Grammy Nominations Honor Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line and More

The original cast albums of the Broadway musicals Spring Awakening and Grey Gardens, the Broadway revival recordings of A Chorus Line and Company, and a compilation recording of West Side Story snagged Grammy Award nominations for Best Musical Show Album. The 50th annual Grammy ceremony will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10.

The complete credits of the five nominated recordings are as follows:

A Chorus Line, 2006 New Cast Recording, Masterworks Broadway
David Caddick, producer Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Edward Kleban, lyricist

Company, 2006 Cast Recording, Nonesuch Records/PS Classics
Tommy Krasker, producer Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist

Grey Gardens, Original Broadway Cast, PS Classics
Steven Epstein, producer Scott Frankel, composer; Michael Korie, lyricist

Spring Awakening, Original Broadway Cast, Decca Broadway
Duncan Sheik, producer Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist

West Side Story, Decca Broadway
Nick Patrick, producer Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist

One of many 50th-anniversary tributes to West Side Story. the Grammy-nominated recording features classical singers Hayley Westenra as Maria and Vittorio Grigolo as Tony, with Connie Fisher singing "Somewhere, " accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman.

The movie soundtracks of two Broadway favorites, Hairspray and Dreamgirls, made the list of nominees for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, joined by two Beatles-related recordings, Across the Universe and Love, and the Irish romance Once. "Love You I Do," a song from the Dreamgirls film written by Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett, was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

The Broadway company of The Color Purple had reason to celebrate, as three current or future stars of the show received a total of six Grammy nominations. Fantasia, who stars as Celie through January 6, picked up three nominations: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "When I See U," Best Contemporary R&B Album for Fantasia and Best R&B Song for "When I See U." Chaka Khan, who begins a run as Sofia on January 9, received two nominations: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Disrespectful," and Best R&B Album for Funk This. BeBe Winans, who will begin playing Harpo on January 9 opposite Khan, was nominated for Best Traditional Gospel Album for Cherch.