Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Premiere Cast Recording)

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The songs of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, from "Suddenly, Seymour" to "Under the Sea," have become part of the American subconscious—but few have heard their first musical, Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The 1979 show tells the story of Eliot Rosewater (Santino Fontana), a millionaire who drunkenly decides to blow his fortune on an impoverished town after being inspired by the utopian vision of novelist Kilgore Trout (James Earl Jones). But there are forces who want to put the kibosh on Eliot’s philanthropy—like Norman Mushari (Skylar Astin), a lawyer plotting to have Eliot declared insane. With an irresistible crazy-quilt score that volleys between pop, ragtime, Gilbert & Sullivan, and proto-Disney ballads, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater deserves to be part of our world again.

View the Rosewater album booklet.

ACT I

1. Overture

2. The Rosewater Foundation

3. The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise)

4. Dear Ophelia

5. Thank God for the Volunteer Fire Brigade

6. Mushari’s Waltz (Magical Moment)

7. Thirty Miles from the Banks of the Ohio / Look Who’s Here

8. Cheese Nips

9. The Rosewater Foundation (Reprise II)

10. Since You Came to This Town

ACT II

11. A Poem by William Blake

12. The Rhode Island Tango

13. Eliot / Sylvia

14. Plain Clean Average Americans

15. A Firestorm Consuming Indianapolis

16. Dear Ophelia (Reprise)

17. I, Eliot Rosewater

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Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Music by Alan Menken

Additional Lyrics by Dennis Green

Produced by Alan Menken and Michael Kosarin

Executive Producer: Rick Kunis

Recorded and Mixed by Lawrence Manchester

Music Director: Chris Fenwick

Orchestrations: Danny Troob

Pro Tools Engineer: Akihiro Nishimura

Assistant Engineer: Carlos Mora

Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, NYC

Cast

Skylar Astin - Mushari

Derrick Baskin – Charley Warmergran/Applicant #1

Jeff Blumenkrantz - McAllister

Nick Choksi – Psychiatrist/Applicant # 3/Ulm/Writer #2/Man in Telephone Booth/Boyle

Eddie Cooper – Jerome/Applicant #2

Kevin Del Aguila – Noyes Finnerty/Mail-Boy/Writer #1/Fred Rosewater

Santino Fontana- Eliot Rosewater

James Earl Jones – Kilgore Trout/Voice Not Unlike God’s

Rebecca Naomi Jones – Mary Moody/Blanche/Mrs. Swarthmore/Teleton Hostess/Nun

Kevin Ligon – Delbert Peach/Executive/Man in Bar

Marla Louissaint – Marla/Usher

Liz McCartney – Diana Moon Glampers/File Clerk/Operator/Wheelchair Attendant

Bonnie Milligan – Bonnie/Usher/Kid

Brynn O’Malley – Sylvia Rosewater

Kate Wetherhead – Dawn Leonard/Artistic Consultant/Waitress/Caroline Rosewater/Alien

Derrick Baskin, Nick Choksi, Eddie Cooper, Kevin Del Aguilla, Kevin Ligon – Fire Bridage

Orchestra

Chris Fenwick – Conductor/Piano

Gregory Rassen – Keyboard

Chris Reza, Richard Hickman, Mark Thrasher – Woodwinds

Gleen Drewes – Trumpet

Bruce Bonvissuto – Trombone

David Peel – French Horn

Ray Kilday – Bass

Sean McDaniel – Drums/Percussion

Cenovia Cummins, Monica Davis, Belinda Whitney, Kristina Musser – Violins

Emily Brausa – Cello

Jim Hershman – Guitar

John Foley – Harmonica