Watch as the company of Alice By Heart sings "The Key Is," from the new Original Cast Recording, available now at https://ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/alicebyheart

The album is based on the show’s recent New York premiere production from MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director). Alice By Heart has a book by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson; music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and direction by Jessie Nelson. The album is produced by Duncan Sheik and Kurt Deutsch, with Craig Balsam and Cody Lassen serving as executive producers.

Alice By Heart features Molly Gordon as Alice and Colton Ryan as Alfred/The White Rabbit, along with Kim Blanck, Mia DiLena, Zachary Downer, Noah Galvin, Zachary Infante, Andrew Kober, Grace McLean, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Catherine Ricafort, Heath Saunders, and Wesley Taylor.

When the MCC Theater production of Alice By Heart opened Off Broadway, it was praised as “A fantastical, magical mystery tour with ingenious costumes, Noel Coward-ish wit, and dreamy songs which suggest The Beatles’ hallucinogenic period with echoes of music from Spring Awakening” by The New York Times. Variety raved about the show’s “dreamy melodies” which “have that haunting ache of young dreamers.” Deadline loved the score’s “hit-ready tunes” and called “Sater’s wordplay vivid and imaginative, an effective replication of Carroll’s prose.” It was hailed as “bewitching” by The New Yorker, “gorgeous” by Newsday, and “imaginative” by TheaterMania. According to the Observer, “the team crafted a rich, haunting score: raw, bruised ballads of longing and losing.”

Alice By Heart won two 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards (“Outstanding Choreographer” and “Outstanding Costume Design”), two 2019 Chita Rivera Awards (“Outstanding Choreography,” “Outstanding Male Dancer”), and was nominated for two 2019 Drama Desk Awards (“Outstanding Choreography,” “Outstanding Costume
Design”).