Track-by-Track Breakdown
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Sally Wilfert | 03/05/2021The album of their 2019 concert All the Girls gets a physical release March 5 from PS Classics. -
Cast Recordings & Albums
By Grace McLean, Logan Culwell-Block | 01/15/2021The 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 | 11/18/2020In 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 | 11/12/2020The 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 | 11/04/2020RSO 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 | 10/28/2020Composer-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 | 10/05/2020The 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 Tom Kitt | 08/26/2020Starring Kate Baldwin, Bryce Pinkham, and Kyle McArthur, the musical—featuring a book by John Logan—premiered at Second Stage in 2019.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Sarah Stiles | 08/20/2020The Tootsie Tony Award nominee's debut EP is available August 21 on Broadway Records.
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Special Features
By Joshua Turchin | 07/17/2020An EP, recorded entirely during quarantine and starring Laura Benanti and Nikki Renée Daniels, is now available for digital download.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg | 07/01/2020Patina Miller, Amber Gray, and more sing on this batch of original songs about life in quarantine and a hopeful future.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg | 06/24/2020One of the youngest composers to release a full musical recording on a major record label, 16-year-old Elise Marra breaks down the songs in her sixth original musical.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By David Henry Hwang | 04/28/2020Nominated 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 | 04/24/2020With 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 | 04/21/2020The musical opened March 12, 2017, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Gary Clark | 04/21/2020Out now from Sony Masterworks Broadway, the cast album for the upcoming Broadway musical features a New Wave-influenced score by Clark and John Carney.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman | 04/17/2020Joshua 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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Cast Recordings & Albums
Drew Gasparini Shares Behind-the-Scenes Stories and Anecdotes About New Album We Aren't Kids AnymoreBy Drew Gasparini | 04/13/2020Now available to stream and purchase, the song cycle features performances by Colton Ryan, Raymond J. Lee, Lilli Cooper, Nicholas Christopher, and Bonnie Milligan.
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Special Features
By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | 04/08/2020A 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 | 03/27/2020The 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 | 03/24/2020Co-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 Jack Viertel | 02/06/2020The Encores! production, starring Scarlett Strallen and Tam Mutu, was seen at City Center in 2017.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer | 12/19/2019Songwriters Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer composed brand-new songs that sound like beloved classics for the latest batch of episodes, now streaming on Amazon.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/26/2019The performer and lyricist reveals the inspirations for and the writing process of his debut musical, now available for download.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Billy Recce | 11/12/2019The Off-Broadway musical's cast album is now available from Broadway Records.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Michael R. Jackson | 10/03/2019The cast album for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical is now available, and the cast will reunite for an October 14 concert at Joe's Pub.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Faith Soloway | 09/30/2019After five years, the Pfeffermans say goodbye in song on the acclaimed, Emmy-winning Amazon series.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/24/2019The Broadway music director and Broadway actor release their first album Off the Ground.
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Special Features
By Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond | 09/13/2019Composers Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond share the thoughts behind the songs for the new show about a musical-hating man who wakes up... in a musical.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Andrew Lippa | 08/29/2019The world premiere recording, featuring Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin, is out now from Ghostlight Records.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Steven Sater | 08/06/2019The Off-Broadway original cast album from Ghostlight Records is now available.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Eddie Perfect | 07/01/2019With the Beetlejuice cast album now available, the 2019 Tony nominee talks about how his score evolved into what you hear eight times a week at the Winter Garden.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Greg Edwards | 06/24/2019With 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 | 04/15/2019Jennifer 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 | 03/06/2019The 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 | 02/27/2019Stars 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 | 02/15/2019Childs, 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 | 01/15/2019The 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 | 12/17/2018Bookwriter 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 | 12/14/2018The 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 Michael Longoria | 12/09/2018The Jersey Boys star takes us through the romantic journey he’s crafted in his new holiday album.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | 10/08/2018Allen 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 Mark Peikert | 10/03/2018Before 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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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Playbill Staff | 09/25/2018Real-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 | 09/21/2018Written 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 | 08/22/2018Currently 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.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Nell Benjamin and Jeff Richmond | 05/29/2018Tony nominees Nell Benjamin and Jeff Richmond break down their Mean Girls work song by song.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | 05/23/2018Songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty take listeners into the creative process behind the score to their beloved Once On This Island, nominated for eight Tony Awards.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joe Iconis | 05/16/2018The composer of the cult favorite musical takes listeners on a deep dive into his process, starting with Act 1.
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Joe Iconis | 05/16/2018Composer Joe Iconis brings listeners deep into his process as he explains the influences and circumstances around the last half of his score.
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