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'The Notebook' Original Broadway Cast Recording Now Available on CD

The Notebook The Musical, based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film, is currently playing.

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Press release

THE NOTEBOOK (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)

AVAILABLE NOW ON CD

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VINYL EDITION ARRIVES ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1

“MY DAYS” OFFICIALLY SURPASSES 4M WORLDWIDE STREAMS

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THE NOTEBOOK THE MUSICAL NOW PLAYING AT BROADWAY’S SCHOENFELD THEATRE

STREAM/DOWNLOAD THE NOTEBOOK (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) HERE

Atlantic Records has announced today’s eagerly awaited physical release of The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording), available now on CD HERE and offered for purchase at the Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W. 45th Street, NYC), where The Notebook The Musical, based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the iconic film, is currently playing.

An official vinyl edition of the chart-topping album, featuring the score by multiplatinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson that Vanity Fair calls “strikingly beautiful,” arrives on Friday, November 1.

The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is also available for streaming and download HERE. The album made its debut at #1 on Music Connect’s “Top Broadway” chart upon its release earlier this year and is highlighted by such show-stopping songs as “Carry You Home,” which recently won the 2024 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for “Favorite New Song,” as well as Joy Woods’ stunning performance of “My Days,” now boasting over 4M worldwide streams and joined by an official music video, directed by Michaelson and streaming via YouTube HERE. In addition, Woods performed “My Days” on The Kelly Clarkson Show, streaming HERE.

This spring The Notebook was recognized with Tony Award nominations for Bekah Brunstetter (Best Book of a Musical), Maryann Plunkett (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical), and Dorian Harewood (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical); Drama League Award nominations for Outstanding Production of a Musical, two Distinguished Performance Awards (Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood), and the Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Schele Williams); Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical (Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood); and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical (Maryann Plunkett). Maryann Plunkett also received a Special Citation for Lifetime Achievement from the New York Drama Critics Circle, alongside her husband Jay O. Sanders.

Produced by Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch, The Notebook features music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by playwright Bekah Brunstetter (writer and producer on NBC's “This Is Us,” The Cake). The production is directed by Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, RENT) and Schele Williams (Aida, The Wiz), with choreography by Katie Spelman (Associate Choreographer on Moulin Rouge! The Musical).

The cast of The Notebook features Tony Award-winner Maryann Plunkett as Older Allie, Dorian Harewood as Older Noah, Joy Woods as Middle Allie, Ryan Vasquez as Middle Noah, Jordan Tyson as Younger Allie, John Cardoza as Younger Noah, Andréa Burns as Mother/Nurse Lori, Carson Stewart as Johnny/Fin. Playing various roles are Yassmin Alers, Alex Benoit, Chase Del Rey, Hillary Fisher, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, Dorcas Leung, Happy McPartlin, Juliette Ojeda, Kim Onah, Charles E. Wallace and Charlie Webb.

The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording) continues Atlantic Records’ long-running string of landmark Original Broadway Cast Recordings, including 2015’s GRAMMY® Award-winning, RIAA Diamond-certified milestone, “Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording),”2017’s GRAMMY® Award-winning “Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)“ and 2021’s GRAMMY® Award-winning “Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast Recording).”

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