Music and lyrics by Michael John Lachiusa.
Principal cast includes: Audra McDonald (Marie Christine L'Adrese); Anthony Crivello (Dante Keyes); Jennifer Leigh Warren, Andrea Frierson-Toney, Mary Bond Davis (prisoner); Vivian Reed (mother); Donna Dunmire (serpent); Lovette George (Celeste); Rosena M. Hill (Ozelia); Keith Lee Grant (Jean L'Adrese); Darius de Haas (Paris L'Adrese); Kimberly JaJuan (Lisette); Andre Garner (Joachim, Monsieur Archambeau); Jim Weaver (Osmond, Monsieur St. Vinson); Joy Lynn Matthews (Beatrice); Powers Pleasant, Zachary Thornton, Joshua Walter (children); Shawn Elliot (Charles Gates); Peter Samuel (bartender, Esau Parker); Michael Babin (bar patron); Michael McCormick (Leary); Mark Lotito (McMahon); Janet Metz (Olivia Parker); Kim Huber (Grace Parker).
Recorded at the Hit Factory, New York, New York on December 6, 1999.
Includes liner notes by Ira Weitzman.