West Side Story Revival Cast Recording Release Date Set

The current Broadway revival of West Side Story will head to the studio on April 6, laying down tracks for the new Broadway cast recording of the classic musical. The album will join the original Broadway cast and original motion picture soundtrack recordings of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim opus under the Sony Masterworks banner, which will release the newest incarnation nationwide on June 2.

The cast of 46 stars Matt Cavenaugh as Tony, Karen Olivo as Anita, Cody Green as Riff, George Akram as Bernardo and newcomer Josefina Scaglione as Maria. West Side Story also features Steve Bassett as Lt. Schrank, Mike Cannon as Snowboy, Kyle Coffman as A-Rab, Joey Haro as Chino, Eric Hatch as Big Deal, Curtis Holbrook as Action, Michael Mastro as Glad Hand, Lee Sellars as Krupke, Tro Shaw as Anybodys, Ryan Steele as Baby John and Greg Vinkler as Doc.
 
The cast also includes Nicholas Barasch, Kyle Brenn, Joshua Buscher, Isaac Calpito, Haley Carlucci, Peter Chursin, Madeline Cintron, Lindsay Dunn, Yurel Echezarreta, John Arthur Greene, Manuel Herrera, Matthew Hydzik, Marina Lazzaretto, Chase Madigan, Yanira Marin, Mileyka Mateo, Kaitlin Mesh, Angelina Mullins, Kat Nejat, Christian Elán Ortiz, Pamela Otterson, Danielle Polanco, Sam Rogers, Michael Rosen, Amy Ryerson, Jennifer Sanchez, Manuel Santos, Michaeljon Slinger, Tanairi Sade Vazquez and Mark Zimmerman.

In addition to the cast, the album will feature a full 30-piece orchestra performing the score’s original orchestrations.

“To have the opportunity to produce the new Broadway cast recording of the great American classic West Side Story is truly an honor for Sony Masterworks,” said Alex Miller, general manager and senior vice president of Sony Masterworks, said in a statement. “That this revival is so relevant, powerful and electrifying today, after more than half a century, only confirms the greatness of West Side Story, which has been part of our label’s history since 1957.”

The revival of West Side Story opened on March 19 and is currently running at the Palace Theatre.