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The Last Five Years with Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt live recording to be released this month

The musical was recorded at The London Palladium

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

| Nationwide |

4 April 2026

Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt, photos by Danny Kaan (1)
Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt, photos by Danny Kaan

Atlantic Records has announced the release of an official live recording of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, captured during the musical’s recent 25th anniversary concert run at the London Palladium.

The recording features Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, who starred in the concert staging presented at the Palladium between 24 and 29 March 2026. The announcement was made from the stage at the Hollywood Bowl, where Platt and Zegler revealed the news during curtain call for the concert’s north American leg. Pre-orders are now available.

The album, titled The Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium), will be released on 20 April.

Following the Los Angeles performances, the anniversary celebrations continue in New York, with two final concert performances scheduled at Radio City Music Hall on 6 and 7 April, both of which have sold out.

First performed in 2001, The Last Five Years traces the five-year relationship of two New Yorkers in both directions, and has since become a regularly revived work in both theatrical and concert settings.

The 25th anniversary production was presented by Lambert Jackson with LW Tickets. The creative team included Brown as director and conductor, associate director Emma Butler and musical director Leo Munby.

The track list is as follows:

  1. Still Hurting

  2. Shiksa Goddess

  3. See I’m Smiling

  4. Moving Too Fast

  5. A Part of That

  6. The Schmuel Song

  7. A Summer in Ohio

  8. The Next Ten Minutes

  9. A Miracle Would Happen / When You Come Home To Me

  10. Climbing Uphill

  11. If I Didn’t Believe in You

  12. I Can Do Better Than That

  13. Nobody Needs to Know

  14. Goodbye Until Tomorrow / I Could Never Rescue You

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