Cast Recordings & AlbumsSally Ann Triplett, Susie Blake, Daniel Boys, Jim Dale Featured on Something鈥檚 Afoot RecordingJAY Records will release the new album in November.
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Andrew Gans
June 10, 2019
Sally Ann Triplett
Marc J. Franklin
JAY Records will release the world premiere cast recording of the 1976 musical Something鈥檚 Afoot November 15.
A host of British stage stars鈥攊ncluding Susie Blake, Sally Ann Triplett, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Julie Atherton, Graham Bickley, Scott Hunter, Daniel Boys, Keith Merrill, Gordon Griffin, Stuart Pendred, and Tony winner Jim Dale鈥攚ill head to Angel Studios June 24, 29, and July 1.
Something鈥檚 Afoot has music and lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach with additional music by Ed Linderman. The orchestrations are by Dan DeLange. Craig Barna is the conductor and musical director.
A murder mystery spoof set in a country estate in 1935, the musical played Broadway's Lyceum Theatre May 27鈥揓uly 18, 1976. Tony Tanner directed a cast that included Tessie O'Shea, Gary Beach, Willard Beckham, Gary Gage, Barbara Heuman, Marc Jordan, Jack Schmidt, Liz Sheridan, Neva Small, and Sel Vitella.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Something's Afoot at Goodspeed With Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Something's Afoot at Goodspeed With Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music) shares a day with the cast of the musical murder-mystery spoof Something's Afoot at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. Read the
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A little listening material for the gym. Yes, I benched 850lbs listening to 鈥淲hy Do The Wrong People Travel?鈥�
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Warming up before the show. Or shows, I should say.
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A pre-show breakfast at the infamous Whistle Stop Caf茅. This place should be featured on "Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives" hands down.
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The beautiful, historic Goodspeed Opera House.
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Pre-Act 1. I鈥檇 like to mention that the opening of the show is titled 鈥淲eekend in the Country Air鈥�. Which led me to ask, which came first, Something鈥檚 Afoot or A Little Night Music?
Ed Dixon, veteran of 15 Broadway shows, who steals our show nightly. Well. Not from everyone. :-)
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鈥淏oardwalk Empire鈥� star Peter Van Wagner, filling out his absentee ballot just after his character was killed off. Sucks to be him. Or does it?
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Lynne Wintersteller (Closer Than Ever fans out there?), Liz Pearce (Billy Elliot), Audrie Neenan (Sister Act) and Alyssa Gagarin (who will also be starring in Our Town upcoming at Ford鈥檚 Theater).
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Liz Pearce, who plays the saucy maid, catching up on a little reading. And what better reading than Ed Dixon鈥檚 incredible memoir. It鈥檚 so good you would think it was fiction.
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Break time!
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Our brilliant director, Vince Pesce, giving me a note. He should know better.
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Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich, and the super handsome actor playing Geoffrey. They are some of the best composers I know. And the sweetest women alive.
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The Hunters of Broadway!!! Now all we need is Hunter Foster and Parrish and we would be set.
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Once these fans found out Hunter had a Tony Nomination, they wanted him to join in on the autograph session.
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Our composers James McDonald (left) and Robert Gerlach (right) with our director Vince Pesce.
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Benjamin Eakeley and me posing with my longtime buddy Noah Galvin.
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Finished with two shows. As you can see, some can make it, some can鈥檛.
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The famous Goodspeed wardrobe supervisor, John Riccucci, who is rumored to also live in the theater.
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Grilling some protein with Christian Delcroix (left), Alessa Neeck, and my Carnegie Mellon pal, Patrick Cummings.
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I leave you with none other than the East Haddam Swing Bridge.
