Asolo Rep to Release Original Cast Recording for KNOXVILLE in Fall 2022
(SARASOTA, FLA) — Following a highly successful world premiere production at Asolo Rep in April and May, the new musical KNOXVILLE will receive an Original Cast Recording. The album features all new music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.
Based on James Agee’s autobiographical, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, KNOXVILLE reunites Frank Galati (adapter and director), Flaherty, and Ahrens, the Tony Award®-winning creative team behind Broadway’s Ragtime. The album will be available digitally and on physical CD in the fall of this year.
The cast of KNOXVILLE is led by Broadway veterans Jason Danieley, Hannah Elless, Paul Alexander Nolan, Ellen Harvey, Nathan Salstone and Joel Waggoner. Rounding out the cast are Jack Casey, Sarah Aili, Abigail Stephenson, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Dwelvan David, Scott Wakefield, William Parry, and Barbara Marineau.
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