Imagine Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics pumping through the magical haze of a discotheque. Adapted and expanded from a 2018 concert, this studio recording conceived and created by Joshua Hinck and Scott Wasserman places Sondheim's work into the popular music of the 1970's and 80's, fusing the master of musical theatre with various styles of disco.
Celebrate Stephen Sondheim with this unique and imaginative reinterpretation. Inspired by musical theatre/disco crossovers such as The Ethel Merman Disco Album and Gordon Grody’s “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd,” the 12-track album combines over forty of the master’s songs and features the talents of Alison Luff (Waitress, Wicked), Blaine Krauss (Pose, Great Comet), Aneesa Folds (Freestyle Love Supreme), Charity Angél Dawson (Waitress), Vishal Vaidya (Groundhog Day), Brittnie Price (Postmodern Jukebox), Juwan Crawley (Aladdin), Deonté L. Warren (Aladdin), Joshua Hinck (Hail Oblivion), Aili Venho (50 Shades! The Musical), and Onyie Nwachukwu (Rent Natl Tour), as well as a special cameo from Chip Zien. The singers are backed by a thirteen-piece orchestra, and the album features liner notes by David Levy.
Photo Credit: Jason Moody
Press
I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This But There’s a Sondheim Disco Album - Vulture
Track-by-Track Breakdown: How Do You Make Sondheim Sound Disco for Losing My Mind? - Playbill
Album Review: "Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream" - Mark Robison Writes
Opinion: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream “more than just feel-good dance music” - MediaOCU
Why the Sondheim disco album is perfect for right now - OnStage Blog
The satisfying sounds of Sondheim (a special 90th birthday column) - Talkin Broadway
What People Are Saying
“My jaw dropped so many times while listening to it that my voice teacher commented on my noticeable decrease in jaw tension.”
— Francesca Iacovacci, MEDIAOCU
“You will have a groovy time and delight in the clever arrangements that spin his beloved music into danceable pulse-raising fun.”
— Mark Robinson
“The Album is 43 minutes of pure musical-theatre bliss…this is the perfect album for right now. It’s new, it’s dancey, it’s exciting, and it takes some of theater’s most classic songs and turns them inside out.”