Sh-K-Boom Records is an independent record label and producer of recorded and live entertainment, which was founded in 2000 by
Kurt Deutsch with the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater. In 2004 Sh-K-Boom created their second imprint, Ghostlight Records, dedicated to the preservation of traditional musical theater, spurred by the popular release of their first-ever show cast recording,
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on ''Parad ...
's ''
The Last Five Years''. Together the two labels have over 200 albums in their catalogues. The company has also produced over 50 live concerts as part of their Sh-K-Boom Room Concert Series, and are currently developing new and innovative projects for the stage and screen.
Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records are twelve-time
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
nominees and four-time Grammy winners in the Best Musical Theater Album category for ''
In the Heights
''In the Heights'' is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is a romance as well as a celebration of community, culture, and aspirations. It is set over the course of thr ...
'', ''
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''.
The book is one of ...
'' and ''
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical''. Ghostlight's ''Book of Mormon'' album was the first Broadway cast recording to break into the Billboard Top 10 since the original 1969 release of ''
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
'', taking its place as the biggest-selling digital cast recording of all time. The label's Original Broadway Cast Album for ''
In the Heights
''In the Heights'' is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is a romance as well as a celebration of community, culture, and aspirations. It is set over the course of thr ...
'' also debuted at #1 on the
Billboard
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Top Cast Albums chart and arrived on the
''Billboard'' 200 at #82.
In June 2017, Sh-K-Boom entered a joint venture with
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Record label#M ...
's
Arts Music
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the gl ...
division.
Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records have produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars such as
Adam Pascal,
Sherie Rene Scott
Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1967)Some sources give 1969, but Scott herself, at thOfficial Sherie Rene Scott Myspace Pageand at Lovece, Frank"Sherie Rene Scott is caught up in the 'Rapture'", ''Newsday'', May 6, 2010, gives 1967 is an Ame ...
,
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known f ...
,
Sutton Foster
Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical seven times, winning in 2002 for her role as ...
,
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages.
An eight-time Tony Award nominee, O'Hara won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her perfor ...
,
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' Next to Normal'' (2009 T ...
,
,
Billy Porter,
Ben Vereen
Benjamin Augustus Vereen (né Middleton; October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer and singer. He gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', for which he received ...
,
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega ( Vega; born November 18, 1969) is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the 1996 premiere of the Broadway musical '' Rent'' and Lucy in the ...
,
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is an American actress, singer and activist, known for her work in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums and sang the title role in the 1995 film ''Pocahontas'', includ ...
,
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress, singer and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage (theatre), stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a ...
,
Julia Murney
Julia Kathleen Murney (born January 14, 1969) is an American actress and singer, also known for television commercial voice-overs. Until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway, becaus ...
,
Ashley Brown,
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin (; October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a T ...
,
Lea Delaria
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed List of Orange Is the New Black characters#Carrie "Big Boo" Black, Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black'' ...
,
Anastasia Barzee, and
Klea Blackhurst
Klea Blackhurst is an American actress. She is best known for ''Everything the Traffic Will Allow'', her tribute to Ethel Merman that debuted in New York in 2001. Among many accolades, this production earned her the inaugural Special Achievement A ...
.
Albums
2000–2004
*
Adam Pascal – ''Model Prisoner''
*
Sherie Rene Scott
Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1967)Some sources give 1969, but Scott herself, at thOfficial Sherie Rene Scott Myspace Pageand at Lovece, Frank"Sherie Rene Scott is caught up in the 'Rapture'", ''Newsday'', May 6, 2010, gives 1967 is an Ame ...
– ''Men I've Had''
*
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' Next to Normal'' (2009 T ...
– ''Everything's Fine''
*''
The Last Five Years''
*''
Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical''
*''
Amour''
*''Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas''
*''
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant''
*
Adam Pascal – ''Civilian''
*
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress, singer and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage (theatre), stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a ...
– ''In Your Dreams''
*''
The New Moon
''The New Moon'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg (after ''The St ...
''
2005
*''
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
– The Actors’ Fund of America Benefit Recording''
*''
Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details th ...
''
*''
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels''
*''
Altar Boyz
''Altar Boyz'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and a book by Kevin Del Aguila (based on an idea by Marc J. Kessler and Ken Davenport). Centering on a fictitious Christian boy band from Ohio, ...
''
*''
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, created by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Bright Lights, Big City''
*
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on ''Parad ...
– ''
Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes''
*
Billy Porter – ''Live At the Corner of Broadway + Soul''
*''
The Immigrant: A New American Musical''
2006
*''
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
''The Great American Trailer Park Musical'' is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Starke, Florida, particularly between Pippi, "the s ...
''
*''
See What I Wanna See''
*''Songs from an Unmade Bed''
*
Kevin Cahoon
Kevin Cahoon (born July 21, 1971) is an American actor, director, writer, and singer-songwriter. In 2023, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Performance in a Musi ...
– ''Doll''
*
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known f ...
– ''The Lady With The Torch''
*
Julia Murney
Julia Kathleen Murney (born January 14, 1969) is an American actress and singer, also known for television commercial voice-overs. Until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway, becaus ...
– ''I'm Not Waiting''
*''
The Drowsy Chaperone
''The Drowsy Chaperone'' is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.
The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to pl ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
George M. Cohan Tonight''
*''
title of show''
*''
Bernarda Alba''
*Klea Blackhurst – ''Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke’s Broadway''
*
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega ( Vega; born November 18, 1969) is a Panamanian-American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the 1996 premiere of the Broadway musical '' Rent'' and Lucy in the ...
– ''Redemption Songs''
*''Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas''
*''
The Fantasticks
''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two ne ...
''
*''
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris''
2007
*''Orpheus & Euridice''
*''
Happy End''
*''The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin''
*
Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian and American comedian, actor, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television ...
– ''Fame Becomes Me''
*''
High Fidelity
High fidelity (hi-fi or, rarely, HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) ...
''
*''
The Coast of Utopia
''The Coast of Utopia'' is a 2002 trilogy of plays: ''Voyage'', ''Shipwreck'', and ''Salvage'', written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. It was the recipient of the 2007 T ...
''
*''
Legally Blonde: The Musical''
*
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is an American actress, singer and activist, known for her work in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums and sang the title role in the 1995 film ''Pocahontas'', includ ...
– ''Serious Playground: The Songs of Laura Nyro''
*''
LoveMusik''
2008
*''Gone Missing'' –
The Civilians
*
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages.
An eight-time Tony Award nominee, O'Hara won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her perfor ...
– ''
Wonder in the World''
*
David Yazbek
David Norman Yazbek (born 1961) is an American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''The Full Monty'' (2000), '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2004), '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous B ...
– ''Evil Monkey Man''
*''Make me a Song'': The Music of
William Finn
William Alan Finn (February 28, 1952 – April 7, 2025) was an American composer and lyricist. He was best known for his musicals, which include ''Falsettos'', for which he won the 1992 Tony Awards for Tony Award for Best Original Score, Best O ...
(2-disc)
*
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress, singer and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage (theatre), stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a ...
&
Billy Stritch
Billy Stritch (born February 12, 1962) is an American composer, arranger, vocalist, and jazz pianist. For many years he was best known as a confidant, music director, and piano player for Liza Minnelli.
Early life and career
Stritch was born on ...
– ''Sunday in New York''
*''
In the Heights
''In the Heights'' is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is a romance as well as a celebration of community, culture, and aspirations. It is set over the course of thr ...
'' Original Broadway Cast Recording (2-disc)
*''
Passing Strange'' Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Little Fish'' World Premiere Recording
*
Bailey Hanks – ''So Much Better'' (Single)
*
Toby Lightman – ''Waiting'' (Single)
*
Lea DeLaria
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed List of Orange Is the New Black characters#Carrie "Big Boo" Black, Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black'' ...
– ''The Live Smoke Sessions''
*''
Frankenstein - A New Musical'' – Original Cast Recording
*
Orfeh
Orfeh (born March 28, 1971 as Orfeh Or) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She performed at the Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series in 2016, in the Broadway musicals ''Saturday Night Fever'', '' Legally Blonde'', ''Pretty W ...
– ''What Do You Want From Me''
*''
13'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known f ...
– ''Les Mouches''
2009
*
Sutton Foster
Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical seven times, winning in 2002 for her role as ...
– ''Wish''
*''
Next to Normal
''Next to Normal'' is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her fam ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
'' – 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
*Our Time Theatre Company – ''Listen''
*''Pinkilicious'' – The Musical
*''
Vanities, A New Musical'' – Original Cast Recording
2010
*
Sam Tsui & Kurt Hugo Schneider – ''The Covers''
*''
Everyday Rapture'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' is a satirical historical rock musical with music and lyrics written by Michael Friedman and a book written by its director Alex Timbers.
The show is about the founding of the Democratic Party. It redefines An ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
*''Things To Ruin: The Songs of
Joe Iconis
Joseph Peter Philip Iconis (born September 22, 1981) is an American composer, lyricist, and playwright. He is best known for writing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical '' Be More Chill'', for which he was nominated for the Tony Award ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
2011
*''
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' () is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Julieta Serrano. The plot follows actress Pepa, who, after her lover Ivá ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Catch Me If You Can
''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 American crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, and James Brolin in ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Sister Act
''Sister Act'' is a 1992 American musical crime comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (billed as Joseph Howard). It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to hide in a convent after being placed in a witn ...
'' – London Cast Recording (American release)
*''
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''.
The book is one of ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Elf
An elf (: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic peoples, Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in Norse mythology, North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'' ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Anything Goes
''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madc ...
'' – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Godspell
''Godspell'' is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set t ...
'' – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Silence! The Musical'' – Original Cast Recording
*
– ''Legrand Affair''
*
Anastasia Barzee – ''The Dimming of the Day''
*''
Footloose
''Footloose'' is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn a b ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording (2011 Re-Release)
*''
A Little Princess
''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in '' St. Nicholas ...
'' – Premiere Cast Recording
2012
*''
Newsies
''Newsies'' is a 1992 American historical musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, it is loosely based on the ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
John & Jen'' – Original Cast Recording (Re-release)
*''
Bring It On: The Musical'' – Music Sampler
*''
Queen of the Mist'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Calvin Berger'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
35MM – A Musical Exhibition'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Carrie'' – Premiere Cast Recording
*''
Pipe Dream'' – Live
Encores!
Encores! is a Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving United States, American Musical theatre, musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, E ...
Cast Recording
*''
Bring It On: The Musical'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Leap of Faith
In philosophy, a leap of faith is the act of belief, believing in or accepting something not on the basis of reason. The phrase is commonly associated with Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.
Idiomatic usage
As an idiom, ''leap of faith'' ca ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*
Sandy Stewart &
Bill Charlap
William Morrison Charlap (born October 15, 1966, pronounced "Shar-Lap") is an American jazz pianist and educator.
Early life and education
Born in New York City, Bill Charlap is the son of American Broadway composer Moose Charlap and the singe ...
– ''Something to Remember''
*''
Now. Here. This.'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
13'' – Original West End Cast Recording
2013
*''
Fancy Nancy the Musical'' – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording
*''The
Joe Iconis
Joseph Peter Philip Iconis (born September 22, 1981) is an American composer, lyricist, and playwright. He is best known for writing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical '' Be More Chill'', for which he was nominated for the Tony Award ...
Rock and Roll Jamboree
*''
Dogfight
A dogfight, or dog fight, is an air combat manoeuvring, aerial battle between fighter aircraft that is conducted at close range. Modern terminology for air-to-air combat is air combat manoeuvring (ACM), which refers to tactical situations requir ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Giant
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Pippin'' – New Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Hands on a Hardbody'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Marry Me a Little'' – New Off-Broadway Cast Recording
*''
The Last Five Years'' – New Off-Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'' – Original Cast Recording
2014
*''
Murder for Two'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling Romance novel, romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of an Italian-American World War II war bride livi ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Disney's Aladdin – Original Broadway Cast Recording (as Executive Producers)''
*''
Love's Labours Lost'' – Original Cast Recording
*''A Second Chance'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
'' – Original Cast Recording
*
Sherie Rene Scott
Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1967)Some sources give 1969, but Scott herself, at thOfficial Sherie Rene Scott Myspace Pageand at Lovece, Frank"Sherie Rene Scott is caught up in the 'Rapture'", ''Newsday'', May 6, 2010, gives 1967 is an Ame ...
– ''All Will Be Well''
*
Alison Fraser – ''
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three ...
: Words and Music''
*
Mary Testa
Mary Testa is an American stage and film actress. She is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's '' On the Town'' (1998), '' 42nd Street'' (2001) and'' Oklahoma'' (2019).
Early life
Testa was born in P ...
&
Michael Starobin – ''Have Faith''
2015
*''
The Last Five Years'' – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
*''
Something Rotten!
''Something Rotten!'' is a musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find succes ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
The Fortress of Solitude'' – Original Cast Recording
*
Lea DeLaria
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. She portrayed List of Orange Is the New Black characters#Carrie "Big Boo" Black, Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black'' ...
– ''House of David''
*''
Lady, Be Good'' – 2015 Encores! Cast Recording
*''
Be More Chill'' – Original Cast Recording
*''
Daddy Long Legs'' – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Clinton, the Musical'' – Original Cast Recording
2016
*''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' – American Premiere Studio Recording
2017
* ''
Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon'' - New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording
* ZIPPERZ by
Nathaniel Stookey &
Dan Harder - World Premiere Recording
2018
* ''
Songs for a New World
''Songs for a New World'' is a work of musical theatre written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. This was Jason Robert Brown's first produced show, originally produced Off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1995. Brown and director Daisy Prince put ...
'' - New York City Center 2018 Encores! Off-Center Cast Recording
2019
* ''
Beetlejuice the Musical'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
* ''
Be More Chill'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
* ''
Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
'' - 2019 Broadway Cast Recording
* ''
Little Shop of Horrors'' - The New Cast Album
* ''
Soft Power
In politics (and particularly in international politics), soft power is the ability to co-option, co-opt rather than coerce (in contrast with hard power). It involves shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction. Soft power is ...
'' - Original Cast Recording
2021
*
''Fangirls'' – World Premiere Cast Recording
2022
* ''
A Strange Loop'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
* ''
Mrs. Doubtfire'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2023
* ''
Between the Lines'' - Original Cast Recording
* ''
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical'' - Studio Cast Recording
* ''
Kimberly Akimbo'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2024
* ''
Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by distinct pitches or tones coinciding with one another; harm ...
'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
* ''
The Gardens of Anuncia'' - A New Musical by Michael John LaChiusa
* ''
Water for Elephants
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known liv ...
'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Awards and honors
Drama Desk
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight were awarded a special 2006
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards are among the most esteemed honors in New York theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are considered a signific ...
for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through original cast albums.
Grammy Awards and nominations
Best Musical Theatre Album:
2003
*''Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas''
2005
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Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
'' – The Actors' Fund of America Benefit Recording
*''
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, created by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2006
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The Drowsy Chaperone
''The Drowsy Chaperone'' is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.
The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to pl ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2008
*(winner) ''
In The Heights
''In the Heights'' is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is a romance as well as a celebration of community, culture, and aspirations. It is set over the course of thr ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2009
*''
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
'' – 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
2011
*(winner) ''
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''.
The book is one of ...
'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Anything Goes
''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madc ...
'' – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
2014
*(winner) ''
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
*''
Aladdin (musical)'' – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2021
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Little Shop of Horrors'' - The New Cast Album
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Soft Power
In politics (and particularly in international politics), soft power is the ability to co-option, co-opt rather than coerce (in contrast with hard power). It involves shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction. Soft power is ...
'' - Original Cast Recording
2024
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Kimberly Akimbo'' - Original Broadway Cast Recording
References
External links
Sh-K-Boom Records Official WebsiteGhostlight Records
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