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

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 2/24/26 at 12:01am

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]

Posted: 2/24/26 at 12:09am

Track listing:

• ACT I
• 1. New York
• 2. What’ll It Be
• 3. Dad
• 4. On the App
• 5. This Is the Place
• 6. Under the Mistletoe
• 7. Be Happy
• 8. American Express

 

• ACT II
• 9. The Hangover Duet
• 10. He Doesn't Exist
• 11. About To Go In
• 12. This Year
• 13. Dearly Beloved
• 14. If I Believed
• 15. New York / What'll It Be (Reprise)

Updated On: 3/6/26 at 12:09 AM

[steven22]

Posted: 2/24/26 at 8:05am

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:

The lyric changes from the west end is throwing me off! They sound great though. 

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[quizking101]

Posted: 2/24/26 at 8:18am

I was wondering why this needed a new cast recording since the one with Tutty/Gift only came out a little over a year ago, but it sounds like the multiple lyrical changes have answered my question. 
 

steven22 said: "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:

The lyric changes from the west end is throwing me off! They soundgreat though.

 

 

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[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/19/26 at 11:30am

Digital release is tomorrow!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/19/26 at 4:40pm

Is the album art really just going to be the production photo they’re using for the pre-save?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 12:00am

Now streaming. Who’s listening?

[steven22]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 8:48am

I saw the West End production and really liked Sam and Dujonna. I just started listening to the Broadway album and some of the lyrics are different which is throwing me off. I look forward to seeing the Broadway production. 

[The8re phan]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 11:51am

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….. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 12:00pm

The parody songs are especially fun- On the App and Under the Mistletoe

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 3:45pm

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]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 3:53pm

No idea why this recording was necessary. The london cast recording is wonderful and Dujonna Gift is brilliant.

Updated On: 3/20/26 at 03:53 PM

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 3/20/26 at 4:21pm

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."

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 12:36am

MemorableUserName said: "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."

I actually like the new "What'll It Be" orchestration, it's more stagnant, especially at the start, which clearly represents Robin at an impasse in her life. IMHO the London version sounds a bit too much like a slowed-down "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", and you can still hear that a bit in the underscoring for the scene lead-up to the song. 



 

Updated On: 3/21/26 at 12:36 AM

[hak5]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 10:08am

Is a CD released planned ?

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 11:17am

Adding "Be Happy," which is a minute shorter (though they may have just omitted some dialogue), and the ending is vastly different. They really did revise the character to make her much more melancholy and struggling much more, which is reflected in the songs.

 

vs.

(Someone in the reviews thread asked why she didn't want to talk to her grandmother. The Broadway version makes it very explicit. "This Year" does as well, so I'm not sure why it would be a question.)

Updated On: 3/21/26 at 11:17 AM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 1:45pm

hak5 said: "Is a CD released planned ?"

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

[denali.fire]

Posted: 3/21/26 at 3:22pm

Recording needed to keep up with staggering inflation.

Price of a tux went from twelve hundred bucks to three thousand bucks!  In less than 2 years at that !