college-conservatory of music a selection of recordings by musical theatre alumni
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Alumni of the Musical Theatre program have appeared on a rich variety
of solo
recordings. This page contains a sampling of
those CDs that feature their
many distinctive talents. CCM alumni have also contributed to many Original
Cast Recordings, some of which are pictured below. |
Matt Bogart
(class of '94) Matt's solo album, Simple Song is currently available. He can also be heard on More Simple Songs, The Musicality of Kern (with CCM alumna Jessica Boevers) and The Musicality of Porter. |
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Scott Coulter
(class of '93) MAC and Bistro-award winner Scott Coulter has released his first CD entitled Scott Coulter. |
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Kim Criswell
(class of '79) Kim has released three solo albums, The Lorelei, The Human Cry and Back to Before. She can be heard on the Original Cast Recording of The Slow Drag and is also featured on over 25 additional CDs, including the studio recordings of Wonderful Town, Kiss Me, Kate, Man of La Mancha, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, The Rocky Horror Show, Guys and Dolls, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Broadway Scandals of 1928, Anything Goes and Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. |
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Jason Graae
(class of '80) Jason can be heard on his two solo albums You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile and Jason Graae: LIVE At The Cinegrill. He can be heard on many Original Cast Recordings including Forever Plaid, A Grand Night For Singing, Forbidden Hollywood, Olympus On My Mind, LoveSong, The Broadway Musicals Of 1943, Babes in Arms, Sitting Pretty, Strike Up The Band, Drat The Cat!, Lucky Stiff and Colette Collage. He also appears on the compilation CDs Lost In Boston, Unsung Musicals, A Broadway Christmas, Prime Time Musicals and many others. |
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Lauren Kennedy
Lauren's solo album of the songs of Jason Robert Brown is currently available. She can also be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of Side Show, Good News, Sunset Boulevard and South Pacific (National Theatre revival). She performs on The Paul Simon Album and Life Upon the Wicked Stage: A Tribute to Jerome Kern. |
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Joshua Kobak (class of '95) Josh has released a new CD, Above and Beneath, with his band SWIM featuring fellow CCM alumna Katie Pfaffl who has released two CDs of her own, Katie Pfaffl and As She Stands (see below) |
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Marcia Lewis Marcia's first solo CD Marcia Lewis: Nowadays is available on Original Cast Records. She can also be heard on A Bag of Popcorn and a Dream, Kelly, The Night of the Hunter, Chicago (1996 revival), Big City Rhythm, Grease (1994 revival) and Rags.
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Pamela Myers
(class of '69) Pamela recently released her CD of musical theatre songs under the title The Chance to Sing. She can also be heard on the Original Cast Recordings of Company, Lunch and the Broadway revival of Into the Woods as well as several compilation CDs. |
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Faith Prince
(class of '79) Faith can be heard on her solo album A Leap of Faith: Live at Joe's Pub as well as on the original cast recordings of March of the Falsettos/Falsettoland, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bells are Ringing, Little Me, Here's Love: The Songs of Mary Rodgers (with CCM alumnus Mark Waldrop), Jerry Herman's Miss Spectacular and A Man of No Importance (by CCM alumnus Stephen Flaherty). |
 
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Alton Fitzgerald White
(class of '86) Alton has released two CDs of original songs, his debut CD How Do I Feel and Ecstasis. He can also be heard with the Boston Pops Orchestra on A Splash of Pops, the Original Cast Recording of Elegies for Angles, Punks and Raging Queens and reading many audio books. |
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The
talents of CCM Musical Theatre alumni have contributed to many Original
Cast albums. A few of these memorable recordings are listed below.
Shoshana Bean (class
of '99 )
in the Broadway hit Hairspray
Jessica Boevers (class of '94) in the Broadway revival of
Funny Thing...Forum
Justin Bohon (class of '00) in The Broadway Musicals of
1929
Sara Gettelfinger
(class of '99) in the Broadway revival of Nine
Danette Holden (class of ‘96) in the
Off-Broadway musical The It Girl
Alisa Klein (class of ‘93) in the Broadway production of
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Leslie Kritzer
(class of ‘99) in The Broadway Musicals of 1951
Vicki Lewis in the Broadway revival
of Damn Yankees
Andrew Palermo (class
of '95) in the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun
Michele Pawk
(class of ‘85) in the Broadway revival of Cabaret
Josh Prince
(class of ‘96) in the American premiere of the musical Honk!
Lee Roy Reams in the Broadway
production of 42nd Street
Eric Sciotto
(class of ‘97) in the Broadway production of The Sweet Smell of
Success
Jim Walton
(class of ‘77) in the Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along
Bob Walton (class of ‘82) in
the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress
Lee Wilkoff in the Broadway
revival of Kiss Me, Kate
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Brandon has received both the coveted Mac and Bistro Awards for achievement in cabaret performing in New York City. He is Co-Host of The After Party, the wildly popular weekly Friday night "schmoozefest" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on 42nd Street. He made his New York cabaret debut in 2001 with It's It's an Art: The Music of Stephen Schwartz. His other New York credits include Broadway By The Year, Broadway Unplugged with Ben Vereen and Rosie O'Donnell, Liz Swados' Waiting For Lefty and David Friedman's King Island Christmas. Nationally, Brandon has performed with Theatre of the Stars, Goodspeed Musicals, the Human Race Theatre and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. His solo cabaret debut, Entitled, was honored by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs with the MAC Award for Best Male Debut. Brandon's show, No Reservations, enjoyed a four month run in New York and earned Brandon his second MAC Award, the 2005 MAC Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist, and the 2005 Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist. The son of a United Methodist preacher, Brandon was born and raised in Indiana.
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Banner above: Laura Hall in Listen to My Heart, a revue of music by John Buccino in the Cohen Family Studio Theatre. |
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