“…the Huntington Theatre Company’s exuberant production of “Sing Street” packs such a visceral punch in making its case that by the end it’s got you believing it, too.”
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The concert, titled, Joy to the World!, is presented online by the the Forum for Cultural Engagement, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, and the American Center in Moscow.
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Kris Kukul, Swados’ longtime musical director, co-produced the record and provided orchestrations and arrangements. “This project is to celebrate the music of Liz Swados,” Kukul says. “From the 1970s to the 2000s, Liz wrote music for Broadway, off-Broadway, and theaters around the world, yet so much of her music went unrecorded.”
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The album will include the first-ever recordings of 14 songs penned by the late Runaways writer.
Ghostlight Records will pay tribute to pioneering theatre artist Elizabeth Swados (Runaways, Alice in Concert) with a new album The Liz Swados Project, featuring such theatre favorites as Amber Gray, Ali Stroker, Michael R. Jackson, Grace McLean, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Taylor Mac singing 19 of Swados' songs—14 of which have never before been recorded.
The album's songs are pulled from 10 of Swados' stage works, including Runaways, The Beautiful Lady, Alice in Concert, and Nightclub Cantata. Kris Kukul, Swados' longtime music director, has orchestrated and arranged the album, which is produced by Lauren Fitzgerald, Kukul, and Matt Stine. Kurt Deutsch and Rosalind Lichter are executive producers.
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Ghostlight Records and WARNER RECORDS have announced that Beetlejuice - Original Broadway Cast Recording has surpassed 200 million streams in the United States and 350 million streams globally. These landmark numbers continue the remarkable success of the album, reaching the list of top 10 most streamed OBCRs of the previous decade, in addition to being the highest-streamed Broadway album of the 2018-2019 season. Beetlejuice hit 100 million streams this past November 5, doubling in just 14 weeks. The show's songs have placed in Spotify's "Viral 50" charts in 13 different countries.
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