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Kritzerland Records, which recently released a limited edition of the Original Broadway Cast recording featuring pitch correction, returns with the first CD release of the Original London Cast recording of Promises, Promises. The recording features Anthony Roberts, Betty Buckley, and Jack Kruschen, reprising the role he created in The Apartment (the film on which Promises, Promises was based). Producer Bruce Kimmel has mastered this release from the two-track album masters, but has placed the tracks iin the original show order.

Sources say that >Sony Broadway Masterworks will be recording the touring production of Dreamgirls (which originated at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem).   The production features a new Act 2 opening number and duet version of Listen (written for the film).

ON THE RECORD: 2008-09 Broadway Cast Album Roundup (Playbill), by Steven Suskin.

Reminder: you can see all the recordings released in a given year using the Recordings advanced search page (ex. cast recordings released so far in 2009).

Robert J. Elisberg presents an intriguing argument about the state of the Tony Awards show. What he leaves out, however, is the fact that theatre itself has unquestionably suffered a decline in multiple respects since the days when the Tonys were a must-see.

Playbill On-Line asks Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight president Kurt Deutsch how royalties are calculated for cast albums. It’s a question I’ve often wondered about. Take a look.