Sh-K-Boom Records
Independent Record Label | |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | New York, NY, USA |
Key people | Kurt Deutsch, Sherie Rene Scott |
Website |
Sh-K-Boom Records is an independent record label and producer of recorded and live entertainment, which was founded in 2000 by husband and wife Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott with the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater. In 2004 Sh-K-Boom created their second imprint, Ghostlight Records, dedicated to the preservation of traditional musical theater, spurred by the popular release of their first-ever show cast recording, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.[1] Together the two labels have over 120 albums in their catalogues. The company has also produced over 50 live concerts as part of their Sh-K-Boom Room Concert Series, and are currently developing new and innovative projects for the stage and screen.
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records are nine-time Grammy Award nominees and two-time Grammy winners in the Best Musical Theater Album category for In the Heights and The Book of Mormon. Ghostlight's Book of Mormon album was the first Broadway cast recording to break into the Billboard Top 10 since the original 1969 release of Hair, taking its place as the biggest-selling digital cast recording of all time.[2] The label's Original Broadway Cast Album for In the Heights also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart and arrived on the Billboard 200 at #82.[3]
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records have produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars such as Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, Melissa Errico, Billy Porter, Ben Vereen, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Julia Murney, Ashley Brown, Linda Lavin, Lea Delaria, Anastasia Barzee and Klea Blackhurst.
Albums
2000-2004
- Adam Pascal - Model Prisoner
- Sherie Rene Scott - Men I've Had
- Alice Ripley - Everything's Fine
- The Last Five Years
- Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical
- Amour
- Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas
- A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
- Adam Pascal - Civilian
- Christine Ebersole - In Your Dreams
- The New Moon
2005
- Hair - The Actors’ Fund of America Benefit Recording
- Little Women
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Altar Boyz
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Jason Robert Brown - Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes
- Billy Porter - Live At the Corner of Broadway + Soul
- The Immigrant: A New American Musical
2006
- The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- See What I Wanna See
- Songs from an Unmade Bed
- Kevin Cahoon - Doll
- Patti LuPone - The Lady With The Torch
- Julia Murney - I'm Not Waiting
- The Drowsy Chaperone - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- George M. Cohan Tonight
- title of show
- Bernarda Alba
- Klea Blackhurst - Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke’s Broadway
- Daphne Rubin-Vega - Redemption Songs
- Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
- The Fantasticks
- Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
2007
- Orpheus & Euridice
- Happy End
- The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
- Martin Short - Fame Becomes Me
- High Fidelity
- The Coast of Utopia
- Legally Blonde: The Musical
- Judy Kuhn - Serious Playground: The Songs of Laura Nyro
- LoveMusik
2008
- Gone Missing - The Civilians
- Kelli O'Hara - Wonder in the World
- David Yazbek - Evil Monkey Man
- Make me a Song: The Music of William Finn (2-disc)
- Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch - Sunday in New York
- In the Heights Original Broadway Cast Recording (2-disc)
- Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Little Fish World Premiere Recording
- Bailey Hanks - So Much Better (Single)
- Toby Lightman - Waiting (Single)
- Lea DeLaria - The Live Smoke Sessions
- Frankenstein - A New Musical - Original Cast Recording
- Orfeh - What Do You Want From Me
- 13 - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Patti LuPone - Les Mouches
2009
- Sutton Foster - Wish
- Next to Normal - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Hair - 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
- Our Time Theatre Company – Listen
- Pinkilicious – The Musical
- Vanities, A New Musical - Original Cast Recording
2010
- Sam Tsui & Kurt Hugo Schneider - The Covers
- Everyday Rapture - Original Cast Recording
- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Original Cast Recording
- Things To Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis - Original Cast Recording
2011
- Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Catch Me If You Can - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Sister Act - London Cast Recording (American release)
- The Book Of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Elf - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Anything Goes - 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
- Godspell - 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
- Silence! The Musical - Original Cast Recording
- Melissa Errico - Legrand Affair
- Anastasia Barzee - The Dimming of the Day
- Footloose - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2011 Re-Release)
- A Little Princess - Premiere Cast Recording
2012
- Newsies - Original Cast Recording
- John & Jen - Original Cast Recording (Re-release)
- Bring It On: The Musical - Music Sampler
- Queen of the Mist - Original Cast Recording
- Calvin Berger - Original Cast Recording
- 35MM - A Musical Exhibition - Original Cast Recording
- Carrie - Premiere Cast Recording
- Pipe Dream - Live Encores! Cast Recording
- Bring It On: The Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Leap of Faith - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap - Something to Remember
- Now. Here. This. - Original Cast Recording
- 13 - Original West End Cast Recording
2013
- Fancy Nancy the Musical - Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording
- The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree
- Dogfight - Original Cast Recording
- Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Giant - Original Cast Recording
- Pippin - New Broadway Cast Recording
- Hands on a Hardbody - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Marry Me a Little - New Off-Broadway Cast Recording
- The Last Five Years - New Off-Broadway Cast Recording
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Original Cast Recording
2014
- Murder For Two - Original Cast Recording
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- The Bridges of Madison County - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Awards & Honors
Drama Desk
Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight were awarded a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through original cast albums.[4]
Grammy Awards & Nominations
2003
- Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas
2005
- Hair - The Actors’ Fund of America Benefit Recording
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2006
- The Drowsy Chaperone - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2008
- (winner) In The Heights - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2009
- Hair - 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
2011
- (winner) The Book of Mormon - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Anything Goes - 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
2014
- (winner) Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
References
- ↑ Feldman, Adam."Sh-K-Boom time"Time Out New York, Issue 615 : Jul 11–18, 2007
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith."'The Book of Mormon' Cast Album Scores Impressive Chart Debut" Billboard.com, May 26, 2011
- ↑ Broadway.com Staff."In the Heights Cast CD Debuts at #1 on Billboard Chart" Broadway.com, June 11, 2008
- ↑ "2006 - Drama Desk Awards - Press Releases". Archived from the original on October 1, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.