Posted: 5/29/15 at 9:11am
Exactly where is this recording studio that used to be a theater? As someone interested in physical theater spaces I am officially curious.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 1:47pm
According to one of the actor's tweets, it was at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. It's a sad state of affairs when it is cheaper (and, in the case, possible) to do a cast recording by flying a large cast and writing team halfway across the world than recording it locally.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:07pm
Wow that's amazing and bizarre. Can someone post a link to these videos and pictures? I too am very interested in old theater spaces and their reuses so would love to see.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:11pm
The cast stayed here in New York and recorded in the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:19pm
They didn't go to Moscow. They did it there ^ Same place as On the Town.
BroadwayMouth, nothing in your post is true.
Updated On: 5/29/15 at 04:19 PM
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:23pm
Yep I found a story easily. Where on Earth did you hear the Moscow story?
Playbill Gallery Of The Recording
It's still a fascinating space though that I hadn't previously known of.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:29pm
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:36pm
That's hilarious. I think the cast member tweeted it as a joke, and I took it seriously. Sorry, everyone!
It is not uncommon for recording artists to travel to other countries to record albums to save money. This was clearly not the case here.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 4:53pm
I knew I had seen the space before. On the Town definitely recorded there too I remember the pictures now. It looks more like a theatre without seats than a ballroom though.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 5:41pm
I read once that the OBC of THE GRASS HARP had its orchestra recorded in some remote European country (much enlarged from what played on Broadway) and then the performers recorded their vocals in NYC.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 11:22am
It looks like the release date has been postponed until August 7th instead of July 31st per Amazon and Barnes & Noble. 
Posted: 7/21/15 at 11:26am
Broadway records still has the release date as July 7th. I preordered it so I would really mad if it is really delayed.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 11:31am
The digital album may be available to download from the Broadway Records store early like they did with The Visit cast album but it looks like the CD won't ship until August 7th.
Updated On: 7/21/15 at 11:31 AM
Posted: 7/21/15 at 11:44am
I'm cool with that. I buy all my albums on iTunes these days anyway.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 12:05pm
I prefer the physical CD especially since my entire cast album collection is in physical cd's
Posted: 7/21/15 at 12:05pm
When I preorded my copy Broadway records was just selling the physical copies. And that's what I wanted. Ugh I've already waited so long for this album
Posted: 7/21/15 at 12:10pm
It's a week later, people. No need to throw a tantrum.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 12:17pm
Exactly
I just got Something Rotten & The Visit. I have a gazillion cd's and some I never even listened to. I can wait.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 1:38pm
I'm not throwing a tantrum. I sort of figured this would happen as it seems postponing the release by a week or so is pretty common practice for Broadway Records. They always seem to announce a release date that turns out to be closer to the digital release date and hold off on the physical release. They just did this with The Visit so I'm not surprised.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 1:41pm
I wasn't talking about you, Cats. I was talking to whoever said they'd be "really mad" if this was released 6 or 7 days after originally planned.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 4:30pm
People should be grateful that it was even recorded.
Posted: 7/21/15 at 5:36pm
Thanks for bringing everything into perspective, Roxy. 
Posted: 7/21/15 at 5:51pm
You are quite welcome.
Posted: 7/23/15 at 11:22am
One remains moist in anticipation.
Posted: 7/23/15 at 1:28pm
That's a bit of a stretch on my end, but excited for sure. 
