LAST FIVE YEARS Revival will receive recording!

http://www.sh-k-boom.com/The-Last-Five-Years-Will-Receive-a-New-Cast-Recording-on-Ghostlight-Records-in-Summer-2013_b_30.html

We are thrilled to announce that we will soon be heading into the studio soon to lay down tracks for a brand-new cast recording of The Last Five Years, created and directed by Jason Robert Brown and starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe.

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The beloved two-character musical, which has received more than 500 regional productions and 3,000 performances around the world, has broken box office records for Second Stage (where it is currently playing through May 18, 2013) and ranks among the longest-running productions in the company’s 34 year history.

The new recording of The Last Five Years will be produced by Jason Robert Brown with Kurt Deutsch and Stacey Mindich serving as executive producers. The 2002 original cast recording of The Last Five Years – our very first cast album – remains one of our best-selling titles. We are also producing a feature film based on the show directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. In addition, we have released both the Broadway and London cast recordings of Brown’s 13 – The Musical, as well as his solo album Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes.

I will only continue listening to the original recording. Norbert + Sherrie > Betsy + Adam.

Did Sh-K-Boom win the lottery or something? Where are they getting the money to record all these new cast albums? I'm not complaining, I'm just curious.

Last Five Years, it's one of my favorite shows, but I'm super excited for Pippin and Marry Me a Little. And Dogfight is excellent. I'm so glad they recorded it.

YEESSSSS!!!! I can't wait for this!!

You do realize it's a different cast, right? Pretty sure that warrants a new recording.

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You're right. There really is no point, especially when the original is perfection.

If you're in the minority then I'm right there with you. People talk about him doing too many riffs and all that but I thought it was perfect. I found him to be a better singer than NLB in that role.

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Clyde, a lot of my friends seem to think he's a cheap imitation of Norbert. I don't see it at all. I thought his story-telling in The Schmuel Song was astonishing. And his "Nobody Needs To Know" made me sympathize with him - not an easy task.

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All of that plus the scene where he's in bed half nekkid...

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Has there been any word on a release date yet ?

Some of the comments in this thread prove just why this revival was doomed from the get-go. The show has such a cult following that the only people accepted in the roles would be Scott and Butz. Not knocking those that have made the comments, just lamenting the fact that Wolfe and Kantor weren't given a fair shake by a chunk of the audience.

And for the record, I'm completely with iluvtheatertrash... I found Kantor to be fantastic in the role. I've seen the show numerous times at companies in and around Boston, and never really felt for Jamie the way I did at 2ST. If anything, I felt like Wolfe didn't quite match Kantor.

Sat next to Adam tonight at Nobody Loves You at Second Stage and asked him. He said it should be out in August. :)

When I got a call from Second Stage last month asking me how I liked the show they said that it would be released in July. Doesn't seem to be anything official though.

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