Jordan Fisher, Norbert Leo Butz, and Kate Baldwin feature on new musical album The Real Kyle McCarren

A star-studded EP featuring numbers from The Real Kyle McCarren has been released.

The new musical is set to make its UK debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Songs from The Real Kyle McCarren: The Studio EP offers audiences a taste of what to expect and features vocals from Jordan Fisher, two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and two-time Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin. It is available on all major streaming platforms now.

The award-winning musical, which has played in New York, has a book by Andy Roninson and Sean McVerry, who also wrote the lyrics, with Sarah Coffey. It follows Andy, who, after his best friend and bandmate Kyle suddenly dies, writes a show about it.

Additional musicians on the EP include Mike Roninson (bass, original bandmate of the real Kyle McCarren), Paige Andrews (drums), Clerida Eltimé (cello), Maggy Simon (violin), Miranda Joan (backing vocals), Melissa McMillan (backing vocals), and Christine Cornell (backing vocals).

The EP was recorded primarily at Threshold Studios in New York City, and was produced by Roninson and McVerry, engineered by Simon Brown, Diana Romualdo, Griffin Brown, and Jack Brandon Gray, mixed by Zeno Pittarelli, and mastered by Jack Kennedy, with additional piano engineering by Julia Rangel and Ben Collette.

The Real Kyle McCarren will play at Pleasance Courtyard (Forth) from 5 to 30 August at 1.50pm. The production is produced by Avalon.