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Post by Talon Karrde on Mar 31, 2010 17:43:03 GMT -5
SONY MASTERWORKS LAUNCHES MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM SONY MASTERWORKS announces the launch of MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM – a comprehensive Broadway site “Where Show Tunes Take Center Stage.” A celebration and testament to America’s unique art form, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM documents the history of the cast album from Finian's Rainbow (1947) to last year’s critically acclaimed Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning revival of West Side Story. The site goes live on April 1. To celebrate the launch, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM will give away highly coveted prizes throughout the month in the “You Gotta Get A Gimmick” sweepstakes. MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM preserves the history of music from the “Great White Way” providing a comprehensive experience for the Broadway community and its fans. The site will include a catalog of more than 400 Broadway cast recordings – together receiving over 265 Tony® Awards, 450 Tony® nominations and 27 Grammy® Awards. Elements of the site will include hundreds of never-before-seen recording session photos, a weekly blog by noted theater journalist/author Peter Filichia (Newark Star Ledger, Theatremania.com), an enormous streaming library of cast recordings, as well as podcasts with Broadway notables including Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and others. On the launch date of April 1st, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM will begin the “You Gotta Get A Gimmick” sweepstakes during which time the site will give away a daily prize. Some of the extraordinary prizes include: A trip for two to NYC to see a Broadway show, the entire Masterworks Broadway catalog (over 275 CDs!), signed copies of Kristin Chenoweth’s book “A Little Bit Wicked” and her latest CD “A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas,” and a rare framed pigment print of Gwen Verdon from the Sony Music archives/ICON Collectibles. Every Tuesday and Friday the site will feature a prize related to the work of Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim respectively, including an autographed CD collection of their works. New prizes will continue to be announced throughout the month. Visitors can enter the daily drawing by visiting MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM and signing up for free membership. The Masterworks Broadway catalog includes some of the most prestigious shows including South Pacific, Anything Goes, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Sweet Charity, Annie, Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, A Little Night Music, Hair, Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Hairspray, Cabaret, Avenue Q, 1776, Camelot, Nine, Gypsy, Chicago, Oliver!, The Producers, La Cage Aux Folles, The Who's Tommy and the biggest stars including Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Ethel Merman, Alfred Drake, Mary Martin, John Raitt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jason Alexander, Danny Kaye, Barbara Cook, Raul Julia, Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Carol Channing, Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Glenn Close, Jerry Orbach, Matthew Broderick, Yul Brenner, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Matthew Morrison, Kelli O’Hara, Elaine Stritch, Barbra Streisand and more! RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz are labels of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information regarding RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz artists, promotions, tours and repertoire, please visit www.sonymasterworks.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Sept 10, 2010 14:51:23 GMT -5
Masterworks Broadway continues to deliver on its promise to make more of its incomparable catalog available by announcing weekly digital releases beginning. Each of these recently out-of-print recordings will available for download only via major digital service providers. (All titles/dates are subject to change).
The September/October release schedule is as follows:
9/7 Another Openin’ Another Show
9/14 Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett Julie and Carol Live at Carnegie Hall
9/21 Celebrate Broadway Vol. 2: You Gotta Get A Gimmick
9/28 Maury Yeston’s Goya starring Plácido Domingo
10/5 Celebrate Broadway Vol. 3: Lullaby of Broadway
10/12 Celebrate Broadway Vol. 4: Overtures
10/19 Jerry Hadley – Golden Days
10/26 Celebrate Broadway Vol. 5: Hello Young Lovers
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Post by Talon Karrde on May 12, 2011 18:22:53 GMT -5
Masterworks Broadway continues to make good on its promise to open the vault of its unparalleled musical theater catalog with a full slate of releases. Available May 17th is The Merry Widow (1964 Revival Cast), previously unavailable in the CD era. The recording will be available as a download through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. The reissue of the 1964 Music Theater of Lincoln Center Recording of The Merry Widow features American soprano and Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel singing the title role, with a supporting cast that includes singers Bob Wright, Joan Weldon and Frank Poretta, plus the legendary character actors, Oscar nominee Mischa Auer and Tony nominee Sig Arno. The most of popular of all Viennese operettas, The Merry Widow features a richly melodic score including the beloved “Vilja” and a bouquet of unforgettable waltzes. Produced by Richard Rodgers, The Merry Widow was conducted by the Tony-winning maestro and operetta specialist, Franz Allers (My Fair Lady, Camelot) and will be available May 17.
Also available digitally on May 17th, for the first time utilizing the approved master tapes, are the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Mr. President and The Happiest Girl in the World, the 1964 New York World’s Fair Cast Recording of To Broadway, With Love and the 1957 Studio Recording of Brigadoon. These releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jul 1, 2011 9:01:18 GMT -5
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2011 RELEASES MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, recently praised by the Wall Street Journal for its ongoing reissue campaign, continues to make good on its promise to open its vaults with three classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era. The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955 Original Broadway Cast), Half-Past Wednesday (1962 Off-Broadway Cast) and Divine Hair/Mass in F (1971) will be available as downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. Also coming this summer are ten recordings available digitally for the first time utilizing the approved master tapes, including Say, Darling, and two live recordings from Noël Coward. All releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com. The July 19 reissue of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Saint of Bleecker Street by composer/librettist Gian Carlo Menotti (Amahl and the Night Visitors) is one of only two operas ever to win the “Best Musical” citation of the New York Drama Critics Circle. Sung in English, this powerfully original, melodic musical drama is set in New York’s Little Italy. It is about a young girl who suffers the stigmata and hears voices, and her brother – an atheist who seeks a more conventional answer to her problems - who can do nothing to keep his neighbors from believing his sister is a saint. Featuring riveting performances from soprano Gabriele Ruggiero and tenor David Poleri, this forgotten gem was recorded under Menotti’s supervision, and conducted by Thomas Schippers, who won a Tony Award for his work. Half-Past Wednesday, the Off-Broadway musical from 1962, is a true curiosity from the vault. A modern take on the classic fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, it starred Dom DeLuise, who was hailed by The New York Times as “a comic genius,” for his performance as the King. In a 2009 interview, the late DeLuise recognized this show as the catalyst for finding his first agent. Featuring music by Robert Colby and lyrics by Robert Colby and Nita Jonas, Half-Past Wednesday was re-titled Rumpelstiltskin, for the recording, which will be available August 23. In April of 1971, as Hair was celebrating the show’s third anniversary on Broadway, the Bishop of New York invited Hair to participate in a celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a Mass performed in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The Mass included selections from the Broadway musical as well as a new work by its composer Galt MacDermot titled Mass in F. It was performed by The Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St. Martin’s Choir, St. Mary’s Choir, Delores Hall, J. Faulton Hodge, Jack W. Jones, Reverend Richard R. Kirk, Reverend Richard Ragni, Reverend Howard Stone & the Broadway Cast of Hair. Divine Hair/Mass in F, available September 20, is the live recording of that extraordinary event. Beginning August 9, MASTERWORKS BROADWAY will also release authorized master recordings as digital downloads for the first time: August 9 – Original Broadway Cast Recording of Say, Darling plus Original Off-Broadway Cast Recordings of The Mad Show, Ernest in Love, Now Is the Time for All Good Men, The Nervous Set and the studio concept album of archy and mehitabel: a back-alley opera (later retitled Shinbone Alley for Broadway). September 20 – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording of By Jupiter, Original Cast Recording of Paris ’90 plus Noël Coward at Las Vegas and Noël Coward in New York Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Sept 9, 2011 11:03:30 GMT -5
GODSPELL MASTERWORKS BROADWAY proudly announces the release of Godspell - The 40th Anniversary Celebration, a two-disc set that will be available physically and digitally on September 6, 2011. The newly remastered collection includes both the original off-Broadway cast recording from 1971 and the motion picture soundtrack from 1973. Featuring new liner notes by composer Stephen Schwartz, Godspell - The 40th Anniversary Celebration comes out in advance of the first ever Broadway revival, which begins performances at New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre in October. The score by Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer of Wicked and Pippin, includes the hit “Day By Day,” which reached #13 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the summer of 1972. "The popularity of the record helped make the show a bigger hit," recalls Schwartz in his liner notes, "and at one point there were ten companies playing simultaneously around the United States, plus other productions in London, Paris, Australia, South Africa, Germany, etc…Today it is hard to believe that forty years have gone by since the original production.” New Godspell interview and performance videos featuring Stephen Schwartz will be available for viewing exclusively on MasterworksBroadway.com. The 2-disc set also includes the soundtrack from the 1973 movie, which was filmed and set in New York City, and memorably featured the musical number “All For the Best” performed on the top of the as-yet-to-be-completed World Trade Center. Godspell introduced a young Victor Garber (Sweeney Todd on Broadway and four-time Emmy® nominee for TV’s Alias) as Jesus and features the joyous song “Beautiful City” which was newly written for the film. Although this immensely successful musical based on the Gospel of St. Matthew now needs little introduction, when Godspell was first produced in 1971, it broke new ground in its treatment of the historical Jesus. It relates the last days of Jesus using dramatized versions of several parables, but quickly becomes something more – a religious experience and a joyous celebration of the family of man. Godspell opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre on May 17, 1971 and then moved to the larger Promenade Theater in August 1971, where it became one of the longest-running off-Broadway musicals of all time. Godspell moved to Broadway in June 1976 and was Tony®-nominated for its score before ending its run in September 1977, with a combined total of more than 2,600 performances. This beloved musical has become a staple of the theatrical repertoire in schools, churches, and community and professional theatres across the globe and is one of the most licensed titles annually. Masterworks Broadway is an imprint of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information please visit www.MasterworksBroadway.com. TRACKLISTING ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord Save The People Day By Day Learn Your Lessons Well Bless The Lord All For The Best All Good Gifts Light Of The World Turn Back, O Man Alas For You By My Side We Beseech Thee On The Willows Finale Day By Day (Reprise) MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Prepare Ye (The Way Of The Lord) Save The People Day By Day Bless The Lord All For The Best All Good Gifts Light Of The World Alas For You By My Side Beautiful City On The Willows Finale
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Post by Talon Karrde on Oct 19, 2011 17:49:35 GMT -5
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY ANNOUNCES FALL 2011 RELEASES MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, recently praised by the Wall Street Journal for its ongoing reissue campaign, continues to make good on its promise to open its vaults with more classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era. Babes in Arms (1951 Studio Cast) and Blackbirds of 1928/Shuffle Along (1953 Studio Cast) are joined by a new reissue of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies in Concert (1985 Concert Cast) and the first digital release of Jerry Herman’s TV musical Mrs. Santa Claus (1996 TV Soundtrack). All releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com. Babes in Arms was the first serious attempt to record one of the most successful, hit-laden original Broadway scores created by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The decision was an interesting one, coming at the height of the popularity of Rodgers’ second, more famous collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II – and at a time when old Broadway musicals were generally considered to be quaint but hopeless relics. For this recording, which honors the original score and generally follows the original order of the songs, the label sought the insurance of featuring a big star in Mary Martin, then shining brighter than ever following the success of South Pacific. The Columbia recording, also starring Jack Cassidy and Mardi Baynee, was produced by Goddard Lieberson under Lehman Engel’s direction. The October 24 release, the first authorized since the LP era using the original mono master, will be available as a digital download and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and new liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. In celebration of the acclaimed new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, a new 2-CD eco-friendly softpack of Follies in Concert will be released on October 24. Recorded live at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on September 6 -7, 1985, Follies in Concert finally gave one of Sondheim’s most ravishing scores it’s complete due, and revealed the previously neglected show as a masterwork of the American musical theater. Featuring an all-star cast recruited by the composer, Follies in Concert quickly passed into theatrical legend and is now referred to in the same manner as a major historical event. The reissue also includes Stephen Sondheim’s score to the film Stavisky. The 1953 studio recordings of songs from the pioneering all-black musicals Shuffle Along (1921) and Blackbirds of 1928 (1928) are the only representations of these landmark scores in their original context. Shuffle Along introduced the Eubie Blake-Noble Sissle hit “I’m Just Wild About Harry,” and Blackbirds of 1928 gave the songwriting team of Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields their first Broadway success with such classics as “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” and “Diga-Diga-Doo.” Eubie Blake conducts and plays piano on the four songs from Shuffle Along, featuring Thelma Carpenter and Tony nominee Avon Long. Carpenter and Cab Calloway share the four songs from Blackbirds of 1928, with Lehman Engel conducting. The November 15 release of these recordings is the first using the original masters and will be available as a digital download and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and new liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. Just in time for the holidays, Masterworks Broadway digitally reissues the soundtrack to the 1996 Yuletide television special, Mrs. Santa Claus on November 15. The holiday film reunited Broadway composer Jerry Herman with Angela Lansbury who had glittered in two of his musicals, Mame and Dear World. Set in 1910, the show chronicled the misadventures of Santa’s wife (or Mrs. North as she whimsily called herself) who, having failed to convince her husband that he should take a rest, decides to drive his sleigh herself on Christmas eve. With a cast that included Charles Durning, Michael Jeter and Terrence Mann, the Hallmark presentation provided Jerry Herman with a renewed opportunity to write catchy songs, most notably for his star, who delivered with her usual gusto such lilting tunes as “Mrs. Santa Claus,” “Almost Young,” and “Whistle.” Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jan 20, 2012 14:13:33 GMT -5
WAR HORSE - ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SONGS FROM THE NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION MASTERWORKS BROADWAY will release music from the stage version of War Horse, winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The album contains original music and songs from the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain production, which continues its sold out run on Broadway while planning a U.S. tour and Toronto engagement for 2012. The War Horse album features a full orchestra and is comprised of music by British composer Adrian Sutton, whose contribution was described by The Sunday Express as “...gorgeously atmospheric...”. The music forms an integral part of the performance, with some of the musicians appearing as characters on stage and also features songs by celebrated British folk singer and musician, John Tams. "War Horse couldn't work without its extraordinary musical score,” says Tom Morris, Director of the National Theatre. This spectacular, emotional drama is based on the celebrated novel by the former Children’s Laureate and award-winning author, Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, it deals with such universal themes as friendship, loyalty and bravery through the exploration of the extraordinary bond between a young recruit and his horse. Told through the eyes of Joey, a farm horse from Devon – created and handled on stage by the Handspring Puppet Company – audiences follow his fortunes as he struggles to survive the nightmare of war. This much-loved equine story was made into a major motion picture film by Steven Spielberg, opening nationwide on December 25, 2011. Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Aug 11, 2012 8:27:51 GMT -5
Call Me Madam Call Me Madam is a pure adrenalin shot of circa-1950 zeitgeist, a screwball comedy pulled from the headlines with impeccable timing. The show was conceived as a vehicle for Ethel Merman, at that moment arguably the biggest star in Broadway musicals, and reunited her with Irving Berlin, composer/lyricist of her blockbuster 1946 hit Annie Get Your Gun. A red-hot ticket when it opened on October 12, 1950 at the Imperial Theatre, Call Me Madam proved to be the blockbuster Merman and Berlin hoped for. They were in the very best of hands: George Abbott directed, Jerome Robbins choreographed and the casting was supervised by Abbott’s new young assistant, Harold Prince. The cast included an Oscar-winning leading man (Paul Lukas), the bright new presence of Russell Nype as Mrs. Adams’s lovelorn attaché and – as Merman’s underutilized understudy – the young Elaine Stritch. The capitalization for the entire show came from NBC and its record division, RCA Victor. Unfortunately a big problem loomed as Merman was under contract to Decca Records who refused to release her to star in what was sure to be a hit record. Ultimately, RCA Victor turned to one of its hottest singers, Dinah Shore, to step into Merman’s shoes for the original cast recording. It rose to No. 6 on the Billboard album chart but by the late 1950s, it had been deleted from the catalog. The recording got an LP reissue in 1977 but it disappeared again until this Masterworks Broadway release on August 14th, and is the first and only authorized CD version of RCA Victor’s Call Me Madam digitally remastered from the original tapes.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Dec 9, 2012 10:50:46 GMT -5
A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas – a Red Ryder BB Gun. Of course that’ll come as no surprise to the legion of fans of the beloved 1983 movie A Christmas Story. But this holiday season, devotees of the cherished film are getting another gift. Celebrating the arrival of A Christmas Story: The Musical on Broadway, Masterworks Broadway proudly releases the World Premiere Recording of the delightful family-friendly musical digitally on September 25 and on CD on October 22, 2012. The show has music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers Award-winning newcomers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight) and a book by Joseph Robinette based on the movie and the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd. The 18-track recording features John Bolton as The Old Man, plus cast members from the 5th Avenue Theatre production and the 2011 National Tour. They're joined by Broadway favorites Liz Callaway (Baby, Miss Saigon) as Mother and Tom Wopat (Catch Me If You Can, Annie Get Your Gun) as Jean Shepherd. The remarkable young Clarke Hallum stars as Ralphie. A Christmas Story: The Musical rides on clever songs that recall the golden age of the Broadway musical yet glow with a contemporary flair. They leap brightly from the jumpy excitement of "Counting Down to Christmas" and the aspirational "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun," all the way through the jazzy "The Genius on Cleveland Street" and the warmhearted "What a Mother Does," to the epic "A Major Award" and the irresistible "Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana," with plenty of other delightful musical stops along the road, retelling the classic tale in a whole new, but thoroughly recognizable, way. This homespun yarn has long since entered the canon of classic Christmas stories. In 1940s Indiana, a bespectacled boy named Ralphie has a big imagination to go with his one unlikely Christmas wish. A kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a cranky department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the obstacles that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas dream. Produced by the film’s original Ralphie, Peter Billingsley, the new musical is pure holiday entertainment that captures a simpler time in America with delicious wit and a heart of gold, while the sparkling recording from Sony Masterworks brings all that holiday warmth and clever fun right into your living room. It's no wonder Time Out Chicago declared that the show "has the potential to be a new perennial favorite." The Chicago Sun Times called the show " n enchanting holiday gem…an altogether beguiling…luminous musical comedy." That's just what we need this holiday season. A Christmas Story, The Musical! will arrive on Broadway this holiday season at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from November 5 – December 30, 2012. Opening night is Monday, November 19.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Dec 9, 2012 10:56:02 GMT -5
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY RELEASES TWO RARE CAST RECORDINGS Seventeen – October 22 Cabaret – November 13 MASTERWORKS BROADWAY continues to make good on its promise to open its vaults with more classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era. Seventeen (1951 Original Broadway Cast) and Cabaret (1968 Original London Cast) will be available as downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand with the original cover art, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. All releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com. Seventeen, a genial coming-of-age story, managed a Broadway run of 182 performances in the summer and fall of 1951 – not bad, considering that Guys and Dolls, Call Me Madam and The King and I were the new shows everyone wanted to see that year. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, Seventeen features a score by composer Walter Kent and lyricist Kim Gannon and book by Sally Benson. Produced by legendary TV star Milton Berle, Seventeen starred Kenneth Nelson (the original Matt in The Fantasticks and Michael in The Boys in the Band) and evokes a world located – to quote a line from the show – “somewhere between a headache and a heartache and a laugh.” It’s a loving snapshot of the era it depicts – pre-World War I small town America – filled with the gee-whiz charm of the post-World War II era when the show was written and produced. The first and only authorized CD version of Seventeen, digitally remastered from the original tapes, is available on October 22, 2012. The original London production of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, with Harold Prince reprising his Broadway role as director, opened in 1968 and ran for 336 performances. Cabaret starred Judi Dench (long before she was a “Dame”) in her first musical role as the heroine, Sally Bowles. Lila Kedrova, known to movie-goers for her roles in Zorba the Greek and Torn Curtain, is Fraulein Schneider, her first musical role. Also featured is American actor Barry Dennen in his British stage debut as the Kit Kat Klub’s gregarious and outrageous Master of Ceremonies. Dennen received the Evening Standard Award for his performance, which led to his role as Pontius Pilate on the original concept recording of Jesus Christ Superstar and its subsequent 1973 film version. The 1968 Original London Cast Recording of Cabaret is available on November 13, 2012. Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Dec 9, 2012 10:57:03 GMT -5
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: THE COMPLETE BROADWAY MUSICALS Masterworks Broadway announces the first collection of definitive recordings of every Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Available November 6, 2012, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: THE COMPLETE BROADWAY MUSICALS includes recordings of Oklahama!, The King and I, South Pacific, Carousel, Flower Drum Song, Cinderella, Allegro, Pipe Dream, Me and Juliet, State Fair and what is probably the most famous musical of all time, The Sound of Music. The set contains 12 CDs, many with bonus tracks, packaged in mini sleeves with the original cover art. A lavish 100-page 12”x12” book contains essays on each show, rare production and behind-the-scenes photos, biographies, a timeline of Rodgers and Hammerstein's careers, liner notes by Rodgers & Hammerstein President Ted Chapin, and more. As Chapin says of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in his introduction: “At their best, these two rather staid-looking gentlemen were insightful and sensitive artists who could get inside characters as divergent as the King of Siam, Maria von Trapp, Ado Annie, Emile de Becque, Mei Li, Billy Bigelow and Cinderella. From their extraordinary body of work comes a cavalcade of wonderful songs that we can enjoy, back to back, in a collection like this one.” At a time when Broadway was a popular mainstay of American culture, the collaboration of composer Rodgers and lyricist Hammerstein was itself a phenomenon. It began with Oklahoma!, which hit Broadway in 1943 like nothing before it and was recognized as the first unified work in a genre still finding its artistic essence. The partners averaged one new musical every other year for the next 16 years, until their final collaboration, The Sound of Music, opened in 1959, six months before Hammerstein’s death. Rodgers & Hammerstein set the standard for the Broadway musical and their influence was felt around the world. Sourced primarily from two great catalogs, Columbia Records and RCA Victor Records, the recordings in this deluxe box set include classic Broadway cast recordings, studio recreations and a few recordings of notable revivals. It features performances from a virtual Broadway Honor Roll including Christine Andreas, Julie Andrews, Kaye Ballard, Laura Benanti, Isabel Bigley, Theodore Bikel, Yul Brynner, Liz Callaway, John Davidson, Christine Ebersole, Alice Ghostley, Nathan Gunn, Juanita Hall, Arabella Hong, Judy Kuhn, Mary Martin, Andrea McArdle, Audra McDonald, Donna McKechnie, Patricia Neway, Jerry Orbach, Ezio Pinza, John Raitt, Pat Suzuki, Constance Towers, Helen Traubel, Miyoshi Umeki, Martin Vidnovic, and Patrick Wilson. RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: THE COMPLETE BROADWAY MUSICALS includes: Oklahoma! - Broadway Revival Cast Recording (1979) Carousel - Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast Recording (1965) State Fair - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996) Allegro - The First Complete Recording - Studio Cast Recording (2-disc set) (2009) South Pacific - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1949) The King and I - Broadway Revival Cast Recording (1977) Me and Juliet - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1953) Pipe Dream - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1955) Cinderella - Television Cast Recording (1957) Flower Drum Song - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1958) The Sound of Music - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1959) Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Dec 9, 2012 11:07:59 GMT -5
CHAPLIN Masterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical CHAPLIN. Produced by Grammy-winner David Lai, the album will available via digital download on December 4, 2012 with the CD following on January 8, 2013. The Original Cast Recording of CHAPLIN will also be available for purchase in the Barrymore Theatre. CHAPLIN, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, opened on Broadway on Monday, September 10, 2012. Previews began Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Warren Carlyle (Finian’s Rainbow; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway) directs and choreographs the production. CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure in the title role, and also features Jim Borstelmann (Alf Reeves), Jenn Colella (Hedda Hopper), Ethan Khusidman, Erin Mackey (Oona O’Neill), Michael McCormick (Sennett, McGranery, Emcee), Christiane Noll (Hannah Chaplin), Zachary Unger (Young Charlie, Jackie) and Wayne Alan Wilcox (Sydney Chaplin). The production also includes Justin Bowen, Emilee Dupré, Sara Edwards, Leslie Donna Flesner, Lisa Gajda, Timothy Hughes, Ian Liberto, Renée Marino, Michael Mendez, Sarah O’Gleby, Hayley Podschun, Adam Rogers, William Ryall, Eric Santagata and Emily Tyra. The creative team for CHAPLIN includes scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy, and projection design by Jon Driscoll. Bryan Perri is the musical director. From the slums of London to the heights of Hollywood, CHAPLIN is the showbiz Broadway musical about the silent film legend the world couldn’t stop talking about - Charlie Chaplin. The brand new 24-person musical reveals the man behind the legend, the undeniable genius that forever changed the way America went to the movies. Tickets for CHAPLIN can be purchased through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200, and in person at the Barrymore Theatre box office (243 West 47th Street). Tickets range in price from $49.00 to $135.50 (all prices include a $1.50 facility fee). Premium seating is available. Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com. For more information on the musical, please visit www.ChaplinBroadway.com. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of CHAPLIN Track listing: 1. Overture 2. Look at All the People 3. Whatcha Gonna Do? 4. If I Left London 5. Sennett Song 6. Look at All the People (Reprise) 7. Tramp Shuffle Pt. 1 8. Tramp Shuffle Pt. 2 9. Life Can Be Like the Movies 10. The Look-A-Like Contest 11. Just Another Day in Hollywood 12. The Life That You Wished For 13. When It All Falls Down 14. The Man of All Countries 15. What Only Love Can See 16. The Exile 17. Where Are All the People? 18. What Only Love Can See (Reprise) 19. This Man 20. Finale/Tramp Reprise For more information, visit: www.ChaplinBroadway.comFollow CHAPLIN on Twitter @chaplinbway and Facebook.
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Post by Talon Karrde on Apr 5, 2013 9:47:27 GMT -5
Kinky Boots (March 8, New York, NY) MASTERWORKS BROADWAY proudly announces the signing of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman and Stephen Oremus, the album will be recorded on March 14, 15 and 25 in anticipation of a May 2013 release. Visit MasterworksBroadway.com for more information as it develops. In Kinky Boots, Charlie Price (Tony® Award nominee Stark Sands) has suddenly inherited his father’s shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola (Billy Porter). A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he’s meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible… and discovers that when you change your mind about someone, you can change your whole world. Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots, features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies) and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theatrical debut. The production is directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, La Cage, Broadway Bares). Tony® Award nominee Stark Sands and Billy Porter lead a cast of thirty-two that also includes Annaleigh Ashford, Celina Carvajal, Daniel Sherman, Marcus Neville, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Taylor Parker, Kyle Post, Charlie Sutton, Joey Taranto, Andy Kelso, Tory Ross, Jennifer Perry, Adinah Alexander, Eric Anderson, Eugene Barry-Hill, Stephen Berger, Caroline Bowman, Cole Bullock, Sandra DeNise, Jonah Halperin, Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Marquise Neal, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Lucia Spina, Sebastian Hedges Thomas and Timothy Ware. The design team for Kinky Boots includes Tony® Award nominee David Rockwell (Scenic Design), Tony Award-winner Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Tony Award-winner Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (Sound Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Randy Houston Mercer (Make-up Design), Telsey + Company (Casting), with Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon; Wicked). Kinky Boots began preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Sunday, March 3, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. Kinky Boots is produced on Broadway by Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Independent Presenters Network, CJ E&M, Jayne Baron Sherman, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Judith Ann Abrams, Yasuhiro Kawana, Jane Bergere, Allan S. Gordon & Adam S. Gordon, Ken Davenport, Hunter Arnold, Lucy and Phil Suarez, Bryan Bantry, Ron Fierstein and Dorsey Regal, Jim Kierstead/Gregory Rae, BB Group/Christina Papagjika, Michael DeSantis/Patrick Baugh, Brian Smith/Tom and Connie Walsh, Warren Trepp, and Jujamcyn Theaters. Masterworks Broadway is a label of Sony Masterworks. For email updates and information on Masterworks Broadway please visit www.masterworksbroadway.com. For more information on the musical, please visit www.kinkybootsthemusical.com. Facebook.com/KinkyBootsBway Twitter: #KinkyBootsBway YouTube: youtube.com/kinkybootsbway Instagram: instagram.com/kinkybootsbway
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jun 7, 2013 11:08:06 GMT -5
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY SPRINGS FORWARD WITH THE RELEASE OF TWO CAST RECORDINGS FROM THE SIXTIES Masterworks Broadway continues to make good on its promise to make available its extensive catalog of cast recordings with the first official digital release of two classic show albums. Lady in the Dark (1963 Studio Cast) and Bravo Giovanni (1962 Original Broadway Cast) will be available on Tuesday, April 9th as downloads through all major digital service providers and are accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com. Lady in the Dark, with book by Moss Hart, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by Kurt Weill, opened on Broadway in 1941 and enjoyed a run of over 400 performances. The studio cast album from 1963 stars Risë Stevens, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s all-time divas, who passed away in March at the age of ninety-nine. This version of Lady in the Dark also stars John Reardon, Adolph Green, Stephanie Augustine, Kenneth Bridges and Roger White, all under the musical direction of Lehman Engel. Originally released on CD on the Masterworks Heritage imprint, this currently out-of-print recording also features several bonus selections conducted by Maurice Abravanel, music director for the original Broadway production, including comedian Danny Kaye’s uproarious version of the tongue-twisting patter song “Tschaikowsky and Other Russians.” Based on Howard Shaw’s novel “The Crime of Giovanni Venturi,” about a restaurant owner whose business is threatened when a fast-food place opens down the street, Bravo Giovanni opened on Broadway in May of 1962 and received Tony® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Choreography and Best Conductor and Musical Director. The cast featured Metropolitan Opera baritone Cesare Siepi, and Broadway veterans Michelle Lee and George S. Irving, as well as Lainie Kazan in her Broadway debut. The digital release of Bravo Giovanni includes a bonus track of Michelle Lee singing one of the show’s stand out songs, “Steady, Steady” from her 1966 solo album “A Taste of the Fantastic.”
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Post by Talon Karrde on Jun 7, 2013 11:16:45 GMT -5
TWO CAST RECORDING RARITIES NEWLY AVAILABLE FROM MASTERWORKS BROADWAY Masterworks Broadway continues to explore the rich history of its unrivaled Off-Broadway catalogue with the release of two cast recording rarities previously unavailable in CD – Elephant Steps: A Fear Radio Show available May 7th and Clownaround available June 4th. With Elephant Steps, composer Stanley Silverman and librettist Richard Foreman created a work that remains a prime example of mixed-means theater, where sound and light, language and music, images and movement, graphics and films, incense and machinery, props and performers are incorporated into a spectacular mix. Elephant Steps will be released exclusively for purchase via MasterworksBroadway.com on May 7th in a limited quantity of physical CDs as well as digital download. The CD will be available via Manufacture-On-Demand through Arkiv Music June 4th, plus downloads through digital service providers the same day. Foreman, the iconic avant-garde theater pioneer and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, and Silverman, the Obie and Drama Desk winner and classical composer whose Broadway credits include Ah, Wilderness! and Bent, conceived Elephant Steps as a phantasmagorical radio show. Elephant Steps was once described by Jerome Robbins as reminding him of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds of 30 years before. Michael Tilson Thomas leads the cast and instrumental ensemble – including raga group, gypsy ensemble and elephants – and even sings one of the roles in this vibrant recording that perfectly evokes the ‘60s zeitgeist in all its psychedelic glory. Billed as “A Funny Kind of Musical for the Entire Family,” Clownaround was conceived by Alvin Cooperman, a successful television executive and producer (The Untouchables) and all-around entrepreneur who also wrote the book and lyrics. According to a souvenir program, he was fascinated by fools, jesters and clowns, and Clownaround was the result that fascination. The music is by Mark “Moose” Charlap, known to Broadway audiences for his contribution to the score of Peter Pan and to jazz fans as the father of Bill Charlap, the acclaimed jazz pianist. Film legend Gene Kelly directed the original production, with a cast that included Ruth Buzzi, but Clownaround never made it to Broadway, and the original LP release was sold only at venues where the show was performed. When Clownaround closed, the existing inventory of the LPs were scrapped; this CD reissue is the first time the recording has been available in any format since the show’s original run in 1972. Clownaround will be released exclusively for purchase via MasterworksBroadway.com on June 4th in a limited quantity of physical CDs as well as digital download. The CD will be available via Manufacture-On-Demand through Arkiv Music July 2nd, plus downloads through digital service providers the same day.
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