Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 5/24/16 (updated 5/27/16)
Earlier recaps:
2016: May 17, 10, 3 | April 26, 19, 12, 5 | March 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | February 23, 16, 9, 2 | January 26, 19, 12, 5, 2016 | 2015
Quick list of all Amazon links for this recap.
CDs Now Available:
Bright Star Original cast (Ghostlight Records - new on CD/mp3) Edie Brickell/Steve Martin score. Cast includes Carmen Cusack, Paul Alexander Nolan, Michael Mulheren, A.J. Shively, Hannah Elless, Stephen Bogardus, Dee Hoty, Stephen Lee Anderson, Emily Padgett, Jeff Blumenkrantz. "If You Knew My Story ," "She's Gone," "Bright Star," "Way Back in the Day ," "Whoa, Mama," "Firmer Hand/Do Right," "A Man's Gotta Do," "Asheville," "What Could Be Better," "I Can't Wait," "Theme from 'Heart of the Dreamer'," "Please, Don't Take Him," "A Man's Gotta Do (Reprise)," "Entr'acte," "Sun Is Gonna Shine," "Heartbreaker," "Another Round," "I Had a Vision," "Always Will," "So Familiar," "At Long Last," "Finale," "Bright Star (Reprise)," "Sun Is Gonna Shine" (Single Version). Produced by Peter Asher. Recorded 3/14/16-3/15/16 at New York's MSR Studios. Also at Sh-K-Boom.com.
Carousel / Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters Sing the Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein (Stage Door Records - new on CD) Twofer includes 1962 Carousel studio recording produced by Enoch Light and featuring musical direction and choral arrangements by Jay Blackton. Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters alongside Claramae Turner (reprising her on-screen role of Nettie Fowler), Lee Venora, Norman Treigle, and Jon Crain. Recorded on 35mm magnetic film. Also Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters Sing the Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein, produced by Enoch Light and featuring songs from West Side Story, On The Town, Wonderful Town and Candide. Debut for both albums on CD. Digitally remastered from stereo reel to reel tape. Part of Stage Door Records' Collector's Series, limited editions (500 units) in the retro style of a miniature long-playing record. 23 tracks.
Paint Your Wagon Encores! cast (Sony - new on CD/mp3/iTunes) 2015 Encores! cast recording of Lerner and Loewe score. Thirty-member cast includes Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini and Alexandra Socha "Overture," "I'm on My Way," "Rumson Town," "What's Goin' on Here?," "I Talk to the Trees," "Lonely Men," "They Call the Wind Maria," "I Still See Elisa," "How Can I Wait?," "Trio," "Rumson Town" (Reprise), "In Between," "Whoop-Ti-Ay," "Carino Mio," "There's a Coach Comin' In," "Fandangos' Dance," "Finaletto," "Entr'acte," "Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans," "Can Can," "Another Autumn," "Movin'," "All for Him," "Wand'rin' Star," "Rumson Town" (Second Reprise), "The Strike," "Wand'rin' Star" (Reprise), "Finale," "What Do Other Folks Do?" (Bonus Track). Includes much of the original dance music orchestrated by Trude Rittmann. Bonus track "What Do Other Folks Do?" was dropped from the original production before the show reached New York, and was later recycled as the concept for Camelot's What Do the Simple Folk Do? With 31-piece Encores! orchestra led by Rob Berman. To be recorded May 29 and June 1.
DIGITAL DOWNLOADs Now Available:
Jeremy Stolle: In the Moment (new digital album mp3/iTunes) Broadway performer (Phantom of the Opera). "What Is It About Her?," "Parla Piu Piano," "Besame Mucho," "Roads," "This Is the Moment," "If I Loved You," "The Prayer (with Mary Michael Patterson), "Rainbow Connection," "Nessun Dorma," "The Music of the Night." Released 5/6/16.
BOOKs Now Available:
The Humans (Revised TCG Edition) (Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book) Play by Stephen Karam. 164 pages.
Sotto Voce (TCG - Paperback Book) Nilo Cruz play.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, May 27
Bright Star Original cast (Ghostlight Records - new on CD) Edie Brickell/Steve Martin score. Cast includes Carmen Cusack, Paul Alexander Nolan, Michael Mulheren, A.J. Shively, Hannah Elless, Stephen Bogardus, Dee Hoty, Stephen Lee Anderson, Emily Padgett, Jeff Blumenkrantz. "If You Knew My Story ," "She's Gone," "Bright Star," "Way Back in the Day ," "Whoa, Mama," "Firmer Hand/Do Right," "A Man's Gotta Do," "Asheville," "What Could Be Better," "I Can't Wait," "Theme from 'Heart of the Dreamer'," "Please, Don't Take Him," "A Man's Gotta Do (Reprise)," "Entr'acte," "Sun Is Gonna Shine," "Heartbreaker," "Another Round," "I Had a Vision," "Always Will," "So Familiar," "At Long Last," "Finale," "Bright Star (Reprise)," "Sun Is Gonna Shine" (Single Version). Produced by Peter Asher. Recorded 3/14/16-3/15/16 at New York's MSR Studios. Also at Sh-K-Boom.com.
Carousel / Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters Sing the Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein (Stage Door Records - new on CD) Twofer includes 1962 Carousel studio recording produced by Enoch Light and featuring musical direction and choral arrangements by Jay Blackton. Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters alongside Claramae Turner (reprising her on-screen role of Nettie Fowler), Lee Venora, Norman Treigle, and Jon Crain. Recorded on 35mm magnetic film. Also Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters Sing the Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein, produced by Enoch Light and featuring songs from West Side Story, On The Town, Wonderful Town and Candide. Debut for both albums on CD. Digitally remastered from stereo reel to reel tape. Part of Stage Door Records' Collector's Series, limited editions (500 units) in the retro style of a miniature long-playing record. 23 tracks.
Paint Your Wagon Encores! cast (Sony - new on CD/mp3) 2015 Encores! cast recording of Lerner and Loewe score. Thirty-member cast includes Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini and Alexandra Socha "Overture," "I'm on My Way," "Rumson Town," "What's Goin' on Here?," "I Talk to the Trees," "Lonely Men," "They Call the Wind Maria," "I Still See Elisa," "How Can I Wait?," "Trio," "Rumson Town" (Reprise), "In Between," "Whoop-Ti-Ay," "Carino Mio," "There's a Coach Comin' In," "Fandangos' Dance," "Finaletto," "Entr'acte," "Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans," "Can Can," "Another Autumn," "Movin'," "All for Him," "Wand'rin' Star," "Rumson Town" (Second Reprise), "The Strike," "Wand'rin' Star" (Reprise), "Finale," "What Do Other Folks Do?" (Bonus Track). Includes much of the original dance music orchestrated by Trude Rittmann. Bonus track "What Do Other Folks Do?" was dropped from the original production before the show reached New York, and was later recycled as the concept for Camelot's What Do the Simple Folk Do? With 31-piece Encores! orchestra led by Rob Berman. To be recorded May 29 and June 1.
Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
Alexa Green: So Good (Broadway Records - new on CD) Actress/singer (West Coast Wicked, PBS Company) debut album. "A Piece of Sky," "New York Medley (I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City/Another Hundred People/I Miss New York/New York State Of Mind)," "Merry Go 'Round," "Summerfling," "Twisted," "California/Come Rain or Come Shine," "Squeeze Me," "Being Good Isn't Good Enough," "Blues In The Night," "If It's Over," "Casanova Brown," Bonus Track: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Look to the Rainbow." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.
Cafe Society soundtrack (Sony Masterworks - new on CD) 2016 Woody Allen-directed film. "Lady is a Tramp," "Jeepers Creepers," "Mountain Greenery," "Have You Met Miss Jones," "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra), "Taxi War Dance" (Count Basie & His Orchestra), "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," "Manhattan," "My Romance," "Pick Yourself Up," "I Only Have Eyes For You" (Ben Selvin), "The Peanut Vendor" (El Manisero), "There's a Small Hotel," "Out of Nowhere" (John Gill), "This Can't Be Love" (Conal Fowkes).
Funny Girl London cast (new UK CD) Jule Styne/Bob Merrill score. 2016 London cast includes Sheridan Smith. "Overture." "If a Girl Isn't Pretty," "I'm the Greatest Star," "Cornet Man," "His Love Makes Me Beautiful," "I Want to Be Seen With You," "Henry Street," "People," "You Are Woman I Am Man," "Don't Rain on My Parade," "Sadie Sadie," "Who Taught Her Everything She Knows," "Temporary Arrangement," "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat," "Who Are You Now," "What Do Happy People Do," "The Music That Makes Me Dance," "Funny Girl: Finale," "Bows." At Dress Circle and Amazon UK.
Like You Like It "Studio Cast RADcording" (Broadway Records - new on CD) Music by Daniel S. Acquisto and words by Sammy Buck. Cast includes Alison Luff, Derek Klena, Patti Murin, Robin De Jesus, Nick Cearley, Bonnie Milligan, Kate Rockwell, Sam Underwood, and Lesli Margherita. Special bonus track is a song cut from the show, performed by Laura Osnes and Nathan Johnson. "Like You Like It," "Be a Little Wild," "Orlando," "It Could Totally Happen," "Gotta Get Out," "Sylvie's Question/Phil's Answer," "Be a Little Wild" (Reprise 1), "Blame It on the Mall," "Easy Way Out," "Phil's Realization," "Complicated," "Creating a Monster," "Blame It on the Mall" (Reprise), "Sylvie's Reaction," "I Wanna Know Why," "Be a Little Wild" (Reprise 2), "So Close, So Far Away," "Be with Me," "Finale," "All of the Above," "The Seven Stages of Man" (Instrumental).
The Point! - Original London cast recording (Varese Sarabande - new on CD) First time on CD. Score by Harry Nilsson. 1977 Mermaid Theatre cast, including Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz. "Overture", "Everything's Got 'Em" (Company), "Me and My Arrow" (Davy Jones), "Poli High" (Company), "Remember" (Veronica Clifford), "To Be a King" (Noel Howlett and Company), "He's Leaving Here This Morning (Bath)" (Micky Dolenz), "Think About Your Troubles" (Davy Jones and Company), "Blanket for a Sail" (Davy Jones), "Life Line" (Davy Jones), "Thursday (Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today)" (Felix Rice), "It's a Jungle Out There" (Micky Dolenz), "O.V. Waltz" (Davy Jones and Company), "Are You Sleeping" (Davy Jones and Company), "Gotta Get Up" (Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz), "Reprise Overture." Originally released on LP in the UK in 1978. Musical director Mike McNaught.
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley: Unattached - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below (Broadway Records - new on CD) Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley. "I Will Never Leave You," The Two Of Us Wearing The Same Dress, "Friendship Medley," "Best Friends/She Needs Me," Are there any Harry Nilsson fans out there?, "Life Line" (Alice), Songs that speak to us..., "I Don't Need a Roof" (Emily), Mother's favorite charm song, "Tonight You Belong to Me," Now that i'm left all by myself..., "As If We Never Said Goodbye" (Alice), Matchy-patchy, "Lave Me Alone," Niche fields, "When It Ends" (Emily), Wearing the same dress, part 2, "Bosom Buddies," This next song sums it up perfectly, "Reminder Song," Without you here, all of this would seem incredibly self-indulgent, "Two Little Sisters." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.
Books RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
Futurity (Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book) Play by César Alvarez. 96 pages.
School of Rock: The Musical piano/vocal selections (Hal Leonard - Paperback Book) Andrew Lloyd Webber / Glenn Slater score. "Children of Rock, "Here at Horace Green, "Horace Green Alma Mater, "I'm Too Hot for You, "If Only You Would Listen, "If Only You Would Listen (Reprise), "School of Rock, "Stick It to the Man, "Time to Play, "When I Climb to the Top of Mount Rock, "Where Did the Rock Go?, "You're in the Band." 96 pages.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Amazon link now working:
Disaster! original Broadway cast (Broadway Records - new on CD) 2016 Broadway cast includes Roger Bart, Kerry Butler, Kevin Chamberlin, Adam Pascal, Faith Prince, Rachel York, Seth Rudetsky, Jennifer Simard, Max Crumm, Baylee Littrell and Lacretta Nicole. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.
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