Grammy Whammy: Only Three Cast Recordings Nominated in 2014 Musical Theater Category

Grammy nominators showed their stingy side this year, only honoring three Broadway cast albums in the category of Best Musical Theater Album for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, a race that traditionally contains up to five contenders.

Kinky Boots (Masterworks Broadway), Matilda (Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label) and Motown: The Musical (Universal Music Enterprises) are the lucky three vying for this year’s award. Notable releases snubbed this year include the cast recordings of Annie, Pippin and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

More Grammy news of interest to Broadway fans:

—The deluxe edition of the soundtrack for Les Miserables earned a nomination in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

—Current After Midnight headliner Fantasia Barrino scored two nominations in R&B categories for songs from her Side Effects of You album

—700 Sundays star Billy Crystal was honored in the Best Spoken Word Album category for the audiobook of his Still Foolin’ ‘Em memoir

—Motown ensemble member Ryan Shaw, who plays Stevie Wonder and others, received his third Grammy nomination for the song “Yesterday” from his Real Love album

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on January 26, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.