PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the original Broadway cast recording of A Catered Affair next Monday (April 7), it was announced today by the show's producer, Jordan Roth and Tommy Krasker, co-founder of PS Classics. The album will be produced by Mr. Krasker, who also produced the Grammy-nominated cast recordings of John Doyle's Sweeney Todd and Company, as well as the John Bucchino disc, It's Only Life. Krasker anticipates a May 27 release date.
Currently in previews,
A Catered Affair, with a book by four-time Tony Award-winner
Harvey Fierstein, score by
John Bucchino and direction by Tony Award-winner
John Doyle, has an opening night set for Thursday, April 17 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).
A Catered Affair marks Mr. Bucchino's Broadway debut.
The production stars Tony Award-winner
Faith Prince as 'Aggie Hurley,' the mother- of-the-bride, Tony Award-nominee
Tom Wopat as 'Tom Hurley,' the father-of-the-bride,
Harvey Fierstein as 'Winston,' the uncle-of-the-bride,
Leslie Kritzer as 'Jane Hurley,' the bride-to-be and
Matt Cavenaugh as 'Ralph Halloran,' the groom-to-be. The featured cast includes
Philip Hoffman,
Katie Klaus, Heather Mac Rae,
Lori Wilner and
Kristine Zbornik.
Scenic Design is by David Gallo, Costume Design is by Ann Hould-Ward and Lighting Design is by Brian MacDevitt. Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick, Sound Design is by Dan Moses Schreier, Projection Design is by Zachary Borovay and Hair Design is by David Lawrence.
A Catered Affair asks the question that inevitably faces every mother and daughter: Whose wedding is it anyway? The musical tells the story of a Bronx mother's efforts to give her only daughter the elaborate wedding she never had – and the bride never asked for.
Faith Prince,
Tom Wopat and
Harvey Fierstein star in this funny, poignant and oh, so human show of love and disaffection.
Harvey Fierstein's book and
John Bucchino's score explore both our need for love and the true meaning of family.
A Catered Affair is produced on Broadway by Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment/Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson, Daryl Roth, John O'Boyle/Ricky Stevens/Davis-Tolentino, Barbra Russell/Ron Sharpe in association with the Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group,Broadway Across America, True Love Productions, Rick Steiner/Mayerson-Bell-Staton-Osher Group, Jan Kallish, Stacey Mindich and Rhoda Mayerson. The musical is based on the Turner Entertainment motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers and written by Gore Vidal, and the original teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky.
Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin, and a four-time Grammy nominee (for its cast albums of Assassins, Nine: The Musical,
Grey Gardens and Company), PS Classics has made significant contributions to the heritage of American popular song through its critically acclaimed cast recordings (including the current Broadway productions of
Xanadu and Sunday in the Park With George); solo albums by such Broadway luminaries as
Christine Andreas,
Rebecca Luker, Victoria Clark,
Jason Danieley &
Marin Mazzie, and
Jessica Molaskey; and recordings drawn from rare sound archives, including Sondheim Sings. PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment.
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