Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album 2018

What do you think will be nominated for Best Musical Theatre Album?  The nominees will be announced this Tuesday.  Here are a few of the albums that were released since October 1. I'm not going to be able to name them all, especially because there were so many and I don't know how many or which ones are actually on the ballot... or if any of these were outside the eligibility period, especially with some early digital releases... for example, the upcoming Sunday/Park album was digitally released in September within the period, but the CD will be released next month. Feel free to add any I unintentionally forgot! :)

Amélie (Original Broadway Cast)

Anastasia (Original Broadway Cast)

Arlington (Original Cast)

Bandstand (Original Broadway Cast)

Big: The Musical (Original UK Cast)

A Bronx Tale (Original Broadway Cast)

Bubble Boy (Studio Cast)

Bumblescratch (Studio Cast)

Cagney (Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Original Broadway Cast)

Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast)

Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast)

Dreamgirls (Original London Cast) - Live

Falsettos (2016 New Broadway Cast)

Girl from the North Country (Original London Cast)

Groundhog Day (Original Broadway Cast)

Half a Sixpence (2016 London Cast)

Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast)

Holiday Inn (Original Broadway Cast)

In Transit (Original Broadway Cast)

Iowa (Original Cast)

Kid Victory (Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Lazarus (Original Off-Broadway Cast)

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast)

Song of Solomon (Studio Cast)

Spamilton (Original Cast)

SpongeBob SquarePants (Chicago Cast)

Sunday in the Park with George (2017 New Broadway Cast)

The View Upsrairs (Original Cast)

War Paint (Original Broadway Cast)

The Wind in the Willows (Original London Cast)

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2016 Off-Broadway Cast)

Updated On: 11/24/17 at 10:05 PM

I guess it's probably Dear Evan Hansen or Come From Away's to lose, but I'd like to see something like Spamilton at least get a nom.

Anyone think specific names attached to albums will help those albums score a nomination?

Bette Midler/Hello, Dolly

Jake Gyllenhaal/Sunday

David Bowie/Lazarus

Alan Menken/A Bronx Tale

Etc....?

Updated On: 11/24/17 at 10:22 PM

Sondheim?

If Dolly gets a nomination, that would be a crime. It is a horribly recorded album, with absolutely no energy. I think it's going to come down to Dear Evan Hansen and Sunday and hopefully Sunday wins.

Updated On: 11/25/17 at 06:41 AM

theater_tech wrote: "Sunday blows the others out of the water; it should win, and deservedly so."

The show is stuck in the mud, so there's no water to blow anything else out of.

But if Grammy voters are sticks-in-the-mud themselves, or merely awed and/or intimidated by the great one's name, the tuneless bore of a score will win ---- again!

Personally, I would love to see Hello, Dolly! win (ain't gonna happen), or failing that, Anastasia or SpongeBob SquarePants.

Updated On: 11/26/17 at 07:37 AM

I think the nominees will be...

Dear Evan Hansen-Pasek & Paul may end up with multiple Grammy nominations this year given that the soundtrack for La La Land was released during this year's eligibility period.
Dreamgirls-The original Broadway cast recording won this award in 1983. The soundtrack for the film version was nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2008, while one of the new songs, ‘Love You I Do', won Best Song Written for Visual Media. Not to mention that Amber Riley is on the new cast recording, and she’s been nominated three times before for Glee.
Hello, Dolly!-It of course features Bette Midler, a three-time Grammy winner. Not to mention that the original cast recording with Carol Channing was nominated back in 1965, but lost to Funny Girl.
Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812-It of course features Josh Groban, a two-time Grammy nominee.
Sunday in the Park with George-The original cast recording with Mandy Patinkin & Bernadette Peters has previously won this award in 1985.

Updated On: 11/25/17 at 11:19 AM

There will only be three slots this year, I hear.

Isn't it strange that the best production of the whole season ended up with the worst cast album? I think about my time seeing Dolly! at the Shubert very often, but can't bring myself to listen to that stale recording.

Nobody shares their sources on here LOL

jacobsnchz14 said: "@Cinders I love that you found that pic I posted... "

Haha, my bad, I just got SO excited when I saw it!! :) I love Annaleigh, and LOVED this production. And, of course, who doesn't love Jake? I love that shot of them on the FYC poster. I wish there was an HQ shot of that picture, or a clearer version or something. They are such magical actors, and I genuinely believe this album was the best MT album of the year. If it doesn't get at LEAST a nod, I will be forever disappointed.

I'll be honest, I'm still not over them nominating Kinky Boots again after it winning 3 years earlier. But in any case, I believe in the last 20 years, it's gone to whoever won Best Musical. or Best Revival, about 80% of the time. So it's doing to go to DEH in any case. But for other nominations, I bet it'll be Dolly (for Bette) and Great Comet (for Josh Groban and the eclectic score).

BroadwayConcierge said: "everythingtaboo said: "I'll be honest, I'm still not over them nominating Kinky Boots again after it winning 3 years earlier."

It was nominated (and won) in 2014 for its Original Broadway Cast Recording. The show, but not the same production, was nominated again last year for its West End Cast Recording. Two different albums!"

Well yes, but was there really anything that substantially different in the producing of it, except that it was recorded live?