Good news for those who were not able to secure a ticket to MCC's Off-Broadway hit The Connector鈥攖he new Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince, and Jonathan Marc Sherman musical has recorded a cast album. Concord Theatricals Recordings will release the original cast recording later this spring. The Connector is currently running at MCC through March 17.
The musical follows two young journalists in the late 1990s New York City publishing world, pitting ambition against values in the race for the ultimate scoop. It features a score by Brown and a book by Sherman. The new work was conceived by Prince, who also directs the world premiere production.
The cast, featured on the cast album, includes Scott Bakula, Max Crumm, Hannah Cruz, Ashley P茅rez Flanagan, Danielle Lee Greaves, Mylinda Hull, Daniel Jenkins, Jessica Molaskey, Fergie Philippe, Eliseo Rom谩n, Ben Levi Ross, Ann Sanders, and Michael Winther. Understudies for the production include Joanna Carpenter, George Dvorsky, and Kyle Sherman.
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The album, which was recorded recently at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, is produced by four-time Emmy winner Jeffrey Lesser and three-time Tony winner Brown, who also serves as arranger, orchestrator, and pianist. Three-time Grammy winner Sean Patrick Flahaven, chief theatricals executive for Concord, is the album鈥檚 co-producer.
鈥淭his score is a huge leap forward for me musically, and it鈥檚 so exciting to record it with this remarkable cast and these fantastic musicians,鈥� said Brown in a statement. 鈥淭his is a real passion project for everyone involved, getting to explore ideas that really matter to us, and you can hear that passion pour out in these tracks. I just feel so lucky to be in the room with this level of talent, an entire studio filled with musicians at the peak of their interpretive powers. Creating this show with Jonathan and Daisy has been a dream鈥攔ecording it with Tom and Jeffrey and Sean really takes it all to the next level.鈥�
Tom Murray is the music director and Kristy Norter is the music coordinator. The band includes Brown, Jamie Eblen, Hidayat Honari, Adam Kaufman, Randy Landau, and Todd Reynolds.
The Company of MCC Theater's The Connector
The Company of MCC Theater's The Connector
The Company of MCC Theater's The Connector
The Company of MCC Theater's The Connector
Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula and Ben Levi Ross
Jessica Molaskey
Hannah Cruz
Fergie Philippe, Hannah Cruz, and Ben Levi Ross
Ben Levi Ross, Scott Bakula, Mylinda Hull, and Michael Winther
Ben Levi Ross
Ben Levi Ross and Hannah Cruz
Ben Levi Ross and Hannah Cruz
