New York, New York–(Newsfile Corp. – August 6, 2024) – Picking Up Speed, a new solo musical written and performed by Alex Wyse, has recorded a cast album that is being released today by Rialto Records and is now available on all major streaming services and digital music retailers. Picking Up Speed Album Artwork Picking Up Speed , which had a sold-out run at the Royal Family Performing Arts Center in December, is a deeply moving and hilarious solo musical about infidelity between friends and the whirlwind relationships that define us.
“ Picking Up Speed began as a letter to a long-lost friend that eventually snowballed into a full length solo- musical. Now it is a cast album, a story-slam, and a solo record all in one.” said creator Wyse.
“But despite the word “solo,” this show represents a small village of collaborators who allowed their passions to meet mine. Chiefly, the brilliant trio of director Marlo Hunter, music director/orchestrator Kyle Brenn, and producer Cody Lassen, who each had a major hand in helping me deepen and expand it into a full evening (never a matinee, God save me if it’s a matinee.) I am grateful to have assembled the entire original cast (it’s just me) and the masterful band (Kyle Brenn, Myrna Conn, David Mayers, Amanda Ruzza, Ana Lei, Andrew Golub, Michael Golub, and Blake Carey) for this new album with Rialto Records.
And whether or not that long-lost friend ever hears it, it now belongs to you, the listener, and I hope it inspi.