Kismet (musical) Masterson, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan, David Rendall and Rosemary Ashe. The second was made in 1991 starring Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, Dom DeLuise, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Migenes, with music direction by Paul Gemignani. Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on "Kismet", the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several
Wicked (musical album) Wicked (musical album) Wicked is a cast recording containing the majority of the songs from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Wicked", with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Schwartz and a book by writer Winnie Holzman. Released on December 16, 2003 by Decca Broadway both in physical and digital releases. The former contains a foreword and a short synopsis, provided by Gregory Maguire, who wrote the on which the musical is based, in addition to lyrics to those songs included. Composer and lyricist of "Wicked", Stephen Schwartz, produced the album aided by Frank Filipetti, Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz,