Original Cast Recording: The York Theatre Presents Busker Alley, CD

Original New York Cast featuring Broadway and Hollywood stars including Jim Dale and Glenn Close. "The musical opened in April 1995 at the Macauley Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky as the start of a 16-city tour. It starred Tune and Darcie Roberts, Brent Barrett, Marcia Lewis, and The Huber Marionettes. Jeff Calhoun directed and choreographed, and sets were by Tony Walton. The producers planned to bring the production to Broadway in November 1995 at the St. James Theatre. Artist LeRoy Neiman created a 40-foot mural for Busker Alley on the façade of the theater, and the cast performed a number from the show at the 1995 Tony Awards ceremony. The production had numerous setbacks during the tour as well as two more name changes, including Stage Door Charley (unilaterally chosen by the producers wife). The show finished its pre-Broadway tour as Buskers. On November 13, 2006 the York Theatre Company presented the concert performance of Busker Alley at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Jim Dale starred as ""Charlie Baxter"". Glenn Close appeared as ""Dame Libby St. Albans"" framing the shows main plot. (Dale and Close originated the roles of P.T. Barnum and his wife, Charity Barnum, in Barnum in 1980.) Also in the cast were: Jessica Grové, George S. Irving, Simon Jones, Noah Racey, John Bolton, Robert Fitch, Anne Rogers, Michael Lane Trautman, Cristy Candler, Diane Wasnak and Bonzer the dog."