In the Studio: Recording Something Rotten's Original Broadway Cast Album
Go inside the recording studio with the cast and creators of
Broadway's
Something Rotten!
The recording is out now on
Ghostlight Records:
On iTunes -
http://apple.co/1GrgVDB
On
Amazon MP3 - http://amzn.to/1QwTGYd
On CD - http://www.sh-k-boom.com/somethingrotten
From the co-director of
The Book of Mormon and the producer of
Avenue Q comes something original… something fresh
... Something Rotten!, a world-premiere musical comedy about the musical comedy that started it all.
Welcome to the ‘90s — the 1590s — long before the dawn of premium tickets, star casting and reminders to turn off your cell phones.
Brothers Nick (
Brian d’Arcy James) and
Nigel Bottom (
John Cariani) are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that
Renaissance rockstar known as “The
Bard” (
Christian Borle). When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of
Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self… and all that jazz.
With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, Something Rotten! is an uproarious dose of pure Broadway fun and an irresistible ode to musicals — those dazzling creations that entertain us, inspire us, and remind us that everything’s better with an exclamation
point!
The production, directed and choreographed by
Tony Award® winner
Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon,
Aladdin), with music and lyrics by
Grammy Award® winner
Wayne Kirkpatrick and
Golden Globe Award® nominee
Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author
John O’Farrell, is now playing on Broadway.
Something Rotten! stars Tony Award® nominee Brian d’Arcy James (
Shrek), Tony Award® winner Christian Borle (
Peter and the Starcatcher), Tony Award® nominee John Cariani (
Fiddler on the Roof),
Heidi Blickenstaff ([title of show]), Tony Award® nominee
Brad Oscar (
The Producers),
Kate Reinders (
Wicked), Tony Award® nominee
Brooks Ashmanskas (
Martin Short:
Fame Becomes Me),
Peter Bartlett (
Cinderella),
Gerry Vichi (
The Drowsy Chaperone) and
Michael James Scott (The Book of Mormon).
Full song list:
1. Welcome to the Renaissance
2. God,
I Hate Shakespeare
3.
Right Hand Man
4. God, I Hate Shakespeare (
Reprise)
5. A
Musical
6.
The Black Death
7.
I Love the Way
8.
Will Power
9. Bottom’s
Gonna Be on Top
10. Welcome to the Renaissance (Reprise)
11.
Hard to Be the Bard
12.
It’s Eggs!
13. We
See the Light
14. To
Thine Own Self
15. Right Hand Man (Reprise)
16. Something Rotten! / Make an Omelette
17. To Thine Own Self (Reprise)
18.
Finale
Learn more about the show and get tickets at http://rottenbroadway.com/