Billed as the American Premiere Studio Recording, the album will now be released in January 2016. iTunes pre-orders will be accepted beginning Dec. 4 on thei Ghostlight label. The album was originally slated for a Nov. 20 release.
While not a cast album per se, this CD features the principal and ensemble talent who performed the show鈥檚 U.S. Premiere productions at La Jolla Playhouse and during their 2014-15 seasons.
The album features (Big River) as Quasimodo, (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) as Dom Claude Frollo, (Pippin) as Esmeralda, (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) as Captain Phoebus de Martin and (Lovemusik) as Clopin Trouillefou.
Featured in the ensemble are: , Mary Joe Duggan, Ian Patrick Gibb, , , , Nora Menken, , Anise Ritchie, Vincent Rodriguez III, Richard Ruiz, Joseph J. Simeone, and .
Inspired by 's novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features a book by , music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. The musical was billed as a "dramatic retelling of the famous love story on a grand scale, with a lush, emotionally rich score."
The rights to The Hunchback of Notre Dame are now available for professional theatre productions, licensed exclusively through Music Theatre International (212-541-4684, ).
