This Ain't No Disco - Songs from the Musical (World Premiere Recording) [MP3]
This Ain’t No Disco by Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Natalie Merchant, Princess Goes) is part rock opera, part impressionist tone poem set in the nightclubs and art world of 1979 New York City. This Ain’t No Disco interweaves the stories of strivers, dreamers and drifters searching for their place at Studio 54 and Mudd Club, the art scene and downtown lofts. In their uptown/downtown quest for revelry and kinship, this disparate group, in different stages of becoming and falling apart, find themselves and each other in a city on the verge of a massive cultural shift.
The This Ain’t No Disco album features a cast of music and theater luminaries including Ryan Cassata, Adam Chanler-Berat, Will Connolly, Eddie Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Austin Crute, Lulu Fall, Lena Hall, Taylor Hanson, Ryan Jarman, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Chilina Kennedy, Sean Ono Lennon, John Cameron Mitchell, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Robert Schwartzman, Jake Shears, Miriam Shor, Theo Stockman, and Brandon Uranowitz, as well as the choir Tonality.
When This Ain’t No Disco debuted at Atlantic Theater Company in 2018, directed by Darko Tresnjak and choregraphed by Camille A. Brown, it was hailed as “a high energy, glitter-ball beded" by New York Magazine. The Wrap praised the show’s “excellent score. Trask and Yanowitz show a gift for melody. Their wordplay never fails to dazzle.”
The album is produced by Stephen Trask, Peter Yanowitz, and Diane Mayer, with Van Dean serving as executive producers, and Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley as co-producers.
A Center Stage Records Release
Digital Release Date: August 21, 2026
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