Thanks for Guro von Germeten for starting our day of discussions with fascinating ideas about singing voices and languages. Guro has joined us from Norway today #StageStudioStore

. Doug Reside joins us today from the NY Public Library and presents about the archive that can be found at the New York Public Library. #StageStudioStore

We are now hearing from Ben Macpherson about what it means to collect a cast recording and the ideas of owning a collection. Ben discusses the V&A exhibition "Re:Imaging Musicals" #StageStudioStore

This afternoon we heard Sebastian Böttger play Lambeth Walk on a Gramophone dated 1938. Thanks George for bringing in your collection #StageStudioStore

Professor Millie Taylor has shared with us some sound recordings comparing different versions of My Fair Lady #StageStudioStore

Wow! What a turnout for Professor Dominic Symonds' keynote. Thank you to all who came. #StageStudioStore

Thank you so much to Martin Levan and Robert Sher for joining us as part of our 'in conversation with'. It was fascinating to hear your experiences of working on the recording of cast albums.

Hadestown will return to the West End in 2024! The OBCR of Hadestown is one of the most streamed cast albums ever. It was #1 on Billboard's Broadway Cast Recording chart and debuted at #8 on the Top Album chart Our network member Guro von Germeten features this album in her work

CONFERENCE SUBMISSION DEADLINE REMINDER 'Original Cast Recordings: Art, artefact, analysis' - AHRC Research Network virtual conference, September 5th and 6th 2023 Call for Contributions: Submission deadline this Friday 31st March 2023 Please visit: sites.google.com/port.ac.uk/ocr…"

Original Cast Recordings: art, artefact, analysis We've made a decision to extend the submission deadline for the OCR Conference to the 21st April 2023. For more details: sites.google.com/port.ac.uk/ocr…

A two-day conference of presentations, panels and discussion exploring the history, production, consumption and cultural significance of musical theatre on record, 1900 - present day. Submission deadline April 21st 2023 sites.google.com/port.ac.uk/ocr…

Our network administrator Cerys attended the press night for A Strange Loop at the Barbican theatre. Cerys loves to compare Broadway and West End cast albums so has been wondering if there will be a London Cast Album for this show...

And we are off! Today is the first day of our conference. There is still time to be involved and hear from our speakers including a book launch from Doug Reside and a key note from Laurence Maslon at the NY Public Library #OCRConf23

We have just finished our first panel. We have heard from Millie Taylor, Michelle Pretorius and Helice Koffler. What a way to kick off the discussions!! #OCRConf23

Delighted to hear from Doug Reside at the The Library for Performing Arts with a presentation about his new book Fixing the Musical: How Technologies Shape the Broadway Repertory.

A wonderful presentation from our keynote speaker Laurence Maslon discussing ideas from his book Broadway to Mainstreet live from the New York Public Library The Library for Performing Arts

Day 2 is underway! We are just about to start with a panel from the Victoria and Albert museum about the 'Re:Imagining Musicals installation'