Illinoise: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) (2LP Vinyl)

Illinoise: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording) (2LP Vinyl)

The Tony-nominated Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical features music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens based on his album Illinois, a book by Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, and direction and choreography by Peck, with new arrangements by Timo Andres and music supervision and direction by Nathan Koci.

 The New York Times exclaims: “The vocalists do not seem to sing so much as pour emotion into our ears.” Variety says: “A thrilling, genre-defying Broadway musical brings the Sufjan Stevens album to lyrical life.

Tracklisting:

1. Three Stars (or, Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois) (feat. My Brightest Diamond)
   
2. The Long Hike
   
3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (feat. Elijah Lyons, My Brightest Diamond, Tasha)
   
4. Jacksonville (feat. Tasha)
   
5. Zombies (feat. My Brightest Diamond)
   
6. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (feat. My Brightest Diamond)
   
7. The Man of Metropolis (feat. Tasha)
   
8. Decatur (feat. Elijah Lyons)
   
9. Chicago (feat. Elijah Lyons)
   
10. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
    
11. Casimir Pulaski Day (feat. Elijah Lyons)
    
12. Prairie Fire That Wanders About (feat. Elijah Lyons, My Brightest Diamond, Tasha)
    
13. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us! (feat. Elijah Lyons)
    
14. In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth (feat. Elijah Lyons, My Brightest Diamond, Tasha)
    
15. The Seer’s Tower (feat. My Brightest Diamond)
    
16. Chicago (Reprise) (feat. Elijah Lyons)
    
17. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (feat. Elijah Lyons, My Brightest Diamond, Tasha)
    
18. Epilogue