Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with show producers Mike Bosner and Jason Owen, has announced that Shucked will release an original Broadway cast recording this May. Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording is set for digital release on Friday, May 5, and on CD on Friday, June 9. You can now pre-order the album here.
Making its debut alongside the pre-order announcement is the new track, “Independently Owned,” the show-stopping number performed by cast member Alex Newell, along with a new music video filmed during the recording sessions at Berklee at PowerStation New York, available to watch here.
Produced by Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, Shane McAnally, and Brandy Clark, the recording features original music and lyrics by Clark and McAnally, who collectively have earned three Grammy Awards® and 18 Grammy nominations.
Shucked, with book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, music and lyrics by Clark and McAnally, and direction by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien, stars (in alphabetical order) John Behlmann, Kevin Cahoon, Andrew Durand, Tony Award nominee Grey Henson, Caroline Innerbichler, Ashley D. Kelley, and Newell.
The ensemble of Shucked features Jimmy Brewer, Audrey Cardwell, Dwayne Clark, Rheaume Crenshaw, Jaygee Macapugay, Scott Stangland, Yasmeen Sulieman, and Quinn VanAntwerp. The swings are Miki Abraham, Ken Wulf Clark, Traci Elaine Lee, and Alan Wiggins.
Shucked began performances at the Nederlander Theatre Wednesday, March 8, 2023, ahead of an opening night Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
