FORTHCOMING

See What I Wanna See

• Release: March 7
  
• Label: Ghostlight Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
  
• Performers: Idina Menzel, Marc Kudisch, Mary Testa, Aaron Lohr and Henry Stram.

Songs from an Unmade Bed

• Release: March 21
  
• Label: Ghostlight Records
  
• Writers: music by various composers, lyrics by Mark Campbell
  
• Performer: Michael Winther.

Bingo

• Release: March
  
• Label: TBA
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid and David Holcenberg
  
• Performers: Klea Blackhurst, Chevi Colton as Minnie, Liz Larsen, Liz McCartney, Janet Metz, Patrick Ryan Sullivan and Jessica-Snow Wilson .

  ---

  Advertisement

  ---

Thrill Me

• Release: April 4
  
• Label: Original Cast Records
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff
  
• Performers: Doug Kreeger and Stephen Dolginoff.

People Like Us

• Release: April
  
• Label: Jay Records
  
• Writers: music by Todd Almond, lyrics by Almond and Gus Kaikkonen
  
• Performers:Matt Bogart and Pamela Bob.

It's Only Life

• Release: May
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by John Bucchino
  
• Performers: Brooks Ashmankas, Andrea Burns, Gavin Creel, Jessica Molaskey and Billy Porter.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album was recorded the week of Jan. 30, and was produced by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin.

Sunday in the Park with George (2006 London Revival)

• Release: May
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writer: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  
• Performers: Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell and the 2006 London revival cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The album will be recorded March 6-7.

No Recording Announced: The Pajama Game
Ring of Fire
Bernarda Alba
Grey Gardens
I Love You Because
[title of show]

Other Recordings:

Wall to Wall Sondheim - March 14
Liza with a Z (reissue) - Columbia/Legacy - March 7
Euan Morton: NewClear - March
Isabelle Georges: December Songs - PS Classics - March
Diahann Carroll and the Andre Previn Trio: Porgy and Bess - DRG - March 21
Patti LuPone: The Lady with the Torch - Ghostlight Records - April
Brian Stokes Mitchell - Playbill Records/Legacy - June 6
Ann Hampton Callaway: Blues in the Night - Telarc - Aug. 22

AVAILABLE NOW

Billy Elliot

• Release: Feb. 7 (US Release)
  
• Label: Decca Broadway
  
• Writers: music by Elton John and lyrics by Lee Hall
  
• Performers: Liam Mower, Hadyn Gwynne and the 2005 Original London cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The 2-CD set includes a bonus CD with composer Elton John singing "Letter," "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" and "Electricity."

Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Cast)

• Release: Jan. 31
  
• Label: Nonesuch
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  
• Performers: Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone and the 2005 Broadway cast

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

• Release: Jan. 24
  
• Label: Sh-K-Boom
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by David Nehls
  
• Performers: Shuler Hensley, Linda Hart and the original Off-Broadway cast.

The Color Purple

• Release: Jan. 24
  
• Label: Angel
  
• Writers: score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
  
• Performers: LaChanze and the original Broadway cast.

Suburb

• Release: Jan. 15
  
• Label: Original Cast Records
  
• Writers: music by Robert Cohen, lyrics by David Javerbaum
  
• Performers: A mix of reading and production cast members, including Alix Korey and Jacquelyn Piro.

Lone Star Love

• Release: Jan. 10
  
• Label: PS Classics
  
• Writers: various
  
• Performers: Original Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The cast album was recorded March 2, 2005.

Jersey Boys

• Release: Nov. 1, 2005
  
• Label: Rhino
  
• Writers: music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe
  
• Performers: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young and the 2005 original Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: Produced by Bob Gaudio, the album was recorded on Aug. 28.

Dessa Rose

• Release: Dec. 13
  
• Label: JAY Records
  
• Writers: music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
  
• Performers: La Chanze, Rachel York, and the 2005 original Off-Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The 2-disk cast album was recorded May 2, 2005.

The Likes of Us

• Release: Oct. 17 (UK Release)
  
• Label: Really Useful
  
• Writers: music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
  
• Performers: Stephen Fry and others.

Forever Plaid (Original Las Vegas Recording)

• Release: Sept. 20
  
• Label: DRG
  
• Writers: Various
  
• Performers: 2005 Las Vegas cast
  
• Miscellaneous: 15 songs from the Las Vegas production.

Whoopi

• Release: Aug. 9
  
• Label: DRG
  
• Writers: Whoopi Goldberg
  
• Performers: Whoopi Goldberg.
  
• Miscellaneous: The 2-CD set will feature the complete performance as performed and recorded at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on Jan. 29-30, 2005.

The Immigrant

• Release: July 26
  
• Label: Ghostlight
  
• Writers: music by Steven M. Alper, lyrics by Sarah Knapp.
  
• Performers: Jacqueline Antaramian, Walter Charles, Adam Heller and Cass Morgan.
  
• Miscellaneous: The recording is produced by Jan Folkson.

After the Ball (2005 Off-Broadway Revival)

• Release: July
  
• Label: Kritzerland
  
• Writers: music and lyrics by Noel Coward
  
• Performers: The 2005 Irish Repertory cast.

Sweet Charity (2005 Broadway Revival)

• Release: July 12
  
• Label: DRG
  
• Writers: music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields
  
• Performers: Christina Applegate, Denis O'Hare, and the 2005 Broadway cast.
  
• Miscellaneous: The cast album is available at selected New York retailers prior to the national release. CD was recorded May 16. Six bonus tracks will be included.

Other Recordings: Annie Get Your Gun with Dolores Gray, Evie Hayes and Lily Fayol - Bayview Classics - Feb. 20
Debbie Gravitte: Defying Gravity - Jay Records - Jan. 10
Rebecca Spencer: Fair Warning - LML Music - Winter
Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniele: Opposite You - PS Classics - Nov. 8
Barbara Cook: Tribute - DRG - Fall 2005
Karen Mason: The Sweetest of Nights - Zevely Records - Oct.
Sondheim Sings: Volume 2 - PS Classics - Oct. 25
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics - Oct. 19
Michael Ball: Music - Universal Music TV - Oct. 17 (UK Release)
Jeff Harnar: Dancing in the Dark - PS Classics - Oct. 4
Kevin Spirtas: The Sweetest of Nights and the Finest of Days - Kritzerland - Sept. 13
Broadway Unplugged - Bayview Recording Company - Sept. 12
Ethel Merman: The World Is Your Balloon - Decca Broadway - Sept.
Michael Feinstein: Hopeless Romantics - Concord Records - Sept.
Fyvush Finkel: It's Never Too Late - Original Cast Records - Sept.