The Gilded Age Cast Sings Holiday Standards on a Christmas Album
The Gilded Age's Broadway-heavy company is getting an album: “Voices of The Gilded Age: The Christmas Album” features Audra McDonald, Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Kelli O'Hara, Morgan Spector and others performing holiday classics, along with two new songs. A series known for drawing its cast from the stage ends up with the one genre that requires almost nothing of the period setting.
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A Gilded Age Christmas album is a funny artifact: a drama about old money and social climbing converted into holiday standards. The casting does most of the work.
Pushback
The two new songs are the part worth noting. A record of covers alone would only prove the cast can sing; new material at least suggests the album is meant as more than a seasonal souvenir.