First Listen: Preview from HANDS ON A HARDBODY Album; Release Set for 6/25

By: May. 31, 2013
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Ghostlight Records will preserve HANDS ON A HARDBODY with an Original Broadway Cast Recording, and a according to a recent Keith Carradine interview with NPR, the album will get a digital release on June 25. CLICK HERE to listen to the full interview and check out preview clips from the album!

The Tony-nominated show played its final Broadway performance tonight, April 13, 2013 at 8pm after playing 28 preview and 28 regular performances at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street). HANDS ON A HARDBODY began previews on Saturday, February 23, 2013 and officially opened on Thursday, March 21, 2013.

The album will be produced by Trey Anastasio with Amanda Green serving as co-producer and Kurt Deutsch as Executive Producer.

Inspired by true events and based on the acclaimed 1997 documentary of the same name that was created by S.R. Bindler and produced by Bindler and Kevin Morris, the musical features a book by Doug Wright (Pulitzer Prize winner, I Am My Own Wife), lyrics by Amanda Green (Bring It On: The Musical), music by Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Amanda Green, direction by Neil Pepe (Broadway's Speed-The-Plow), and musical staging by Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys).



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