Jason Robert Brown’s 13, A New Musical will be available on a new two CD set from Ghostlight Records that will arrive in stores on November 24.
The set will include one CD with the original cast recording, featuring the songs in the order in which as they were performed in the Broadway production, plus two bonus tracks of single versions of two songs from the show. All of the tracks have been newly re-mastered.
The second disc will be an accompaniment CD that will feature the show’s music without vocals, for students, educators, Broadway enthusiasts and auditioning actors/singers. This marks the first time that such a CD has been released using the actual music of the original cast recording of a Broadway show. This disc also includes several songs in different keys as well as two demo recordings of songs from the show performed by Brown.
13 opened at the Jacobs Theatre on Broadway on September 18, 2008. The company featured Al Calderon (Eddie), Eamon Foley (Richie), Caitlin Gann (Molly), Elizabeth Gillies (Lucy), Ariana Grande (Charlotte), Aaron Simon Gross (Archie), Malik Hammond (Malcolm), Joey La Varco (Simon), Delaney Moro (Kendra), Eric Nelsen (Brett), Graham Phillips (Evan), Allie Trimm (Patrice), and Brynn Williams (Cassie).
The musical, with book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, was directed by Jeremy Sams and featured choreography by Christopher Gattelli.
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