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Ghostlight Records will release the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of She Loves Me from Roundabout Theatre Companyin digital formats on Friday, June 10, with physical copies online and in stores on Friday, July 8. In celebration of the announcement, Ghostlight has also unveiled a new preview of the cast in the recording studio - check it out below!
The hit production - now playing a limited engagement at Studio 54 through July 10 - was recently nominated for eight 2016 Tony Awards including "Best Revival of a Musical," and nine Drama Desk Awards including "Outstanding Revival of a Musical," as well as winning "Outstanding Revival of a Musical" by the Outer Critics Circle. The 28-page full-color booklet in a fold-out wallet package includes production photography, a synopsis and a message from the Roundabout's Todd Haimes. The 2016 Broadway Cast Recording of She Loves Me is produced by Kurt Deutsch. To pre-order the album, please visit sh-k-boom.com/she-loves-me.
The original cast stars Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Tony Award nominee Zachary Levi, Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel, Byron Jennings, Tony Award winner Michael McGrath and Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski. Also starring Peter Bartlett, the cast features Nicholas Barasch and ensemble members Cameron Adams, Alison Cimmet, Justin Bowen, Preston Truman Boyd, Benjamin Eakeley, Sara Edwards, Michael Fatica, Gina Ferrall, Jenifer Foote, Andrew Kober, Laura Shoop, Jim Walton.
When the show opened on Broadway it was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as "Pure delight! The most romantic of all Broadway musicals." Variety called it "absolutely flawless. Roundabout's chanting revival is so charming, you wish it could follow you home." It was praised for its "effortless buoyancy and sophistication" by The Hollywood Reporter, "astounding cast, nifty story and memorable songs" by the Associated Press and as "a splendid, joy-stuffed production" by Time Out New York.
"This is one of my favorite cast recordings we've ever released," says album producer and label founder Kurt Deutsch. "It was created like a classic album from Broadway's Golden Age in the 1950s and 60s. No amps, no headphones - just the cast and the orchestra together in the studio making infectious music. I am thrilled that the intimacy and energy come across on the final product."
Directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, with music direction by Paul Gemignani, the Broadway revival of She Loves Me includes book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock, based on a play by Miklos Laszlo. Orchestrations are by Larry Hochman and dance arrangements & incidental music is by David Krane. The design team includes David Rockwell (Sets), Jeff Mahshie (Costumes), Don Holder (Lights), Jon Weston (Sound).
SHE LOVES ME is a heartwarming musical comedy classic about finding love the good old-fashioned way. It follows Georg (Levi) and Amalia (Benanti), two parfumerie clerks who aren't quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can't seem to find common ground. But little do they know, the anonymous romantic pen pals they have both been falling for happen to be each other. Will love continue to blossom once their identities are finally revealed?
Major support for She Loves Me is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. The show benefits from Roundabout's Musical Theatre Fund with lead gifts from The Howard Gilman Foundation and Perry and Marty Granoff. The cast album is made possible, in part, by the generosity of Sheldon Harnick and the Jerry Bock Estate.
"SHE LOVES ME" TRACK LIST
ACT ONE
1. Overture
2. Good Morning, Good Day
3. Sounds While Selling
4. Days Gone By
5. No More Candy
6. Three Letters
7. Tonight at Eight
8. I Don't Know His Name
9. Perspective
10. Goodbye, Georg
11. Will He Like Me?
12. Ilona
13. I Resolve
14. A Romantic Atmosphere
15. Mr. Nowack, Will You Please...
16. Dear Friend
ACT TWO
17. Entr'acte
18. Try Me
19. Where's My Shoe?
20. Vanilla Ice Cream
21. She Loves Me
22. A Trip to the Library
23. Grand Knowing You
24. Twelve Days to Christmas
25. Finale
26. Bows
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