The new Broadway musical, New York, New York, nominated for nine Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” will have its original Broadway Cast Recording released digitally on Friday, June 9 (The CD and vinyl versions are planned for later this year). The show features music and lyrics by Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winners and Academy Award nominees John Kander and Fred Ebb, with additional lyrics by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda. It’s directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.
Unlike many cast recordings, the album features the show’s complete score, comprising 90 minutes of music, including orchestral interludes. Like the show, the album will be a love letter to New York City, with music ranging from Afro-Cuban rhythms and traditional Big Band, to classic Broadway showstoppers. Released through the Wine & Peaches label, the album is produced by Michael Croiter, Sam Davis, Lin-Manuel Miranda, co-produced by Sonia Friedman, Tom Kirdahy, Craig Balsam.
New York, New York stars Tony Award nominee Colton Ryan (Girl From The North Country, Hulu’s “The Girl from Plainville”) as Jimmy Doyle, Anna Uzele (Six, Apple TV+’s “Dear Edward”), Clyde Alves (On the Town) as Tommy Caggiano, John Clay III (Choir Boy) as Jesse Webb, Janet Dacal (In the Heights) as Sofia Diaz, Ben Davis (Dear Evan Hansen) as Gordon Kendrick, Oliver Prose as Alex Mann (Broadway debut), Angel Sigala (Broadway debut) as Mateo Diaz, and Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show) as Madame Veltri. The ensemble includes Wendi Bergamini, Allison Blackwell, Giovanni Bonaventura, Jim Borstelmann, Lauren Carr, Mike Cefalo, Bryan J. Cortés, Kristine Covillo, Gabriella Enriquez, Haley Fish, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Richard Gatta, Stephen Hanna, Naomi Kakuk, Akina Kitazawa, Ian Liberto, Kevin Ligon, Leo Moctezuma, Aaron Nicholas Patterson, Alex Prakken, Dayna Marie Quincy, Julian Ramos, Drew Redington, Benjamin Rivera, Vanessa Sears, Davis Wayne, Jeff Williams, and Darius Wright.
New York, New York is set in 1946 in a resurgent post-war New York beginning to rebuild. As steel beams swing overhead, a collection of artists has dreams as big and diverse as the city itself. Among them is New York native Jimmy Doyle, a brilliant but disillusioned musician looking for his “major chord” in life: music, money, love. The odds are against him getting all three until he meets Francine Evans, a young singer just off the bus from Philly, who is destined for greatness. If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere.
The show has been nominated for nine Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” 12 Outer Critics Circle Awards including “Best Musical,” six Drama Desk Awards, four Drama League Awards, including “Best Musical,” and three Chita Rivera Awards. Composer John Kander is the recipient of the 2023 Special Tony Award for “Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre” and the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Chita Rivera Awards. The show’s orchestrations by Sam Davis and Daryl Waters are nominated for “Best Orchestrations” by the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
New York, New York is currently running at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, located at 246 West 44th Street in Manhattan.
