Odds & Ends: Finding Neverland Sets New Album Release Date, Bobby Steggert Tapped for My Paris & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

New Release Dates for The Visit & Neverland Recordings
Two Broadway musicals from this past season will release their cast recordings a bit later than expected. The album of Kander and Ebb’s The Visit, which was originally scheduled to drop on June 26, is available digitally now and will be in stores on July 10. Meanwhile, the Finding Neverland cast album, initially set for a June 23, will be available digitally and in stores on July 17. To hold you over, check out this clip from Yahoo! of Matthew Morrison and Aidan Gemme recording “When Your Feet Don’t Touch the Ground” in the studio.



Cast Set for Goodspeed's My Paris
Broadway alums Bobby Steggert, Mara Davi, Donna English and Tony winner John Glover will star in the previously reported world premiere of My Paris. The new musical features English lyrics and arrangements by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown and a book by Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer winner Alfred Uhry. Performances will begin on July 23 at the Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut. The cast will also include Greg Hildreth, John Riddle and Paul Castree. The show follows Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Steggert), a nineteenth-century French painter who captured the spark of Montmarte, Le Can-Can and Le Moulin Rouge. Tony winner Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreogrpah.

Broadway & Comedy Icon Jack Carter Dead at 93
Jack Carter, the comedy legend who hosted the first televised Tony Awards in 1956, died on June 28 of respiratory failure. He was 93 years old. Carter made his Broadway debut in Call Me Mister before going on to host the variety show Cavalcade of Stars and his own NBC series The Jack Carter Show. He also appeared on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful and Top Banana. He is survived by his wife Roxanne, sons Michael and Chase, daughter Wendy and grandchildren Jake and Ava.

Mary Louise Wilson Releases Memoir
Tony winner Mary Louise Wilson has released her memoir, My First Hundred Years in Show Business. The On the Twentieth Century star chronicles her life from childhood in New Orleans to moving to New York to performances in Grey Gardens, Cabaret and more, with countless gigs in between. Earlier this year, the documentary She’s the Best Thing In It, which follows Wilson as she mentors younger acting students, premiered at South by Southwest.