Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 1/5/16
Earlier recaps:
December 29, 15, 8, 1 | November 24, 17, 10, 3 | October 27, 20, 13, 6 | September 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | August 18, 11, 4 | July 28, 21, 14, 7 | June 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | May 26, 19, 12, 5 | April 28, 21, 14, 7 | March 31, 24, 17, 10, 3 | February 24, 17, 10, 3 | January 27, 20, 13, 6
Quick list of all Amazon links for this recap.
CDs Now Available:
Blackstar (Columbia - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes) New David Bowie album. Includes the title track from new David Bowie and Enda Walsh musical Lazarus.
My Heart's in the Wind: Deborah Shulman (Summit Records - new on CD) With Terry Trotter and Larry Koonse. "The Shining Sea," "A Sleepin Bee," "My Foolish Heart," "Loving You," "My One And Only Love," "Never Never Land," "Some Time Ago," "This Hotel," "You Are There," "Where Do I Go From Here," "Shiver Me Timbers."
Preludes original Lincoln Center cast (Ghostlight Records - new on CD/mp3/iTunes) Dave Malloy score. Eisa Davis, Gabriel Ebert, Nikki M. James, Joseph Keckler, Chris Sarandon, Or Matias. "Your Day," "Lilacs," "Vocalise," "Ho-Ho," "Subway," "Prelude in G# Minor, Op32, No12," "Tchaikovsky's Child's Song," "Natalya," "Loop," "Not Alone," "The Prelude," "The First Symphony," "Vespers," "Hypnosis," "Mountains/The Second Piano Concerto." Can also be ordered at Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom.
DVD/Blu-Rays Now Available:
April Showers (Warner Archive - new on DVD-R) 1948 musical film. Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda. Songs include "On Moonlight Bay," "Pretty Baby," "Carolina in the Morning," "The World's Most Beautiful Girl," "Little Trouper."
The Time the Place and the Girl (Warner Archive - new on DVD-R)
1946 musical comedy film. Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers, Alan Hale. Songs by Arthur Schwartz and Leo Robin. Carmen Cavallero's orchestra and Chandra Kay and His Dancers.
Two Guys from Texas (Warner Archive - new on DVD-R) 1948 musical comedy film. Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone, Penny Edwards (and Bugs Bunny). Songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Details updated:
Hamilton: The Revolution (Grand Central Publishing - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook) By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. Miranda and McCarter trace the musical's development from an improbable performance at the White House to its landmark opening night on Broadway six years later. In addition, Miranda has written more than 200 footnotes for his award-winning libretto, the full text of which is published here. Their account features photos by the renowned Frank Ockenfels and veteran Broadway photographer Joan Marcus; exclusive looks at notebooks and emails; interviews with Questlove, Stephen Sondheim, leading political commentators, and more than 50 people involved with the production; and multiple appearances by President Obama himself. 228 pages.
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