Ghostlight Records will produce the original cast recording for the new Broadway musical, Water for Elephants, which had its world premiere in Atlanta on The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre last summer.
The forthcoming album aims to immortalize the show’s captivating score crafted by the esteemed PigPen Theatre Co., known for The Tale of Despereaux.
The cast hit the studio March 25, and the record, produced by Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Ian Kagey, is slated to be released later this year.
Water for Elephants is adapted from the highly praised and New York Times-bestselling novel penned by Sara Gruen. The musical features a book by three-time Tony Award nominee Rick Elice (known for Jersey Boys and Peter and the Starcatcher) and is directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone (Kimberly Akimbo).
The story follows a young man, who after losing what matters most, jumps on a moving train and finds a new home with the remarkable crew of a traveling circus,
Grant Gustin stars in his Broadway debut, and is joined by Isabelle McCalla, four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman, Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle Award nominee Paul Alexander Nolan, Stan Brown, Joe De Paul, Sara Gettelfinger and Wade McCollum.
The album will be able to be ordered at ghostlightrecords.com.
Photo: Grant Gustin, Stan Brown and members of the Broadway cast in Water for Elephants. Photo by Matthew Murphy
