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Brooklyn the Musical - Live! released today, December 14th

By: Dec. 14, 2004
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Brooklyn Records has released Brooklyn The Musical, a one-of-a-kind live recording of the original cast album from the brand new Broadway musical, in stores today, Tuesday, December 14th.  Distributed by Razor & Tie, the cast album features the tracks, "Once Upon a Time," "Heart Behind These Hands," and "Raven."   The music from Brooklyn The Musical will ignite any music lover's ears (whether familiar with the production or not), with its rousing combination of gospel, rock and soul and a touch of the familiar show tune sound.  In addition, this cast album captures the true spirit of the show with applause, hollers, and screams of "Encore!," making the listener feel as if they are in the front row of the audience.

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Brooklyn The Musical, by Mark Schoenfeld & Barri McPherson is directed by Tony® Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Grease, The Will Rogers Follies, Big River) and arranged/orchestrated by music supervisor John McDaniel (Grammy® Award winner for Annie Get Your Gun, Emmy® Award winner for the "Rosie O'Donnell Show").  The musical opened on October 21st, 2004 at the Plymouth Theatre and has been entertaining audiences with a stellar cast list, featuring Tony® award nominee Kevin Anderson (Taylor Collins), Tony® award winner Cleavant Derricks (Streetsinger), Eden Espinosa (Brooklyn), Ramona Keller (Paradice) and Karen Olivo (Faith). The cast also includes Manoel Felciano, Caren Lyn Manuel, Julie Reiber, Horace V. Rogers and Haneefah Wood. 

Grammy® & Emmy® award winner John McDaniel produced the cast album. He has previously produced the cast albums of Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), Taboo as well as The Maury Yeston Songbook.  He has recorded and produced three solo CD's: John McDaniel At the Piano: Broadway; Christmas and Compositions as well as John McDaniel: Live at Joe's Pub.  John also conducted and arranged the Patti LuPone Live! concert recording for RCA/Victor. 

Brooklyn The Musical was recorded with a live studio audience on October 25th, 2004.

The cast album is currently available for pre-order and purchase at the Plymouth Theatre (236 West 45th Street) and on the website: http://www.BrooklynTheMusical.com, and is now available nationally at retail stores and Amazon.com.

Visit Brooklyn's website at http://www.BrooklynTheMusical.com.

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