Broadway Bound
Jun 6, 2020 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
With Garrett Stack
Ghostlight of 2020
Broadway Bound 322 -- Ghostlight of 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, Broadway theaters were forced to close on March 12, 2020. Overnight the lights went out on about 40 Broadway productions. The only lights left on were ghostlights. A ghostlight is a simple staff, like a floor lamp without a lamp shade, with a bare light bulb at the top. A Broadway tradition more than 100 years old, this simple light is placed on the stage and illuminated, usually by the stage manager, after the show is over. All other lights in the theater are turned off. And the theater is locked up for the night.Instead of stages ablaze with magnificent lighting, only the ghostlights provide dim illumination, a sign of hope in the vast darkness.
On this edition of Broadway we look at the shows that were stopped dead in their tracks. Some were fixtures on Broadway like The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, and Wicked. Some were well-established and packing the houses like Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Aladdin, Frozen and The Book of Mormon. And still others were new this season like Moulin Rouge, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Girl From the North Country that literally opened to raves just one week before it had to shut down.
Not every musical that was forced to close is represented, but this sampling gives us the sense of loss, albeit temporary, that the devistaing pandemic has had this aspect of our culture.
4:00 PM | Original London Cast Overture Andrew Lloyd Weber/Glenn Slater The Phantom of the Opera Universal Music
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4:01 PM | Original London Cast Masquerade / Why So Silent Phantom Of The Opera Universal Music Ireland Ltd.
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4:06 PM | Marcia Lewis;James Naughton;Ann Reinking;D. Sabella We Both Reached for the Gun Chicago The Musical (New Broadway Cast Recording (1997)) Masterworks Broadway
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4:10 PM | Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Finale Ultimo Aladdin Original Broadway Cast Recording Walt Disney Records
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4:13 PM | Original Broadway Cast Of Aint Too Proud War Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Original Broadway Cast Recording) UME Direct
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4:15 PM | Original Broadway Cast Of Aint Too Proud Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Original Broadway Cast Recording) UME Direct
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4:18 PM | Joel Hatch & 'Come From Away' Company Welcome To the Rock Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Musical Company
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4:22 PM | 'Come From Away' Company Blankets and Bedding Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Musical Company
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4:25 PM | 'Come From Away' Company Lead Us Out of the Night Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Musical Company
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4:25 PM | Sharon Wheatley, Q Smith, Chad Kimball, Caesar Samayoa & 'Come From Away' Company Costume Party Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Musical Company
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4:32 PM | Ben Platt For Forever Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Atlantic Records
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4:40 PM | Karen Olivo & Original Broadway Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical;TBD The Sparkling Diamond Moulin Rouge! The Musical House of Iona/RCA Records
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4:44 PM | Aaron Tveit;Karen Olivo Your Song Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) House of Iona/RCA Records
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4:48 PM | Josh Gad I Am Here for You The Book Of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) WMG - Ghostlight Records
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4:50 PM | Hands on a Hardbody Ensemble I Believe The Book of Mormon Ghostlight Records
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4:55 PM | Rory O'Malley I Am Africa The Book of Mormon Ghostlight Records
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5:02 PM | André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Malcolm Armwood, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable,T. Oliver Reid, Jessie Shelton, Ahmad Simmons, Khaila Wilcoxon & Anaïs Mitchel Wait for Me Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Recording Sing It Again Records
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5:05 PM | Original Broadway Cast of Frozen Queen Anointed - From "Frozen: The Broadway Musical" Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Walt Disney Records
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5:07 PM | Caissie Levy Dangerous to Dream Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Walt Disney Records
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5:12 PM | Original Broadway Cast of Frozen Finale / Let It Go (From Frozen: The Broadway Musical")" Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Universal Music
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5:15 PM | Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel Defying Gravity Stephen Schwartz Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Verve (Adult Contemporary)
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5:21 PM | Lin-Manuel Miranda My Shot Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Atlantic Records
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5:26 PM | Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Atlantic Records
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5:33 PM | Karl Queensborough;Bronagh Gallagher;Kirsty Malpass;Original London Cast of Girl From The North Country Sign On the Window Girl From The North Country (Original London Cast Recording) Sony Music CG
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5:35 PM | Michael Shaeffer;Arinzé Kene;Debbie Kurup;Sheila Atim;Original London Cast of Girl From The North Country Slow Train Coming/License to Kill Girl From The North Country (Original London Cast Recording) Sony Music CG
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5:40 PM | Shirley Henderson;Debbie Kurup;Kirsty Malpass;Bronagh Gallagher;Original London Cast of Girl From The North Country Like a Rolling Stone/To Make You Feel My Love Girl From The North Country (Original London Cast Recording) Sony Music CG
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5:43 PM | Shirley Henderson;Original London Cast of Girl From The North Country Forever Young Girl From The North Country (Original London Cast Recording) Sony Music CG
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5:47 PM | Natey Jones/Adrienne Warren Let's Stay Together Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original London Cast Recording) Ghostlight Records
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5:50 PM | Adrienne Warren/Kobna Holdbrook-Smith/Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Original London Company I Can't Stand the Rain Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original London Cast Recording) Ghostlight Records
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5:53 PM | Adrienne Warren/Kayleigh McKnight/Pérola Congo/Baker Mukasa/Jammy Kasongo What's Love Got to Do with It Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original London Cast Recording) Ghostlight Records
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