'Mystic Pizza' Musical Concept Album Available Now

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MYSTIC PIZZA
New Musical
Concept Album by Joy Machine Records
Available Now
On All Streaming Platforms

Listen Now

New York, NY - The concept recording of the new musical Mystic Pizza is now available in digital and streaming formats. The album, from Joy Machine Records, is produced by the show’s Grammy-nominated arranger and orchestrator, Carmel Dean, Brian Usifer for Joy Machine Records, and Michael Barra for Lively McCabe Entertainment.

Listen to the album now at this link.

“We founded Joy Machine Records to partner with developing shows and support them in releasing music at any stage of their process,” said Brian Usifer of Joy Machine Records. “Mystic Pizza is a project that we are excited about because the music is fun, the creative work is excellent, and the band and singers bring performances you’ll want to hear again and again.”

Carmel Dean, Album Producer & Music Supervisor, added "I am SO excited to share the Mystic Pizza album with the world. Every number is a banger, brought to life with epic new arrangements, and the performances are stunning! It truly is a joy-bomb of a record!"

Watch the music video for “Hold On” featuring Krystina Alabado, Alaina Anderson, and Deánna Giulietti HERE.

Critics praise Mystic Pizza the Musical as “a bona fide blast” and “dance-in-the-aisles fun” (NJ.com). TheaterMania raves this “delicious adaptation of the beloved rom-com dances right off the stage and into your heart” and “delights with a zesty ‘80s score and a stellar cast.”

The album features vocals by Krystina Alabado, Alaina Anderson, Chachi Delgado, Ben Fankhauser, Jennifer Fouché, Mia Gerachis, Deánna Giulietti, F. Michael Haynie, James Hindman, Michael James, April Josephine, Vincent Michael, Adriana Negrón, Louis Pardo, Alyssa M. Simmons, Jake Swain, Zephaniah Wages, and Rachel Kae Wirtz.

Music director and keyboard player Kristin Stowell leads the band, featuring Jason May on keyboard and saxophone, Max Caine and Jared Cannata on guitars and saxophone, David White on bass, and Peter Saleh on drums and percussion. The album is mixed by Derik Lee and edited by Ian Kagey.

Based on the 1988 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture starring Julia Roberts, with story and characters by Amy Holden Jones (Fox’s “The Resident”), and written by Sandy Rustin (The Cottage), Mystic Pizza is a new musical about three working-class girls who navigate the complexities of life, love and family in a small-town pizza joint. The infectious score, arranged and orchestrated by Carmel Dean (The Notebook), features megahits of the ‘80s and ‘90s, from “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” to “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” and songs originally recorded by Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, John Cougar Mellencamp, Debbie Gibson, Wilson Phillips, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, Rick Astley, Bryan Adams, among many others. The musical was originally directed by Casey Hushion (Clue) and was developed by Lively McCabe Entertainment, with critically acclaimed regional productions at Ogunquit Playhouse, La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts, Riverside Theatre (Vero) and most recently this past February at Paper Mill Playhouse.

Mystic Pizza is currently booking a national tour to begin in the Fall of 2026. Contact Columbia Artists Theatricals for booking inquiries (info@catbooking.com).