| SOFT POWER from GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS LISTENING PARTY at 8PM WILL BENEFIT ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND | |
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| GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS PRESENTS "SOFT POWER" ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING THE NEW MUSICAL FROM THE PUBLIC THEATER BOOK AND LYRICS BY DAVID HENRY HWANG MUSIC AND ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY JEANINE TESORI CHOREOGRAPHY BY SAM PINKLETON DIRECTED BY LEIGH SILVERMAN NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL AND STREAMING FORMATS VIRTUAL LISTENING PARTY TO BENEFIT ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND TONIGHT at 8:00 PM GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Soft Power - Original Cast Recordingis available on digital and streaming formats today, Friday, April 17. The album is based on the new musical's recent New York premiere production at The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham). Soft Power features book and lyrics by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang and music and additional lyrics by Tony Award winner Jeanine Tesori, with choreography by Tony nominee Sam Pinkleton. A co-commission and co-production with Center Theatre Group, Tony nominee Leigh Silverman directed this groundbreaking new musical. The album is produced by Jeanine Tesori and Matt Stine, with The Public Theater and Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producers. To stream or order Soft Power, please visit ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/softpower The Public Theater will host a live virtual listening party on Friday, April 17 at 8:00 PM Eastern to celebrate the cast album recording of Soft Power. The cast and creative team will participate. Funds will be raised to support The Public Theater and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.aaldef.org) during the event. Tune in at the Public's YouTube page HERE. Soft Power was nominated for five 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards, including "Outstanding Musical." When Soft Power opened at The Public's Newman Theater last year, Variety called it "thrilling, moving, and revolutionary." The Wall Street Journal raved "Mr. Hwang's book is gloriously funny, while Ms. Tesori's score is a persuasive blend of emotional directness and ingenious musical pastiche. I don't remember when I last saw a musical that was this smart-and touching." The Daily Beast said "Tesori has a wonderful knack of creating a lush melody, spiked with very pointed, political point-making." According to The New Yorker, "[Hwang] affirms the things that could make America good again: care, compassion, mutual respect." Performances ran from September 24 through November 17, 2019. "The extraordinary beauty of Jeanine Tesori's score and David Henry Hwang's lyrics for Soft Power will now be preserved forever," said Oskar Eustis. "Soft Power is a beautiful, heartbreaking, and history-making show: this recording will not only save this amazing cast and orchestra, but it will be a thrilling map for what promises to be an exciting future for the show." The complete cast of Soft Power includes Billy Bustamante (Xue Xíng Standby), Jon Hoche (Chief Justice/Hali Àohala/Ensemble), Kendyl Ito (Jing/Prof. Li Bìyù/Ensemble), Francis Jue (DHH), Austin Ku (Bobby Bob/Ju Míng), Raymond J. Lee (Randy Ray/Yáo Tuo/Veep/Ensemble), Alyse Alan Louis (Zoe/Hillary), Jaygee Macapugay (Betsy/Lóng Lín Kun/Ensemble), Daniel May (Ensemble), Paul HeeSang Miller (Ensemble), Kristen Faith Oei (Ensemble), Geena Quintos (Airport Greeter/Ensemble), Conrad Ricamora (Xue Xíng), Trevor Salter (Ensemble), Kyra Smith (Ensemble), Emily Stillings (Swing), Emily Trumble (Zoe/Hillary Standby), and John Yi (Swing). One of the most exciting theatrical collaborations in recent memory, Soft Power is an exploration of America's current place in the world, told through an East-West musical from China's point of view, in which a theater producer from Shanghai forges a powerful bond with Hillary Clinton. Soft Power is a fever dream of modern American politics amidst global conversations, asking us all-why do we love democracy? And should we? Soft Power features orchestrations by Danny Troob; music direction and supervision by Chris Fenwick; dance arrangements by John Clancy; scenic design by Clint Ramos; costume design by Anita Yavich; lighting design by Mark Barton; sound design by Kai Harada; sound effects design by Bart Fasbender; video design by Bryce Cutler; hair, wig, and makeup design by Tom Watson; special effects by Lillis Meeh; music contracting by Antoine Silverman; and additional orchestrations by Larry Hochman and John Clancy. Support for the Soft Power Original Cast Recording provided by The Tang Family Foundation, No Guarantees, and The Public Theater. DAVID HENRY HWANG (Book & Lyrics)'s plays include M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, Chinglish, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and FOB. His Broadway musicals include the books for Aida (co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 revival), and Disney's Tarzan. America's most-produced living opera librettist (two Grammy Awards), Hwang has worked since 2015 as a writer/producer for the Golden Globe-winning TV series, "The Affair." He serves on the board of the Lark, as Chair of the American Theatre Wing, and as Head of Playwriting at Columbia University. Hwang is a Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, a three-time Obie Award winner, and a two-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. JEANINE TESORI (Music & Additional Lyrics)'s Broadway credits include Fun Home (2015 Tony Award winner, Pulitzer finalist); Violet; Caroline, or Change; Shrek The Musical; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Twelfth Night (Lincoln Center Theater); and John Guare's A Free Man of Color. Tesori also collaborated with Tony Kushner on Mother Courage starring Meryl Streep at The Delacorte. Her opera credits include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (libretto by Tony Kushner, Glimmerglass) and The Lion, the Unicorn and Me (libretto by J. D. McClatchy; Washington National Opera), as well as the upcoming Blue (libretto by Tazewell Thompson, Glimmerglass) and a commission from the Metropolitan Opera. Her songs are featured in the Netflix revival of "Gilmore Girls." She is the co-founder of A Broader Way, an arts empowerment program for girls from underserved communities; the founding artistic director of Encores! Off-Center; and a lecturer in music at Yale University and Columbia University. SAM PINKLETON (Choreographer) directed Elizabeth Swados' Runaways at The Delacorte in 2018. As a choreographer, his work on Broadway includes Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony nomination), Amélie, Significant Other, Machinal, and Heisenberg. Pinkleton has made new shows, parties, and dances at BAM, Soho Rep, The Dutch National Opera, Carnegie Hall, Playwrights Horizons, City Center Encores Off-Center, Center Theatre Group, American Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, McCarter Theater, Berkeley Rep, and The New Museum, and is a frequent collaborator with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Dance Cartel. Artist in Residence at Pace University. Education: NYU. Former Public Theater Intern. LEIGH SILVERMAN (Director) directed Soft Power by Jeanine Tesori/David Henry Hwang (CTG/Curran). Broadway credits include Grand Horizons (2ST), The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54), Violet (Roundabout, Tony nomination), Chinglish, Well. Recent credits include Grand Horizons (WTF); Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theater/Audible/Minetta Lane, Lortel nomination); Hurricane Diane (NYTW/Two River), Wild Goose Dreams (The Public/La Jolla); The Outer Space, No Place to Go (The Public); Sweet Charity (New Group); All The Ways To Say I Love You (MCC); The Way We Get By (2ST); Tumacho (Clubbed Thumb); Kung Fu, Golden Child (Signature); The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Playwrights Horizons); In The Wake (CTG/Berkeley/Public; Obie, Lortel nomination); Yellow Face (CTG/The Public). 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence. THE PUBLIC is theater of, by, and for all people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic, The Public continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation's first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public's wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City's five boroughs, Public Forum, Under the Radar, Public Studio, Public Works, Public Shakespeare Initiative, and Joe's Pub. Since premiering Hair in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American Theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Girl From the North Country. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 59 Tony Awards, 178 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 56 Lortel Awards, 34 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes. publictheater.org GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has become the leading independent force in Original Broadway Cast Recordings - building a library of over 200 records over the past 20 years, featuring some of the most successful Broadway musicals and solo albums by Broadway's brightest stars. Founded by Grammy Award winner Kurt Deutsch, Ghostlight has won Grammy Awards for The Band's Visit, The Book of Mormon , In the Heights and Beautiful - The Carole King Musical. Ghostlight has also released solo albums from Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara, Sutton Foster, Billy Porter, and more. The label continues to support the new generation of musical theater composers and has developed extensive relationships with Jason Robert Brown, Michael John LaChiusa, and David Yazbek, as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pasek & Paul, Tom Kitt, Joe Iconis, and Shaina Taub. Ghostlight Records is part of the Arts Music division at Warner Music Group. ghostlightrecords.com "SOFT POWER" TRACK LIST 1. Overture 2. Dutiful 3. Welcome to America 4. Fuxing Park 5. I'm With Her 6. It Just Takes Time 7. Election Night 8. I Am 9. Entr'acte / Song of the Campaign 10. Happy Enough 11. Good Guy With A Gun 12. The New Silk Road 13. Democracy 14. Democracy (Reprise) |
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