NewsPhoto Call: Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan Record a New John & Jen Cast AlbumThe Off-Broadway revival of Andrew Lippa's musical John & Jen closed April 4 and two days later headed into the recording studio to make a new cast album of the 1995 musical.
By
Matthew Blank
April 07, 2015
Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan comprise the entire cast of this musical about a brother and sister who grow up close to one another in an abusive household. They grow apart, John goes away to war and doesn't come back, and Jen focuses all her protectiveness on her son, also named John.
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Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan Record a New John & Jen Cast Album
The show has lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Lippa and Greenwald. Produced by Lippa and Michael Croiter, the new recording is scheduled to be released June 16 on Broadway records.
Lippa's musicals include The Wild Party, The Addams Family and Big Fish.
This year's nominated revivals include one of the most Tony-nominated musicals of all time, a reworked cult classic, and multiple Broadway debuts ruled as revivals.