Broadway and Musical Albums Available

Ghostlight Records has announced that Prince Of Broadway Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available for digital pre-order. The album will be available in physical, digital and streaming formats on Friday, April 20. Customers that pre-order the digital album will immediately receive the “Overture” track, featuring selections from 17 songs in a special arrangement by Jason Robert Brown. The 16-page CD booklet includes color production photography and liner notes by Hal Prince and David Thompson. The Broadway premiere of  Prince Of Broadway – a musical celebration highlighting the extraordinary six-decade career of director and producer Harold Prince – was produced by Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), by special arrangement with Gorgeous Entertainment (Kumiko Yoshii, President; Michael Wolk, CEO). The recording is produced by Jason Robert Brown and four-time Emmy Award winner Jeffrey Lesser, and executive produced by Kumiko Yoshii for Gorgeous Entertainment.

Drawing nearly 10 million viewers, NBC’s highly anticipated special event “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”, now Masterworks Broadway is excited to release the Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event, which features lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, via all digital service providers. The 2-CD set will be available on April 27.

The all-star cast features Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy winner John Legend (Jesus Christ), Broadway star and acclaimed recording artist Sara Bareilles (Mary Magdalene), rock icon Alice Cooper (King Herod) and Tony Award-winning producer and “Hamilton” alum Brandon Victor Dixon (Judas). The stellar cast also includes Tony nominee Ben Daniels (Pontius Pilate), Tony nominee Norm Lewis (Caiaphas), Broadway veteran Jason Tam (Peter), “M. Butterfly” star Jin Ha (Annas) and Swedish rock star Erik Gronwall (Simon Zealotes). Visit www.sonymusicmasterworks.com for more info.

Broadway Records announced that Hello Again (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, April 27, 2018. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.BroadwayRecords.com and Amazon.com. This is the musical film version of the Off-Broadway musical by Michael John LaChiusa, which was inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s controversial 1896 play, La Ronde (Der Reigen). The CD features Audra McDonald, Martha Plimpton, T.R. Knight, Rumer Willis, Cheyenne Jackson, Jenna Ushkowitz, Tyler Blackburn, Sam Underwood, Nolan Gerard Funk and Al Calderon.