Sunday, January 31, 2010
‘WEST SIDE STORY’ REVIVAL CAST ALBUM WINS GRAMMY
By KENNETH JONES
The new cast recording of the Broadway revival of “West Side Story” won the 2010 Grammy Award as Best Musical Show Album at the Jan. 31 Grammy Awards, celebrating excellence in the recording industry.
Sony Masterworks' “West Side Story” was produced by David Caddick & David Lai. Leonard Bernstein composed; Stephen Sondheim penned the lyrics.
When it opened, the current hit revival of West Side Story, now at the Palace Theatre, included several musical sequences sung in Spanish, and this idea was preserved on the cast album. "I Feel Pretty" became "Me Siento Hermosa," "A Boy Like That" became "Un Hombre Asi." (The translation was by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.) Director Arthur Laurents later restored the original English lyrics to the staging, although a hint of the Spanish was retained.
The cast of 46 stars Matt Cavenaugh as Tony, Karen Olivo as Anita, Cody Green as Riff, George Akram as Bernardo and newcomer Josefina Scaglione as Maria. West Side Story also features Steve Bassett as Lt. Schrank, Mike Cannon as Snowboy, Kyle Coffman as A-Rab, Joey Haro as Chino, Eric Hatch as Big Deal, Curtis Holbrook as Action, Michael Mastro as Glad Hand, Lee Sellars as Krupke, Tro Shaw as Anybodys, Ryan Steele as Baby John and Greg Vinkler as Doc.
The company also includes Nicholas Barasch, Kyle Brenn, Joshua Buscher, Isaac Calpito, HALEY CARLUCCI ’08, Peter Chursin, Madeline Cintron, Lindsay Dunn, Yurel Echezarreta, John Arthur Greene, Manuel Herrera, Matthew Hydzik, Marina Lazzaretto, Chase Madigan, Yanira Marin, Mileyka Mateo, Kaitlin Mesh, Angelina Mullins, Kat Nejat, Christian Elán Ortiz, Pamela Otterson, Danielle Polanco, Sam Rogers, Michael Rosen, Amy Ryerson, Jennifer Sanchez, Manuel Santos, Michaeljon Slinger, Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Mark Zimmerman.
Other nominees this year in the Best Musical Show Album category were “Ain't Misbehavin',” “Hair,” “9 To 5, The Musical” and “Shrek, The Musical.”
Theater alum is member of ‘West Side Story’ revival’s Grammy-winning cast
February 1, 2010
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