.
  
• Performers: Matt Doyle, James Snyder and the 2007 studio cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording will be 3 CDs.

• Release: Sept. 25
  
• Label: Decca Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
  
• Performers: Hayley Westenra, Vittorio Grigolo, Will Martin, Melanie Marshall and Connie Fisher.
  
• Miscellaneous: The singers are backed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Nick Ingman.

• Release: Oct. 2
  
• Label: Masterworks Broadway
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey; additional songs from the 1978 film
  
• Performers: Max Crumm, Laura Osnes and 2007 Broadway revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded Aug. 16.

• Release: July 17
  
• Label: Sh-k-boom Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
  
• Performers: Laura Bell Bundy and the original Broadway cast.

• Release: July 3
  
• Label: Masterworks Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil
  
• Performers: Stephanie J. Block, Hadley Fraser, Linda Balgord and the original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album is produced by Boublil and Schonberg.

• Release: June 22
  
• Label: Bayview Recording Company
  
• Writers: various
  
• Performers: Marc Kudisch, Christiane Noll, Karen Mason, Eddie Korbich, Kerry Butler, Scott Ailing and others.
• Miscellaneous: This CD was recorded live at Town Hall.

• Release: June 12
  
• Label: Ghostlight Records
  
• Writers: music by Mark Bennett
  
• Miscellaneous: The album will contain music from all three parts of Lincoln Center Theater's production of the Tom Stoppard play. The recording is produced by composer Bennett and Curtis Moore.

• Release: June 5
  
• Label: EMI/Angel
  
• Writers: music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
  
• Performers: David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk and the original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 26 and produced by Jay David Saks and executive produced by Bill Rosenfield.

• Release: June 5
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones
  
• Performers: Audra McDonald, John Cullum, Steve Kazee and the 2007 Broadway revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded April 23.

• Release: June 5
  
• Label: PS Classics/Barnes and Noble
  
• Writers: music by Randy Courts, lyrics by Courts and Will Osborne
  
• Performers: Cass Morgan, Donna Bullock.
  
• Miscellaneous: This musical adaptation of the popular children's book will be produced on stage later in 2007.

Linda Eder: Greatest Hits - Rhino - Jan. 29
Idina Menzel: I Stand - Warner Bros. Records - Jan. 29
Betty Buckley: Quintessence - Playbill Records - Feb. 5
Nancy LaMott: Ask Me Again - LML Music - Feb. 12
Lee Mead - Fascination/Polydor - Nov (UK release)
Julie Andrews: Once Upon a Time - Sepia - Nov. 5
Jonathan Larson: Jonathan Sings Larson - PS Classics - Nov. 6
Lauren Kennedy: Title TBA - PS Classics - Nov. 6
Andréa Burns: A Deeper Shade of Red - PS Classics - Nov. 6
Victoria Clark: Fifteen Seconds of Grace — PS Classics - Nov. 6
Michael Ball: Back to Bacharach - Oct. 22 (UK release)
Judy Kuhn: Serious Playground - Ghostlight Records - Oct. 2
Darlene Love: It's Christmas Of Course - Shout Factor - Oct. 2

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