This week's New/Upcoming Release of CDs, Books, & DVDs Recap - updated 5/6/08
May 7
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Pest Control
May 6
Broadway Reviews
Glory Days
May 5
Concert
Camelot with Lonny Price
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Bug
May 4
Broadway Reviews
Boeing-Boeing
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
May 3
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Brighton Beach Memoirs
High School Musical
The Monkey Room
Regional Reviews: Seattle
My Fair Lady
May 2
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Lady
Saturday Night at the Palace
May 1
Broadway Reviews
Les Liasons Dangereuses
Sound Advice
Maureen McGovern, Julian Yeo, Gelber & Manning and Damn Yankees karaoke
April 30
Broadway Reviews
Thurgood
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Go, Dog. Go!
Look Mom, I'm Swell!
April 29
Off Broadway Reviews
Alice in Wonderland
The Sound and the Fury
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Blackbird
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
42nd Street
Forever Plaid
Gem of the Ocean
April 28
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Sedition
Regional Reviwes: St. Louis
Jersey Boys
Men With Clubs
April 27
Off Broadway Reviews
Bordertown
The Castle
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tragedy: A Tragedy
The Trojan Women
April 24
Broadway Reviews
Cry-Baby
Sound Advice
Carol Hall, Karen Akers, KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler,
Melody Breyer-Grell, Kurt Weill Project
April 23
Off Broadway Reviews
Honor
April 22
Book Review
A Moon For the Misbegotten on the American Stage
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Kiss Me, Kate
April 21
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Caroline, or Change
A Streetcar Named Desire
Thrill Me
April 19
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Color Purple
April 17
Broadway Reviews
A Catered Affair
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
A Life in the Theatre
Lip Service
Sound Advice
Honk!, David Yazbek, The Bobs
April 16
Off Broadway Reviews
From Up Here
What's New on the Rialto
Interview with Matt Cavenaugh: A Catered Affair
April 15
Regional Reviews: Chicago
In a Dark, Dark House
Nine
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Happy Time
Lord of the Flies
April 14
Off Broadway Reviews
The New Century
April 12
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Scene
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Government Inspector
Souvenir
The Student Gypsy
April 11
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Man in Room 306
Rounding Third
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Footloose
April 10
Off Broadway Reviews
Candide
Sound Advice
Karen Mason, Wesla Whitfield, D.C. Anderson
Jazzy Fairy Tales and Nancy Stearns
April 9
Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Diary of Anne Frank
Regional Reviews: St. Paul
The Lady With All the Answers
April 8
Broadway Reviews
Macbeth
On the Scene
Gypsy Opening Night
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Late Henry Moss
Mary's Wedding
April 7
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
bare: The Musical
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Great Expectations
The Immigrant
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Fully Committed
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Death of a Salesman
A View From the Bridge
April 6
Off Broadway Reviews
Little Flower of East Orange
Marcy in the Galaxy
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Baby
Thoroughly Modern Millie
April 5
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Coronado
Fences
Shadowlands
April 4
Regional: Southern Florida
A Life in the Theatre: Executive Artistic Director
April 3
Broadway Reviews
South Pacific
Sound Advice
Ring of Fire, Linda Ciofalo, Deborah Shulman, Birds on Broadway
April 2
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Glass Menagerie
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Cabaret
April 1
Off Broadway Reviews
Something You Did
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
History Boys
March 31
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Little Women
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Ward 57
What's New on the Rialto
A White House Cantata
March 28
Off Broadway Reviews
Juno
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Mask
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Housekeeper
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Flight
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Good Thief
March 27
Broadway Reviews
Gypsy
Sound Advice
Bad Girls, Dwayne Britton, Gone Missing, Elli Fordyce
March 26
Concerts & Cabaret
Liz McCartney
Off Broadway Reviews
The Drunken City
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Christine Ebersole
Endgame
Regional Reviews: St. Paul
Ella
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Stunning
March 25
Off Broadway Reviews
The Four of Us
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
A Number
March 24
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Blackbird
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Macbeth
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Jersey Boys
Metamorphoses
Puntila and His Hired Man Matti
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Argonautika
March 20
Off Broadway Reviews
Boom
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Doubt
Sound Advice
Studio Casts: Late Nite Comic, Dreamland, Mid-Life!,
Annie Get Your Gun and The New Picasso
March 19
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Engaging Shaw
My Fair Lady
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Orlando
Southern Comforts
Tir Na Nog
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Wicked
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Reduced Shakespeare Company
March 18
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Incorruptible
Mrs. Mannerly
Summer of '42
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Doubt
March 17
On the Scene
Broadway By the Year: 1947
In the Heights Opening Night
Sunday in the Park With George Opening Night
The Siegel Column
Take Me Along, Adding Machine and Fugitive Songs
March 16
Off Broadway Reviews
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You
March 14
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Bluest Eye
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Guest Artist
Letting Go
March 13
Off Broadway Reviews
The Seagull
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
9 Parts of Desire
Sound Advice
The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Elizabeth Ward Land,
Joanna Ampil and Steve Dooks
Spotlight On
Alan Menken
The Two of Clubs
Tovah Feldshuh, Nashville and Craig Carnelia
March 11
Off Broadway Reviews
Conversations in Tusculum
Ghosts
March 10
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Steel Magnolias
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Monty Python's Spamalot
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
March 9
Broadway Reviews
In the Heights
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Melancholy Play: a contemporary farce
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Boston Marriage
Sonny's Blues
Wishful Drinking
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Two Sisters and a Piano
March 7
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
High School Musical
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Ying Tong: A Walk With the Goons
March 6
Broadway Reviews
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Regional Preview: Southern Florida
Cloudcuckooland
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Vigil
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Scene
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
'night Mother
Restaurant Revue
Rothmann's Steakhouse and Grill
Nizza
Sound Advice
Diane Schuur, Sally Martin, Andrew Heller and Diana McCorry
March 5
Off Broadway Reviews
Parlour Song
Secrets of a Soccer Mom
Regional Review: Washington, D.C.
Major Barbara
March 4
Off Broadway Reviews
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Liberty City
March 3
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Daphne Does Dim Sum
Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Imaginary Invalid
March 2
Off Broadway Reviews
The Night of the Iguana
Paradise Park
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Little Women
March 1
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Blood Knot
In This House
Satellites
February 29
Two of Clubs
Freda Payne, Michael Dionne and Kelly Howe host Midnight Music at the Duplex
February 28
Broadway Reviews
Passing Strange
Off Broadway Reviews
Take Me Along
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself)
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Othello
Sound Advice
Diane Hubka, MaryJo Mundy, Simply Heavenly and Keyes to Heaven
February 27
Off Broadway Reviews
Fabulous Divas of Broadway
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
A Life in the Theatre: The Performing Arts Fundraiser
February 26
Off Broadway Reviews
The Adding Machine
Artfuckers
Regional: Seattle
Interview with Alice Playten
February 25
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Sweeney Todd
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Eleanor's Cabinet
My Fair Lady
The Piano Lesson
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Scene
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy
February 23
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
I Am My Own Wife
Nixon's Nixon
said SAID
February 22
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Drowsy Chaperone
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
A Life in the Theatre: The Stage Manager
The Pajama Game
The Siegel Column
Sunday in the Park, Next to Normal, Slug Bearers, Traces
February 21
Broadway Reviews
Sunday in the Park with George
Sound Advice
Musicals of 1955, Baby Jane, Mary Wilson and Jonathan Whitton
February 20
Regional Reviews: Chicago
Little Shop of Horrors
Regional Reviews: Pittsfield, Mass
Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Doubt
The Two of Clubs
Betty Buckley, Maureen McGovern and Glimpses of the Moon
February 19
Regional Reviews: Seattle
By the Waters of Babylon
Mame
February 18
Off Broadway Reviews
Unconditional
Regional Reviews: Central Florida
The Producers
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Fishtank
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Christine Ebersole in Concert
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Vieux Carre
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Book Club Play
February 17
Off Broadway Reviews
Jane Eyre
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
The Big Bang
February 15
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Same Difference
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Curvy Widow
The Scene
Territories
February 14
Off Broadway Reviews
Crimes of the Heart
Sound Advice
Nancy LaMott, Billy Stritch, Charmaine Clamor and Chelsea Palermo
February 13
Off Broadway Reviews
Next to Normal
February 12
Off Broadway Reviews
The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or, the Friends of Dr. Rushower)
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Dickie & Babe: The Truth About Leopold & Loeb
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Wedding Singer
February 11
Off Broadway Reviews
Grace
War
On the Scene
Betrayed Opening Night
The Homecoming Cast Appearance
Second Stage Theatre All-Star Bowling Classic
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Amadeus
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
12 Angry Men
February 10
Off Broadway Reviews
Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?
February 8
Off Broadway Reviews
Applause - Encores!
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
The 13th of Paris
Regional Preview: Southern Florida
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Sweeney Todd
Warm Beer Cold Women
The Two of Clubs
Betty Buckley, Chita Rivera, Karen Oberlin, Judy Collins
February 7
Off Broadway Reviews
Two Thousand Years
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Welcome Home, Marian Anderson
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Chinese New Year Spectacular
In Gabriel's Kitchen
Varla Jean Merman Loves a Foreign Tongue
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Tricky Part
Sound Advice
Take Flight, Betty Buckley, Forbidden Broadway, Bon Chic Bon Genre
What's New on the Rialto
Interview with Michael McKean
February 6
Off Broadway Reviews
The Blue Flower
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Flying Crows
February 5
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Little Dog Laughed
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Victory
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
The Syringa Tree
February 4
On the Scene
Come Back, Little Sheba Opening Night
Jerry Springer: The Opera
The Siegel Column
November, Come Back, Little Sheba, The 39 Steps and Apartment 3A
February 3
Off Broadway Reviews
Hunting and Gathering
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue
Me, Myself and I
The Miracle Worker
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Sweeney Todd
February 1
Off Broadway Reviews
On the Verge; or The Geography of Yearning
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
No Child ...
January 31
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
The Count
Love Is Good: Christine Andreas
January 30
On the Scene
Clay Aiken in Spamalot
Regional Reviews: St. Paul
Well
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Barefoot in the Park
January 29
Regional Reviews: Chicago
My Fair Lady
This Is How It Goes
On the Scene
The 39 Steps Opening Night
Almost an Evening Opening Night
November Opening Night
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
M. Butterfly
The Price
Wittenberg
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Tall Grass
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Cookin' at the Cookery
January 28
On the Scene
Xanadu Cast Album Signing
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Zerline's Tale
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
And Her Hair Went With Her
Regional Preview: Southern Florida
Fill Our Mouths
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
January 27
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Dead Mother or Shirley Not All in Vain
Taking Over
Third
January 26
Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Little Dog Laughed
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Argonautika
Glory Days
January 25
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Blue Door
Peer Gynt
Poetry of Pizza
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Vertical Hour
The Waiting Room
January 24
Broadway Reviews
Come Back, Little Sheba
Off Broadway Reviews
Three Travelers
Sound Advice
Xanadu, Walmartopia, All-American
January 22
Off Broadway Reviews
Almost an Evening
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Macbeth, Bloody Macbeth
Oscar and the Pink Lady
January 17
Broadway Reviews
November
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Let Me Down Easy
Sound Advice
Top Ten Vocal Albums of 2007
January 16
Regional Preview: Southern Florida
Christian Hoff and Cabaret Series
January 15
Off Broadway Reviews
39 Steps
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Titus Andronicus
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Cocktail Hour
Speed the Plow
The Shaker Chair
January 14
On the Scene
The Little Mermaid: Curtain Call and Opening Night Party
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Post Mortem
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Wicked
The Siegel Column
The Little Mermaid and Savages
December 30
Regional Reviews: Chicago
bare
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy
Good Boys and True
January 13
Off Broadway Reviews
New Jerusalem
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Sweeney Todd
January 11
Off Broadway Reviews
Oedipus at Colonus
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
The Drowsy Chaperone
January 10
Broadway Reviews
The Little Mermaid
Regional Reviews: Central Florida
The Little Dog Laughed
Sound Advice
Top Ten Cast Albums of 2007
January 8
Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Goodbye Girl
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Christmas Ballet
Debbie Reynolds
Sony Holland
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Brothers Size
Cops
January 7
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Doubt
My Fair Lady
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Ella
January 4
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Avenue Q
December 27
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Carole Cook Dress Up
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge!
Reduced Shakespeare Company
December 24
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Linda Eder in Concert
December 21
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Christmas Time in New Jersey: Part 3
Regional Reviews: Seattle
The King and I
December 20
Book Reviews
Caryl Flinn's Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman
Brian Kellow's Ethel Merman: A Life
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
A Life in the Theatre Series
Associate Producer & Company Manager
Choreographer
Director of Education
Director of Marketing
Director of Volunteers
Scenic Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Advice
Dogs: The Musical, Cynthia Crane, Ritt Henn, Ava Victoria,
Fabulous Pink Flamingos, Jasper Kump and Laura Wolfe
December 18
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Kooza
Staircase
Twelfth Night
December 17
The Two of Clubs
#33
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Christmas Carole Peterson
Sweet William
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Wicked
December 16
Broadway Reviews
The Homecoming
December 14
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Ham for the Holidays: Swine, Women & Song
Jersey Boys
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Spamalot
December 13
The Siegel Column
Cymbeline, The Seafarer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Sound Advice
Busker Alley, Amy London, Free As Air, Julian Slade, British Musicals 1957 Highlights
December 12
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sleeping Beauty
December 11
Off Broadway Reviews
Doris to Darlene, a Cautionary Valentine
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Crowd You're In With, Lovers and Executioners and Oh, Lady! Lady!!
December 10
Off Broadway Reviews
Yellow Face
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
A Christmas Carol
The Ghost's Bargain
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Second
December 9
Broadway Reviews
Is He Dead?
Off Broadway Reviews
Serenade
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Tartuffe
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Doubt
December 8
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Atlanta
Twist
December 7
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Drowsy Chaperone
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Black Nativity
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Love Is Love
Seattle Men's Chorus: Home For the Holidays
December 6
Broadway Reviews
The Seafarer
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Treasure Island
The Siegel Column
August: Osage County and Local Story
Sound Advice
Lovemusik, Yvonne Roome, Karen Egert
Tom Grounds, Darlene Love & Phil Crosby, Jr.
December 5
On the Scene
Broadway Unplugged
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
My Three Angels
The Santaland Diaries
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Kiss Me, Kate
The Siegel Column
The Farnsworth Invention, Piano Teacher and Bingo with the Indians
December 4
Broadway Reviews
August: Osage County
Off Broadway Reviews
New Amsterdames
