[NEohioPAL]KEEPING BROADWAY ON THE RECORD

[toomey at alumni.nd.edu]

Grammy.com link explains the situation and options pretty well.
Then decide if you want to 'petition'.
I doubt anyone can 'demand' that record companies produce duds.
But they might help producers see the value...

Regards,  Peter Toomey
Peter at ToomeyAndFriendsAdvertising.biz
  ( personal mail:     Toomey at alumni.ND.edu )

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KEEPING BROADWAY ON THE RECORD
>From www.stagespace.com

For decades, almost every Broadway musical has left behind a permanent
legacy - the Original Cast Recording.

For many theater lovers, cast recordings have been the bridge to
Broadway, giving the listener a glimpse of a first class production, no
matter what the actual distance to New York. And although shows open and
close, the cast recordings have remained, documenting the evolving
history of musical theater and inspiring new generations of theater
lovers across the world.

But Original Cast Recordings are on the verge of extinction. More and
more record executives consider cast recordings a waste of time and
money, and have made it clear that the days of recording Broadway shows
are numbered. Robert Hurwitz, president of Nonesuch Records, told a
journalist in March 2004 that he will now be recording only two musical
theater composers - Stephen Sondheim and Adam Guettel.

Click here to read more about Cast Recordings in crisis:

http://www.grammy.com/features/2004/0308_castalbums.aspx

We cannot let the cast album die. This petition is being sent to the
chief executives of Sony, RCA Victor, Nonesuch, Atlantic and Hollywood
Records, demanding that Broadway cast albums be allowed to survive, for
the sake of the industry itself.

Stand up for Broadway Cast Recordings - sign your name to the petition
and help save the future of musical theater.

Click here to sign the petition:

http://www.stagespace.com/petition