The York Theatre Company production of Penelope, or How The Odyssey Was Really Written, which played Off-Broadway's The Theater at St. Jean's in April, is getting an original Off-Broadway cast recording thanks to Jay Records.
The York company—Britney Nicole Simpson (Beauty and the Beast) as Penelope, Philippe Arroyo (Aladdin) as Telemachus, Leah Hocking (Billy Elliot) as Eurycleia, Cooper Howell (Emojiland) as Antinous, Ben Jacoby (Beautiful) as Odysseus, David LaMarr (Jersey Boys) as Mileter, Jacob Alexander Simon (A Chorus Line) as Bassanio, George Slotin (High Button Shoes) as Haius, Sean Thompson (Sunset Boulevard) as Barius, and Maria Wirries (Dear Evan Hansen) as Daphne—recorded the score in May at Manhattan Center Studios. Jay will release the album digitally December 2 and on CD December 9.
Get an exclusive first listen to a song from the recording—Simpson singing "All Along"—above.
Tony nominee Peter Kellogg (Anna Karenina) wrote the book and lyrics with music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals). The new musical reimagines The Odyssey by focusing on Odysseus' wife Penelope and the letters she writes to herself in a scheme to fake correspondence with her husband, who is away due to the Trojan War.
Emily Maltby directed and choreographed the York production. The recording has orchestrations and musical direction by David Hancock Turner.
Jay has previously recorded 22 cast albums for Off-Broadway's York.
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Jacob Simon, David LaMarr, Britney Nicole Simpson, Sean Thompson, and George Slotin
Ben Jacoby and Britney Nicole Simpson
Jacob Simon, David LaMarr, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, Maria Wirries, and Philippe Arroyo
Ben Jacoby, Leah Hocking, Jacob Simon, David LaMarr, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, Maria Wirries, Philippe Arroyo, and Britney Nicole Simpson
Maria Wirries, Philippe Arroyo, Leah Hocking, Britney Nicole Simpson, David LaMarr, Cooper Howell, Sean Thompson, George Slotin, and Jacob Simon
Ben Jacoby, Philippe Arroyo, and Maria Wirries
Britney Nicole Simpson, Ben Jacoby, and Leah Hocking
Ben Jacoby and Philippe Arroyo
Ben Jacoby
George Slotin, Sean Thompson, Maria Wirries, and Philippe Arroyo
George Slotin, Jacob Simon, Sean Thompson, David LaMarr, Leah Hocking, Cooper Howell, Philippe Arroyo, and Britney Nicole Simpson
Leah Hocking, Philippe Arroyo, and Britany Nicole Simpson
Jacob Simon, David LaMarr, Sean Thompson, and George Slotin
Maria Wirries, Philippe Arroyo, Britney Nicole Simpson, and Leah Hocking
Britany Nicole Simpson
Cooper Howell, Jacob Simon, David LaMarr, Britany Nicole Simpson, Leah Hocking, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, Philippe Arroyo, and Maria Wirries
