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| 'Passing Strange' CD Party July 13th at Joe's Pub 'Passing Strange' CD Release Party Confirmed for July 13th at Joe's Pub, Featuring Live Performances by Stew, Heidi Rodewald, and Members of the Cast and Band. Brick & Mortar Release of Original Cast Album is July 15th Stew, Heidi Rodewald and members of the cast and band of the Tony Award-winning 'PASSING STRANGE' will celebrate the release of their Original Cast Album with a July 13th, late-night (11:30pm) concert at Joe's Pub in New York City. Brick & Mortar release of the OCR is set for July 15th on Ghostlight Records, as a follow-up to the album's Digital Exclusive release on iTunes. The OCR entered Billboard's Cast Album Chart at #14, even with its digital-only availability. The Joe's Pub show will be a homecoming party of sorts, as it will bring Passing Strange back to the Public Theater, where it had its debut last year. Concert tickets are $25: JOE'S PUB 425 Lafayette Street SUNDAY, July 13th 11:30PM TIX: CALL (212) 967-7555 Who knew that an indie rocker would come closest to channeling Stephen Sondheim's spirit this Broadway season? With the piercing Wound and other tracks on the Tony- nominated Passing Strange's original cast recording, Stew and co-composer Heidi Rodewald deliver sophisticated, melodic songs, delightfully witty and painfully poignant. Stew thinks with his heart as well as his head, and that makes all the difference. By Elysa Gardner 6/10/08 The acclaimed rock musical PASSING STRANGE became the first-ever Broadway show to get a 'Digital Exclusive Release' via iTunes, as Ghostlight Records confirmed a May 27th download date for the Original Cast Recording. The Original Cast Album of the celebrated production was recorded in front of a live audience, in a dynamic recording session on stage at the Belasco Theatre. PASSING STRANGE was nominated for 7 Tony Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, and won the Tony for BEST BOOK. Passing Strange has won the NY DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD for Best Musical. MTV NEWS recently featured Passing Strange in a segment which focused on the next generation of Broadway music consumers, and asked the question: “Could it be that Broadway has finally caught up to your iPod?" ABOUT THE PASSING STRANGE OCR: On April 14th, lucky fans of PASSING STRANGE had the opportunity to be part of a rare event on Broadway, when the cast, band and creators of the show performed the songs in a bare-bones recording session -- no lights, no set, no costumes, no scenes from the play -- on the stage of the Belasco Theatre where the musical has been playing to enthusiastic audiences since it began previews in early February. Prior to the recording session, Stew said: “A live recording session of PASSING STRANGE will be a wildly unique event." “More than just a live show document or a studio recording, we are aiming for a freaky hybrid of the two. The audience will be in on the process, witnessing it. Heidi Rodewald and I have always tried to bring the spontaneity of live performance into our studio recordings. But now, through the magic of theater, the studio is coming to the Belasco. And that's a lot more convenient than trying to fit several hundred people onto those black leather sofas in a recording studio." Ghostlight Records is a label created by and for the Broadway community. They are committed to bringing the music of the 'New Broadway' to a contemporary audience, using modern technology, innovative marketing and artist involvement. Utilizing music videos, digital downloads and other aggressive strategies new to the Broadway arena, Ghostlight continues to be on the vanguard of interacting with the next generation of Broadway music consumers. The label and its artists continue to generate significant attention, and their release of the double-CD OCR for 'In The Heights' recently entered the Billboard Cast Album Chart at #1. President Kurt Deutsch was interviewed by PLAYBILL, regarding the label's embrace of 'Broadway's Digital Age': http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118331.html ABOUT GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS: 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 Passing Strange OCR as the first-ever Digital Exclusive release via iTunes for a Broadway show. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |