Wonderful Town - Recordings

Recordings

Though there have been only two major Broadway productions of Wonderful Town, many recordings of the music have been made over the years.

• 1953: The Original Broadway Cast with Rosalind Russell as Ruth. A 2001 CD re-issue also contained selections from On the Town, another Bernstein musical.
• 1958: The CBS TV Movie Cast with Rosalind Russell as Ruth.
• 1986: The Original London Cast with Maureen Lipman as Ruth.
• 1998: A Studio Cast recording with Karen Mason as Ruth. The first complete recording of the score.
• 1999: A Studio Cast recording with Kim Criswell as Ruth and Audra McDonald as Eileen, with Thomas Hampson, and Rodney Gilfry. The recording is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
• 2002: A live performance in Berlin on DVD with Kim Criswell as Ruth and Audra McDonald as Eileen, and with Thomas Hampson and Wayne Marshall, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
• 2003: The cast recording of a new revival with Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt as Ruth and Eileen, respectively.
• 2004: A new recording of the 2003 production, with Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills as Ruth and Eileen, respectively. For this recording, the original orchestral tracks from the New Broadway recording were used, and only Ruth and Eileen's songs were rerecorded.