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Jersey Boys
- Release: Nov. 1
- Label: Rhino
- Writers: music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe
- Performers: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: Produced by Bob Gaudio, the album was recorded on Aug. 28.
- Release: Dec. 13
- Label: JAY Records
- Writers: music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- Performers: La Chanze, Rachel York, and the 2005 original Off-Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The 2-disk cast album was recorded May 2, 2005.
- Release: TBA
- Label: Nonesuch
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone and the 2005 Broadway cast
- Release: 2005
- Label: TBA
- Writers: music and lyrics by Rick Crom
- Performers: The 2004 Off-Broadway cast
- Release: Jan. 10, 2006
- Label: PS Classics
- Writers: various
- Performers: Original Off-Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded March 2, 2005.
- Release: TBA
- Label: TBA
- Writers: music by Marty Silvestri, lyrics by Joel Higgins
- Performers: Original Off-Broadway cast, including Steve Blanchard, Judy McLane, Ann Crumb and Robert Evan
- Miscellaneous: The album was recorded May 17.
Lennon
Other Recordings:
Sondheim Sings: Volume 2 - PS Classics - Oct. 25
Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniele: Opposite You - PS Classics - Nov. 8
Barbara Cook: Tribute - DRG - Fall 2005
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The Likes of Us
- Release: Oct. 17 (UK Release)
- Label: Really Useful
- Writers: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
- Performers: Stephen Fry and others.
- Release: Sept. 20
- Label: DRG
- Writers: Various
- Performers: 2005 Las Vegas cast
- Miscellaneous: 15 songs from the Las Vegas production.
- Release: Aug. 9
- Label: DRG
- Writers: Whoopi Goldberg
- Performers: Whoopi Goldberg.
- Miscellaneous: The 2-CD set will feature the complete performance as performed and recorded at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on Jan. 29-30, 2005.
- Release: July 26
- Label: Ghostlight
- Writers: music by Steven M. Alper, lyrics by Sarah Knapp.
- Performers: Jacqueline Antaramian, Walter Charles, Adam Heller and Cass Morgan.
- Miscellaneous: The recording is produced by Jan Folkson.
- Release: July
- Label: Kritzerland
- Writers: music and lyrics by Noel Coward
- Performers: The 2005 Irish Repertory cast.
- Release: July 12
- Label: DRG
- Writers: music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields
- Performers: Christina Applegate, Denis O'Hare, and the 2005 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album is available at selected New York retailers prior to the national release. CD was recorded May 16. Six bonus tracks will be included.
- Release: May 31
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by William Finn
- Performers: The 2005 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded April 5, 2005. The CD includes a song cut from the show.
- Release: May 31
- Label: Sony BMG
- Writers: Various
- Performers: Cheyenne Jackson and the 2005 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded April 4.
- Release: May 24
- Label: Nonesuch
- Writers: music and lyrics by Adam Guettel
- Performers: Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison and the 2005 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The album was recorded March 14.
- Release: May 17
- Label: Sh-K-Boom Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker
- Performers: Scott Porter, Ryan Duncan, David Josefsberg, Andy Karl and Tyler Maynard.
- Miscellaneous: The album was recorded March 14.
- Release: May 3
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Writers: music by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
- Performers: Sutton Foster, Maureen McGovern, and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded Feb. 28, 2005.
- Release: May 3
- Label: Decca Broadway
- Writers: music by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, lyrics by Idle
- Performers: Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded Feb. 7, 2005 and will include the cut song "Prayers".
- Release: May 10
- Label: Ghostlight Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by David Yazbek
- Performers: John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded March 14, 2005.
- Release: May 10
- Label: PS Classics
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: B.D. Wong and the original 2004 Broadway cast.
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded Feb. 1, 2005.
- Release: May 17
- Label: Sh-K-Boom
- Writers: music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker
- Performers: Scott Porter, Ryan Duncan, David Josefsberg, Andy Karl and Tyler Maynard
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded March 14.
- Release: April 26
- Label: First Night
- Writers: various
- Performers: Adele Anderson, Dillie Keane and Liza Pulman.
- Release: Early 2005
- Label: Sh-K-Boom Records
- Writers: music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
- Performers: Patrick Wilson, Jesse L. Martin, Sherie Rene Scott, Christine Ebersole, Gavin Creel, Anne Marie Milazzo, Eden Espinosa, Sharon Leal, Everett Bradley, Richard Kind and Celia Keenan Bolger.
- Miscellaneous: The recording is a reconceived version of the 1999 Off-Broadway recording.
- Release: Early 2005
- Label: Ghostlight (Sh-K-Boom Records)
- Writers: lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot
- Performers: Participants in the 2004 Actor' Fund Benefit Concert including Jennifer Hudson.
- Miscellaneous: The recording was made Oct. 1.
- Release: March 15
- Label: Disney
- Writers: various
- Performers: Cast of the touring company
- Release: Jan. 25
- Label: PS Classics
- Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Performers: The 2004 Original Broadway cast, including Nathan Lane, Roger Bart, John Byner, Peter Bartlett, Daniel Davis, Burke Moses and Michael Siberry
- Miscellaneous: Produced by Tommy Krasker, the album was recorded Oct. 12.
- Release: Dec. 13
- Label: DRG Records
- Writers: music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Performers: Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills and the 2003 Broadway revival cast
- Miscellaneous: Vocal tracks by new Wonderful Town leads Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills were overlaid on existing tracks recorded in 2003.
- Release: Dec. 14
- Label: Brooklyn Records
- Writers: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
- Performers: The 2004 Original Broadway cast: Eden Espinosa, Kevin Anderson, Cleavant Derricks, Ramona Keller and Karen Olivo
- Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded "live" in the studio on Oct. 25.
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics - Oct. 19
Jeff Harnar: Dancing in the Dark - PS Classics - Oct. 4
Kevin Spirtas: The Sweetest of Nights and the Finest of Days - Kritzerland - Sept. 13
Broadway Unplugged - Bayview Recording Company - Sept. 12
Ethel Merman: The World Is Your Balloon - Decca Broadway - Sept.
Michael Feinstein: Hopeless Romantics - Concord Records - Sept.
Fyvush Finkel: It's Never Too Late - Original Cast Records - Sept.
Billy Porter: At the Crossroads of Broadway+Soul Sh-K-Boom - July 26
Guy Haines: New Guy in Town - Kritzerland - July
Bruce Dow: Lucky to Be Me
Jason Robert Brown: Wearing Someone Else's Clothes - Sh-K-Boom - June 28