Original Cast Recording Of MY VAUDEVILLE MAN! In Stores 5/18

Ghostlight Records announced today that it will release the Off-Broadway Cast Recording of My Vaudeville Man!, starring Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley, on Tuesday, May 18th. Beginning April 27th, the cast recording will be available digitally on iTunes and on the Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom website (www.sh-k-boom.com). The new musical based on the life of legendary eccentric tap star Jack Donahue, was presented last season by The York Theatre Company and Melanie Herman. Doug Oberhamer music produced this recording.

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My Vaudeville Man! is the story of a boy born to dance and the mother who fought to keep him home! Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley star in the musical based on the life of legendary eccentric tap dancer Jack Donahue (played by Ray Bolger on film) and his mother-who fights to keep her son off the wicked vaudeville stage. My Vaudeville Man! has a book by Jeff Hochhauser, music by Bob Johnston, and lyrics by Johnston and Hochhauser, based on Jack Donahue's Letters of a Hoofer to his Ma. Lynne Taylor-Corbett directed and choreographed with Shonn Wiley serving as co-choreographer, and musical direction by Douglas Oberhamer.

The critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of My Vaudeville Man! opened on November 17th, 2008 at The York Theatre at St. Peter's to rave reviews: "This two-character musical has plenty of charm, personable acting and great tapping!" - Variety; "The show's two stars bring total conviction - and gobs of talent - to their roles!" - Theatermania. My Vaudeville Man was nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Choreography, and two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Actress In a Musical (Karen Murphy).

Founded 10 years ago by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott, Sh-K-Boom and its imprint Ghostlight Records has become the leading independent force in musical theatre recording-shining a light towards its future while continuing to honor its past. The label is renowned for its efforts to encourage and support the music of the most innovative new voices on Broadway, to help bridge the gap between pop/rock and musicals, and to preserve the scores of important works. Ghostlight Records received a 2009 Grammy Award for their double-CD release of In the Heights (already a Tony Award Winner for Best Musical and Best Score) and was also Grammy-nominated for the new cast recording of Broadway's Hair, which debuted at #1 on the Broadway Billboard Chart. In addition to In the Heights and Hair, Ghostlight's releases of the OCRs for Tony and Pulitzer-Prize winning Next to Normal, Passing Strange, and the single release featuring the winner of MTV's Legally Blonde The Musical competition, have brought the label acclaim for their innovative marketing techniques and their efforts to reach the next generation of Broadway music fans via iTunes, music videos and more. Also featured amongst the label's over 75 titles are the popular cast albums of Legally Blonde, The Last Five Years, Hair, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, [title of show] and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and solo albums from major Broadway artists like Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, </people/Christine_Ebersole/> Christine Ebersole, Alice Ripley and Adam Pascal.

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