Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots (World Premiere Recording) [CD]
- 2021 GRAMMY NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook is an original musical which incorporates over two dozen of Stephen Schwartz’s songs from his hit and award-winning musicals including Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, The Baker’s Wife, Rags, Working, Children of Eden, and Enchanted. Some of the well-known songs that fans will recognize include Popular, Meadowlark, Corner of The Sky, All for the Best, and Lion Tamer. The show is a touching and authentic look into how we fall in love and the poignant power of trusting our hearts and memories.
The show features a stellar cast who have performed in some of your all-time favorite Broadway musicals, including John Cardoza (Jagged Little Pill), Mariand Torres (Hadestown, Prince of Broadway), Michael McCorry Rose (Anastasia, Wicked), Monica Ramirez (Working, Godspell), Ryan K. Bailer (Evita) and Olivia Hernandez (Austen’s Pride).
The production has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by David Stern, was conceived by Michael Scheman and David Stern, with additional music and lyrics by David Crane (Friends, Episodes), Seth Friedman (Upstairs at O'Neals, Personals), Marta Kauffman (Friends, Grace and Frankie), Alan Menken (Beauty and The Beast, Little Shop of Horrors) and Charles Strouse (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie), and arrangements and orchestrations by Steve Orich. Directed by Daniel C. Levine, Music Supervision by Bryan Perri, Choreography by Sara Brians, and Cinematography by Barton Cortright. The world premiere recording is produced by Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri and Stephen Schwartz. The executive producers are R. Erin Craig / ACT of Connecticut, BroadwayHD and Van Dean; co-executive producers are Mia Moravis and Gregory Franklin; and co-producers are Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Corey Brunish.
Physical Release Date: December 10, 2021
A Center Stage Records Release