I was kinda hoping In the Heights would follow in the footsteps of of Stew and the gang over at Passing Strange:

From playbill.com: The live recording of the new musical Passing Strange will be the first Broadway cast recording to be exclusively available on iTunes more than a month before it arrives in stores.

The recording of the new musical penned by Stew and Heidi Rodewald will be available on iTunes beginning May 27, over a month before its targeted July in-store arrival. An official in-store release date for the Ghostlight Records CD has not been announced.

The cast and musicians of the new rock musical recorded the album in a live recording session – with a packed audience of friends and fans – on the stage of the Belasco Theatre April 14.

Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records president Kurt Deutsch said in a statement, “We finished mastering the album yesterday, and wanted to get the music to fans as quickly as we could. With the technology that exists today, we’re able to do that.”

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