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Post by Talon Karrde on Nov 9, 2013 8:54:04 GMT -5
NORTH OF HOUSTON (October 31, 2013 – New York, NY) – Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle’s "North of Houston: Live At 54 BELOW" will be released digitally on November 15th and on CD on November 19th, 2013. The CD is now available for pre-order at amzn.com/B00G9COK36. The track listing and cover art were unveiled today by Broadway Records. When the snazzy 54 Below Supper Club asked Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle repeatedly to play, the band dragged their boots in typically disorganized fashion. What was this shabby downtown bunch going to do uptown in such plush surroundings? Well, the same ramshackle thing they always did, as it turned out. At least it was literally underground. And then, on the eve of their residency, Hurricane Sandy made the psychic distance between New Orleans and New York seem very small indeed. After 5 days spent in the cold and dark, it seemed unlikely the shows would go on. But all the same, they carried instruments and walked miles across bridges, rode bikes, huddled in cars to practice with a heater on and squeezed on top of each other into a Broadway dressing room to keep playing--and to keep their minds off how creepy it was in pitch black lower Manhattan and how precarious this whole civilization thing was after all. And the shows did go on. The first one was the Friday post-storm. A surprising number of hearty souls braved the lack of transportation and power. The night started heavy with the weight of what friends, families and neighbors in the Rockaways and Jersey Shore were digging out from under. Just being around people felt good, and songs like “Get Down River” and “Evangeline” got added to the set and took on more meaning. They learned (ok, half learned) Electricity at sound check as a kind of ode to wishful thinking. And Lo and Behold, by the end of the set, word trickled in that power was coming back on slowly in their homes downtown...not saying they made it happen, but.... By the end, worry and uncertainty was giving way to relief and resilience and a commitment to celebrating community...there may even have been Skynyrd played at some point. The next night was a rowdy show for a full crowd that carried on well past the allotted time, ending with an utterly unrehearsed, countrified “Pinball Wizard”. Followers of Michael Cerveris’ stage and screen work may be surprised by the lack of Broadway crooning and pretense on hand here. But then, Cerveris’ fans know the only thing to expect from him is that expectations will be confounded. What is here instead is a document of a band at a moment in time, friends just playing together and making music they were raised on regardless of where they were born and how they pay their rent these days. “North of Houston” was recorded live, clams and all, at 54 BELOW, NYC, and mixed by legendary producer Mark Bingham at Piety Studios, New Orleans. Track Listing: 1. intro 2. Get Downtown 3. Gasoline And Matches 4. mandolin instruction 5. Backwater 6. Electricity 7. Jolene, F**k You 8. dedication 9. Dog Eared 10. Lost In New Amsterdam 11. Raise Hell 12. Ghost Of Virginia 13. longfellows and shortcomings 14. Evangeline 15. Get Down River 16. Run That By Me One More Time 17. band intros 18. Walking Down The Line 19. Hard Luck Story 20. Wagon Wheel 21. Pinball Wizard 54 BELOW is owned and operated by Tony Award winning producers Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch. More “Live at 54 BELOW” titles will be announced shortly. MICHAEL CERVERIS & LOOSE CATTLE: They were a couple at the time. And it was hard times. And because therapy was damned expensive, they thought if they spent more time singing in the living room, there'd be less time for fighting. The idea was pretty simple: squeeze a bunch of friends together in a living room and play through some country tunes. Good time songs and sad ones, old ones and new ones. Not too much planning, not too much drinking (well...not everything went as planned). The name was conceived at a gig with their friend Laura Cantrell downstairs at Hill Country Barbecue under a sign warning of Loose Livestock (they never could quite remember it right) and they became Loose Cattle. Southern by birth or by inclination, they gathered some like-minded friends, made some new ones, convinced them all to lower their prodigious musical skills
to their commonest level and something like a band was born. Mindful that the Road to Hell is paved with actor/singers, Cerveris went to a lonely corner of the pasture and buried his Tony Award, five nominations and myriad accolades from stage outings in Broadway's Tommy, Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Evita, Hedwig, forsook his television lives as September the Observer on FOX's “Fringe” and Marvin Frey in HBO's “Tremé” and his punk and rock days spent touring and sharing stages with Bob Mould, Frank Black, the Breeders and Pete Townshend, turning instead to embrace his West Virginia roots along with Jersey-born co-vocalist Kimberly Kaye (former trumpet strumpet with WARP tour punk/ska vets New Direxion), Gabriel Caplan (guitarist for Naomi Shelton’ Gospel Queens), Jon Graboff (pedal steel multi-instrumentalist for Ryan Adams, Shooter Jennings, Laura Cantrell and many others), Alex Harvey (fiercely independent theater director and, more famously, the mandolin star of those Geico ads), Justin Smith (the giant fiddler of The Defibulators), Lorenzo Wolff (bass and sousaphone player for The Lisps), and Eddy Zweiback (percussionist and founding member of Losers Lounge). And though they only ever meant to play in folks’ living rooms, they’ve found themselves flown to West Virginia to play Mountain Stage with Arlo Guthrie, gracing the Allen Room at Lincoln Center for the American Songbook series, with repeat appearances at Joe’s Pub and a residency at 54 Below--the source of live recordings for their rollicking debut album, “North of Houston” on Broadway Records, to be released 19 November 2013.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Nov 23, 2013 8:31:20 GMT -5
SIERRA BOGGESS LIVE AT 54 BELOW (November 21, 2013 – New York, NY) – Sierra Boggess’ "Awakening: Live At 54 BELOW" will be released digitally on December 6th and on CD on December 10th, 2013. The CD is now available for pre-order at amzn.com/B00GNKOYCG. The iTunes and CD editions of the album will include liner notes essays from Broadway legends Hal Prince and Andrew Lloyd Webber. In his liner notes, Prince called Sierra, “a crystal-clear soprano and she can belt with the best of 'em. Add to that, she's as good and true an actress as I've ever worked with and all of this talent is delivered in a beautiful package.” Lloyd Webber offered, “Sierra is a one-off, a true original, someone who I cannot wait to work with again if she will allow me to.” Sierra Boggess is perhaps best known for her Broadway performances as Ariel in The Little Mermaid and as Christine in the 25th Anniversary Engagement of The Phantom of the Opera as well as portraying Christine in the Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies. “I am thrilled to announce that my debut solo album is my live show at 54 BELOW! I hope anyone who hears it enjoys the journey we go on together and feels inspired and awakened!” said Boggess. Sierra is joined on a few selected songs by two members of her family: Summer Boggess on cello and her father, Mike Boggess, on an acoustic guitar he built himself. “Sierra Boggess is a stunning talent and we feel incredibly fortunate to include her debut solo recording as part of our Live at 54 BELOW album series,” said Van Dean, co-founder of Broadway Records. The music director for “Awakening: Live at 54 BELOW” is Brian Hertz and the recording is produced by Michael Moritz and executive produced by Van Dean and Kenny Howard, of The Broadway Consortium. “Awakening” is the latest in the “Live at 54 BELOW” series that started earlier this year with albums by Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Christiane Noll, Andrea McArdle, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti and the just announced Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle and Bebe Neuwirth. More albums in the series will be announced shortly. Sierra Boggess returns to 54 BELOW December 2, 4 and 5 at 7PM, and December 6 and 7 at 8PM to celebrate the release of her album. Tickets are $45 - $60 cover plus a $25 minimum. To purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 2:00pm are only available by calling 646-476-3551. 54 BELOW is owned and operated by Tony Award winning producers Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch. Track Listing: 1. I Have Confidence 2. “Welcome: Awakening” 3. Lovely 4. “Inspiration: Opera” 5. Quando M’en Vo 6. Donde Lieta 7. “Inspiration: My father” 8. Wildflowers 9. “Inspiration: Nature” 10. How Come 11. Just Around the Riverbend 12. Can You Imagine 13. Part of Your World 14. “Inspiration: You are Enough!” 15. I Don't Care 16. “Inspiration: Gillian Lynne, Hal Prince, Andrew Lloyd Webber” 17. The Ultimate Medley with apologies to ALW 18. “Inspiration: Barbra Streisand” 19. Before the Parade Passes By 20. A Quiet Thing 21. “Inspiration: Grandparents” 22. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 23. You'll Never Know 24. “Closing Remarks” 25. Live Out Loud 26. A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes SIERRA BOGGESS: Broadway credits include the 25th Anniversary engagement in The Phantom of the Opera, the revival of Master Class (opposite Tyne Daly) and The Little Mermaid (Drama Desk and Drama League nominations, Broadway.com Award- Favorite Breakthrough Performance). Boggess' London credits include Les Miserables, the 25th Anniversary Concerts of The Phantom Of The Opera at Royal Albert Hall and Love Never Dies (Olivier Award nomination). Other NY theatre credits include the final cast of off-Broadway's Love, Loss And What I Wore and Music in the Air for Encores! Boggess starred as Christine Daae in the Las Vegas production of The Phantom of the Opera. Regionally, she has been seen in Princesses (World Premiere, Goodspeed Opera House and Seattle 5th Avenue Theater) and the national tour of Les Miserables. Recordings include “Rogers & Hammerstein: At The Movies” (with the John Wilson Orchestra), the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Phantom Of The Opera (also on DVD), the Symphonic Recording of Love Never Dies, The Little Mermaid and Andrew Lippa's A Little Princess. Concert appearances include The BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series: The Lyrics of David Zippel at Lincoln Center, New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and Broadway by the Year at Town Hall. After two sold out shows this past August, she'll return to 54 BELOW this December to celebrate the release of her first solo recording. BROADWAY RECORDS is a new label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings and is a division of the theatrical production and investment company, The Broadway Consortium. The Broadway Consortium (winner of Best Revival of a Musical Tony® Award in 2012) was co-founded by Van Dean and Kenny Howard. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings. The Broadway Consortium’s Broadway producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Evita (2012). West End: Master Class (2012). The Broadway Consortium was also the lead producer of January’s From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which recently aired on NY area PBS stations. Together, Kenny and Van executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. The general counsel for Broadway Records and The Broadway Consortium is Barry Miller. www.BroadwayConsortium.comwww.BroadwayRecords.com 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 BELOW is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of 54 BELOW, The New York Times writes “the club has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan’s other major supper clubs.” Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 BELOW features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 25, 2014 9:30:49 GMT -5
MEET JOHN DOE (November 21, 2013 – New York, NY) – Meet John Doe, the Jonathan Larson Award-winning musical by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman, will be released on the Broadway Records label on November 26th, 2013. The album can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com at amzn.com/B00FAD1GPA and features Heidi Blickenstaff ([title of show], Addams Family), who received a 2007 Helen Hayes Award for the show's world premiere production at the Ford's Theatre in DC. Joining her from the Ford's production are James Moye (Million Dollar Quartet, Full Monty) as John Doe and two-time Tony Award nominee Joel Blum (Show Boat, Steel Pier), as well as Tony Award nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Spiderman), John Jellison (Memphis), and Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies). Meet John Doe is based on the classic Frank Capra film from 1941, starring Barbara Stanwyck as ambitious reporter Ann Mitchell, and Gary Cooper as out-of-work baseball pitcher John Willoughby. When Mitchell is fired in the depths of the Depression, she pens a prank letter to her own column from a “John Doe,” who is planning to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge on New Year's Eve to “protest the state of society.” When the letter is unexpectedly printed, “John” becomes a citywide sensation, and Ann muscles her way back into her job, ghostwriting columns for him. To play John, she hires Willoughby, who turns out to be much more than a handsome face. After John Doe creates a national movement of community organizations, newspaper owner D.B. Norton tries to cash in on John Doe's popularity, and Ann and the real John must decide how far they'll go to protect what they've created. "We fell in love with the witty dialogue and complicated love story of the film," said Sugarman, "and knew that Andrew could write a terrific jazz-inspired score to go along with that." "What we didn't realize was how relevant the political message would become as we worked on the show," added Gerle. "Capra's message of everyday folks triumphing over corporations and fat cats feels more important today than ever, and audiences really responded to that." "Meet John Doe is a wonderful new musical that has had several productions around the country. We are honored to have the opportunity to release its Original Studio Cast Recording," said Van Dean, co-founder of Broadway Records. The musical began life with a concert production at the New York Music Theatre Festival (NYMF) and a presentation at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), followed by workshops at Carousel Dinner Theatre in Ohio, the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT, and Goodspeed Musical's Norma Terris Theater in 2006. The world premiere production at the Ford's Theater won the Ford's its first two Helen Hayes Awards, one for Heidi Blickenstaff and one for director Eric Schaeffer. The show has since been produced in Chicago at Porchlight Music Theater, and is available for licensing through R&H Theatricals. Heidi Blickenstaff and James Moye from the 2007 Ford's Theatre premiere of Meet John Doe Track Listing: Yesterday's News (Robert Cuccioli, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Heidi Blickenstaff, Ensemble) I'm Your Man (Heidi Blickenstaff) Page Eight, At the Top / Fast Talking (Heidi Blickenstaff, John Jellison, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ensemble) I Hope You Can See This (Heidi Blickenstaff) I Feel Like a Man Again (James Moye) Get the Picture (James Moye, Heidi Blickenstaff) Be More (Robert Cuccioli, Heidi Blickenstaff) Money Talks (Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Joel Blum) He Threw Me (Heidi Blickenstaff) He Speaks to Me (Brian Munn, James Moye, Heidi Blickenstaff, Robert Cuccioli, Ensemble) Entr'acte / Meet John Doe Jingle (Andrew Gerle, Pamela Bob, Channez McQuay, Steven Booth) Thank You (Ensemble) Bigger Than Baseball (Robert Cuccioli, Heidi Blickenstaff, James Moye, Joel Blum, John Jellison, Ensemble) Who the Hell (Forgot to Tell My Heart) (Heidi Blickenstaff, James Moye) Lighthouses (John Jellison) New American Times (James Moye, Heidi Blickenstaff) It's Not Over / Finale (Heidi Blickenstaff, Ensemble) Gerle and Sugarman won the Jonathan Larson Award in 2006. Sugarman is currently Managing Director of 16th Street Theater outside Chicago, winner of a 2013 National Theatre Grant from the American Theatre Wing. Gerle is the also the recipient of four Richard Rodgers Awards for his shows Gloryana and The Tutor (book and lyrics by Maryrose Wood), and the 2012 Kleban Award for the libretto for Gloryana. He is also the author of the play Renovations, and the book The Enraged Accompanist's Guide to the Perfect Audition (Applause Books). BROADWAY RECORDS is a new label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings and is a division of the theatrical production and investment company, The Broadway Consortium. The Broadway Consortium (winner of Best Revival of a Musical Tony® Award in 2012) was co-founded by Van Dean and Kenny Howard. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings. The Broadway Consortium’s Broadway producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Evita (2012). West End: Master Class (2012). The Broadway Consortium was also the lead producer of January’s From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which recently aired on NY area PBS stations. Together, Kenny and Van executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. The general counsel for Broadway Records and The Broadway Consortium is Barry Miller. www.BroadwayConsortium.comwww.BroadwayRecords.com
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 25, 2014 9:32:15 GMT -5
THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING OF BIG FISH (New York, NY – Thursday, December 5, 2013) Broadway Records will release the original Broadway cast recording of the new musical BIG FISH digitally on Friday, February 7, 2014 and everywhere music is sold on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. The album will be produced by Andrew Lippa and Michael Croiter. Sign up to pre-order at amzn.com/B00H3UKZ6E. BIG FISH began performances on Thursday, September 5, 2013, officially opened on Sunday, October 6, 2013 and will play its final performance on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street). BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman with a huge heart, enormous spirit and an extraordinary vision of the world. Edward's incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, must make his way through the smokescreen of his father’s improbable stories to unravel the mystery of who his father truly is. BIG FISH is about dreaming, loving and living bigger. BIG FISH is based on the 1998 novel “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” by Daniel Wallace, and the 2003 critically acclaimed film from Columbia Pictures written by John August and directed by Tim Burton. The film and its soundtrack were nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, 4 Golden Globe Awards and 7 BAFTA Awards. BIG FISH had its pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre in a critically-lauded 5-week engagement in April of 2013. Directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Contact, The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys), with music and lyrics by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, The Addams Family), and a book by Grammy and BAFTA Award nominee John August (Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), BIG FISH stars two-time Tony Award® winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) as Edward Bloom, Tony Award® nominee Kate Baldwin (Giant, Finian’s Rainbow) as Sandra Bloom, Tony Award® nominee Bobby Steggert (Giant, Ragtime) as Will Bloom, Krystal Joy Brown (Leap Of Faith) as Josephine Bloom, Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins) and Zachary Unger (Chaplin) alternating as Young Will, Ryan Andes as Karl, Ben Crawford as Don Price, and Tony Award® nominee Brad Oscar as Amos Calloway. BIG FISH features JC Montgomery, Ciara Renée, Kirsten Scott and Sarrah Strimel, in a cast of 27 that includes Preston Truman Boyd, Bree Branker, Alex Brightman, Joshua Buscher, Robin Campbell, Bryn Dowling, Jason Lee Garrett, Leah Hofmann, Synthia Link, Angie Schworer, Lara Seibert, Tally Sessions, Cary Tedder and Ashley Yeater. BIG FISH has scenic design by Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Julian Crouch, costume design by six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Donald Holder, sound design by Los Angeles Drama Critics Award winner Jon Weston, projection design by Drama Desk Award winner Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions, wig and hair design by Paul Huntley, make-up design by Angelina Avallone, musical direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman and dance arrangements by Sam Davis. BIG FISH is produced by Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen and Stage Entertainment USA with Roy Furman, Edward Walson, James L. Nederlander, Broadway Across America/Rich Entertainment Group, John Domo, and in association with Parrothead Productions, Lucky Fish, Peter May/Jim Fantaci, Harvey Weinstein/Carole L. Haber, Dancing Elephant Productions, CJ E&M, Ted Liebowitz, Ted Hartley, Clay Floren and Columbia Pictures. Tickets for BIG FISH range from $49 - $142, and are available at the Neil Simon box office or at Ticketmaster.com (866-870-2717). The playing schedule for BIG FISH is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. A limited number of student rush tickets will be available when the box office opens for that day’s performance. Student rush Tickets are $27 and are only available in person at the Neil Simon box office with a valid student ID. Limit two tickets per person. ABOUT BROADWAY RECORDS Broadway Records is a new label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings and is a division of the theatrical production and investment company, The Broadway Consortium. The Broadway Consortium (winner of Best Revival of a Musical Tony® Award in 2012) was co-founded by Van Dean and Kenny Howard. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings with releases from Patti LuPone, Nobert Leo Butz, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess and more. The Broadway Consortium’s Broadway producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Evita (2012). West End: Master Class (2012). The Broadway Consortium was also the lead producer of January’s From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which recently aired on NY area PBS stations. Together, Kenny and Van executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. The general counsel for Broadway Records and The Broadway Consortium is Barry Miller. www.BroadwayConsortium.comwww.BroadwayRecords.com ### FOR INFORMATION ON BIG FISH VISIT: www.thehartmangrouppr.comwww.bigfishthemusical.comwww.Facebook.com/BigFishMusicalTwitter: @bigfishbroadway
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 25, 2014 9:35:53 GMT -5
Two-Year Old Label, Broadway Records, Celebrates First Grammy Nomination For MATILDA THE MUSICAL Original Broadway Cast Recording (December 10, 2013 – New York, NY) Broadway Records celebrates their first ever Grammy nomination for the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Tony Award® winning MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Broadway Records released this cast album in conjunction with Yellow Sound Label. MATILDA THE MUSICAL was the third original cast album, sixteenth album overall, released by the two-year old record label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. “We are incredibly honored to receive this Grammy® nomination for MATILDA THE MUSICAL in our second year as a label. It is an affirmation of our mission to preserve recordings of quality works of musical theater. We are thrilled to share this nomination with the cast, fellow album producers and the creative team behind this inventive and magical musical,” stated Broadway Records co-founder Van Dean, who, along with Michael Croiter and Chris Nightingale, produced the MATILDA THE MUSICAL album. In addition to MATILDA THE MUSICAL, Broadway Records has released the Original Broadway Cast Recordings for Bonnie and Clyde and Lysistrata Jones and studio recordings of LIZZIE, Meet John Doe, Jekyll & Hyde with Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis and an EP of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with Nick Jonas. Forthcoming cast albums planned for early 2014 include Big Fish and more titles to be announced shortly. Broadway Records, in partnership with 54 BELOW, has also released numerous live cabaret recordings from artists including Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Christiane Noll, Andrea McArdle and, more recently, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti, Michael Cerveris, Sierra Boggess and Bebe Neuwirth. Winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, MATILDA THE MUSICAL is based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox). MATILDA THE MUSICAL was recently named the #1 musical or play of 2013 by Time Magazine. It is the story of an extraordinary girl who dreams of a better life. Armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, Matilda dares to take a stand and change her destiny. Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Dodgers, the Broadway smash opened in April at the Shubert Theatre to rapturous reviews. MATILDA THE MUSICAL received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, four Tony Awards® and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater for each of the four girls sharing the title role, five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, as well as two Outer Critics Circle Awards. MATILDA THE MUSICAL tickets are available at www.telecharge.com (212-239-6200) or in person at the Shubert Theatre Box Office (225 West 44th Street). ### www.broadwayrecords.comwww.matildathemusical.com@matildabroadway www.facebook.com/MatildaOnBroadway The RSC Literary Department is generously supported by THE DRUE HEINZ TRUST. American Airlines is the preferred airline for MATILDA THE MUSICAL. BROADWAY RECORDS is dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings and is a division of the theatrical production and investment company, The Broadway Consortium. The Broadway Consortium (winner of Best Revival of a Musical Tony Award® in 2012) was co-founded by Van Dean and Kenny Howard. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings which includes artists such as Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Sierra Boggess, Bebe Neuwirth, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti, Andrea McArdle and Christiane Noll. The Broadway Consortium’s Broadway producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Evita (2012). West End: Master Class (2012). The Broadway Consortium was also the lead producer of January’s From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook, which was recently broadcast on New York area PBS stations, and Seussical The Musical in Newtown. Together, prior to forming Broadway Records, Kenny and Van executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. The general counsel for Broadway Records and The Broadway Consortium is Barry Miller. www.BroadwayRecords.com
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 25, 2014 9:43:21 GMT -5
Samson and Delilah, A Love Story (January 7, 2014 – New York, NY) – A concept recording of the brand new musical love story will be released digitally on February 7th and on CD on February 11th, 2014 to coincide with Valentine’s Day. The CD is now available for pre-order at amzn.com/B00HQ31WDI. There will be a special 54 BELOW album launch concert January 29th at 9:30 pm and January 30th at 9:30 pm where attendees will be able to buy the album 2 weeks early. This contemporary pop/rock concept album consists of songs from the forthcoming new musical Samson & Delilah with music and lyrics by Ron Yatter, former William Morris agent. Newly married lovers, and American Idol stars, Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo perform in the title roles. The songs are a unique combination of classic legit theater and pop/rock, creating a new musical sound that tells the epic, tragic love story of the biblical couple from two different worlds. Delilah, the beautiful young Philistine, falls in love with the mighty Samson, but when overcome by misguided jealousy, she betrays the man she loves. Though they both launched to stardom after appearing in different seasons on American Idol, it was in the Broadway revival of Hair where Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo met and fell in love. “Their love informs their beautiful and exciting portrayals of the album songs,” noted Ron Yatter. “We are thrilled to add Ace and Diana to the Broadway Records family. Their credits span both theater and pop music and their own love story make them the perfect portrayers of the album’s emotional musical journey,” stated Van Dean, Co-founder of Broadway Records. For more information on the 54 BELOW album launch concert, please visit 54below.com/artist/diana-degarmo-ace-young/ DIANA DEGARMO: From Broadway to the Hollywood Bowl, Diana is no stranger to the stage. At 16, she stole America’s heart on “Idol” before becoming the first alum to star on Broadway. Starring in such shows as Hair, where she met her husband, Ace Young, 9 to 5, Brooklyn: The Musical, Hairspray and The Toxic Avenger, she then moved to Los Angeles to play the role of “Angelina,” a fan favorite on the number one daytime series “The Young and the Restless”. In 2008, she released an acoustic EP “Unplugged in Nashville” and recently released a Country EP, “Live To Love”, composed of songs co-written with Ace. ACE YOUNG: This athletic, 6'1" runt of 5 boys moved to Los Angeles from Boulder, Colorado over ten years ago to pursue a career in music. Since then Ace has worked with musical stars ranging from Brian McKnight to Desmond Child. He is a GRAMMY-Nominated Songwriter with number one hits in the U.S. and Sweden. Ace has performed for the masses at festivals, concerts, parades, bars and hole-in-the-wall joints around the world. After being a contestant on “Idol”, he pursued a Broadway career, starring first in Grease and then in Hair, where he met his wife, Diana DeGarmo. They recently released a Country EP “Live To Love”, composed of songs co-written by the two of them. RON YATTER enjoyed a twenty-five year career at The William Morris Agency where he rose to Senior Vice President. He represented talent and packaged entertainment productions. Over the course of his career, his clients included Diana Ross, Yoko Ono, Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Cybill Shepherd and theater visionary director Tom O’Horgan. Ron witnessed Tom’s revolutionary creations of the original Broadway rock musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar that went on to become worldwide musical phenomena. After William Morris, Ron founded The Producers Agency where he continues to represent entertainment productions. While a successful agent, Ron also enjoyed playing the sax, trumpet and piano. Samson & Delilah is Ron’s first venture as a show creator and composer/lyricist. Ron feels a cosmic connection with Ace and Diana as they met and fell in love while starring in the recent Broadway revival of Hair which was such an important part of Ron’s early career. BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Bebe Neuwirth and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook, which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 25, 2014 9:44:24 GMT -5
A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING (New York, NY – January 14, 2014) – Broadway Records is proud to announce the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed, A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN on the occasion of the iconic musician’s birthday celebration. The album will be available digitally on January 17, and the CD is currently available at the Lyceum Theatre. The album is also available for pre-orders at Amazon.com (http://amzn.com/B00HUG74VK) and the official show website anightwithjanisjoplin.com). The 19-song album is anchored by Mary Bridget Davies’ high-octane performance of Joplin’s iconic hit songs. The New York Times gushes, saying Davies “captures the Joplin sound perfectly and keeps the house rocking, rocketing through at least a dozen of Joplin’s best-known songs, and singing them with a throbbing fervor that is often riveting.” The original Broadway cast recording also features music from Joplin’s greatest musical influences including Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith. In the spirit of the original musical, the cast recording defies Broadway conventions. Recorded in New York City on October 21, 2013, the album was produced by Russ Titelman, Todd Gershwin, Daniel Chilewich, Michael Cohl and Carl Casella. Titelman has, over the course of his 50 year career, recorded with Dusty Springfield, Captain Beefheart and Brian Wilson and produced albums by The Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon and many more. The cast recording also marks the World Premiere of “I’m Gonna Rock My Way to Heaven,” a song legendary writer and producer Jerry Ragovoy wrote for Joplin just prior to her death in 1970. Ragovoy, who had never allowed the song to be released prior to A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, was in the audience for its stage premiere with his wife, Bev Ragovoy, opening night in Portland, Oregon in 2011, just one month before his own death. Ms. Ragovoy, who carries on his musical legacy, was ecstatic that the recording of this song was finally realized. “A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is all about unbelievable performances of Janis’ legendary songs and her musical influences,” said producer Dan Chilewich, who also serves as producer of the Broadway musical. “Russ was able to capture the blood, sweat and tears that Mary gives the audience each night on Broadway. It’s the best way I can think of to honor this legendary performer.” Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin (portrayed by Mary Bridget Davies) exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The unmistakable voice filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences – trailblazers like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s greatest legends. A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN opened on Thursday, October 10th at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre to rave reviews and audience adoration. The creative team for A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN features writer and director Randy Johnson (Elvis The Concert), recent Astaire Award-winning choreographer Patricia Wilcox (Motown), set and lighting designer Justin Townsend (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), costume designer Amy Clark (Chaplin), sound designer Carl Casella (Relatively Speaking), projection designer Darrel Maloney (American Idiot), music director Ross Seligman (regional touring production of One Night With Janis Joplin which toured numerous cities across the country prior to coming to Broadway), and original music director and arranger Len Rhodes (Mike Tyson’s The Undisputed Truth in Las Vegas). The opening night cast, also featured on the cast album, includes Mary Bridget Davies reprising her role as Janis Joplin, Taprena Michelle Augustine (The Book of Mormon), Tony Award nominee De’Adre Aziza (Passing Strange), Nikki Kimbrough (Dreamgirls) and Alison Blackwell (The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess), who will be playing the various roles of Joplin’s iconic female singers who influenced her music and also as her backup singers, “The Joplinaires”. They are joined in the production by NaTasha Yvette Williams (The Color Purple), now on stage as Aretha Franklin, Kacee Clanton (One Night with Janis Joplin regionally) as Janis Joplin alternate, Allison Blackwell (currently appearing as Joplinaire swing) and Alison Cusano (One Night with Janis Joplin regionally) as Joplinaire swing and Janis Joplin understudy. A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is produced on Broadway by Daniel Chilewich, Todd Gershwin, Michael Cohl, Jeffrey Jampol, TCG Entertainment, Stephen Tenenbaum, Michael J. Moritz Jr./Brunish & Trinchero, Richard Winkler, Ginger Productions, Bill Ham, Claudio Loureiro, Keith Mardak, Ragovoy Entertainment, Bob and Laurie Wolfe/Neil Kahanovitz, Jerry Rosenberg/AJ Michaels, Mike Stoller & Corky Hale Stoller, Darren P. DeVerna, Susan DuBow, Tanya Grubich, Jeremiah H. Harris, and Herb Spivak. The musical is also presented in association with The Estate of Janis Joplin and Jeffrey Jampol for JAM, Inc. “MARY BRIDGET DAVIES IS RIVETING” The New York Times “A ROCKIN’ GOOD TIME” Associated Press “A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN WHIPS THE CROWD INTO A HAPPY FRENZY” USA Today “MARY BRIDGET DAVIES’S PERFORMANCE IS GLORIOUS & UNDENIABLY THRILLING” The New Yorker TRACK LISTING: 1. Tell Mama 2. Maybe (Chantels) 3. Summertime 4. Turtle Blues 5. Down On Me 6. Piece Of My Heart 7. Today I Sing The Blues 8. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 9. Spirit In The Dark 10. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) 11. Maybe 12. Little Girl Blue 13. Cry Baby 14. Kozmic Blues/I Shall Be Released Medley 15. Me And Bobby McGee 16. Ball And Chain 17. Stay With Me 18. I’m Gonna Rock My Way To Heaven (previously unrecorded) 19. Mercedes Benz For more information: www.anightwithjanisjoplin.com Follow A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN on Twitter: @anightwithjanis, on Facebook, or on Instagram: @anightwithjanis. BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording, Meet John Doe, Samson and Delilah, and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Bebe Neuwirth and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook, which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com
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Post by Talon Karrde on Mar 12, 2014 11:35:50 GMT -5
From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook (Newtown, CT) January 31st, 2014 – Broadway Records announces the release of “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook” on DVD (February 4th), Blu-Ray (February 18th), as a two-CD set (February 4th) and as two volumes digitally via iTunes (February 7th). Broadway Records will donate 100% of its profits from the CD, DVD and Blu-ray to support the Newtown-Sandy Hook community via the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation. “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook” was a concert of healing for the Newtown community where composers, musicians and more than 100 stars of Broadway came together with over 300 students from several Newtown dance groups, the Sandy Hook Elementary School 3rd and 4th grades (2012/2013 school year) and the Newtown High School Chamber Choir (2012/2013 school year). A one-hour version of “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook” aired on local PBS affiliates in the New York City Tri-State area. The concert, which took place on January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut, was recorded and will be released in its entirety on DVD and as a two-CD set on Tuesday, February 4th. The Blu-ray edition of the concert will be released on February 18th. Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain 9 special features on the making of the concert and behind the scenes footage. The deluxe CD release includes 68 pages of photos from the concert and essays from the creative team. The iTunes edition of the album will be released in 2 volumes on Friday, February 7th. The CD, DVD and Blu-ray can all be purchased on Amazon.com. The concert features renowned Broadway performers including Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Tony Award winner: Kiss Me Kate, 3-time Tony Award nominee), Linda Eder (Jekyll & Hyde), Stephen Schwartz (6-time Tony Award nominee including Wicked, Pippin and Godspell), Micky Dolenz (Aida, member of The Monkees), Marc Shaiman (Tony Award winner: Hairspray, TV’s SMASH), Michael Cerveris (Tony Award winner: Assassins, 4-time Tony Award nominee including Evita and Sweeney Todd), Frank Wildhorn (Tony Award nominee: Bonnie & Clyde and Civil War, Jekyll & Hyde), Nikki Blonsky (Golden Globe nominee: Hairspray movie), Alan Muraoka (Pacific Overtures, TV’s Sesame Street), Robin de Jesus (Tony Award nominee: La Cage Aux Folles and In The Heights), Ashley Blanchet (Annie, Memphis), Capathia Jenkins (Newsies, Caroline, Or Change), Christine Ebersole (Tony Award winner: Grey Gardens), Paul Scott Goodman (Rooms, Bright Lights Big City), Philip Boykin (Tony Award nominee: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess), Richard Kind (The Producers, TV’s Mad About You), Brett Boles, Mary Testa (Guys and Dolls, Xanadu), Julia Murney (Wicked, Lennon), Janet Metz (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Falsettoland) along with Muppets and cast members from Sesame Street as well as members from various casts of Million Dollar Quartet: Lance Guest, Erik Hayden, Randy Redd, Dan Mills, Victoria Matlock, featuring Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats and members of the Broadway and touring casts of Sister Act. Brett Boles, author of the musical Foreverman, and Broadway producer Van Dean, both from the Newtown area, are the original conceivers of the benefit concert. It all started with a Facebook message on December 16th, 2 days after the tragedy, from Brett, the emerging musical theater writer, to Van, the Tony Award-winning producer, after meeting at a theater industry event. “After Brett suggested the notion of a benefit concert to me, I immediately posted a note on my Facebook page looking for volunteers. Within a few hours I had 100 responses and knew that this would become something very special,” noted Dean. Six weeks and seven hundred volunteers later, the concert took place at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT thanks to the generosity of the volunteers and sponsors who provided the theater, transportation, lighting and sound equipment, set elements, food and the majority of the other resources needed to put on the show. “The outpouring of love and support from the Broadway community was incredibly heartwarming, and everyone was looking for a way they could use their talents to bring something positive to the community. From Broadway With Love provided them with the perfect outlet to do so.” Michael Kostel (Emmy Award winner) and Van Dean/The Broadway Consortium (Tony Award winner) are executive producers of the DVD and Blu-ray. Bob Conover (Emmy Award winner) directed the filmed version of the concert and the special features. Jeffrey McLaughlin, of Chelsea Post, edited the 108 minute concert video, Firelight Media Group, LLC provided the post production DVD and Blu-ray authoring and Michael Croiter, of Yellow Sound Label, mixed the concert and produced the CD. The benefit concert was directed by Michael Unger and was produced by Van Dean and Kenny Howard of The Broadway Consortium, Jennifer Isaacson, Ken Mahoney, Sarahbeth Grossman, Bethney Ruggiero, Michael A. Alden, Rob Hinderliter, Yvette Kojic, Dale Badway, Mike Kostel, Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. and Meredith Lucio. Jeffrey Saver (End Of The Rainbow, Sister Act, Chicago) served as music director and conducted a 40 piece orchestra consisting of many top Broadway musicians. Librettist David Thompson (The Scottsboro Boys, Steel Pier, Chicago) helped the creative team shape the evening. Cindi Rush Casting acted as Casting Consultant. Tom Bussey served as Technical Supervisor, Tom McPhillips and Mike Rhoads as Scenic Designers, David Agress as Lighting Designer, Kristin Fiebig as Costume Designer, John Petrafesa as Sound Designer and David Bengali as Projection Designer. Zoya Kachadurian served as Production Stage Manager. Song List: 1. Seasons of Love (Robin De Jesus, Ashley Blanchet and From Broadway With Love Chorus) 2. Sandy Hook School Song (Sandy Hook Elementary School 3rd and 4th Grade Students) 3. Beautiful City (Stephen Schwartz) 4. Defying Gravity (Julia Murney with Stephen Schwartz on piano) 5. On The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe (Christine Ebersole) 6. Funny/The Duck Joke (Janet Metz & Richard Kind) 7. I Wan'na Be Like You (Richard Kind) 8. Ol' Man River (Phillip Boykin with Jeffrey Saver at the piano) 9. Still (Brett Boles, From Broadway With Love Chorus) 10. When You're Good to Mama (Mary Testa) 11. Finishing the Hat (Michael Cerveris) 12. Sunday (Michael Cerveris, Newtown High School Chamber Choir and From Broadway With Love Chorus) 13. Somewhere (Newtown High School Chamber Choir) 14. Raise Your Voice (members of the Broadway and Touring Cast of Sister Act) 15. Just One Person (Sesame Street Performers & From Broadway With Love Chorus) 16. Blue Suede Shoes (Broadway cast members from Million Dollar Quartet featuring Lee Rocker on Bass) 17. I Hear You Knockin’ (Broadway cast members from Million Dollar Quartet featuring Lee Rocker on Bass) 18. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Broadway cast members from Million Dollar Quartet featuring Lee Rocker on Bass) 19. I'm A Believer (Micky Dolenz & From Broadway With Love Chorus) 20. Good Morning Baltimore (Nikki Blonsky & From Broadway With Love Chorus with Marc Shaiman at the piano) 21. You Can't Stop the Beat (Nikki Blonsky, Brooke Tansley, Micky Dolenz, Capathia Jenkins & From Broadway With Love Chorus with Marc Shaiman at the piano) 22. Sing (Paul Scott Goodman & From Broadway With Love Chorus) 23. The Impossible Dream (Brian Stokes Mitchell) 24. Finding Wonderland (Capathia Jenkins & From Broadway With Love Chorus with Frank Wildhorn at the piano) 25. If I Had My Way (Linda Eder & From Broadway With Love Chorus with Frank Wildhorn at the piano) 26. One Voice (From Broadway With Love Company & Sandy Hook Elementary School 3rd and 4th Grade Students) The concert event also featured a stellar Broadway ensemble consisting of Krystle Adams, Lindsay Aster, Rachel Baker, Leslie Becker, Mimi Bessette, Ashley Blanchet, Katie Branden, Corey Brunish, Billy Casey, Mark Chmiel, Andrew Clark, Aaron James Darr, Willie Dee, Hannah Rose DeFlumeri, Demi Fragale, Brian Golub, Carly Robyn Green, Curtis Howard, Anthony Johnson, Missy Keene, Richard Koons, Kyshawn Lane, Tony Lawson, K.C. Leiber, Danny Lindgren, Jaygee Macapugay, Rhyn McLemore, Mark Bradley Miller, Thomas Ortiz, Allie Parris, Annie Pasqua, Jenna Pasqua, Jennifer Prescott, Aaron Riesebeck, Emma Ritchie, Brian Charles Rooney, Gabrielle Ruiz, Roland Rusinek, Krista Severeid, Cory Stonebrook, Erin Sullivan, Stewart Tabler, Tiffany Trainer, Price Waldman, Jamie Westberry and Chris Woods as well as Pas de Deux dancers: K.C. Fredericks and Shanna Heverly. This benefit concert was made possible, in part, by the generous donations from many companies and individuals including All Mobile Video, Chelsea Post, Atomic Design, Bermuda Limousine International, The Palace Theater of Waterbury CT, PRG, production glue llc, Atomic Rental, Ken & Trish Mahoney, Sound Associates, Strategic Event Design, WorldStage, Consulting for a Cause, Evolution Industries, Department of Events (D.O.E), Mahoney Asset Management, One Dream Sound, Record Plant, Shaboo Productions, St Regis Deer Valley Utah, Sterling Affair Catering, New York Yankees, Yellow Sound Lab, Anthony Augliera Moving & Storage, Best Trails & Travel, Bernard & Sarah Boisseau/Bernard’s Restaurant of Ridgefield, Broadway Records, Crowne Plaza of Southbury, Marriott Courtyard of Waterbury CT, Rapid Press, Rose Brand, Michael Ashendorf and Travel Techsperts, Chemtura Corporation, CP Communications, Julie Manfredi, Bonnie O’Sullivan, Marcus Miller, National Football League, Lynn Negron/Weenie Lynn’s, Pret a Manger, Printech NYC, Russian Standard Vodka, The Ardian Group and Jeff Shelton, Tasty Chicken of Brooklyn, The Silent Orchestra, Big Y, Carroll Music, Coca Cola Refreshments USA, LampLust, Nola Studios, Ripley Grier Studios, Springworks, Haley Swindal, Vita Coco Coconut Water, Waterbury School Arts Management D.O.E, Tickets.com, Big Y, SpotLight Awards, Pepsi-Cola of Bristol, Tasty Bagels of Brooklyn, Crystal Rock®, Entrees & Encores, RM Bradley, Delta Air Lines, Hornblower Cruises, Bedlam Theatre Company, Contemporary Services Corporation, Show Lighting Corp, Holy Cross High School, Litchfield Piano Works, Diversified Building Services, Waterbury Arts Magnet School, YoCrunch Yogurt Company, Domick and Pia, Spice, Diorio's, Dottie's, and LG Electronics.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Mar 12, 2014 11:39:35 GMT -5
Big Fish (New York, NY – Friday, February 7, 2014) Broadway Records will release the original Broadway cast recording of the new musical BIG FISH digitally on Friday, February 7, 2014 and everywhere music is sold on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. The album will be produced by Andrew Lippa and Michael Croiter. Sign up to pre-order at amzn.com/B00H3UKZ6E. BIG FISH began performances on Thursday, September 5, 2013, officially opened on Sunday, October 6, 2013 and played its final performance on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre. BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman with a huge heart, enormous spirit and an extraordinary vision of the world. Edward's incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, must make his way through the smokescreen of his father’s improbable stories to unravel the mystery of who his father truly is. BIG FISH is about dreaming, loving and living bigger. BIG FISH is based on the 1998 novel “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” by Daniel Wallace, and the 2003 critically acclaimed film from Columbia Pictures written by John August and directed by Tim Burton. The film and its soundtrack were nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, 4 Golden Globe Awards and 7 BAFTA Awards. BIG FISH had its pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre in a critically-lauded 5-week engagement in April of 2013. Directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Contact, The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys), with music and lyrics by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, The Addams Family), and a book by Grammy and BAFTA Award nominee John August (Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), BIG FISH stars two-time Tony Award® winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) as Edward Bloom, Tony Award® nominee Kate Baldwin (Giant, Finian’s Rainbow) as Sandra Bloom, Tony Award® nominee Bobby Steggert (Giant, Ragtime) as Will Bloom, Krystal Joy Brown (Leap Of Faith) as Josephine Bloom, Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins) and Zachary Unger (Chaplin) alternating as Young Will, Ryan Andes as Karl, Ben Crawford as Don Price, and Tony Award® nominee Brad Oscar as Amos Calloway. BIG FISH features JC Montgomery, Ciara Renée, Kirsten Scott and Sarrah Strimel, in a cast of 27 that includes Preston Truman Boyd, Bree Branker, Alex Brightman, Joshua Buscher, Robin Campbell, Bryn Dowling, Jason Lee Garrett, Leah Hofmann, Synthia Link, Angie Schworer, Lara Seibert, Tally Sessions, Cary Tedder and Ashley Yeater. BIG FISH has scenic design by Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Julian Crouch, costume design by six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Donald Holder, sound design by Los Angeles Drama Critics Award winner Jon Weston, projection design by Drama Desk Award winner Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions, wig and hair design by Paul Huntley, make-up design by Angelina Avallone, musical direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by Tony Award winner Larry Hochman and dance arrangements by Sam Davis. BIG FISH is produced by Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen and Stage Entertainment USA with Roy Furman, Edward Walson, James L. Nederlander, Broadway Across America/Rich Entertainment Group, John Domo, and in association with Parrothead Productions, Lucky Fish, Peter May/Jim Fantaci, Harvey Weinstein/Carole L. Haber, Dancing Elephant Productions, CJ E&M, Ted Liebowitz, Ted Hartley, Clay Floren and Columbia Pictures. Track Listing: 1. Prologue 2. Be The Hero 3. The Witch 4. Stranger 5. Two Men In My Life 6. Out There On The Road 7. Little Lamb From Alabama 8. Time Stops 9. Closer To Her 10. Daffodils 11. Red, White and True 12. Fight The Dragons 13. Showdown 14. I Don’t Need A Roof 15. Start Over 16. What’s Next 17. How It Ends 18. The Procession 19. Be The Hero – Reprise 20. This River Between Us (Bonus Track) 21. Magic in the Man (Digital Only Bonus Track) BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, A Night With Janis Joplin, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Bebe Neuwirth and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com
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Post by Talon Karrde on Mar 12, 2014 11:47:24 GMT -5
JARROD SPECTOR ALBUM (February 28, 2013 – New York, NY) – Broadway Records will release Jarrod Spector’s "A Little Help From My Friends: Live At 54 BELOW" digitally and on CD on March 25th, 2014. The CD is available for pre-order at amzn.com/B00IP9ZAG2. The CD will be available in advance to those attending Jarrod’s upcoming 54 BELOW concerts on March 10th, 23rd and 24th. Spector will be signing CDs at these 54 BELOW performances as well as at his engagement on March 31st at 54 BELOW. “Putting together this show and album affected me in a deep and profound way,” Spector noted. The album, which features music from artists like Billy Joel, Enrico Caruso, Little Richard, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, and Bono required exhaustive research. “In researching this album, I was immersed in the music of these venerated artists whom I’ve adored my whole life. After portraying one man [Frankie Vallie] for 1500 performances with Jersey Boys, I was haunted by identity fears. Being able to delve into the repertoire of other artists helped quell them. I now feel a sense of fraternity with these artists.” “Jarrod is a truly gifted performer with an astonishing range and ‘A Little Help From My Friends’ is a worthy addition to our ever expanding ‘Live at 54 BELOW’ album series,” said Van Dean, co-founder of Broadway Records. “This recording is the 25th we have released since starting the label in 2012 and is a fitting way to welcome Jarrod to the Broadway Records family.” The music director for “A Little Help From My Friends: Live at 54 BELOW” is Adam Ben-David and the recording is produced by Michael J. Moritz, Jr. and Jarrod Spector and executive produced by Rich Aronstein and The Broadway Consortium. “A Little Help From My Friends” is the latest in the “Live at 54 BELOW” series that started earlier this year with albums by Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Christiane Noll, Andrea McArdle, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti and the most recently released Sierra Boggess, Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle and Bebe Neuwirth. More albums in the series will be announced shortly. Song Listing: With A Little Help From My Friends When I Was Your Man / Faith / Good Vibrations Sweet Home Chicago When You Wish Upon a Star Unchained Melody Good Golly Miss Molly/Tutti Frutti Who's Lovin' You Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing Maybe I'm Amazed Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Una Furtiva Lagrima / Somebody to Love If I Can't Have You It's All Coming Back to Me Now Uptown Girl / Walk Like a Man Marianne / Beggin' I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Jarrod Spector returns to 54 BELOW March 10 at 7PM, and March 23, 24 and 31 at 9:30PM to celebrate the release of his album. Tickets are $30 - $40 cover plus a $25 minimum. To purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 2:00pm are only available by calling 646-476-3551. 54 BELOW is owned and operated by Tony Award winning producers Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch. JARROD SPECTOR recently ended his tenure as Frankie Valli in the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys after a record 1500 performances in the role. He is currently on Broadway portraying another music icon, songwriter Barry Mann, in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. Originally from Philadelphia, Jarrod started his professional career very early, as a winner of Ed McMahon’s Star Search at age six before making his Broadway debut as the plucky Gavroche in Les Miserables at age nine. He later attended Princeton University and trained at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School conservatory. Jarrod was playing the title role in Hamlet in an off-Broadway production when he was cast in and began his six-year odyssey with Jersey Boys. In addition to theater Jarrod has launched a very successful career as a concert and cabaret artist, reinventing and reenergizing cabaret and challenging what constitutes the Great American Songbook. His New York debut show, Minor Fall, Major Lift, received critical acclaim and played dozens of performances at various NY institutions including Feinstein’s, as well as theaters and concert venues around the country. Jarrod’s newest venture, A Little Help From My Friends, premiered in October 2013 at 54 BELOW with four sold-out performances. Said critic Brian Scott Lipton, “By evening’s end, it’s clear that had Spector chosen not to devote his career to Broadway…this slightly petite dynamo with the big voice and the killer falsetto could easily earn his own place in the vaulted pantheon of pop royalty.” Jarrod’s first album, a studio recording of Minor Fall, Major Lift, is available on iTunes and Amazon. For upcoming concert dates and more information find Jarrod on Facebook and twitter (@jarrodspector). BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, A Night With Janis Joplin, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Bebe Neuwirth and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 BELOW is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of 54 BELOW, The New York Times writes “the club has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan’s other major supper clubs.” Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 BELOW features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jun 14, 2014 7:45:18 GMT -5
AHRENS AND FLAHERTY SET TO RELEASE LIVE AT 54 BELOW DOUBLE ALBUM (April 16, 2014 – New York, NY) – Ahrens and Flaherty’s "Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration Live At 54 BELOW" will be released on June 3rd, 2014. The double CD set is now available for pre-order at amzn.com/B00JPWSJOI. This star-studded double album features performances by (in alphabetical order): Lynn Ahrens, Annaleigh Ashford, Stephanie J. Block, Liz Callaway, Kevin Chamberlin, Quentin Earl Darrington, Stephen Flaherty, Lewis Grosso, Julie Halston, Jeremy Jordan, LaChanze, Kecia Lewis, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Sean McCourt, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Molaskey, Bobby Steggert and Mary Testa. The award winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are currently represented on Broadway with Rocky and are behind numerous other Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals including Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance as well as the classic animated film, Anastasia. Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration Live at 54 BELOW was recorded live over a series 6 performances last September. Winner of Broadway World’s NYC Cabaret Award for “Best Revue” of 2013, the concerts featured hits and rarities from across Ahrens and Flaherty’s storied career and offered previews of material from new shows as well. “This double album contains some of the songs we’ve written along the way, performed by our brilliant friends and ranging from the earliest days of our collaboration until now. I still recall the hours of heated discussion, the caffeine and the enjoyment that has gone into it all,” reminisced Lynn Ahrens. Stephen Flaherty adds, “We’ve been having a wonderful time for the past thirty years since writing that first song - Broadway, Hollywood, the world stage - a shared life of writing in theaters. It doesn’t get better than that.” “One of my most vivid theatrical memories was seeing the utterly brilliant original production of Ragtime on Broadway. It greatly enhanced my perspective on what was possible to do in theater and was a major early inspiration for my own career as a Broadway producer and co-founder of Broadway Records,” Van Dean stated. “It’s a truly incredible honor to work with two of my idols on this first, but long overdue, retrospective of their integral contribution to musical theater over their first three decades. I can’t wait to see what the next 30 years of their career will bring.” The music director for “Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration Live at 54 BELOW” is Ted Sperling and the recording is produced by Michael J. Moritz, Jr., co-produced by Neil Douglas Reilly and executive produced by Van Dean. “Nice Fighting You” is the latest in the “Live at 54 BELOW” series that started earlier last year with albums by Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Christiane Noll, Andrea McArdle, Aaron Tveit, Laura Benanti and the most recently released Jarrod Spector, Sierra Boggess, Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle and Bebe Neuwirth. More albums in the series will be announced shortly. Song List: At The Beginning/Patter – Lynn Ahrens And Stephen Flaherty Journey To The Past – Liz Callaway Waiting For Life – LaChanze Mama Will Provide – Kecia Lewis Rain – Quentin Earl Darrington Love Who You Love – Jessica Molaskey The Cuddles Mary Gave – Sean McCourt The Streets Of Dublin – Sean McCourt Rita’s Confession – Mary Testa & Stephen Flaherty Fancy Meeting You Here – Mary Testa Ballerina – Stephanie J. Block Dancing Still - Jeremy Jordan Raining (Hamburg Version) – Lynn Ahrens Raining – Liz Callaway Speaking French – Marin Mazzie Times Like This -Liz Callaway The Show Biz – Kevin Chamberlin & Lewis Grosso Alone In The Universe – Kevin Chamberlin & Lewis Grosso Solla Sollew – Kevin Chamberlin Green Eggs & Ham – Kecia Lewis Never Really Knew The Guy – Liz Callaway Close But No Cigar – Annaleigh Ashford & Bobby Steggert White Milk & Red Blood – Kecia Lewis Larger Than Life – Bobby Steggert Funny/The Joke – Annaleigh Ashford & Julie Halston Something Beautiful – Rebecca Luker Sarah Brown Eyes – Brian Stokes Mitchell & LaChanze The Night That Goldman Spoke At Union Square – Bobby Steggert Something Of My Own – LaChanze Wheels Of A Dream – Brian Stokes Mitchell & LaChanze Ragtime (Piano Solo) – Stephen Flaherty Make Them Hear You – Quentin Earl Darrington Goodbye My Love/Back To Before – Marin Mazzie I Was Here – Brian Stokes Mitchell How Lucky We Are – Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty Ahrens and Flaherty will be returning to 54 BELOW on May 12th at 7:00 pm and 9:30 to celebrate the launch of their new CD. Joining them at the 7:00 pm show will be Liz Callaway, Louis Grosso, Julie Halston, Brian Michael Hoffman, Kecia Louis, Sean McCourt, Janet Metz, Mary Testa and Margo Seibert and at the 9:30 pm show, their guests are Liz Callaway, Louis Grosso, Julie Halston, Brian Michael Hoffman, Kecia Louis, Sean McCourt, Janet Metz, Bobby Steggert, Mary Testa, Margo Seibert and Andy Karl. Copies of the album will be available exclusively at 54 BELOW only during the concerts which is three weeks ahead of the general public release date. Tickets are $55 to 65 cover plus a $25 minimum. Please note that guests and ticket prices are subject to change. To purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 2:00pm are only available by calling 646-476-3551. 54 BELOW is owned and operated by Tony Award winning producers Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch. Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (Music) recently celebrated thirty years of musical collaboration. They won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and two Grammy nominations for Ragtime, and were nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for the animated Twentieth Century Fox feature, Anastasia. Other credits include: Rocky (recently opened on Broadway); Once On This Island (Olivier Award, Best Musical, Tony nominations for score and book); Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations, one of the most performed shows in America); My Favorite Year; Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life; Ragtime (2009 Broadway revival); A Man of No Importance (Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Musical); Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones (both Drama Desk-nominated); Lucky Stiff. Upcoming: Little Dancer, Kennedy Center premiere, 2014. Individually, Ms. Ahrens is an Emmy winner and four-time Emmy nominee for her work in network television. Her credits include: A Christmas Carol (ten years at Madison Square Garden; teleplay adaptation for Hallmark Entertainment Special, NBC-TV); Camp (IFC Films); Lucky Stiff (screenplay); mainstay singer/songwriter, Schoolhouse Rock. Mr. Flaherty’s individual credits include: concert premieres at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Boston's Symphony Hall; commissions from the Guggenheim and Carnegie Hall; incidental music, Neil Simon's Proposals (Broadway); Loving Repeating: A Musical Of Gertrude Stein (Jefferson Award, Best New Musical.) Council members, Dramatists Guild of America; co-founders, Dramatists Guild Fellows Program. www.ahrensandflaherty.com BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, A Night With Janis Joplin, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Jarrod Spector, Bebe Neuwirth and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 BELOW is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of 54 BELOW, The New York Times writes “the club has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan’s other major supper clubs.” Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 BELOW features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jun 14, 2014 7:48:31 GMT -5
Broadway Records to Release Debut Album by Michael Mott (May 7, 2014 – New York, NY) – Where The Sky Ends: The Songs of Michael Mott will be released on June 17th, 2014. The CD is now available for pre-order on Amazon at amzn.com/B00K616MBY. “Where The Sky Ends” features performances by some of Broadway, film and television’s most recognized talents. Singers include Drama Desk Award winner Sierra Boggess (The Phantom of the Opera and The Little Mermaid), Bryan Terrell Clark (Motown and Tyler Perry's "House of Payne" on TBS), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Justin Guarini (runner-up on the debut season of FOX's "American Idol", Wicked), Tony Award® nominee Jeremy Jordan (NBC's “Smash", Newsies), Zachary Levi (NBC's "Chuck," Disney's "Tangled" and First Date), Tony Award® nominee Orfeh (solo pop/ R&B artist, Legally Blonde), Tony Award® nominee, Laura Osnes (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Bonnie & Clyde), Jacqueline Petroccia (Carousel, Sweeney Todd) and Tony Award® nominee Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar). With this impressive list of talent, Mott has created an album that speaks to the electric nature of today’s musical theatre community. Michael Mott is no stranger to the stage. His most recent project, Mob Wife, earned itself a coveted Actor’s Equity Association reading. The talented New York-based composer/lyricist has recently headed into the studio to pen his debut album, Where The Sky Ends: The Songs of Michael Mott. Boasting a strong mixture of catchy pop melodies, soaring ballads and toe tapping swing numbers, “Where The Sky Ends” offers twelve original songs, co-produced by Mott and Drama Desk nominee, Kim Scharnberg. "Working on this album with the legendary Kim Scharnberg has been an incredible, life-changing experience,” Mott explained. “Together, we have assembled a phenomenal list of singers and musicians who best represent the eclectic styles of music represented on this album. We've paired these amazing artists with songs from my catalogue, including pieces from Faustus and Mob Wife, as well as some of my stand-alone pop, jazz and swing songs. The whole album really tells a story that's representative of me and my journey and I hope everyone will be able to relate to its message." For more information on Michael Mott, his debut album and other projects, visit www.michaelmott.net. Track Listing: 1. "Just Like Me" - Justin Guarini 2. "The Left Side of the Moon" - Zachary Levi 3. "The Devil" - Sierra Boggess 4. "Don't Stop Dancin'" - Bryan Terrell Clark with Shauna Goodgold, Bruce Landry & Lindsay Rider 5. "Dare To Dream" (from FAUSTUS) - Laura Osnes & Jeremy Jordan 6. "Her Embrace" (from FAUSTUS) - Josh Young 7. "Hold Me Tight" - Orfeh 8. "Try" - Jeremy Jordan 9. "Let You Go" (from MOB WIFE) - Jacqueline Petroccia 10. "Gone" - Ben Fankhauser with Shauna Goodgold, Bruce Landry & Lindsay Rider 11. "Sky (Interlude)" - Michael Mott 12. "Sky" - Michael Mott MICHAEL MOTT: Hailing from Upstate New York, Mott has lived and worked in New York City for the past seven years. His original musicals, Faustus and Mob Wife, have received several industry readings, including a 29 hour AEA reading of Mob Wife produced by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer, Carolyn Miller. An electrifying performer, Mott has played to sold out crowds in concerts throughout Manhattan and across the country. He is currently a composer in residence at the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop where he is developing a brand new original musical, The Hellfire Club. BROADWAY RECORDS is a label dedicated to Broadway and Off Broadway-related recordings. Broadway Records releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Matilda The Musical (Grammy Award® nominated), Big Fish, A Night With Janis Joplin, Bonnie & Clyde and Lysistrata Jones, “Nick Jonas: Songs from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”, “Laura Osnes: Dream A Little Dream – Live at the Café Carlyle” and Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording and its new series of “Live at 54 BELOW” recordings including artists such as Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti, Jarrod Spector, Bebe Neuwirth, Ahrens and Flaherty and more. Broadway Records was co-founded by Tony Award® winning Broadway producer Van Dean whose producing credits include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Velocity of Autumn, Big Fish, Chinglish, Bonnie & Clyde, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Evita (2012) and Catch Me If You Can. Van also co-conceived From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook which aired on NY area PBS stations last summer and will soon be released on DVD, BluRay and CD. Van co-executive produced the Grammy® nominated 2011 Broadway Cast Recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. are general managers and executive producers and Yvette Kojic is the social media director for Broadway Records. www.BroadwayRecords.com
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