Foster-led MATTRESS revival will receive a cast album

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 9:18am

The album will be released physically and digitally on March 28, 2025. The CD is available for preorder now at www.centerstagerecords.com. 

The recording will include the cast of the Hudson Theatre run, including two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster as Princess Winnifred, along with Michael Urieas Prince Dauntless, Nikki Renée Daniels as Lady Larken, David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent,  Ana Gasteyer as Queen Aggravain, Will Chase as Sir Harry, Daniel Breaker as the Jester, and Brooks Ashmanskas as the Wizard.  The ensemble includes Daniel Beeman, Wendi Bergamini, Taylor Marie Daniel, Cicily Daniels, Ben Davis, Sheldon Henry, Oyoyo Joi, Amanda LaMotte, Sarah Michele Lindsey, Michael Olaribigbe, Adam Roberts, Jeffrey Schecter, Darius Wright, and Richard Riaz Yoder.  

The recording will feature orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin, who scored the work's 1996 Broadway revival. Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell serves as Music Supervisor, with Annbritt duChateau as Music Director and Kimberlee Wertz as Music Coordinator. Music Contractor is Jill Del'Abate.

[corninthesky]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 9:35am

Hoping they decide to release an LP sometime too. 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 9:37am

Thrilled to hear this! This production was delightful, and the score is so fun.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 10:45am

The album is to be recorded later this month, and a physical LP release is also set for March 28. 

Music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer

Updated On: 1/10/25 at 10:45 AM

[ddenoff2]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 7:39pm

We’re actually recording it this weekend ! SO exciting 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 9:00pm

Had honestly given up hoping for a cast album of this production so this is exciting.

[Ruffin2]

Posted: 1/11/25 at 10:44am

Not sure if we needed another MATTRESS recording, but with a cast like this, it might actually be worth it. Sutton Foster and Michael Urie? Yeah, I’ll probably cave and preorder.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/25/25 at 4:18pm

Any updates on this release? The Center Stage Records website still lists the release date as March 28th, but other online retailers now say May 2nd.

[FolliesCabaret]

Posted: 3/25/25 at 4:54pm

I'm really hoping the physicals are just delayed and we will still get it digitally on the previously announced 28th. Probably not, but I don't wanna wait any looongerrrr.

[DCS]

Posted: 3/25/25 at 5:07pm

The May 2nd date appears to be for the CD release.  Talkin Broadway's Sound Advice email blast, which comes out every Tuesday still lists the digital release for this Friday (3/28) and indicates the CD release date as 5/2.  I assume as of today, that information is correct.

[merle57]

Posted: 3/25/25 at 5:32pm

Love Sutton's vioce and energy, but not sure the actual score is worth still another cast recording. Would rather have a video of the show instead. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/27/25 at 6:25pm

Is the album out digitally where you are, binau and/or CATSNYRevival?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/27/25 at 6:45pm

Yes digital release is still 3/28.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 12:03am

Now available to stream, let’s hear those thoughts!

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. Overture
• 2. Prologue / Many Moons Ago
• 3. Jester’s Introduction
• 4. Opening for a Princess
• 5. In a Little While
• 6. In a Little While (Reprise)
• 7. Shy
• 8. Sensitivity
• 9. The Swamps of Home
• 10. Normandy
• 11. Spanish Panic
• 12. Song of Love

 

• ACT II
• 13. Entr’acte / Quiet
• 14. Happily Ever After
• 15. Man to Man Talk
• 16. Very Soft Shoes
• 17. Yesterday I Loved You
• 18. Nightingale Lullaby
• 19. Finale

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 10:47am

I'm very glad to have this cast recording.  The score is such a gem.  That said, it doesn't really do much differently than the 1997 cast album, which I personally really like (I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think Sarah Jessica Parker does a great job).  Sutton sounds great, but she seems to be holding back on some of the beltier parts. I don't know if that was a choice or if it's that her belt just isn't quite as full and powerful as it was in her Millie/Little Women days. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 11:42am

It sounds...tinny. But the woodwind writing is excellent, especially with only three players.

[WindyNewYorker]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 12:17pm

What I wish for is a cast album for the light in the piazza with Ruthie.

[FolliesCabaret]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 3:17pm

definitely agreed, re: the tinny sound (and not for nothing, but i also love the '97 album and SJP in the role) - overall i'm satisfied with this recording, but most of all just deeply happy we got Sutton's terrific performance preserved. there are some truly unlistenable cast album's i'd describe as tinny, but luckily to me, this is tinny *and* listenable! lol.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/28/25 at 4:28pm

I think the orchestrations start out small and then achieve a fuller sound as the album progresses, which I have to assume was intentional. Obviously it's difficult to completely erase the memory of Carol Burnett when listening to this score, but I think Sutton is in a class of her own compared to SJP on the last revival cast album. The only reason I return to that album is to listen to Jane Krakowski's tracks. She seemed to be the only cast member who understood the assignment and delivered the material accordingly, where as this album is full of performers, largely Foster, Breaker, Gasteyer and Urie, who understand the show they're in and are delivering on every front. The album is a joy from start to finish.