Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Cinco Paul, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics to the new musical, “Bubble Boy.” This week’s reviews include Encores! Off-Center production of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Theatreworks USA production of Pete the Cat. We also chat about controversy at The Great Comet.
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Guest: Cinco Paul, writer of “Bubble Boy” music, lyrics, and book
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS PRESENTS
“BUBBLE BOY”
ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING
FROM THE WRITERS OF THE “DESPICABLE ME” MOVIES
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CINCO PAUL
BOOK BY CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO
STARRING A.J. HOLMES, RICHARD KIND, CAROLINE BOWMAN, MATT DOYLE AND ALICE RIPLEY
AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL FORMATS TODAY, FRIDAY, JULY 28
New York, NY – Ghostlight Records has released the Original Cast Recording of Bubble Boy, the new musical based on the 2001 cult classic film of the same name, in both digital and physical formats today, Friday, July 28. The show is created by Cinco Paul (music, lyrics and book) and Ken Daurio (book), writers of the international hit animated films The Secret Life of Pets, Horton Hears a Who!, The Lorax, and Despicable Me 1, 2 & 3. Bubble Boy is the second major project for Daurio and Paul this summer, with their new film Despicable Me 3 currently in cinemas nationwide. A special music video of album’s first single “Bring Back My Boy” — featuring Alice Ripley — can be viewed here. A music video for the album’s second single “Falling for the Boy” is available here. Order the album via Apple Music.
The album features a 32-page full color booklet with a synopsis and liner notes from Cinco Paul, as well as a note from Stephen Schwartz – composer and lyricist of Pippin, Wicked, and Godspell – who calls it “one of the cleverest, funniest, and most endearing musicals I’ve seen in a long time.” The recording is produced by Cinco Paul, Kurt Deutsch and Justin Goldner. For more information about Bubble Boy, please visit http://sh-k-boom.com/bubble-boy
The recording features Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, A.J. Holmes, Drama Desk Award winner Richard Kind, Caroline Bowman and Matt Doyle. The cast also includes Gerard Canonico, Kirsten Scott, Martin Sola, Nehal Joshi, Alex Chester and Anita Welch. Musi[...]
