Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford in ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’ (Photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.)
The producers of the hit Broadway revival of New York City Center’s productionSunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, announced today that the show will live on past its critically acclaimed, sold-out limited engagement, with a cast album to be released this summer by Warner Music Group.
The New York Times’ Ben Brantley declared this to be “one of those shows that seems destined to be forever spoken of with misty-eyed bragging rights by anyone who sees it.” Now this cast recording will allow those who couldn’t see it live to hear Gyllenhaal in his Broadway musical debut, and experience this beloved Sondheim score in a new way.
The cast recording, produced and mixed by Bart Migal, will include the entire Broadway company and will be recorded later this month.
The producers also announced today that Sunday in the Park with George has recouped its entire investment in just 56 performances, making it the first show of the 2016-2017 season to do so.
The Sarna Lapine-directed production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George began previews on February 11 and officially re-opened the historic Hudson Theatre(139-141 West 44th Street) on February 23, 2017. The show was filmed at the matinee performance on April 19 for the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library’s Theatre on Tape and Film Archive and ends its sold-out, critically acclaimed limited run this Sunday, April 23.
“To have a beloved Sondheim / Lapine musical be the one that re-opens the historic Hudson Theatre has been an absolute triumph,” said Adam Speers, Executive Producer for Ambassador Theatre Group. “We’re so proud that audiences have embraced it as they have and beyond thrilled that Jake, Annaleigh and the rest of the cast’s brilliant performances will be preserved on a cast recording.”
