Sh-K-Boom Records is an independent record label and producer of recorded and live entertainment, which was founded in 2000 by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott with the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater. In 2004 Sh-K-Boom created their second imprint, Ghostlight Records, dedicated to the preservation of traditional musical theater, spurred by the popular release of their first-ever show cast recording, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. Together the two labels have over 200 albums in their catalogues. The company has also produced over 50 live concerts as part of their Sh-K-Boom Room Concert Series, and are currently developing new and innovative projects for the stage and screen.
Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records are twelve-time Grammy Award nominees and four-time Grammy winners in the Best Musical Theater Album category for In the Heights, The Book of Mormon and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Ghostlight's Book of Mormon album was the first Broadway cast recording to break into the Billboard Top 10 since the original 1969 release of Hair, taking its place as the biggest-selling digital cast recording of all time. The label's Original Broadway Cast Album for In the Heights also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart and arrived on the Billboard 200 at #82.
In June 2017, Sh-K-Boom entered a joint venture with Warner Music Group's Arts Music division.
Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records have produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars such as Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, Melissa Errico, Billy Porter, Ben Vereen, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Julia Murney, Ashley Brown, Linda Lavin, Lea Delaria, Anastasia Barzee, and Klea Blackhurst.
Albums
2000–2004 Adam Pascal – Model Prisoner Sherie Rene Scott – Men I've Had Alice Ripley – Everything's Fine The Last Five Years Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical Amour Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant Adam Pascal – Civilian Christine Ebersole – In Your Dreams The New Moon
2005 Hair – The Actors’ Fund of America Benefit Recording Little Women Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Altar Boyz The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Original Broadway Cast Recording Bright Lights, Big City Jason Robert Brown – Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes Billy Porter – Live At the Corner of Broadway + Soul The Immigrant: A New American Musical
2006 The Great American Trailer Park Musical See What I Wanna See Songs from an Unmade Bed Kevin Cahoon – Doll Patti LuPone – The Lady With The Torch Julia Murney – I'm Not Waiting The Drowsy Chaperone – Original Broadway Cast Recording George M. Cohan Tonight title of show Bernarda Alba Klea Blackhurst – Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke’s Broadway Daphne Rubin-Vega – Redemption Songs Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Fantasticks Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
2007 Orpheus & Euridice Happy End The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Martin Short – Fame Becomes Me High Fidelity The Coast of Utopia Legally Blonde: The Musical Judy Kuhn – Serious Playground: The Songs of Laura Nyro LoveMusik
2008 Gone Missing – The Civilians Kelli O'Hara – Wonder in the World David Yazbek – Evil Monkey Man Make me a Song: The Music of William Finn (2-disc) Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch – Sunday in New York In the Heights Original Broadway Cast Recording (2-disc) Passing Strange Original Broadway Cast Recording Little Fish World Premiere Recording Bailey Hanks – So Much Better (Single) Toby Lightman – Waiting (Single) Lea DeLaria – The Live Smoke Sessions Frankenstein - A New Musical – Original Cast Recording Orfeh – What Do You Want From Me 13 – Original Broadway Cast Recording Patti LuPone – Les Mouches
2009 Sutton Foster – Wish Next to Normal – Original Broadway Cast Recording Hair – 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording Our Time Theatre Company – Listen Pinkilicious – The Musical Vanities, A New Musical – Original Cast Recording
2010 Sam Tsui & Kurt Hugo Schneider – The Covers Everyday Rapture – Original Cast Recording Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Original Cast Recording Things To Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis – Original Cast Recording
2011 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown – Original Broadway Cast Recording Catch Me If You Can – Original Broadway Cast Recording Sister Act – London Cast Recording (American release) The Book of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast Recording Elf – Original Broadway Cast Recording Anything Goes – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording Godspell – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording Silence! The Musical – Original Cast Recording Melissa Errico – Legrand Affair Anastasia Barzee – The Dimming of the Day Footloose – Original Broadway Cast Recording (2011 Re-Release) A Little Princess – Premiere Cast Recording
2012 Newsies – Original Cast Recording John & Jen – Original Cast Recording (Re-release) Bring It On: The Musical – Music Sampler Queen of the Mist – Original Cast Recording Calvin Berger – Original Cast Recording 35MM – A Musical Exhibition – Original Cast Recording Carrie – Premiere Cast Recording Pipe Dream – Live Encores! Cast Recording Bring It On: The Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording Leap of Faith – Original Broadway Cast Recording Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap – Something to Remember Now. Here. This. – Original Cast Recording 13 – Original West End Cast Recording
2013 Fancy Nancy the Musical – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree Dogfight – Original Cast Recording Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella – Original Broadway Cast Recording Giant – Original Cast Recording Pippin – New Broadway Cast Recording Hands on a Hardbody – Original Broadway Cast Recording Marry Me a Little – New Off-Broadway Cast Recording The Last Five Years – New Off-Broadway Cast Recording Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Original Cast Recording
2014 Murder for Two – Original Cast Recording A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Original Broadway Cast Recording The Bridges of Madison County – Original Broadway Cast Recording Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording Disney's Aladdin – Original Broadway Cast Recording (as Executive Producers) Love's Labours Lost – Original Cast Recording A Second Chance – Original Cast Recording Venice – Original Cast Recording Sherie Rene Scott – All Will Be Well Alison Fraser – Tennessee Williams: Words and Music Mary Testa & Michael Starobin – Have Faith
2015 The Last Five Years – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Something Rotten! – Original Broadway Cast Recording The Fortress of Solitude – Original Cast Recording Lea DeLaria – House of David Lady, Be Good – 2015 Encores! Cast Recording Be More Chill – Original Cast Recording Daddy Long Legs – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording Clinton, the Musical – Original Cast Recording
2016 The Hunchback of Notre Dame – American Premiere Studio Recording
2017 Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon - New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording ZIPPERZ by Nathaniel Stookey & Dan Harder - World Premiere Recording
2018 Songs for a New World - New York City Center 2018 Encores! Off-Center Cast Recording
2019 Beetlejuice the Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording Be More Chill - Original Broadway Cast Recording Kiss Me, Kate - 2019 Broadway Cast Recording Little Shop of Horrors - The New Cast Album Soft Power - Original Cast Recording
2021 Fangirls – World Premiere Cast Recording
2022 A Strange Loop - Original Broadway Cast Recording Mrs. Doubtfire - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2023 Between the Lines - Original Cast Recording Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical - Studio Cast Recording Kimberly Akimbo - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2024 Harmony - Original Broadway Cast Recording The Gardens of Anuncia - A New Musical by Michael John LaChiusa Water for Elephants - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Awards and honors
Drama Desk Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight were awarded a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through original cast albums.
Grammy Awards and nominations
Best Musical Theatre Album:
2003 Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas
2005 Hair – The Actors' Fund of America Benefit Recording The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Original Broadway Cast Recording Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2006 The Drowsy Chaperone – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2008 (winner) In The Heights – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2009 Hair – 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
2011 (winner) The Book of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast Recording Anything Goes – 2011 Broadway Cast Recording
2014 (winner) Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Original Broadway Cast Recording Aladdin (musical) – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2021 Little Shop of Horrors - The New Cast Album Soft Power - Original Cast Recording
2024 Kimberly Akimbo - Original Broadway Cast Recording
References
External links Sh-K-Boom Records Official Website Ghostlight Records