Grammy and Tony Award nominee AnnMarie Milazzo announced the upcoming release of a new concept album, “The Shape of Things: Songs From Joy The Musical.” As the title suggests, the record, which will be released on Jan. 17 by Joy Machine Records, will include a selection of songs from the musical that is currently in development. With the announcement, Milazzo also released a music video of the album’s title track. Watch it below.
Written and performed by Milazzo, with production by Sonny Paladino and music supervision by Andy Einhorn, “The Shape of Things” offers a glimpse at “Joy,” a biographical musical about the life of Joy Mangano, the entrepreneur and inventor behind the Miracle Mop.
Milazzo has previously provided vocal arrangements for Broadway shows such as “Spring Awakening,” “Next to Normal” and “If/Then” as well as orchestrations for the 2017 revival of “Once on This Island”and vocal design for “Almost Famous” and “A Beautiful Noise.” She is also developing a stage musical based on Amy Bloom’s novel “Lucky Us,” in collaboration with 16-time Grammy Award winner David Foster.
The album will feature 11 tracks. “Making this record was an opportunity for me to get back to my roots in the recording studio, working with my band and doing the thing I love most — writing and singing songs,” Milazzo said in a statement.
“Joy” has been in development with a book by Tony Award-winning producer Ken Davenport and music direction by Paladino.
Davenport and Sandi Moran with TBD Theatricals, Jonathan and Rae Corr, Adam Riemer, Scott Abrams, Christine Petti, Sheri and Les Biller, Marco Santarelli, Michael T. Cohen & Robin Reinach, Megan Ann Rasmussen, Christine G. Williamson, and Matthew Salloway, recently held an industry reading of the musical, directed by Lorin Latarro.
