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'The Water for Elephants: Original Broadway Cast Recording' will be released on CD on Friday, Aug. 16.
The album is currently available in streaming and digital formats. The CD's full-color 40-page booklet has production photography, complete lyrics, a synopsis, and liner notes by book writer Rick Elice.
Three songs from the shows have music videos available on the musical, including 'Anywhere' by PigPen, 'Wild' by stars Grant Gustin and Isabelle McCalla, and 'The Road Don't Make You Young' by company members.
The cast album will be produced by Ian Kagey and Mary-Mitchell Campbell and recorded on Monday, Mar. 25.
Tony-nominated director Jessica Stone is directing 'Water for Elephants,' which has choreography by Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll and circus design by Carroll. Based on a book by Tony Award nominee Rick Elice, the production began previews at the Imperial Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 24, and will open on Thursday, Mar. 21.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Sara Gruen, 'Water for Elephants,' the story centers on Jacob Jankowski, a young man who boards a train that also happens to be a traveling circus in an attempt to start over. Jacob is forced to train the elephant with Marlena, the ringmaster's wife, when she is introduced as the newest attraction.
'Water for Elephants,' produced by Peter Schneider, Jennifer Costello, Grove Entertainment, Frank Marshall, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, and Seth A. Goldstein, is currently playing at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street) and has received seven nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, including "Best Musical."
Pre-order the CD, or stream or download the album at ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/WaterForElephants.