Ripley, Testa, Jbara and More Celebrate LaChuisa's 'Little Fish' Recording Tonight, 9/8

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the premiere recording of Little Fish, which was called "a stylish new musical" by The New York Times. Inspired by the short stories of Deborah Eisenberg, the show has words and music by Michael John LaChuisa. The recording, based on the musical's west coast premiere presented by the Blank Theatre Company, is made possible by the Shen Family Foundation. The CD, produced by Joel Moss and Kurt Deutsch, will be available in stores and online on September 9, 2008. The album is currently available for pre-order at http://sh-k-boom.com/LittleFish.shtml.

The label will celebrate the release with a special concert at Joe's Pub on September 8 at 9:30 PM. The show will feature an all-star line-up including cast members Alice Ripley, Gregory Jbara and Dina Morishita, as well as special guests Lea Delaria, Mary Testa, Judy Kuhn, Julia Murney, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Matthew Morrison, Andrew Samonsky, Gavin Creel and Kate Shindle. They will be performing selections from Little Fish, in addition to LaChiusa's musicals See What I Wanna See and Bernarda Alba - both of which also have cast recordings available on Ghostlight - along with surprises from the composer/lyricist's catalog. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at joespub.com or (212) 539-8778.

The cast of the CD includes Alice Ripley (as Charlotte), Chad Kimball (Marco), Gregory Jbara (Mr. Bunder), Robert Torti (Robert), Dina Morishita (Kathy), German Santiago (John Paul), Samantha Shelton (Cinder) and Brooke Tansley (Anne). It features orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Musical Director David O on keyboards leading a six piece band.

Little Fish follows Charlotte, a young writer of short stories, who confronts her past, present and future in post 9/11 Manhattan. She quits smoking and embarks on a modern day odyssey as she attempts to fill her nicotine-starved days with swimming at the Y. The show debuted at New York's Second Stage Theatre in 2003.

Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records has confirmed plans to present a weekly concert series at Joe's Pub in New York. Every Monday night at 11:30 PM, beginning in September and continuing through December, the label will offer concerts featuring Broadway performers and composers, "midnight musicals" with concert versions of new and developing productions, and much more.

The concert series will coincide with the 10th Anniversary celebration of Joe's Pub, and marks a throwback to the early days of Sh-K-Boom Records, when they offered popular late night concerts in their 'Sh-K-Boom Room'. Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records is committed to bringing the music of the "New Broadway" to the next generation of Broadway music fans via modern technologies such as iTunes and music videos.

As a label created by-and-for the Broadway community, their upcoming concert series reflects a renewed embrace of the essence of what makes Broadway great - live performances by extraordinary artists. In years past, every "Sh-K-Boom Room" concert was sold-out...expect similar demand for the label's upcoming concert series at Joe's Pub.

THE Blank Theatre COMPANY was founded in Hollywood, CA in 1990. It has produced the West Coast premieres of Michael John LaChiusa's musicals Hello Again, First Lady Suite, The Wild Party, Little Fish and the World Premiere of his Hotel C'Est L'Aamour. Concentrated on new works, The Blank has developed or premiered plays and musicals by Steven Sater, Stephen Karam, George Furth, Karen Black, Amy & David Sedaris among hundreds of others. The Blank has won "Best Production" Awards from the LA Drama Critic Circle, LA Weekly, NAACP Theatre Awards, Back Stage West Garlands and the Ovation Awards, and recently was given the prestigious Charlie Award by the Hollywood Arts Council "for pursuing artistic excellence, for nurturing the next generation of playwrights and challenging itself with a grand vision." Their other work includes an annual nationwide Young Playwrights Festival (writers 19 and under) and the Living Room Series, a new play development program. www.TheBlank.com

Michael John LaChiusa is an acclaimed composer and lyricist whose Broadway credits include The Wild Party, Marie Christine, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. His Off-Broadway credits include Bernarda Alba, See What I Wanna See, Hello Again and First Lady Suite. He was Composer-in-Residence at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, which premiered his musical Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations) in 2001. In 2002, he and collaborator Amon Miyamoto premiered a new musical version of The Nutcracker in Tokyo. Recordings include the Grammy-nominated The Wild Party Original Cast Album (Decca), Marie Christine and Hello Again Original Cast Albums (RCA Victor / BMG).

ABOUT GHOSTLIGHT:

Sh-K-Boom Records and its imprint Ghostlight Records is a Grammy-nominated record label, a producer of recorded and live entertainment, and an interactive community at www.sh-k-boom.com, and www.ghostlightrecords.com. Since being founded seven years ago by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott, Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight is the leading producer of Original Broadway and Off Broadway cast albums, and solo recordings by the new generation of Broadway stars and composers.  Their winning philosophy has been to work in close partnership with performers and producers, to create product that comes from directly within the community of Broadway artists.  With over 50 albums in their catalogue, titles include: The smash Broadway hit Legally Blonde, Grammy and Tony Nominated Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Grammy nominated and Tony winning The Drowsy Chaperone, Grammy nominated and Tony winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Grammy nominated all-star benefit recording of Hair for The Actors Fund of America, as well as The Last 5 Years; Irving Berlin's White Christmas; Bright Lights, Big City (with Patrick Wilson and Jesse L. Martin), and Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See and Bernarda Alba.  Solo artists include: Patti LuPone, Billy Porter, Jason Robert Brown, Christine ebersole, Adam Pascal (original star of Rent), Sherie Rene Scott (star of Aida and The Little Mermaid), and Kelli O'Hara's debut solo album, Wonder in the World. On May 27, Ghostlight released the cast recording of Passing Strange as the first-ever digital exclusive release via iTunes for a Broadway show.  Ghostlight releases are distributed by Razor and Tie.