Bright star : a new musical : original Broadway cast recording / music, book & story by Steve Martin ; music, lyrics & story by Edie Brickell.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 84501-02 | Ghostlight RecordsPublisher: New York, NY : Ghostlight Records, [2016]Distributor: Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Razor & Tie Recordings via Concord Music Group, Inc. Copyright date: ℗2016Description: 1 audio disc : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Album produced by Peter Asher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The musical Bright Star was inspired by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Grammy Award-winning 2013 LP Love Has Come for You, which saw the multi-talented comedy legend and ex-New Bohemian crafting a solid, easygoing set of bluegrass-kissed, country-folk-pop gems. Written by Martin and Brickell, and directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, Bright Star's simple story of love and redemption is a familiar one, and that familiarity provides fertile ground for Martin and Brickell's bucolic and agreeable melodies. Fans of Love Has Come for You, as well as the duo's 2015 sequel So Familiar, will feel right at home, as some of the material is taken directly from the source. Strong performances from Carmen Cusack, Paul Alexander Nolan, and Hannah Elless, the latter of whom delivers a show-stopping rendition of Love Has Come for You highlight "Asheville," help to elevate some of the narrative's more predictable beats. Musically, Brickell and Martin explore every facet of the country-folk genre, delivering boot-stomping hoedowns ("Whoa Mama," "Bright Star"), wistful folk-pop ("What Could Be Better"), bluesy torch songs ("So Familiar"), and even a little big-band-kissed country swing ("Another Round"). At times, it all feels a little like a Prairie Home Companion episode that's been shoe-horned into a Christopher Guest film, but it's hard not to root for Bright Star, even in its most treacly, homespun moments. Each note and lyric is delivered with such unabashed benevolence and countryside gusto, that by the time show reaches its gospel-tinged finale, the listener feels compelled to link arms with the cast and bow. ~ James Christopher Monger
Title from disc label.
Carmen Cusack (Alice Murphy), Paul Alexander Nolan (Jimmy Ray Dobbs), Michael Mulheren (Mayor Josiah Dobbs), A.J. Shively (Billy Cane), Hannah Elless (Margo Crawford), Stephen Bogardus (Daddy Cane), Dee Hoty (Mama Murphy), Stephen Lee Anderson (Daddy Murphy), Emily Padgett (Lucy Grant), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Daryl Ames) ; with additional soloists ; instrumental ensemble ; Rob Berman, piano, accordion, conductor.
Album produced by Peter Asher.
Recorded 2016 March 13-15 MSR Studios, New York City.
Program notes, synopsis, and libretto (28 unnumbered pages : color portraits) inserted in container.
Act one. If you knew my story -- She's gone -- Bright star -- Way back in the day -- Whoa, mama -- Firmer hand ; Do right -- A man's gotta do -- Asheville -- What could be better -- I can't wait -- Please, don't take him -- A man's gotta do (reprise) -- Act two. Entr'acte -- Sun is gonna shine -- Heartbreaker -- Another round -- I had a vision -- Always will -- So familiar -- At long last -- Finale -- Bright star (reprise) -- Bonus track: Sun is gonna shine.
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell present the soundtrack to the original Broadway musical that tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and 1940s.