In the Heights Wins Grammy for Best Musical Show Album

[hilltop]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:34pm

In the Heights wins the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.

http://www.grammy.com/

The nominees were:

Best Musical Show Album

Gypsy
Robert Sher, producer (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2008 Broadway Cast With Patti LuPone & Others)
[Time Life]

In The Heights
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Lin-Manuel Miranda And Others)
[Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]

The Little Mermaid
Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & Others)
[Walt Disney Records]

South Pacific
David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]

Young Frankenstein; The Musical
Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & Others)
[Decca Broadway]


Updated On: 2/8/09 at 04:34 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:36pm

I'm following on Twitter.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:42pm

did they give it out already?

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:44pm

They're announcing the nominees now.

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:44pm

In the Heights :)

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:44pm

Umm... In the Heights?!

[bundy5000]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:44pm

in the heights WINNA

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:44pm

In THe Heights won.

[dg22894]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:52pm

They deserved it.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:56pm

I missed it but the Grammy website says the pre-awards show will be available to watch in its entirety for the next month.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:59pm

It deserved to be either ITH or SOUTH PACIFIC.

ITH was beautifully produced (and is also the first recording of this innovative and truly wonderful score) so it deserved it.

I have to plug SOUTH PACIFIC's OBCR here and say if you haven't purchased it yet, do it. I enjoyed the show but didn't think it was as masterful as everyone claims it to be (GYPSY was a better revival IMO) but the OBCR is undoubtedly fantastic. In my mind it might be the finest recording of the score to date...which is saying a lot.

[binau]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:02pm

Slightly off topic but related, the Sweeney Todd film soundtrack did not win for the soundtrack/compilation album - that went to Juno.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:03pm

I actually thought it was going to be between IN THE HEIGHTS and GYPSY. I love the sound quality on both of those recordings, while SOUTH PACIFIC sounded better in the theater to me.

In any case, didn't SPRING AWAKENING (Best Musical 2007) win the Grammy last year? And IN THE HEIGHTS (Best Musical 200 won this year. Do I see a trend developing?

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:09pm

I didn't get to see the shows nominated but have been listening to the recordings. In The Heights is ok but got a bit redundant half way through. I figure I need to actually see the show to appreciate all of the music.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:12pm

A great year for cast recordings. Personally, I would've gone with the lush, ultimate Gypsy recording (even though I like In the Heights better).

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:12pm

It's usually the BEST MUSICAL winner that wins the GRAMMY.

Or the biggest hit of the year of the nominees.

(HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, JERSEY BOYS, SPAMALOT, THE PRODUCERS, GYPSY, IN THE HEIGHTS, THE LION KING, RENT, etc etc etc)

They'll never award a deserving recording over the big hit of the year (case in point, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA versus SPAMALOT. I mean, really?).

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:13pm

Will Billy Elliot's album be eligible for the Grammy Awards next year? If so, I think the trend I posted about in my last post will be broken...

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:15pm

Am I the only one who thought the GYPSY recording didn't work as well on its own as it did in context and in the theater? I actually prefer the Bernadette recording...

And that's a good question WAT...I'm assuming it won't be eligible? I mean it was recorded a few years ago and it's not even the Broadway cast...I don't know....

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:17pm

"They'll never award a deserving recording over the big hit of the year"

I'm beginning to think that this is the case...these award shows are all about politics

[ljay889]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:40pm

Were the opera categories given out yet? Patti is nominated.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:41pm

Very well deserved.
It will give a little boost to its already OK box office.
'Gypsy' and 'Young Frankenstein' didn't even deserve a nod.
Congrats to the company.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 6:19pm

Congratulations to In the Heights! Also, it should be recognized that this is Sh-K-Boom's first win, so congrats to them!

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 6:24pm

Woohoo!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 6:26pm

VERY cool !!! They did a great job with it, as far as capturing the show ! CONGRATS !!!

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 2/8/09 at 7:05pm

Yes!! The show and Lin totally deserve this!