The original Off Broadway cast recording of “Other Lives: The Story Songs of Michael Colby” (Jay Records), a cycle of story songs by lyricist Michael Colby (Charlotte Sweet, Ludlow Ladd), with music by a variety of composers, including Alex Rybeck, Larry Hochman, Joseph Thalken, Steven Silverstein, will be officially released on CD and all digital music platforms on Friday, June 16th. Produced by John Yap. For more information www.jayrecords.com/recording/other-lives/
Other Lives: The Story Songs of Michael Colby, directed by Sara Louise Lazarus, features Musical Director Michael Lavine accompanying veterans Janet Aldrich (Annie, Forbidden Broadway – Helen Hayes Award), Bethe Austin (Whoopee!, Olympus On My Mind, Noises Off – Drama Desk Award), Ari Axelrod (Bistro Award winner), Klea Blackhurst (Bistro Award winner, Everything The Traffic Will Allow, The Nutty Professor), Stephen Bogardus (Love! Valor! Compassion! – Tony nomination; original “Whizzer” in Falsettos; Bright Star), Le Donna Burns (RENT, Broadway Inspirational Voices), David Edwards (By Jeeves, The Producers), Sarah Rice (original “Johanna” in Sweeney Todd; MAC and Bistro winner), Luke Nephat (Ludlow Ladd In Concert), Jane Seaman (Anything Goes, Secret Garden), Dan Hoy (Between The Lines), Sean McDermott (Miss Saigon, Falsettos ), Megan Styrna (Ludlow Ladd In Concert), Marianne Tatum (Theater World Award winner as original “Jenny Lind” in Barnum; Drama Desk Award nominee, The Three Musketeers), Maureen Taylor (The Phantom Of The Opera; MAC Award nominee for Cosmic Connections: The Lyrics Of Michael Colby), Deborah Jean Templin (Annie), Deborah Tranelli (Multiple Bistro Awards; “Phyllis” on TV’s “Dallas”), Joshua Turchin (the only teen to originate an edition of Forbidden Broadway, The Early Night Show, “Akiva Bergman” on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Stuart Zagnit (Caroline, or Change, “The Wizard” in Wicked – National Tour) and newcomers Lauren Baker, Talia Cutulle, and Heeya Kim.
The composers are Andrea Colby, Ned Paul Ginsberg, Larry Hochman, Paul Katz, Peter Millrose, Gerald Jay Markoe, Alex Rybeck, Steven Silverstein, Joseph Thalken, and Herman Yabaloff.
