| Type | Independent Record Label |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, USA |
| Key people | Kurt Deutsch, Sherie Rene Scott |
| Website | [1] |
Sh-K-Boom Records is a record label, a producer of recorded and live entertainment, and an interactive community at www.sh-k-boom.com — all devoted to the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater. Founded by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott in 2000, Sh-K-Boom has over 60 albums in its catalogue, produced over 50 live concerts in their Sh-K-Boom Room Concert Series, and is developing new and innovative projects for the stage and screen. In 2004 Sh-K-Boom created their second imprint, Ghostlight Records a label dedicated to the preservation of traditional musical theater.
Sh-K-Boom has produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars such as Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, Patti LuPone, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Julia Murney, Anastasia Barzee and Klea Blackhurst.
Sh-K-Boom has also produced and released cast albums, some of which include: the World Premiere Recording of Michel Legrand’s musical Amour (9 Drama Desk nominations and 5 Tony Award nominations); Jason Robert Brown’s musical, The Last Five Years (winner of the 2002 Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics); the debut CD for the hit off-Broadway sensation Altar Boyz; the Tony Award-winning production of The Drowsy Chaperone; the off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks, as well as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Women, and White Christmas.
Sh-K-Boom Records most recently released the Original Broadway Cast Albums for the critically acclaimed Passing Strange as well as the smash hit and winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical In the Heights. The Original Broadway Cast Album for In the Heights debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart and arrived on The Billboard 200 at No. 82.
Sh-K-Boom Records has been nominated four times for a Grammy Award; their first for Great Joy! A Gospel Christmas by Michael McElroy’s acclaimed Broadway Inspirational Voices. Sh-K-Boom is also developing original Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, as well as other recording projects with New Generation Broadway artists and composers.
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