The Actors Recording a Studio Album for a Play About Recording a Studio Album

Recently, the actors met up at a studio in Brooklyn to record the cast album. Their process was less fraught than their fictional counterparts’. “That was really vibe-y,” Will Butler said, encouragingly, at the end of a take. He tapped his sandaled feet, instructed the cast to “noodle,” and took notes on the results. When Pecinka apologized for a wobbly performance, Butler said, “Some of the stuff where you fucked up sounds like fuckin’ Tom Petty!”