SH-K-BUZZ from Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records

Congrats go to all the nominees and winners at last night’s Tony Awards, but we want to send big sh-k-shout-outs to the winners who we’ve been lucky enough to work with to create their original cast recordings and solo albums:

IN THE HEIGHTS
Best Musical
Best Score
Best Orchestrations
Best Choreography

PASSING STRANGE
Best Book

PATTI LUPONE
Best Actress in a Musical (Gypsy)

Now it’s on to a new season…stay tuned for what’s next!

Three cheers for In the Heights and Passing Strange, which both pulled in several Tony nominations this morning, including both being recognized for their original musical scores!

We’re so proud to be releasing both cast albums in the next few weeks on Ghostlight Records. You can pre-order your In the Heights CD now and Passing Strange will be available for digital download on iTunes on May 27.

Check out each show’s total list of nominations:

IN THE HEIGHTS - 13 nominations
Best Musical
Best Original Score
Best Direction
Best Book
Best Orchestrations
Best Choreography
Best Scenic, Lighting & Costume Design
Best Sound Design
Best Lead Actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Featured Actress, Olga Merediz
Best Featured Actor, Robin de Jesus

PASSING STRANGE - 7 nominations
Best Musical
Best Original Score
Best Book
Best Orchestrations
Best Lead Actor, Stew
Best Featured Actress, de’Adre Aziza
Best Featured Actor, Daniel Breaker

Congrats also to Ghostlight solo artists Kelli O’Hara and Patti Lupone, who were both nominated in the Best Leading Actress in a Musical category for their performances in South Pacific and Gypsy.

For a full list of nominees, check out Broadway.com.

It was a good morning to be a Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight artist! Nominations were just announced for the 2008 Drama Desk awards, and several of our shows and solo artists received nods for their work this year.

Passing Strange received a nod in the Best Musical category and Make Me a Song was recognized as one of the most Outstanding Revues of the year.

And three of the six nominees in the Outstanding Actress in a Musical category have recorded their solo albums with us! Congrats to Patti LuPone (Gypsy), Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific) and Alice Ripley (Next to Normal).

For a complete list of nominees, visit Playbill.com.

After a critically-acclaimed performance in the show’s run at City Center last summer, Patti is now back on Broadway in the role she was born to play: Mama Rose in Gypsy. If you’ve never caught the legendary Ms. LuPone live on stage…you must!

And while you’re at it, make sure you have your copy of Patti’s solo album on Ghostlight, The Lady With the Torch. Click here to hear tracks, and order it now.