'Gone Missing' to Record Off-Bway Cast Album with Ghostlight

Following overwhelming critical raves, two extensions and unprecedented ticket demand, The Civilians, the acclaimed New York-based theater troupe, will record their Off Broadway smash Gone Missing.  The album will feature the entire original cast, including Emily Ackerman, Damian Baldet, Jennifer R. Morris, Stephen Plunkett, Robbie Collier Sublett and Colleen Werthmann; produced by Kurt Deutsch and Jan Folkson, with a release date and further details forthcoming.

Gone Missing is produced Off Broadway by Scott Morfee and Tom Wirtshafter in association with The Civilians.  Written and directed by Steven Cosson with additional text by Peter Morris, and featuring music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, Gone Missing began performances on June 14 and became one of the best reviewed shows of the year.

Marking The Civilians' commercial Off Broadway debut, Gone Missing, the wry and whimsical documentary musical of things gone missing, is now playing at the Barrow Street Theatre through January 6, 2008.  "Gone Missing is crafted from company interviews with real-life New Yorkers about things gone missing: keys, IDs, a Gucci pump...or one's mind.  Since its initial performance, just after September 11, 2001, Gone Missing has continued to morph into its current incarnation, set against Mr. Friedman's score, which incorporates salsa, ballads, operetta and tuneful pop," explain press notes.

Ghostlight Records, created by Sh-K-Boom Records co-founders Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott, ensures that music of the theater by composers old and new will always be enjoyed.  Ghostlight Records honors the past while shining a light toward the future.  Ghostlight Records was honored with a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through cast recordings, as well as Grammy Award nominations for Best Musical Show Album: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hair (The Actors' Fund Of America Benefit Recording), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and most recently, The Drowsy Chaperone.  Other recent recordings include the original cast recording of Legally Blonde, Martin Short – Fame Becomes Me, High Fidelity, See What I Wanna See and Bernarda Alba by Michael John LaChiusa, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Patti LuPone's "The Lady With The Torch" and the forthcoming LoveMusik.  Ghostlight Records is distributed by Razor & Tie Entertainment.  For more information visit www.ghostlightrecords.com

Gone Missing features choreography by Jim Augustine, set design by Takeshi Kata, costume design by Sarah Beers, lighting design by Thomas Dunn and sound design by Ken Travis.

The Barrow Street Theatre is located at 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South in the heart of Greenwich Village.  For details visit www.barrowstreettheatre.com

The performance schedule for Gone Missing is Tuesday – Friday at 7:30Pm, Saturday at 2:30PM & 7:30PM and Sunday at 5PM.  Tickets are $50 and are available through Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com.  There are also a limited number of $20 student rush seats available at the box office on the day of the performance, subject to availability. For more information visit www.thecivilians.org