Belated congratulations to the cast of In the Heights for taking home the 51st Annual Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album!
Congratulations to the other nominees for this prestigious nomination: The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein and the revivals of Gypsy and South Pacific.
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2009 on CBS.
Here are the details of the nominees:
Gypsy
Robert Sher, producer; Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist (2008 Broadway Cast with Patti LuPone & others)
[Time Life]
In the Heights
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and others)
[Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]
The Little Mermaid
Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers; Alan Menken, composer; Glenn Slater, lyricist; Howard Ashman, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Sierra Boggess, Tituss Burgess & others)
[Walt Disney Records]
South Pacific
David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers; Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist (New Broadway Cast with Kelli O’Hara, Paulo Szot & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]
Young Frankenstein: The Musical
Doug Besterman, producer; Mel Brooks, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster & others)
[Decca Broadway]




I’m glad “In the Heights” won. It’s a great cast recording and I really enjoyed the show.
Posted by Esther | February 18, 2009, 11:06 pm