SMASH Original Broadway Cast Recording to be released on 16 May
Concord Theatricals Recordings will digitally release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of SMASH on 16 May at midnight EST, it has been announced.
The CD and vinyl will also be available for preorder from 16 May for release this summer.
The album was produced by GRAMMY® winner Scott M. Riesett, two-time GRAMMY® winning composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman, two-time GRAMMY® winning music supervisor Stephen Oremus, three-time GRAMMY® winner Sean Patrick Flahaven, and score supervisor Samuel Hoad. The album was recorded by four-time GRAMMY® winner Lawrence Manchester and three-time GRAMMY® winner Isaiah Abolin, mixed by Manchester, and mastered by seven-time GRAMMY® winner Oscar Zambrano, with art direction by Derek Bishop.
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman said: “We cannot believe our good luck to have our songs for SMASH/BOMBSHELL continue to live on, which couldn’t have happened without Sean Flahaven and our friends at Concord. Having literally just finished listening to the final mix, we are very happy to report it truly sounds like, well, what it is, a cast album of a Broadway show! And what a cast! The performances are through the roof!! We hope all the fans of our songs for SMASH/BOMBSHELL will be as happy as we are."
Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, SMASH stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder as Ivy, two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas as Nigel, Krysta Rodriguez as Tracy, John Behlmann as Jerry, two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen as Susan, Caroline Bowman as Karen, Jacqueline B. Arnold as Anita, Bella Coppola as Chloe, Casey Garvin as Charlie, Nicholas Matos as Scott, and Megan Kane as Holly.
The company also includes Wendi Bergamini, Sarah Bowden, Jacob Burns, Deanna Cudjoe, Chelle Denton, Daniel Gaymon, Merritt David Janes, Ndaya Dream Hoskins, David Paul Kidder, Ian Liberto, Libby Lloyd, McGee Maddox, Connor McRory, J Savage, Jake Trammel, and Katie Webber.
SMASH features a score by Tony, Emmy and two-time GRAMMY® winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote over two dozen songs for the television show, many of which will be used in the musical, in addition to new material they have written for the stage. With a book by two of Broadway’s most seasoned craftsmen, four-time Tony nominee Rick Elice and Tony winner Bob Martin, Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated choreographer Joshua Bergasse, who choreographed the television series, reprises his role for the stage adaptation.
SMASH features set design by two-time Tony winner Beowulf Boritt, costumes by Lucille Lortel winner Alejo Vietti, lighting by Tony winner Ken Billington, sound by two-time Tony winner Brian Ronan, projection design by S Katy Tucker, orchestrations by three-time Tony winner Doug Besterman, dance and incidental music arrangements by Tony nominee Sam Davis, and music supervision by two-time Tony winner and two-time Grammy winner Stephen Oremus.
Get ready for all the backstage pandemonium that brings a team of Broadway big shots to their knees heading to the opening night of Bombshell, a splashy new musical about Marilyn Monroe. It’s a rollercoaster ride filled with hilarious setbacks and surprises, kick-ass production numbers and iconic songs like ‘Let Me Be Your Star,’ which were featured on the NBC television series that inspired it.