Heading up the production will be Emily Skinner playing “Diane”, the celebrated recording star and diva. Emily has had starring roles on Broadway in Side Show (Best Actress Tony® Award nomination), The Full Monty, James Joyce’s The Dead and Dinner at Eight (Outer Critic Circle nomination). Brian Sutherland stars as “Julian”, the forty-ish matinee idol. Brian has starred in numerous Broadway productions, including The Sound of Music, 1776, Victor/Victoria and Steel Pier. Ashley Brown will play “Kristen”, the fresh-faced and talented newcomer to the recording studio, and Andrew Samonsky will play “Nick”, the up and coming performer who is sure to be the “next big thing” in recording. Both Ashley and Andrew are recent graduates of conservatory programs, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and University of California, Irvine, respectively. Richard Easton will voice the Sound Engineer. Richard was recently seen on Broadway in Henry IV and won the 2001 Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle Awards for his performance in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love. Rounding out the cast will be Meredith Inglesby, Andy Karl, Tyler Maynard, Keewa Nurullah, Josh Franklin, Leigh Ann Larkin, Koh Mochizuki and Lyn Phillistine.

This fantastic show is directed, choreographed, and co-conceived by Tony® Award nominee Robert Longbottom. The music is adapted, supervised and arranged by David Chase, with orchestrations by Danny Troob. On The Record is designed by Tony® Award nominee Gregg Barnes (costumes), Tony® Award winner Natasha Katz (lighting) and ACME Sound Partners (sound design). Chad Beguelin is the scenarist.