Updated 5/8/08

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New Releases (scroll down for future releases):

37 Notebooks
(new on CD)
Singer-songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld with guest singers. "Storyteller" (Jeremy Schonfeld), "Try" (Jarrod Emick), "Greta" (Amy Spanger), "Never the Bride" (Julie Danao-Salkin), "My My" (Donnie Kehr), "Falling Apart" (Tracie Thoms), "Rock and Roll Fag" (Luther Creek), "Sarah-Jane" (Jeremy Schonfeld), "Do You Want My Life?" (Julia Murney), "I Was Meant for You" (Lauren Kennedy & Jeremy Schonfeld), "A Simple Plan" (Kate Shindle), "Song for New Orleans" (Adam Pascal), "House of Love" (Shoshana Bean (with the Broadway Dreams Gospel Choir), "37 Notebooks" (Jeremy Schonfeld). Also available at CDBaby.com.

Aida Hungarian Cast
(new on CD)
Elton John/Tim Rice score. Original 2007 Hungarian Cast Recording starring Xantus Barbara, Nelly Fésûs, Szomor György, Debreczeni Márta, Szurdi Miklós, Feke Pál and Gulyás Hermann Sándor. 21 tracks total, sung in Hungarian. Available at Footlight.com.

Broadway Musicals of 1962
(Origianal Cast Records - new on CD)
Liz Callaway, Scott Coulter, Felicia Finley, Danny Gurwin, Brad Oscar and Christine Pedi. Songs from All American, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Mr. President, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Stop The World - I Want To Get Off, New Faces of 1962, Bravo Giovanni and Little Me. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. Recorded live at Town Hall, New York, June 13, 2005. Available at Footlight.com.

The Glorious Ones Vocal Selections
(Alfred Publishing - Paperback Book)
Songs from Ahrens & Flaherty musical. Arranged for piano & guitar with lyrics, chords & Chord Frames. Includes color photographs of the original theater cast."The Glorious Ones," "Making Love," "The Comedy of Love," "Madness to Act," "Absalom," "Improvisation," "The World She Writes," "Opposite You," "My Body Wasn t Why," "Rise and Fall," "I Was Here," "Armanda's Sack." 84 pages.

Grace
(Oberon Books -Paperback Book)
Mick Gordon and A.C. Grayling play, currently at the Lucille Lortel Theatre with Lynn Redgrave.

Selections from The Simpsons: Testify Songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Features 27 songs songs in all, from seasons 11 to 18, including five fun medleys and three previously unaired bonus tracks. Selected by Composer Alf Clausen. From the 2007 CD of the same name.

Wonder in the World - Kelli O'Hara
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
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New solo album by Kelli O'Hara (Light in the Piazza). Includes two songs written by the singer. "The Sun Went Out," Wonder in the World" (with Harry Connick, Jr.), "And So It Goes," "Here Now," "And I Love You So," "Spooky," "All You Get Is Me," "All the Way," "Fable," "Slowly," "Fire and rain," "I Love You the World," "I Have Dreamed" and "Make Someone Happy." Arrangements by Harry Connick, Jr. produced by Tracey Freeman. Recorded in NYC June 19-22, 2006.

May 12, 2008

Boulevard!
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Remastered demo recordings of original concept musical based on Sunset Boulevard film. Music and lyrics by Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley under the direction of Gloria Swanson. Features the entire production; act two has never before been issued. Six bonus tracks consist of Swanson's first recordings. To be be available in the U.S. exclusively through Footlight.com. Also available for pre-order at Dress Circle.

May 13, 2008

Adrift in Macao
(LML - new on CD)
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Cast recording of Peter Melnick-Christopher Durang musical that played Off Broadway. Alan Campbell, Will Swenson, Rachel deBenedet, Orville Mendoza, Michele Ragusa, Jonathan Rayson and Elisa Van Duyne. Prologue, "In a Foreign City," "Grumpy Mood," "Tempura's Song," "Mister McGuffin," "Pretty Moon Over Macao," "Mambo Malaysian," "Sparks," "Adrift in Macao" (full song), "Rick's Song," "The Chase," "I'm Actually Irish," "Ticky Ticky Tock."

The Daydreamer
(Anchor Bay - new on DVD)
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1966 Jules Bass part-animated film about the young Hans Christian Andersen. Ray Bolger, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton, the voices of Tallulah Bankhead, Boris Karloff, and others. 99 minutes. Theatrical trailer, text/photo galleries, commemorative booklet and poster.

One Ounce of Truth: The Nikki Giovanni Songs
(PS Classics - new on CD)
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Collaboration of Broadway vocalist Capathia Jenkins (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Caroline or Change, The Civil War, The Look of Love and (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story) and composer-performer Louis Rosen (South Side Stories). Collection of pieces based on the words of Grammy-nominated writer Nikki Giovanni.

Frank Sinatra: The Early Years
(Warner - DVD set)
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Double Dynamite, Higher and Higher, Step Lively, It Happened in Brooklyn and The Kissing Bandit. Also for sale separately.

The Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly Collection
(Warner - DVD set)
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Newly designed box set with On the Town, Take Me Out To The Ballgame and Anchors Aweigh. Extras: interviews with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, outtakes and excerpt from When the Lion Roars documentary; deleted musical numbers from Take Me Out...: "Baby Doll" and "Boys and Girls Like You and Me." Also for sale separately.

Frank Sinatra: The Golden Years
(Warner - DVD set)
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Sinatra films The Man with the Golden Arm, None But the Brave, Some Came Running, The Tender Trap and Marriage on the Rocks. New featurettes "Shoot Up/Shoot Out: The Story Behind The Man with the Golden Arm," "The Story of Some Came Running" - an exclusive 'making-of' retrospective, "Frank's Way" (including an interview with Debbie Reynolds). Also for sale separately.

The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
(Random House - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of Wilfrid Sheed's celebration of America's most prominent and dazzling songwriters during the Golden Age of popular music. Each story is told from a personal viewpoint, producing an in-depth look.

Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust
(PS Classics - new on CD)
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Kerry Butler Disney-themed album. "This Only Happens in the Movies" (from unrelased Who Discovered Roger Rabbit?), "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Pinocchio), "I'll Try" by Jonatha Brooke (Return to Never Land), "Call Me a Princess" (cut from Aladdin), "Colors of the Wind" (Pocahontas), "It's a Small World"/"God Help the Outcasts" (Disneyland's It's a Small World/ The Hunchback of Notre Dame), "Baby Mine" (Dumbo), "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" (Mickey's Follies), "Second Star to the Right" (Peter Pan), "The Bare Necessities" (The Jungle Book), "When She Loved Me" (Toy Story 2), "Disneyland" (Smile). Music director and producer Michael Kosarin. Michael Starobin and Larry Hochman arrangements.

Nothing But The Best
(Reprise - on CD)
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Collection from Frank Sinatra's Reprise Years that contains 21 classic cuts remastered for the first time in 15 years, and a previously unreleased recording of "Body and Soul" featuring new arrangements.

A Raisin in the Sun
(Sony - new on DVD)
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2008 television adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's play. Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, John Stamos. Directed by Kenny Leon. Extras: audio commentary with director Kenny Leon; featurette "Dreams Worth While: The Journey of a Raisin in The Sun."

The Rat Pack Ultimate Collector's Edition
(Warner - on 3 DVDs)
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Robin and the Seven Hoods, Ocean's Eleven, 4 For Texas and first ever home video release of MGM's Sergeants 3. Exclusive behind-the-scenes photo cards; rare correspondence from the Warner Bros. Archives; Rat Pack playing cards available only in the collection; 24-page reproduction of the original 1960's Ocean's Eleven press book. Free movie poster offer for all four films.

Sinatra
(Warner - on 2 DVDs)
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CBS-TV Golden Globe-winning mini-series. Executive produced by Tina Sinatra and starring Phillip Casnoff with Frank's original tracks. Covers 20 years of Sinatra's life.

Sunday in New York
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
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Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch live performance. "Haven't Got a Worry In the World," "Sunday In New York," "My Favorite Things," "The Surrey With The Fringe on Top," "So Many People," "Give Me the Simple Life," "Hit That Jive, Jack," "Walking In New York," "Walking My Baby Back Home," "What'll I Do?," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Not While I'm Around," "Will You."

May 20, 2008

Company
(PBS - new on DVD/Blu-Ray)
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Broadway production. Raul Esparza, Elizabeth Stanley, Keith Buterbaugh, Matt Castle, Robert Cunningham, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Kristin Huffman, Amy Justman, Heather Laws, Leenya Rideout, Fred Rose. Directed by John Doyle. 131 minutes. Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1. To be telecast on PBS in February 2008.

Judy Takes Broadway! With Friends
(Savoy Jazz - new on CD)
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Sixth collection from the soundtracks of Garland's early-'60s TV series. "Sail Away," "Get Me to the Church on Time," Sophie Medley: I Love You Today/When I'm in Love/I'll Show Them All" (with Steve Allen), "Hey, Look Me Over!," Never Will I Marry," Why Can't I?," Kismet Medley:"Night of My Nights/He's in Love/This Is My Beloved" (with Vic Damone), "Joey, Joey, Joey," Some People," The Party's Over" (with Mel Torme), "Encore: Here's to Us."

Mamma Mia! 4 Kids
(Water Music Records - new on CD)
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Digipak.

The Night They Raided Minsky's
(MGM/UA - new on DVD)
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1969 film with Jason Robards, Elliot Gould, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, and Lillian Heyman. Songs by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams.

May 27, 2008

A Catered Affair
(PS Classics - new on CD)
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2008 original Broadway cast recording. Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, Harvey Fierstein, Leslie Kritzer, Matt Cavenaugh. John Bucchino score. "Prologue," "Partners," "Ralph and Me," "Married," "Women Chatter," "No Fuss," "Your Children's Happiness," "Immediate Family," "Our Only Daughter ," "Bridal Scene," "One White Dress," "Vision," "Don't Ever Stop Saying "I Love You"," "I Stayed," "Married (reprise)," "Coney Island," "Don't Ever Stop Saying "I Love You" (reprise), "Coney Island" (reprise). Album produced by Tommy Krasker. Early web sales to begin on May 13 at PSClassics.com.

Noel Coward Trilogy
(Kultur - new on DVD)
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1998 BBC2 Coward documentary series in three one-hour parts: The Boy Actor, Captain Coward and Sail Away. These entertaining and informative programs celebrate the life, career and legacy of Noël Coward, Britain’s beloved actor, playwright, and composer. Rare footage and photographs. Richard Attenborough, Judy Campbell, John Gielgud, John Mills appear. Available for pre-order at Kultur.

South Pacific
(Sony/BMG - new on CD)
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2008 Broadway revival production. Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Loretta Ables Sayre, Sean Cullen, Victor Hawks, Luka Kain, Li Jun Li, Laurissa Romain, Skipp Sudduth, Noah Weisberg. Tentative release date.

May 28, 2008

Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity through Satire
(Temple Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Joel Shechter. Celebrates the funny and often politically-charged plays of the American Yiddish theatre of the 1930s, their satire, their radical imagination, and their commitment to social change. Introduces readers to the once-famous writers and actors—Moishe Nadir, David Pinski, Yosl Cutler, and others — who brought into artistic form their visions of peace, social justice, and satire for all. Examines the innovative stage performances created by the Artef collective, the Modicut puppeteers, and the Yiddish Unit of the Federal Theatre Project. Introduces contemporary readers to some of the most popular theatre actors of the 30s, including Leo Fuchs, Menasha Skulnik, and Yetta Zwerling. Includes relevant photographs and contemporary comic strips, along with the first English-language publication of excerpts from the featured plays.

May 31, 2008

The Cambridge Companion to the Musical: 2nd Edition
(Cambridge Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
New edition. Ordered chronologically, essays cover from the American musical of the nineteenth century through to the most recent productions. Key information on singers, audience, critical reception, and traditions. All of the chapters from the first edition – several in substantially updated forms – and five completely new chapters have been added, covering: ethnic musicals in the United States; the European musical; Broadway musicals in revival and on television; the most recent shows; and a case study of the creation of Wicked based on interviews with its creators. The Companion also includes an extensive bibliography and photographs from key productions.

Actors Speaking
(Oberon Books - Paperback Book)
Lynn Hail, editor. Foreword by Peter Gill. "In 1986, Peter Gill, the then director of the National Theatre Studio, sent a group of young actors to interview their seniors about speaking on stage. Actors interviewed include Alec Guinness, Rex Harrison, Robert Stephens, Harry Andrews, and Margaret Tyzack, with notes from John Gielgud and an introduction by Peter Gill himself."

After the Quake
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Frank Galati play.

Cole Porter (Yale Broadway Masters Series)
(Yale University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Patrick O'Connor.

Coral Browne: This Effing Lady
(Oberon Books - Hardcover Book)
By Rose Collis. Biography of the larger-than-life London stage actress.

Dead Man's Cell Phone
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Sarah Ruhl play.

Evening Primrose
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Limited Edition release of ABC Stage 67 original television soundtrack. Stephen Sondheim score. Anthony Perkins, Charmian Carr. Fourteen tracks. 3000 copies only. Shipping now from Kritzerland.com and Footlight.com; store release date late May.

Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Play by Jeff Whitty. [our review of LA production of this play]

George Gershwin (Yale Broadway Masters Series)
(Yale University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Larry Starr.

Great Producers: Visionaries of American Theater
(Allworth Press - Paperback Book)
By Iris Dorbian. David Belasco, Florenz Ziegfeld, David Merrick, Joseph Papp, Cameron Mackintosh, Daryl Roth, Margo Lion, Roger Berlind, Roy Gabay, Andre Bishop, Thomas Schumacher, Jack Viertel, Michael David, Fran Weissler.

Grey Gardens
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Libretto for the show written by Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie.

How to Audition for the Musical Theater II: Finding the Song
(Smith & Kraus - Paperback Book)
By Stuart Ostrow. Gives the professional actor, singer, and dancer a practicing producer's point of view from the other side of the lights.

In the Wings: The New Romantic Comedy About Show Business
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Stewart F. Lane's play.

The Little Mermaid - A Broadway Musical
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook for new Broadway musical, including new songs by Menken and Glenn Slater.

Musical Theatre: Exploring the World Through Song (Lamda)
(Oberon Books -Hardcover Book)
New book from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Overview of six musical theater styles: light opera/operetta, vaudeville/music hall, jazz, book, concept, and pop/rock musicals. Each chapter describes the history and context of the musical style and includes further points for discussion.

Royal Court Theatre Inside Out
(Oberon Books - Paperback Book)
Ruth Little and Emily McLaughlin, editors. Considers the most notable productions from the tenure of each successive artistic director since the Royal Court Theatre opened, and includes interviews with actors, writers, designers, technicians, and directors themselves. Illustrated throughout with photographs from the plays, and with reproduced documents and rehearsal notes from the original productions.

Sheldon Harnick Collection
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
20 songs from the legendary lyricist. Collection includes: "Artificial Flowers," "Christmas Gifts," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker," "Merry Little Minuet," "She Loves Me," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Where Do I Go from Here" and more.

Some Men
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Terrence McNally play.

Young Frankenstein Songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook for new Broadway musical with Mel Brooks score.

June 3, 2008

Adding Machine
(PS Classics - new on CD)
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Original Off Broadway cast recording. Features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Jason Loewith and Mr. Schmidt. Cyrilla Baer, Joel Hatch, Amy Warren, Joe Farrell, Jeff Still, Adinah Alexander, Niffer Clarke, Roger E. DeWitt and Daniel Marcus. Prelude, "Something to Be Proud Of," "Office Reverie," "In Numbers," "I'd Rather Watch You," "The Party," "Zero's Confession," "Once More/Ham and Eggs," "Didn't We?," "The Gospel According to Shrdlu," "A Pleasant Place," "Shrdlu's Blues," "Daisy's Confession/I'd Rather Watch You" (reprise), "Freedom!/The Flinch ," "In Numbers" (reprise), "Freedom!" (reprise), "The Music of the Machine." Recorded April 14. Early web sales expected at PSClassics.com.

Annie 30th Anniversary Recording
(Time-Life - new on 2 CDs)
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Disc one: complete Annie score with Marissa O'Donnell as Annie. Disc two: Songs written for but dropped from Annie, plus those written for subsequent productions (including Annie 2 songs that weren't recycled into Annie Warbucks, with linking narration by Carol Burnett). More details to come. Andrea McArdle, Amanda Balon, Kathryn Zaremba and Marissa O'Donnell ("It's Christmas"), Carol Burnett (provides commentary), Shelly Burch ("He Doesn't Know I'm Alive"), Conrad John Schuck, Kathie Lee Gifford, Sally Struthers ("How Could I Say No?"), Gary Beach (Lionel). Music director Keith Levenson. Robert Sher, producer.

Backstage Pass: The Men of Broadway Bares
(Universe - Hardcover Book)
By Jerry Mitchell. Behind the scenes photo look at Broadway Bares, BC/EFA benefit. Spans ten different themes from "New York Strip" to "Comic Strip." Behind-the-scene photos, performance shots, and studio stills of men and women from the Broadway stage who have been a part of this event over the years. Proceeds are donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 160 pages.

Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars
(Lyons Press - Paperback Book)
By William Berloni and James Hanrahan. William Berloni and his company have spent the past thirty years training dogs and cats for Broadway productions, primarily using animals rescued from shelters. They rescued an Airedale mixed breed hours before it was slated for euthanasia - the terrier was cast as Sandy in the Annie and performed there for seven years. The bulldog currently starring in Legally Blonde and her bulldog understudy were rescued from Newark and from North Carolina. With photos throughout, we learn details about how his dogs are trained, how they react to Broadway life, and his own personal rise to fame.

In the Heights
(Ghostlight - new on 2 CDs)
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2008 OBC recording; Lin-Manuel Miranda score. Andrea Burns, Janet Dacal, Robin DeJesus, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, Seth Stewart. "In the Heights," "Breathe," "Benny's Dispatch," "It Won't Be Long Now," "Inutil," "No Me Diga," "96,000," "Paciencia y Fe," "When You're Home," "Piragua," "Siempre," "Medley: The Club/Fireworks," "Sunrise," "Hundreds of Stories," "Enough," "Carnaval del Barrio," "Atencion," "Albanza," "Everything I Know," "No Me Diga" (Reprise).

June 5, 2008

Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
Authoritative reference that covers stage, film, and television musicals in one volume. More than two thousand entries; musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and more.

June 10, 2008

La Cage Aux Folles/The Birdcage
(Fox - on 2 DVDs)
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Theatrical twofer of 1978 original French La Cage aux Folles (Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault) and remake 1996 Mike Nichols remake (Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski, Hank Azaria). New packaging.

Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door
(Virgin Books - Hardcover Book)
David Kaufman biography of actress/singer Doris Day. "Scintillating tales of fame, beauty, money, tragedy, sexual ambiguity, and sexual conquests. Anecdotes about a vast array of major subsidiary players in Day’s life, including Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Charles Manson, Mickey Mantle, Candice Bergen, and Rock Hudson. Kaufman reveals Day’s demons while emphasizing the extraordinary credit she deserves as an artist." 512 pages. Two eight-page black-and-white photo inserts.

Meet the Dancers: From Ballet, Broadway, and Beyond
(Henry Holt & Co - Hardcover Book)
By Amy Nathan.

Stage Door Johnny
(PS Classics - new on CD)
"Unconventional song interpretations for those who do - or don't - love Broadway music." Music Coordinator and Bass Player John Miller's interpretations of familiar Broadway songs. "Hernando’s Hideaway," "Wouldn’t It Be Loverly," "I Won’t Grow Up," "Why Can’t You Behave," "Hey There," "Fugue For Tinhorns," "Old Man River," "I Can’t Say No," "Real Live Girl," "We Kiss In The Shadow," "Oh What A Beautiful Morning," "Secret Love."

June 15, 2008

Pulitzer Prize Plays: The First 50 Years 1917-1967, A Dramatic Reflection of American Life
(Limelight - Paperback Book)
By Dr. Paul Firestone. An analysis of the 42 plays that were awarded the Prize during the first 50 years of the Pulitzer's existence (1917-1967). Firestone sets out to examine the reason behind newspaper-owner Joseph Pulitzer's establishment of a Prize for Drama and search out why these 42 plays were honored with that award. In a series of informal essays, Dr. Firestone analyzes more than the dramatic action or the character development in these plays, providing insight into how they reflect America's cultural values and mores, organizing them by their major themes: Themes of Family Life; Themes of Social Protest; Themes of Political Heroes; Themes of the Spiritual Condition of Man; and Themes of Morality in a Materialistic Society.

June 17, 2008

The Carmen Miranda Collection
(Fox - on 5 DVDs)
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Greenwich Village, 1944 (with Don Ameche, Vivian Blaine, The DeMarcos, The Revuersm, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Judy Holliday, briefly seen); Something For The Boys, 1944 (with Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Peggy Ryan, Perry Como, Judy Holliday, briefly seen as a defense plant welder); Doll Face, based on the play The Naked Genius by Gypsy Rose Lee, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como); If I'm Lucky, 1946 (with Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Phil Silvers); and a remastered The Gang's All Here. Also available separately.

Fanny
(Image - new on DVD)
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1961 Josh Logan directed film with Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Lionel Jeffries. 135 minutes. Color.

The Grapes of Wrath
(PS Classics - new on CD)
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Minnesota Opera's world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon (music) and Michael Korle (libretto) opera in three acts, based on the Steinbeck novel. Cast includes Brian Leerhuber, Deanne Meek, Roger Honeywell, Andrew Wilkowske.

June 24, 2008

Is Paris Burning?
(DRG - new on CD)
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Maurice Jarre soundtrack.

Me & Juliet
(DRG - on CD)
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OBC recording. Isabel Bigley, Joan McCracken, Ray Walston, Mark Dawson, and Jackie Kelk.

Milk & Honey
(DRG - on CD)
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OBC recording. Robert Weede, Mimi Benzell, Molly Picon, Tommy Rall.

Xanadu: Magical Music Edition
(Universal - on DVD/CD)
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1980 film with Electric Light Orchestra songs, basis for current Broadway musical. Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Dimitra Arliss, Cherise Bate, Michael Beck, Teri Beckerman, Sandahl Bergman. Directed by Robert Greenwald. Extras: "Going Back to Xanadu" featurette; theatrical trailer; complete soundtrack on CD.

June 30, 2008

The Dancer Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers
(Wesleyan Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Rose Eichenbaum. Collection of photographic portraits and short essays based on confessional interviews with forty dancers and entertainers from the concert stage, on Broadway, in Hollywood musicals, and on television. Including Leslie Caron, Jacques d’Amboise, Donna McKechnie, Mitzi Gaynor, Chita Rivera, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Ben Vereen, James Mitchell, Paula Kelly, Marge Champion. 264 pp. 40 illustrations.

Mel Tormé: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By George Hulme. Comprehensive discography. Included are a selective chronology providing the highlights of Tormé’s career as an entertainer; notes on record issues, recording dates, session numbers, takes, musicians and arrangers; lists of all musical releases by label and category; "hits" and awards; and indexes of song titles and musicians. Films, short subjects, stage appearances, and television work (recorded on video) in which he acted, performed musically, or served as a contributor are noted, as are books that Tormé wrote, or to which he contributed.

Women In American Musical Theatre: Essays on Composers, Lyricists, Librettists, Arrangers, Choreographers, Designers, Directors, Producers and Performance Artists
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
Edited by Bud Coleman and Judith A. Sebesta. Topics include the similarities among the careers of successful but neglected lyricists Rida Johnson Young, Anne Caldwell, and Dorothy Donnelly; the Depression-era productions of Hallie Flanagan and Cheryl Crawford; the transformation of the classic "showgirl" image through the dances and stage movement created by prominent female choreographers; and a survey of numerical data highlighting the discrepancy between the number of men versus the number of women hired to direct professional musical productions in various venues across the United States.

June 2008 (no release date)

American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century
(Univ of Illinois Press - Hardcover Book)
Anne Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow. Historical overview of female stage directors in the United States; fifty women who have made significant contributions to professional directing during the twentieth century.

The Bill Charlap Collection
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook in Artist Transcriptions series, features note-for-note transcriptions for ten Charlap songs: The Best Thing For You," "I Walk with Music," "In The Still of the Night," "It Was Written in the Stars," "It's So Peaceful in the Country," "Jubilee," "The Man That Got Away," "On a Slow Boat to China," "One for My Baby," "Skylark."

November
(Vintage - Paperback Book)
New David Mamet play, to be produced in 2008 on Broadway.

Passing Strange
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
Live cast recording. To be recorded April 14 at the Belasco Theatre. Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald. Cast: Stew, deAdre Aziza, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Daniel Breaker.

On Broadway 2009
(Pomegranate Press - Wall Calendar)
Reproductions of original posters drawn from the Library of Congress archives, celebrating a dozen comedies, dramas and musicals that have lit up the New York stage, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Glass Menagerie, Show Boat, Camelot, and other classics. The calendar also includes a list of Tony Award–winning plays and musicals, informative text, and trivia on Broadway people, places, and events. 12 x 13 in.; opens to 12 x 26 in.

Seats -New York: 160 Seating Plans to New York Metro Area Theatres, Concert Halls and Sports Stadiums
(Limelight - Paperback Book)
Presented by Theatermania.com. Jode Susan Millman; introduction by Peter Filichia. New edition of guide to the most up-to-date NY/metro theatre seating. Detailed seating charts that each feature a Seats pricing guide; insider tips on locating the best seats at the best discount prices; maps of the Seats theatre districts in Manhattan; user-friendly directions and transportation information to get you to your seats; Information on handicapped accessible seats and parking locations convenient to your venue.

July 1, 2008

American Film Theatre Complete 14 Film Collection
(Kino International - new on 15 DVDs)
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Repackaging of AFT series of films shown on a limited-run basis between 1973-75. The Iceman Cometh (1973, Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges), A Delicate Balance (1973, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Joseph Cotten), The Man In The Glass Booth (1975, Maximilian Schell), Rhinoceros (1974, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black), Butley (1974, Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy), The Maids (1975, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant), Luther (1974, Stacy Keach, Judi Dench, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Magee), In Celebration (1975, Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Bill Owen, Constance Chapman), Three Sisters (1970, Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi), The Homecoming (1973, Ian Holm, Vivien Merchant, Paul Rogers, Cyril Cusack), Galileo (1974, Topol, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Tom Conti), Lost In The Stars (1974, Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques), Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1975, Siobhan McKenna, Donal McCann, Fidelma Murphy), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975, Jacques Brel, Elly Stone).

Illya Darling
(DRG - new on 2 CDs)
Pre-order at CD/DVD Universe
1967 OBC recording of Manos Hadjidakis/Joe Darion score. Melina Mercouri, Orson Bean.

July 7, 2008

Respect for Acting
(John Wiley & Sons - Hardcover Book)
By Uta Hagen. The classic book on acting, first published in 1973, now with a new foreword and a fresh package.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Best of Broadway: 2009 Wall Calendar
(Universe Publishing - Wall Calendar)
Includes photos, posters, sheet music and original set designs from such seminal shows as Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Carousel, State Fair, Flower Drum Song, and Cinderella.

July 7, 2008

Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir
(Union Square Press - Hardcover Book)
By Charles Strouse. Timed to coincide with public celebrations of his 80th birthday, Put on a Happy Face grants an insider's glimpse of Broadway, Hollywood, and beyond. Strouse relates the behind-the-curtain stories of his remarkable achievements, and tells fascinating tales about the people he’s worked with along the way, including Butterfly McQueen, Gower Champion, Sammy Davis Jr., Lauren Bacall, Mel Brooks, Clifford Odets, Warren Beatty, Hal Prince and Carol Burnett; Dick Van Dyke, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Edward Albee.

July 22, 2008

Blues In The Night
(Warner - new on DVD)
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1941 film with Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford.

Pete Kelly's Blues
(Warner - new on DVD)
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1955 film about jazz musicians with Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Martin Milner, Jayne Mansfield.

July 24, 2008

The Pocket Guide to Musicals
(Remember When - Paperback Book)
By Maureen Hughes. 179 pages.

July 2008 (no release date)

Broadway Piano Songs for Dummies
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
By Greg Herriges. 50 theatre favorites including: "All I Ask of You," "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," "Cabaret," "Camelot," "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Hello, Dolly!," "I Could Write a Book," "Mamma Mia," "Memory," "Seasons of Love," "The Sound of Music," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Tomorrow."

Directing: American Theatre Wing (Working in the Theatre Seminars)
(Continuum - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
Conversations with theatre professionals on every phase of the theatre. Series editor Robert Emmet Long, with input (across the series) from Edward Albee, Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Harvey Fierstein, John Guare, Anne Heche, Arthur Kopit, Swoosie Kurtz, Tony Kushner, Nathan Lane, Jessica Lange, Frank Langella, Terrence McNally, Arthur Miller, Mike Ockrent, Estelle Parsons, Chita Rivera, Patrick Stewart, Susan Stroman, Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, August Wilson, Lanford Wilson, and many others.

The Songs of Boublil and Schonberg: 14 Songs - Men's Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songs from Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, in editions for voice with piano accompaniment. (Men's and Women's editions have completely different contents.)

The Songs of Boublil and Schonberg: 14 Songs - Women's Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songs from Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen, in editions for voice with piano accompaniment. (Men's and Women's editions have completely different contents.)

Truman Capote, Enfant Terrible
(Continuum International Publishing Group - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Emmet Long.

August 15, 2008

Theatre World 2005-2006
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
Editors John Willis and Ben Hodges. 62nd annual edition features Jersey Boys, The History Boys, Rabbit Hole, Grey Gardens, The Drowsy Chaperone. Included are an expanded section of professional regional productions from across the U.S., expanded listing of all the major theatrical awards, longest running shows on and Off Broadway, biographical data, obituaries, and a comprehensive index.

August 19, 2008

Leonard Bernstein: American Original
(Collins - Hardcover Book)
By Burton Bernstein (the conductor/composer's brother) and Barbara Haws (Archivist/Historian for the New York Philharmonic). Through the text of Burton Bernstein, as well as contributions from other prominent writers, historians, and journalists, Bernstein's remarkable career (spanning almost six decades) and his widespread impact in many areas is examined and celebrated. Includes over 100 photographs, excerpts from Bernstein's writings, reviews, posters, and other ephemera. The book will mark the 90th birthday of Bernstein, and the 50th anniversary of Bernstein's first season as Music Director of the Philharmonic. Additional essays from leading journalists, historians, and musicians - including Pulitzer Prize winners John Adams and Tim Page, Joseph Horowitz, and Ira Glazer - discuss Bernstein's impact on his times as well as the political and social climate in America that shaped Bernstein's activism (women's rights, civil rights, politics, etc.).

With a Song in My Heart: John Pizzarelli Sings Richard Rodgers
(Telarc - new on CD)
12 songs. Also appearing, Bucky Pizzarelli and Cesar Camargo Mariano.

August 26, 2008

How the West Was Won Ultimate Collector's Edition
(M-G-M and Cinerama - new on 2 DVDs)
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John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Gregory Peck, Lee J. Cobb, Debbie Reynolds and Carroll Baker. Direction by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall. 1963 Cinerama feature in a version using technology that has eliminated the 'join lines,' and unifies the images with an aspect ratio of 2.89:1. Unconfirmed extras: film historian commentary; Dave Strohmaier's feature-length documentary "Cinerama Adventure"; "The Making of How the West Was Won" (archival featurette); original Theatrical trailer. Ultimate version bonuses: 20-page theatrical press book reproduction, 10 behind-the-scenes photo cards and 10 postcards, and an exclusive movie poster offer.

How the West Was Won - Blu-Ray
(M-G-M and Cinerama - new on 2 DVDs)
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John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Gregory Peck, Lee J. Cobb, Debbie Reynolds and Carroll Baker. Direction by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall. 1963 Cinerama feature in a version using technology that has eliminated the 'join lines,' and unifies the images with an aspect ratio of 2.89:1. Unconfirmed extras: film historian commentary; Dave Strohmaier's feature-length documentary "Cinerama Adventure"; "The Making of How the West Was Won" (archival featurette); original Theatrical trailer. Bonuses for Blu-Ray edition: "SmileBox" version of the film which presents the image with a unique curvature that recreates the true Cinerama experience in a home theater; special Digi-book packaging featuring 32-pages of rare press materials and behind-the-scenes photos.

How the West Was Won
(M-G-M and Cinerama - new on 2 DVDs)
Pre-order at CD Universe
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Gregory Peck, Lee J. Cobb, Debbie Reynolds and Carroll Baker. Direction by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall. 1963 Cinerama feature in a version using technology that has eliminated the 'join lines,' and unifies the images with an aspect ratio of 2.89:1. Unconfirmed extras: film historian commentary; Dave Strohmaier's feature-length documentary "Cinerama Adventure"; "The Making of How the West Was Won" (archival featurette); original Theatrical trailer.

August 2008 (no release date)

The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2006-2007
(Limelight - Hardcover Book)
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, Editor. Honors 10 new plays and musicals and three regional plays cited in the Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Awards and Citations competition. Includes a comprehensive collection of facts and figures about the year in United States theatre. The plays are: Blackbird, by David Harrower (essay by David Cote); The Clean House, by Sarah Ruhl (essay by Anne Marie Welsh); The Coast of Utopia, by Tom Stoppard (essay by Charles Wright); Dying City, by Christopher Shinn (essay by Charles Isherwood); Frost/Nixon, by Peter Morgan (essay by Charles McNulty); The Pain and the Itch, by Bruce Norris (essay by John Istel); Passing Strange, by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (essay by Alisa Solomon); Radio Golf, by August Wilson (essay by Christopher Rawson); The Scene, by Theresa Rebeck (essay by Chris Jones); and Spring Awakening, by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik (essay by Michael Feingold.)

Broadway Musicals Show by Show 6th Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Updated to include more than 300 of the most important and memorable productions of the American musical theatre. Chronologically arranged beginning with The Black Crook in 1866, the sixth edition adds entries on musicals from recent years, including The Lion King, Hairspray, The Producers, Wicked, The Boy from Oz, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Avenue Q, and others. Statistics, inside information, critical reception, cast lists, and commentary about each show.

Conversations With Anne: Twenty-one Interviews
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Series of interviews that theater director Anne Bogart has conducted with major artists and cultural thinkers at her West Side studio, including JoAnne Akalaitis, Lee Breuer, Ben Cameron, Martha Clarke, Oskar Eustis, Zelda Fichandler, Richard Foreman, Andre Gregory, Bill T. Jones, Tony Kushner, Tina Landau, Elizabeth LeCompte, Eduardo Machado, Charles Mee, Joseph V. Melillo, Meredith Monk, Peter Sellars, Molly Smith, Elizabeth Streb, Julie Taymor, and Paula Vogel.

The Gig
(JAY - new on CD)
2006 York Theatre concert cast recording of Douglas J. Cohen musical. Stephen Berger, Jill Paice, James Judy, Herndon Lackey, Michael James Leslie, Michael McCormick, William Parry, Michele Pawk, Charles Pistone, Steve Routman and Karen Ziemba.

Gypsy
(Time-Life - new on CD)
2008 Broadway revival cast: Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, Laura Benanti. Features cut songs with new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, including "Three Wishes for Christmas," "Momma's Talking Soft," "Nice She Ain't," "This is Mother's Day," "Smile Girls," "Who Needs Him?," and an alternate version of "This is Mother's Day." Produced by Robert Sher. To be recorded May 5-6.

I Feel a Song Coming On: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
Author Charlotte Greenspan discusses lyricist/bookwriter Fields in relation to other women songwriters and lyricists of the time.

My Personal Property
(JAY - new on CD)

Christianne Noll, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra. "My Personal Property," "Phantom Of The Opera" (With Davis Gaines), "What I Did For Love," "Johnny One Note," "In His Eyes" (With Herself), "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Till There Was You," "And This Is My Beloved" (With Ron Raines), "Summertime," "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," "Why Do I Love You? (With Doug Labrecque)," "Is It Really Me?," "Tonight" (With Max Von Essen), "With One Look," "Glitter and Be Gay." Also available at emusic.com

September 2, 2008

The Story of 42nd Street: The Theatres, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World's Most Notorious Street
(Back Stage Books - Hardcover Book)
By Mary C. Henderson and Alexis Greene. Theater historian Mary Henderson traces the rise and fall and rise of the street that symbolizes the Broadway experience. Captures the colorful characters, shows, scandals and stories of this uniquely American dreamscape, from the first theater in 1899 through the 1990s renovation to the present.

September 10, 2008

Irving Berlin (Yale Broadway Masters Series)
(Yale University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Jeffrey Magee.

September 11, 2008

The Autobiography
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson - Hardcover Book)
By Julie Walters.

September 15, 2008

The Entertainment Sourcebook 2009
(Limelight Editions - Paperback Book)
Biannual book featuring more than 5,000 company entries from across the country. Hundreds of pages of products and services listings organized by category, plus a company index, a product index, and appendices that include Web resources, support services, professional organizations, and more.

The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2007 to May 2008: Fourth Annual Edition
(Applause Books - Paperback Book)
Editor, Robert Viagas. Photos and memorabilia from the 2007-2008 Broadway season. Chapters on all the Broadway shows that ran during the season. Headshots of all the actors who appeared in Playbill, and photos of producers, writers, designers, stage managers, stagehands, musicians - even ushers. Information on opening-night gifts, who got the Gypsy Robe, daily rituals, celebrity visits, memorable ad-libs, and more.

September 23, 2008

The Legs Are the Last to Go CD: Aging, Acting, Marrying, Mothering, and Everything Else I Learned Along the Way
(Amistad/Harper - new Hardcover/Audiobook)
By Diahann Carroll.

Spring Awakening: In the Flesh
(Simon Spotlight Entertainment - Hardcover Book)

September 2008 (no release date)

I Want to Be in Musicals (Dream Jobs Set 2)
(Powerkids Press - Paperback Book)
By Mary R. Dunn. For ages 4-8.

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros Story
(PBS - new on DVD)
PBS American Masters series documentary produced, written and directed by Richard Schickel, to air as a three-part special in September 2008 celebrating Warner Bros. Studios' 85th anniversary. Clint Eastwood narrates.

October 15, 2008

Fred Astaire (Icons of America)
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
Biography by Joseph Epstein.

I'm the Greatest Star: Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Viagas. First major survey of Broadway musical theatre stars that covers the entire period from 1900 to the present, telling the life stories of the stage luminaries (40 in total) from Al Jolson, George M. Cohan, and Fanny Brice, through Zero Mostel, Alfred Drake, Gwen Verdon, to today's Nathan Lane, Patti Lupone, and Audra McDonald. Full-page photos of the stars accompany each chapter. 352 pages.

Theatre World: Volume 64 2007-2008
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book)
John Willis and Ben Hodges, editors. Now in its 64th year. Annual record of the American theatre season - Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional. Features A Catered Affair, August: Osage County, Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific, Come Back, Little Sheba Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Country Girl, Passing Strange, In the Heights, Mask and True Life Tales. Expanded section of professional regional productions from across the U.S.; expanded listing of all the major theatrical awards; longest running shows on and off Broadway; full coverage of the Theatre World Awards; expanded obituaries and a comprehensive index.

October 28, 2008

Ethel Merman: A Life
(Viking Adult - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of 2007 biography by Brian Kellow. [our review of the hardcover version]

October 2008 (no release date)

Charles Dickens
(Yale University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Michael Slater.

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(Running Press - Hardcover Book)
Richard Schickel and George Perry. Companion book to PBS American Masters documentary celebrating Warner Brothers studio 85th anniversary. 550 pages.

November 1, 2008

They'd None of 'em Be Missed
(Pallas Athene Arts - Import Paperback Book)
By Richard Suart (Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, in English National Opera The Mikado) and A. S. H. Smyth. British publication. Collection of reworkings of the "Little List" song from The Mikado, illustrated and supplemented by fascinating versions from earlier times and from overseas. 192 pages; 107 illustrations. Available at Amazon UK and Dress Circle.

November 11, 2008

In Spite of Myself: A Memoir
(Knopf - Hardcover Book)
By Christopher Plummer.

Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover Book)
By Ethan Mordden.

November 15, 2008

The Great American Book Musical: A Manifesto, Monograph, and Manual
(Limelight Editions - Paperback Book)
By analyzing the scores, lyrics, librettos, and choreography of such innovative and revolutionary shows such as Oklahoma!, On the Town, A Chorus Line, and Dreamgirls, as well as looking at which factors propelled certain shows to success (and which factors caused them to flop), author Denny Martin Flinn provides a history and practical guide to the creation of Great American Book Musicals for the current generation.

Spalding Gray's America
(Limelight Editions - Paperback book)
By William Demastes. Preface by Richard Schlechner.

December 2008 (no release date)

Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover Book)
By Emanuel Levy.

January 15, 2009

tick, tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Libretto of Off-Broadway show based on the work of Jonathan Larson. 176 pages.

May 1, 2009

The Sound of Music: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up
(Little Simon - Paperback Book)
Illustrated by Dan Andreason. Adapted by Bert Fink.

May 2009 (no release date)

Caryl Churchill (Routledge Modern And Contemporary Dramatists)
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
By Mary Luckhurst. Explores Churchill's preoccupations with sexuality and gender, ecology and the environment, war, genocide, child abuse and parenting and presents her as a playwright who is profoundly engaged with governance, individual accountability, and theatre as a site of political agitation. Includes substantial new material from directors and actors who have worked with Churchill.

September 2009 (no release date)

Lee Strasberg (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
By Robert Ellerman.

December 28, 2009

Leonard Bernstein (Yale Broadway Masters Series)
(Yale University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Carol J. Oja.

No release date set

42nd Street
(JAY - new on CD)
Complete studio cast recording.

Ain't Misbehavin'
(Time-Life - new on CD)
30th anniversary tour cast, with Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis.

An American in Paris
(Warner - on 2 DVDs)
With deluxe Technicolor High Resolution treatment. Expected 3rd quarter 2008.

Andy Hardy Vol. 1
(Warner -DVD Set)
Mickey Rooney film series. 2008 release.

Anne of Green Gables
(JAY - new on CD)
Off-Broadway cast recording of Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford musical. Bethe Austin, Erick Devine, Alison Faircloth, Andrew Gehling, Piper Goodeve, Jessica Grove, Heather Mac Rae, Michael Mendiola.

Anyone Can Whistle
(JAY - new on 2 CDs)
Studio cast including John Barrowman.

Annie
(JAY - new on CD)
Complete studio cast recording. 2 CDs.

Annie Get Your Gun
(Originally scheduled for the Broadway Masterworks series)
Studio cast Doris Day and Robert Goulet.

Back In the Day
(new on CD)
Selections from new musical by Jonathan Larson award winning writer Lance Horne (book by Kate Rigg). Cape Cod Repertory Theatre cast: Trish LaRose, Kate Pazakis, Ethan Paulini, Matthew Morris, Aaron Libby and Justyn Eldredge. Bonus track: Horne performing a song from the score. Will be available at www.caperep.org.

Barbara Cook at Avery Fisher Hall
November 2007/January 2008 concert.

Big Bang
(Original Cast Records - on CD)

The Body Beautiful
(Original Cast Records - new on CD)
Musicals in Mufti cast recording of 1958 Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical. Cady Huffman, Brad Oscar, Stephen Bienskie, Laura Marie Duncan, Ryan Duncan, Capathia Jenkins, Jonathan Kay, Megan Lawrence, Mike McGowan, John Eric Parker, Patrick Richwood, Angie Schworer, Jim Sorensen and Kerry Conte. Musical direction by John Bell with Damien Bassman on drums and Jordan Jancz on bass. Bruce Yeko producing.

Boobs! The Musical
(MOL - new on CD)
New York cast album of Ruth Wallis revue.

Boys in the Band
(new on DVD)
Will include interviews with Art Crowley and cast members.

Brigadoon
(Jay Records - new on 2 CDs)
Complete recording.

Busby Berkeley Collection 2
(Warner - DVD set)
Gold Diggers Of 1937, Gold Diggers In Paris, Varsity Show, Hollywood Hotel. 2008 release.

The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II
(Alfred A. Knopf - Hardcover Book)
Amy Asch, editor.

The Complete Show Boat
(Warner - DVD set)
1929 (Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Otis Harlan, Emily Fitzroy, Stepin Fetchit), 1936 (Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Paul Robeson), 1951 (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and Joe E. Brown) films. 2008 release.

Composers' CD (unnamed)
(Harbinger - new on CD)
Featuring Bock and Harnick, Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg, Meredith Willson, Stephen Sondheim, Otto Harbach.

From Connie With Love
(Polydor - new on import CD)
Pre-order at CD Universe
Connie Fisher (London Sound of Music) album. "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Secret Love," "Next Time You Fall In Love (Featuring Lee Mead)," "True Love Ways," "When She Loved Me," "I Guess I`ll Miss The Man," "You Must Love Me," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Make Up My Heart," "If I Ever Fall In Love Again," "Memory," "If Love Were All," "First Impression Counts." Also available for pre-order at Amazon UK and at Dress Circle.

Cyrano de Bergerac
(Image Entertainment - new on DVD)
2007 Broadway production, taped for PBS. Jennifer Garner, Kevin Kline, Daniel Sunjata, Euan Morton, Chris Sarandon, Concetta Tomei.

Cyrano de Bergerac
(GlobalVision/Koch - new on CD)
Concept recording of new musical to be premiered in London in 2007. Music by Frank Wildhorn and Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.

The Dancing Years
(JAY/TER - new on CD)
Ivor Novello score, complete studio cast recording.

Darling Lili
(DRG - new on CD)
First time U.S. release of 1970 soundtrack album. Mancini/Mercer score. Julie Andrews.

Doll's Life
(Original Cast Records - on CD)

Jason Danieley and The Frontier Heroes
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Jason Danieley and folk-pop band The Frontier Heroes. Based on Birdland concert Love: A Work in Progress. New arrangements of familiar American songs. With Dan Lipton, Christian Hebel, Mark Vanderpoel, Michael Aarons, Damien Bassman and Theresa McCarthy.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty - HBO Special
(HBO - new on DVD)
2004 HBO documentary by D.A. Pennebaker.

Eleanor Powell box set
(Warner - on DVD)

Fiddler on the Roof
(JAY - new on 2 CDs)
Studio cast recording.

A Fine And Private Place
(JAY Records - new on CD)
2006 York Theatre cast recording of Erik Haagensen and Richard Isen musical. Glenn Seven Allen, Christiane Noll, Joseph Kolinski, Evalyn Baron, Gabriel Barre.

Gigi
(Warner Home Video - on DVD/Blu-Ray)
Completely restored.

George Dvorsky 2nd solo album
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Glorious Ones
(JAY Records - new on CD)
Off Broadway cast recording. Ahrens and Flaherty musical. Natalie Venetia Belcon, Erin Davie, John Kassir, David Patrick Kelly, Marc Kudisch, Julyana Soelistyo, Jeremy Webb. Recorded January 8, 2008.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Warner -new on DVD)
1969 film with Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Alison Leggatt, Siân Phillips. 2008 release.

Half a Sixpence
(Harbinger - on CD)
Tommy Steele demo recordings.

High Society Soundtrack
(Rhino - new on CD)
Pre-order at CD Universe
Overture, "Main Title," "High Society Calypso," "I Love You, Samantha," "Little One," "Look At The Loot(Who Wants To Be," "Footsie (Who Wants To Be A Million," "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," "Sandwich," "True Love," "You're Sentimental," "I Love You, Samantha," "You're Sensational," "Now You Has Jazz," "Well, DId You Evah?," "Mind If I Make Love To You?," "Yare ( True Love)," "Bridal Chorus( Lohengtin)," Finale/End Cast.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas
(Time-Life - new on CD)
New cast album.

Hugh Panaro solo album
(new on CD)

I Got Rhythm: Mickey and Judy's Hollywood
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Jeff Harnar and Shauna Hicks June 9 Town Hall concert celebrating movie songs associated with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Barry Levitt, conductor; 30-piece orchestra.

It's Only Life
(Paperback book)
John Bucchino songbook.

Jumbo
(AEI - on CD)
Radio tracks by stars of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's Broadway production

Karen Ziemba tribute to Mary Martin
(Jay Records - new on CD)

Kristin Chenoweth Autobiography
(Touchstone - Hardcover Book)
Expected in 2009.

The Ladies Singing Their Songs
(JAY - new on CD)
Carolee Carmello, Susan Egan, Karen Ziemba, Rebecca Luker, Debbie Gravitte, Alice Ripley, Kim Criswell, Melissa Errico, Judy Kaye and more.

The Light In The Piazza
(Warner - new on DVD)
1962 film with Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, and George Hamilton. 2008 release.

Little Fish
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
Blank Theatre Company cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa score. Alice Ripley, Chad Kimball and Gregory Jbara. To be recorded November 12 with a Spring 2008 release date. Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin

Lovely Ladies Kind Gentlemen
(Original Cast Records)
Stan Freeman-Franklin Underwood musical version of Teahouse of the August Moon. Orchestrations by Irwin Kostal & Peter Matz. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Mickey Rooney, Charles Nelson Reilly, Robert Morse & Eleanor Cables. Vocals completed.

Mamma Mia!
(Universal Classics/Decca Broadway - new on CD)
Soundtrack for 2008 film based on the musical with music by ABBA (Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus). Cast to include Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper.

Mary Bond Davis Solo Album
(new on CD)
From Metropolitan Room performances.

Michael Rupert album
(The JRockingR Company - new on CD)
To include "Racing To The Moon", from a new musical Rupert is currently writing called Streets of America.

A Mother's Kisses
(Original Cast Records - new on CD)
New recording of Richard Adler score for 1968 closed-on-the-road Bea Arthur show. Debbie Reynolds to be featured on the CD.

The Music Man
(Warner - on DVD)
New transfer of 1962 musical version of Meredith Willson musical. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard. 2008 release.

The Musicality of Cryer and Ford
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Musicality of Flaherty and Ahrens
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Musicality of Frank Loesser
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Musicality of George Gershwin
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Musicality of Lionel Bart
(JAY Records - new on CD)

The Musicality of Vincent Youmans
(JAY Records - new on CD)
"Tea For Two" (Max Von Essen & Jessica Boevers), "Time On My Hands" (Brent Barrett), "Flying Down To Rio" (Norm Lewis), "Hallelujah!" (Kim Criswell And Men), "Without A Song" (Ron Raines), "Rise And Shine" (Klea Blackhurst), "More Than You Know" (Debbie Gravitte), "Where Has My Hubby Gone Blues" (Beth Leavel And Men), "Why Oh Why?" (Karen Ziemba), "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Nancy Anderson & Matt Bogart And Men), "I Want A Man" (Christianne Noll), "Music Makes Me" (Sutton Foster)

Napoleon
(new on 2 CDs)
OLC cast recording.

Nine
(JAY - on 2 CDs)
London concert cast. Previous TER release.

One Touch of Venus
(JAY - new on 2 CDs)
Studio cast.

The Other Side of Me
(EMI/Angel - new on CD)
Linda Eder CD.

People Like Us
(JAY - new on CD)
2005 NYMF show cast recording, with Matt Bogart and Pamela Bobb. Book and lyrics by Todd Almond and Gus Kaikkonen and music by Almond. Recorded April 2006.

The People vs. Mona
(JAY Records - new on CD)
Concert cast recording of Jim Wann/Patricia Miller musical. Marc Kudisch, Ron Raines, Christiane Noll, Lillias White, Omri Schein, Natalie Toro. To be recorded April 1, 2008.

The Railway Children
(TER - new on CD)
British cast recording of new Richard John/Julian Woolford musical based on Nesbit novel. Paul Henry, Susannah Fellows. Import

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(JAY - new on CD)
Complete studio cast recording.

Sondheim S.T.A.G.E. Benefit
(new on CD)
March 2007 S.T.A.G.E. concert featuring Jamie Anderson, Ann Hampton Callaway, Len Cariou, Patrick Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Marc Cherry, Carole Cook, Veanne Cox, Wilson Cruz, Nancy Dussault, Kevin Earley, Betty Garrett, Randy Graff, Ronobir Lahiri, Pat Marshall, Sean McDermott, Linda Michele, Michele Nicastro, Michael Nouri, Sally Ann Howes, Valarie Pettiford, Charlotte Rae, Alice Ripley, Joan Ryan, Andrew Samonsky, Kevin Spirtas, KT Sullivan, Rip Taylor and Lisa Vroman.

Spring is Here
(PS Classics - new on CD)
First-ever recording of Rodgers & Hart's 1929 musical comedy.

Strike Up the Band
(Nonesuch Records - on CD)
Studio cast 1930 version.

Sweet Charity
(Koch/DRG - new on CD)
Reissue of 1966 French cast recording. Magali Noel, Sidney Chaplin, and Collette Marchand.

Whoopee
(PS Classics Inc. - new on CD)
Restoration recording of Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn score. Performers to include Karen Ziemba , Marin Mazzie and Erin Dilly.

Wish
(new on CD)
Sutton Foster's debut solo album.

-- Sound Advice Staff