TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

Releases March 20 on digital platforms! Music and lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan

First listen of Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) performing "If I Believed," now streaming everywhere:

Updated On: 2/24/26 at 12:01 AM

EDSOSLO858 said: "Releases March 20on digital platforms! Music and lyrics by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan

First listen of Christiani Pitts (Robin) and Sam Tutty (Dougal) performing "If I Believed," now streaming everywhere:

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Digital release is tomorrow!

Now streaming. Who’s listening?

Nice recording, and very happy to have Christiani’s fantastic performance preserved.

 I just don’t understand why they continue to switch the order of the second and third songs on all the recordings when ‘Dad’ is performed before  ‘What’ll it Be’ whenever I’ve seen the show….. 

This is a sweet little score with a good amount of treasures - it sits comfortably in the Broadway-pop vein and could very well be the Instagram and TikTok generation's answer to THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

Like I said when I saw this, soft piano over whirring SFX seems to be the prevailing mood, but Buchan and Barne shake things up aptly and appropriately: propulsive city anthems "New York" and "This Is the Place"; the Christmas carol parody-cum-deconstruction "Under the Mistletoe" (the closest the show comes to MAYBE HAPPY ENDING territory, akin to Gil Brentley's material); the delightful shopping-spree snapper "American Express." Some synths and video-gamey noises throughout "On the App" gave me a "Today 4 U" vibe.

I was once again pleased by Tutty and Pitts's vocals, and I too am thrilled that Pitts's vulnerable performance has been captured.

Some very clever rhymes here and there, too. 

Overall, good keepsake of a very good show, I hope it gets a bit more attention from this. If this somehow lasts long enough to warrant replacements and they don't simply promote the understudies, I could see a Jessie Hooker-Bailey or Maya Boyd type for Robin if they still want her to be played by an American actress. (It won't happen, but my dream casting is Jonathan Bailey and Olivia Dean in the two roles.)

 

 

 

Dolly80 said: "No idea why this recording was necessary. The london cast recording is wonderful and DujonnaGift is brilliant."

Because, as noted multiple times in the thread already, several of the songs have been rewritten, with different music and lyrics.

This:

 

is different from this:

The character has been changed/tweaked.

See also: "This Year."

Is a CD released planned ?

hak5 said: "Is a CD released planned ?"

Physical CD and vinyl releases are planned, information will come later. 

Physical CD and vinyl release now set for May 15.