Breaking News: TABOO Broadway Cast Recording to be Released by DRG Records

By: May. 05, 2004
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DRG Records is gearing up for a release for the Broadway cast recording of TABOO. For PRE-ORDERS, the CD will be available May 25, 2004. Sound clips are now available on DRG's web site. TABOO closed on Broadway on February 8, 2004 after a total of 100 performances. Taboo featured both music and lyrics by Boy George, with the Broadway book adapted by Charles Busch from the original London production. The cast, and recording includes performances by Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jeffrey Carlson, Raúl Esparza, Liz McCartney, Euan Morton and in his Broadway debut George O'Dowd.

So far in the Awards season, TABOO has received 5 nominations for the 49th Annual Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Euan Morton), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Jeffrey Carlson), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Raul Esparza), Outstanding Music (Boy George) and Outstanding Lyrics (Boy George)!

TABOO received 2 nominations for the 54th Annual Outer Critics Circle for including Outstanding Actor In A Musical (Euan Morton) and Outstanding Costume Design (Mike Nicholls & Bobby Pearce). The winners will be announced on May 3rd, and the annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 27th.

TABOO also received a nomination for the 70th Annual Drama League Awards for Distinguished Production of Musical, along with nominations for Distinguished Performance (Raul Esparza and Euan Morton)

TABOO is a musical portrait of a brief but remarkable era - London in the early 1980's. An ever-shifting time that sparked a rebellion among the youth that found its expression in flamboyant fashion and decadent nightlife. These kids were "the New Romantics" – leaders of an unofficial movement that left a lasting influence on music and fashion. TABOO focuses on two young men - Leigh Bowery, a brilliant, anarchic performance artist/designer and George O'Dowd, a young, rough-edged boy who arrives in London and – once swept up into the exciting artistic climate -becomes the surprising crossover star of the scene as Boy George. Both men's stories are played out against the fantastic background of Taboo, the club that had come to symbolize the mad excess and decadent fun of 1980's London.

For more information on DRG Records, visit www.drgrecords.com
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