Sh-K-Boom Records


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
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon - New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording
2018Songs for a New World - New York City Center 2018 Encores! Off-Center Cast Recording
2019Beetlejuice the Musical - Original Broadway Cast RecordingBe More Chill - Original Broadway Cast RecordingKiss Me, Kate - 2019 Broadway Cast Recording Little Shop of Horrors - The New Cast AlbumSoft Power - Original Cast Recording
2021
  • Fangirls – World Premiere Cast Recording
2022A Strange Loop - Original Broadway Cast RecordingMrs. Doubtfire - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2023Between the Lines - Original Cast RecordingDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical - Studio Cast RecordingKimberly Akimbo - Original Broadway Cast Recording
2024Harmony - Original Broadway Cast RecordingThe Gardens of Anuncia - A New Musical by Michael John LaChiusaWater 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
2006
2008In The Heights – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2009
  • Hair – 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
2011The Book of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2014Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Original Broadway Cast Recording
2021 Little Shop of Horrors - The New Cast AlbumSoft Power - Original Cast Recording
2024Kimberly Akimbo - Original Broadway Cast Recording