Rock of Ages was penned by Chris D'Arienzo and features direction by Kristin Hanggi and choreography by Kelly Devine. an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more." "In 1987 on the Sunset Strip," Rock of Ages production notes state, "a small town girl met a big city rocker and in L.A.'s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the '80s. The onstage band, ARSENAL, comprises music director/keyboardist Henry Aronson, lead guitarist Joel Hoekstra, drummer Jon Weber, bassist Winston Roye and guitar player David Gibbs, who also wrote the original arrangements. The company also features Adam Dannheisser ( The Coast of Utopia, Twelfth Night), Mitchell Jarvis ( Fiddler on the Roof), Michele Mais ( Roza), Lauren Molina ( Sweeney Todd), Paul Schoeffler ( Sweet Charity, Nine), Wesley Taylor ( See Rock City), Ericka Hunter ( Flower Drum Song, 42nd Street), Jeremy Jordan ( Little Dog Laughed tour), Michael Minarik ( Les Miserables), Angel Reed ( Saturday Night Fever tour), Bahiyah Sayyed-Gaines ( Pal Joey, The Color Purple), Katherine Tokarz ( White Christmas, A Chorus Line), Andre Ward ( Xanadu, The Producers), Savannah Wise ( Les Miserables), Tad Wilson ( The Full Monty) and Jeremy Woodard ( Glory Days). He is joined for the Broadway run by Amy Spanger ( The Wedding Singer Kiss Me, Kate) as Sherrie and James Carpinello ( Saturday Night Fever, VH1's "So NoTORIous") as Stacee Jaxx. I Hate Myself For Loving You/Heat Of The Momentĭon't Stop Believin' The cast is headed by "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis ( The Wedding Singer), who reprises the role of Drew that he performed Off-Broadway. We Built This City/Too Much Time On My HandsĬum On Feel The Noize/We're Not Gonna Take It (Reprise)Īny Way You Want It/I Wanna Rock (Reprise) Just Like Paradise/Nothin' But A Good Time Our greatest desire for the cast recording was simply to make a great rock record - one that shows how much we truly cherish these songs and how much fun it can be to hear them performed by our amazing cast and bitchin’ band." In a statement executive producers Janet Billig Rich and Hillary Weaver, who both also serve as producers of the musical, said, "At its heart, Rock of Ages has always been about joining great rock songs from the 80’s with an incredible live theater experience. The album was mixed and engineered by Mike Barbiero, produced by David Gibbs, executive produced by Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver and Kurt Deutsch/Sh-K-Boom Records and co-produced by Ethan Popp. The Rock of Ages cast recorded the score April 28-29. The recording, which features 22 songs from the Broadway show, will arrive in stores nationwide July 7. The Rock recording also charted at #193 on the Top 200. Rock of Ages stars Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger.Īccording to USA Today, the new recording entered the digital albums chart at #34.
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