Some Like It Hot Cast Recording???

Any inside information on a SLIH OBC? Just asking because of something odd I heard today on SiriusXM. Seth Rudestsky played a song from the show that wasn't either of the two already released promo tracks (Some Like It Hot or A Darker Shade of Blue). Seth played You Can't Have Me If You Don't Have Him sung by Christian Borle and J Harrison Ghee, which is the 2nd song in the show. Seth then made a comment about the show not yet being open, but already having music to play from it. That particular song isn't on the SLIH website or appears to have been officially released as of yet. Is this just another promo track that will be released officially shortly or is this a sneak preview of an upcoming OBC??? Just curious...

bk said: "DCS said: "Any inside information on a SLIH OBC? Just asking because of something odd I heard today on SiriusXM. Seth Rudestsky played a song from the show that wasn't either of the two already released promo tracks (Some Like It Hot or A Darker Shade of Blue). Seth played You Can't Have Me If You Don't Have Him sung by Christian Borle and J Harrison Ghee, which is the 2nd song in the show. Seth then made a comment about the show not yet being open, but already having music to play from it. That particular song isn't on the SLIH website or appears to have been officially released as of yet. Is this just another promo track that will be released officially shortly or is this a sneak preview of an upcoming OBC??? Just curious..."

With the players involved, I cannot imagine a scenario where a cast album wasn't part of the production budget."

I agree, but I’m not sure that was really OP’s question; more, I’m assuming, they’re wondering (as I am) whether anyone has inside knowledge, as leaked here about the new Funny Girl album weeks ago, about an album already having been recorded… whether so many promo tracks simply suggest a highly involved demo, and a full complete cast album won’t be recorded till a few weeks after opening and, per usual, won’t be out till months later in the late winter / early spring, or whether there might be a surprise full album drop just after opening night and in time for the holidays, officially announced like Funny Girl with only 1 or 2 day’s notice. 

Sometimes cast albums are baked into the production budgets, otherwise that raise happens separately. There's no real rhyme or reason –– putting it in the capitalization can add another 5-6 figures to the budget, but also allows the investors to share in profits from the album (if any). A separate capitalization means the money can be raised by outside investors or a label or whatnot.

Either way, it's almost a certainty that a show of this pedigree will have a cast album recorded in studio.

Updated On: 11/26/22 at 10:50 AM

I don’t believe they have recorded an album yet and these are just promo tracks that were recorded after the 2021 workshop presentation. The last time I saw the show there were musical tweaks here and there that wouldn’t add up with an already recorded album.

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