Ghostlights Records has just announced that the Original Broadway Cast Recording of HANDS ON A HARDBODY will be released for digital download on July 9, 2013 and the CD will arrive in stores on August 13. The show was nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards, including "Best Original Score." The album features a cut song from the show called "The Tryers" as a special bonus track. In the video,
Amanda Green and
Trey Anastasio talk about the music and what to expect from the album!
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'sSpeed-The-Plow), and musical staging by
Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys). The album was produced by
Trey Anastasio with
Amanda Green serving as co-producer and
Kurt Deutsch as Executive Producer.
The Cast Recording features:
Keith Carradine (Tony Award nominee, The
Will Rogers Follies),
Allison Case (Hair),
Hunter Foster (Tony Award nominee, Little Shop of Horrors),
Jay Armstrong Johnson (Catch Me If You Can),
David Larsen (American Idiot),
Jacob Ming-Trent (Shrek The Musical),
Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone (Tales of the City),
Mary GorDon Murray (Into The Woods),
Jim Newman (Curtains),
Connie Ray (Next Fall),
Jon Rua (In The Heights),
Keala Settle (Priscilla Queen of the Desert),
Dale Soules (Hair),
Scott Wakefield (Ring of Fire), and
William Youmans (Wicked).