The Off-Broadway cast album of Heathers is getting a deluxe edition June 6, with a digital and streaming release from Yellow Sound Label. The album has been remastered, and includes seven new bonus tracks featuring new performances from Ingrid Michaelson, George Salazar, Will Chase, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Corey Cott, and more.
Get a first listen to Michaelson (The Notebook) and Gizel Jiménez singing the newly written song "One by One" below. The track is the song's world premiere. Pre-order and pre-save the album .
Also among the new bonus tracks are new recordings of "Our Love is God (Fado Ballad)" performed by Cordeone and Martina DaSilva; "Seventeen (Symphonic Version)" by Kristolyn Lloyd and Salazar; "Kindergarten Boyfriend (Bluegrass Lullaby)" by Chase; "Never Shut Up Again" by Adrianna Hicks, Aaron Michael Ray, and Matt DaSilva; "You're Welcome" by Alyse Alan Louis, Cott, and Jason Gotay; and "I Say Not" by Kritzer. "Never Shut Up Again," "You're Welcome," "I Say Not," and "One by One" were all written for and added to the musical's original London production and are recorded here for the first time.
The deluxe edition celebrates the original album's 10th anniversary. The show played New World Stages Off-Broadway in 2014, with a cast including Barrett Wilbert Weed as Veronica, Ryan McCartan as J.D., Jessica Keenan Wynn as Heather Chandler, Elle McLemore as Heather McNamara, Kristolyn Lloyd as Heather Duke, Katie Ladner as Martha Dunnstock, Jon Eidson as Ram Sweeney, Evan Todd as Kurt Kelly, Anthony Crivello as Ram’s Dad/Big Bud Dean, Daniel Cooney as Kurt’s Dad/Veronica’s Dad/Principal, and Michelle Duffy as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom. Completing the cast were Dan Domenech, Cait Fairbanks, Rachel Flynn, Molly Hager, Charissa Hogeland, AJ Meijer, Matthew Schatz, and Dustin Sullivan.
“Ever since Yellow Sound Label released the original Heathers cast album a decade ago, it’s been a cornerstone of our catalogue,� says label founder and album producer Michal Croiter in a statement. “Now with the Deluxe Edition’s array of all-star bonus tracks, we’re thrilled that this score continues to grow and evolve, primed to be discovered by the new generation of fans.�
The release also comes as the Laurence O'Keefe-Kevin Murphy musical prepares an Off-Broadway return, again at New World Stages, with performances set to begin June 22 and continue through September 28. This staging comes via London's The Other Palace, where the musical became a long-running hit that even got a live stage filming. Andy Fickman is back to direct, after staging both the original Off-Broadway and London productions.
The new cast will include Lorna Courtney (& Juliet) as Veronica Sawyer; Casey Likes (Back to the Future) as J.D.; McKenzie Kurtz (Wicked) as Heather Chandler; Olivia Ease Hardy (Kimberly Akimbo) as Heather Duke; Elizabeth Teeter (Beetlejuice) as Heather McNamara; Kerry Butler as Ms. Fleming and Veronica's Mom; Erin Morton as Martha Dunnstock; Xavier McKinnon as Ram Sweeney; Cade Ostermeyer as Kurt Kelly; Ben Davis as Ram's Dad, Big Bud Dean, and Coach Ripper; and Cameron Loyal as Kurt’s Dad, Veronica’s Dad, and Principal Gowan. The ensemble will feature James Caleb Grice, Devin Lewis, Kiara Michelle Lee, Brian Martin, Syd Sider, and Cecilia Trippied, with standbys and swings Sara Al-Bazali, Emma Benson, Louis Griffin, and Lav Raman rounding out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman and Jimmy Larkin.
Heathers the Musical follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer, who's on track to become one of the most popular girls in school after befriending the beautiful but cruel Heathers, only to meet a mysterious teen rebel who changes everything.
Based on the 1989 film by Daniel Waters, Heathers the Musical premiered with a sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2013, and transferred to New World Stages in 2014. The authors revised the show for a 2018 West End run, before playing two national tours and a West End encore engagement—several new songs and script changes that will be heard in New York for the first time in the forthcoming run.
Fickman is reuniting his London creative team for the Off-Broadway mounting, including choreographer Gary Lloyd (the upcoming staging will also include additional choreography by Stephanie Klemons), set and costume designer David Shields (this staging will also feature co-costume design by Siena Zoë Allen), lighting designer Ben Cracknell, and sound designer Dan Samson. Will Joy will serve as music supervisor, with Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh as music director.
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