The 19th volume of Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, which features casts of Broadway shows performing new and classic holiday tunes to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is now available.
Highlights include Billy Porter and the cast of Kinky Boots singing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”; the cast of A Bronx Tale performing “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”; Meghan Toohey (Sara Bareilles' long-time guitarist) offering a 1960s-style original song “Wonder What You Got for Me” featuring Anastacia McCleskey and the rest of the company and band from Waitress; and Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens performing their original carol, “All Those Christmas Cliches,” along with the cast of Anastasia.
“These are all new, original recordings, creatively arranged and performed by the incredibly talented performers and musicians from the 2017 Broadway season,” explains producer Lynn Pinto, who collaborated with engineer Andros Rodriguez on the album, in a statement. "We record the musicians and singers in layers, utilizing isolation booths for a higher quality recording. It gives the album a unique sound from most cast albums and allows us to showcase some of the best voices and instrumentalists in the world.”
The complete track listing follows:
- Aladdin: “O Come All Ye Faithful”
- Anastasia: “All Those Christmas Cliches”
- Avenue Q: “The 12 Days of Christmas”
- Beautiful: “Love at Christmas Time”
- A Bronx Tale: “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”
- Cats: “Joy to the World”
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
- Chicago: “This Is The Night”
- Come From Away: “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
- Dear Evan Hansen: “Down In Yon Forest”
- Groundhog Day: “Oh Little Town of Punx, PA”
- Hamilton: “Chester”
- Jersey Boys (national tour): “Let’s Have an Old Fashioned Jersey Christmas”
- Kinky Boots: “Hark! The Herald Angel Sing”
- The Lion King: “Everyone’s a Kid at Christmas”
- The Phantom of the Opera: “Old Fashioned Christmas”
- School of Rock: “Yule of Rock”
- Waitress: “I Wonder What You Got For Me”
- War Paint: “I Can't Wait For Christmas”
- Wicked: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure can be purchased at the participating shows during the Gypsy of the Year fundraising season (now through December 4). The two-CD set is also available at BroadwayCares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770.
