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Dawn Harkins: Dawn of a New Day!
(Vero Voce - new on CD)
From Dawn Hawkins' solo cabaret by the same name which debuted in May 2009 at Davenport's Cabaret in Chicago. "Not For the Life of Me," "Stop, Time," "The Baby Song," "Patterns," "Good Thing Going," "I Double Dare You," "Someone Like You," "A Little Bit Off," "Children Will Listen," "Knowing When To Leave - Promises, Promises," "The Girl In 14G," "What About Today," "Willing To Ride."
Hairspray
(new on CD)
Original German cast recording. Nicole Berendsen, Rob Fowler, Maite Kelly, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Jana Stelley, Leon Van Leeuwenberg. Available for per-order at Dress Circle
Julian Yeo: Homage
(Yeomo Productions - new on CD)
How Deep is the Ocean," "So Nice," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Mon Manège à Moi," "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Desafinado," "Tico Tico," "Give Me the Simple Life," "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries," "Just a Gigolo," "Besame Mucho," "It’s Been a Long Long Time," "You Go to My Head," "I Love Being Here with You."
LoveBites Original Australian Cast(new on 2 CDs)
New Australian musical from the composers of The Hatpin. Music by Peter Rutherford and lyrics by James Millar. Amelia Cormack (Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert), David Harris (Miss Saigon, The Full Monty, Gutenberg!), James Millar (Gutenberg!, Jerry Springer the Opera, Company) and Sophia Ragavelas (Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, The Lion King). Available at Middle 8.
Love Never Dies
(Polydor - new on 2 CDs) 
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Studio recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel. Lyrics by Glenn Slater. World-wide release. Also available at Amazon UK and Dress Circle. New Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, with lyrics by Glenn Slater. To debut March 9, 2010 in London, and November 11, 2010, in New York. Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Liz Robertson, Joseph Millson, Niamh Perry. Prologue, "The Coney Island Waltz," "That's the place you ruined, you fool," "A Little Slice of Heaven," "Only For Him / Only For You," "The Aerie," "'Til I Hear You Sing," "Giry Confronts The Phantom / Are You Ready to Begin," "Christine Disembarks," "Arrival of the Trio / Are You Ready to Begin," "What a Dreadful Town," "Look with Your Heart," "Beneath a Moonless Sky," "Once Upon Another Time," "Mother please, I'm scared," "Dear Old Friend," "Beautiful," "The Beauty Underneath," "The Phantom confronts Christine"; "Disc Two:," "Entr'acte," "Why Does She Love Me," "Devil Take the Hindmost," "A Little Slice of Heaven (Reprise)," "Ladies. / The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)," "Bathing Beauty," "Mother, did you watch?," "Before the Performance," "Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet)," "Love Never Dies," "Ah, Christine!," "Gustave! Gustave!," "Please, Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back."
Love Never Dies Deluxe set
(Polydor - new on 2 CDs/DVD) ) - music only
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Includes special bonus material containing behind the scenes interviews and exclusive images. World-wide release. New Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, with lyrics by Glenn Slater. To debut March 9, 2010 in London, and November 11, 2010, in New York. Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Liz Robertson, Joseph Millson, Niamh Perry. Prologue, "The Coney Island Waltz," "That's the place you ruined, you fool," "A Little Slice of Heaven," "Only For Him / Only For You," "The Aerie," "'Til I Hear You Sing," "Giry Confronts The Phantom / Are You Ready to Begin," "Christine Disembarks," "Arrival of the Trio / Are You Ready to Begin," "What a Dreadful Town," "Look with Your Heart," "Beneath a Moonless Sky," "Once Upon Another Time," "Mother please, I'm scared," "Dear Old Friend," "Beautiful," "The Beauty Underneath," "The Phantom confronts Christine"; "Disc Two:," "Entr'acte," "Why Does She Love Me," "Devil Take the Hindmost," "A Little Slice of Heaven (Reprise)," "Ladies. / The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)," "Bathing Beauty," "Mother, did you watch?," "Before the Performance," "Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet)," "Love Never Dies," "Ah, Christine!," "Gustave! Gustave!," "Please, Miss Giry, I Want To Go Back." Bonus DVD includes footage from the recording sessions in London, interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber, designer Bob Crowley and the stars of the show, plus "Coney Island Waltz" music video set to archival film footage of Coney Island. Also at Amazon UK and Dress Circle
Oklahoma!: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II libretto. Applause Libretto Library.
Mary Martin: Cinderella / Three to Make Music
(Sepia - new on CD)
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Mary Martin sings selections from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, songs from Three To Make Music, a musical composed by Mary Rodgers and Linda Melnick (CD debut), and standards in medley form entitled A Musical Love Story. 33 tracks.
Nine Film Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
11 Maury Yeston selections from the 2009 Rob Marshall film, a plot synopsis, notes on the project's genesis, and photos from the film. "Be Italian," "A Call from the Vatican," "Cinema Italiano (The King of Cinema Italiano)," "Folies Bergeres," "Guarda La Luna," "Guido's Song," "I Can't Make This Movie," "My Husband Makes Movies," "Only with You," "Take It All," "Unusual Way (In a Very Unusual Way)."
Philip Fortenberry: Broadway My Way
(PK Music - new on CD)
Collection of piano solos by Philip Fortenberry, music director and pianist on Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End and touring shows. "Sometimes a Day Goes By," "Where is Love," "With You," "All I Ask of You," "You Made Me Love you," "New Music," "Only Love," "Solla Sollew," "Sunrise, Sunset," "If Ever I Would Leave You," "Seduction (Sympathy, Tenderness)," "I Won't Send Roses," "Hard Candy Christmas," "A Quiet Thing," "Fallen Angel," "Memory," "I Only Want to Say (John 19:41)"
Sophie Tucker Cabaret Days
(Sepia - new on CD)
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Studio album. Sophie Tucker's recreation of what it was like to sing in the rowdy saloons of her youth, complete with thunderous applause and chatter from a simulated audience. Most of the material is on CD for the first time, including a rare and private recording of “Some of These Days”. "Cabaret Days," "I Wanna Say Hello," "After You'Ve Gone," "Margie," "I'm Living Alone and I Like It," "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey," "Nobody Loves a Fat Girl," "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry," "Hello My Baby," "Waiting For the Robert E. Lee," "Some of These Days," "Mister Siegel," "Horse Playing Papa," "Make Him Say Please," "I'm Having More Fun Since I'm Sixty," "No One Man is Ever Going To Worry Me," "There's a Lot of Little Boy," "Mr. Fink," "No One Woman Can Satisfy Any One Man All the Time," "How Am I Every Going To Grow Old," "You Can't Deep Freeze a Red Hot Mama," "I'm Starting All Over Again."
The Songs of Hollywood
(Oxford University Press - Hardcover Book)
By Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson. Well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire. Focuses on how the songs were presented in the movies, from early talkies where actors portrayed singers "performing" the songs, to the Golden Age in which characters burst into expressive, integral song. The authors also look at the decline of the genre since 1960, when most original musicals were replaced by film versions of Broadway hits such as My Fair Lady. 304 pages.
The Sound of Music - The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Rodgers and Hammerstein's final collaboration. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Applause Libretto Library.
March 16, 2010
Coraline
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
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Original Off-Broadway cast recording with Stephin Merritt score. Jayne Houdyshell, Julian Fleisher, Francis Jue, January LaVoy, Elliot Villar, William Youmans. "Overture," "A New House," "I Am Miss Spink (and I Am Miss Forcible)," "A Mouse Circus," "Mum and Dad," "At the Other End," "Song of the Rats," "When We Were Young and Trod the Boards," "Fluorescent Green Gloves," "Welcome Home," "A Lot of Noise," "Theatre is Fun," "Stay With Us," "Ballad of the Wasps, The," "O What a Lovely Trip," "Go To Sleep," "We Were Children Once," "When You`Re a Cat," "Recollections," "Whatever You Want," "World Goes Flat, The," "I Saw a Show On Telly Once," "Falling ... Falling ...," "One Long Fairytale."
The Princess and the Frog
(Disney - new on DVD)
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New Disney animated musical feature. Keith David, John Goodman, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Cummings, Anika Noni Rose, Jen Cody. Score by Randy Newman. Includes deleted scenes,
audio commentary by John Musker and Ron Clements (co-writers and directors) and Peter Del Vecho (producer),
"Never Knew I Needed" Music video by Ne-Yo, games and activities.
The Princess and the Frog
(Disney - new on 3-disc Blu-Ray/DVD set)
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New Disney animated musical feature. Keith David, John Goodman, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Cummings, Anika Noni Rose, Jen Cody. Score by Randy Newman. Same extras as DVD version, plus: Digital Copy, In The Bayou: The Making of A Princess behind-the-scenes look; The Return To Hand Drawn Animation, The Disney Legacy, Disney's Newest Princess, The Princess and the Animator, Conjuring The Villain, A Return To The Animated Musical, Bringing Life to Animation.
March 23, 2010
Judy Garland Show Volume 3
(new on DVD)
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Two complete episodes. With Tony Bennett and Lena Horne. 100 minutes.
March 30, 2010
Memphis
(Rhino - new on CD)
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2009 original Broadway cast recording of David Bryan/Joe DiPietro score. Chad Kimball, Montego Glover. Unconfirmed track list: "Underground," "The Music of My Soul," "Scratch My Itch," "Ain't Nothin But a Kiss," "Everybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night," "Make Me Stronger," "Colored Woman," "Someday," "She's My Sister," "Radio," "Say a Prayer," "Crazy Little Huey," "Big Love," "Love Will Stand When All Else Falls," "Stand Up," "Change Don't Come Early," "Tear Down the House," "Memphis Lives in Me," "Steal Your Rock and Roll," Bonus Track "Memphis Lives in Me" by David Bryan.
the Merry Widow
(BBC/Opus - new on Blu-Ray)
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Lotfi Mansouri's last production as General Director of San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially commissioned from Wendy Wasserstein, and an original ballet to set the scene "Chez Maxim's." 189 minutes.
Theatre Craft: A Director's Practical Companion from A-Z
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
By John Caird. All-encompassing practical guide for anyone working in the theatre, from the enthusiastic amateur to the committed professional. With entries arranged alphabetically, Theatre Craft offers advice on all areas of directing, from Acting, Adaptation, and Accent to Sound Effects, Superstition, Trap Doors, and Wardrobe.
March 2010 (no release date)
Albert and David Maysles: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)
(Univ Press of Mississippi - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
Editor Keith Beattie has compiled a wide-ranging collection in which the brothers, together and separately, discuss all aspects of their filmmaking—the nature of collaboration, technical matters, contextual considerations, and more. They recount a personal history of cinéma vérité and modern documentary filmmaking. Their films include Salesman, Gimme Shelter, and Grey Gardens.
Brother/Sister Plays
(TCF - Paperback Book)
First collection of plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Wig Out! and The Breach). McCraney's dramas of kinship, love, and heartache are set in the bayou of Louisiana and loosely draw on West African myths. In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet.
Chad Kimball solo album
(new on CD)
Available for pre-order at www.chadkimball.com.
Sondheim Songs for Easy Piano
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
15 Sondheim favorites arranged for beginning players. Includes: "Anyone Can Whistle," "Children Will Listen," "Comedy Tonight," "Losing My Mind," "Not a Day Goes By," "Not While I'm Around," "Send in the Clowns," "Side by Side by Side," "Sunday," and more.
April 1, 2010
Time Stands Still
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Donald Marguiles' play, currently running on Broadway for Manhattan Theatre Club. 96 pages.
April 6, 2010
Air: The Musical
(Cinema Epoch - new on DVD)
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2009 film musical. Three stories of people who feel out of place in the world, and their longing to find a connection with someone else. A romantic comedy and an exciting musical with all original music. Megan Carter, Ian Stark, Jennifer Coville.
The Big Gay Musical
(Breaking Glass Pictures - new on DVD/Blu-Ray)
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2009 musical film featuring Liz McCartney, Daniel Robinson, Joey Dudding, Celina Carvajal, Jeff Metzler, Marty Thomas, Kate Pazakis, Joshua Cruz, Jim Newman, Steven Hayes, Michael Schiffman. Score by Rick Crom and Fred M. Caruso. Written & produced by Fred M. Caruso & directed by Casper Andreas. Includes making-of video.
Judy Garland On Broadway Tonight
(Savoy Jazz - new on CD)
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Eighth collection from the soundtrack of Judy Garland's TV series, track list to come.
A Little Night Music
(Nonesuch/PS Classics - new on 2 CDs)
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New Broadway revival cast recording of Stephen Sondheim score. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury, Alexander Hanson, Aaron Lazar, Erin Davie, Leigh Ann Larkin, and Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Stephen R. Buntrock, Bradley Dean, Katherine Leigh Doherty, Marissa McGowan, Betsy Morgan, Jayne Paterson, Kevin David Thomas, Keaton Whittaker, Karen Murphy, Erin Stewart, and Kevin Vortmann. Disc One: "Overture / Night Waltz," "Prologue: "The night smiles…"," "Now," "Later," "Soon," "The Glamorous Life," "Remember?," "You Must Meet My Wife," "A virgin"," "Liaisons," "In Praise of Women," "Every Day a Little Death," "The tour's over for a while…"," "A Weekend in the Country"; Disc Two: "The Sun Won't Set," "Night Waltz II," "It Would Have Been Wonderful," "Perpetual Anticipation," "Send in the Clowns," "The Miller's Son," "Soon (reprise) / You Must Meet My Wife (reprise)," "A wooden ring"," "A Weekend in the Country (reprise) / Every Day a Little Death (reprise)," "Send in the Clowns (reprise)," "Last Waltz." Produced by Tommy Krasker. Recorded January 4, 2010.
April 12, 2010
Kristina
(Universal - new on 2 import CDs)
Musical with music by Benny Andersson, original lyrics by Bjorn Ulvaeus and English lyrics by Ulvaeus and Herbert Kretzmer, based on a series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg, in its first English-language presentation in a Carnegie Hall September 23-24, 2009. Original production 1995 in Malmo and ran for four years, and a concert version (in Swedish) was presented in Minneapolis in 1996. Available for pre-order at Amazon UK and Dress Circle
April 13, 2010
In My Room
(LML Music - new on CD)
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Benefit recordng for Multiple Sclerosis Society. Peter Bradley Adams, Claudia Anderson, D.C. Anderson, Dakota Blonde, Catie Curtis, Kat Eggleston, Sally Fingerett, Ritt Henn, Bryce Kulak, Christine Lavin, Lori Lieberman, Modern Man, Hope Nunnery & Steve Tarshis, Kristina Olson, Mike Reid, David Roth, Arlington Priest, Victoria Shaw, Teresa Tudury, Roy Zimmerman.
Maria Friedman Celebrates The Great British Songbook
(new on CD)
First presented in February 2009 at London's Shaw Theatre during the Feinstein`s at the Shaw season. "Opening Medley: Spread A Little Happiness/Smile/If I Ruled The World," "I Sit In The Sun," "Georgy Girl/Downtown," "As If We Never Said Goodbye," "Alone Again Naturally," "The Boy In The Gallery/Mad About The Boy," "Norwegian Wood/Eleanor Rigby," "A Garden," "Nina," "If Love Were All," "War Medley: Part 1: It's A Long Way To Tipperary/Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers," "Part 2: The White Cliffs Of Dover/Dido's Lament," "What Kind Of Fool Am I," "We'll Meet Again," "Diamonds Are Forever" (Bonus Hidden Track). Arranged and Conducted by Jason Carr. Currently pre-ordering with special pricing at Dress Circle.
Theatre
(Faber & Faber - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
By David Mamet. Mamet ... calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory ... either actors are good or they are non-actors, and good actors generally work best without the interference of a director, however well-intentioned. Issue plays, political correctness, method actors, impossible directions, Stanislavksy, and elitists all fall under Mamet's critical gaze. Theatre throws down a gauntlet that challenges everyone to do better, including Mamet himself.
April 15, 2010
Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Musical Theater
(Limelight Editions - Paperback Book)
Nearly 1,800 entries ... research tool and handy reference. A supplement and companion to Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Acting and Show Business. Thumbnail plot summaries of works well-known and obscure; thumbnail biographies of composers and writers; and dance, theatrical, singing, and music terminology. Historical terms and foreign terms (with pronunciations) are included along with information on available recordings of many obscure pieces.
Hollywood Musicals Year by Year: Third Edition
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Barry Monush. Provides a world of information, facts, and trivia about cinema's favorite musicals. Each entry includes the screenplay writer, producer, director, choreographer, cast list, song list, release date, plot summary, and interesting notes surrounding the production, cast, and spin-offs that the movie inspired. More than 300 films. Many photographs.
April 20, 2010
Evening Primrose
(E1 Entertainment - new on DVD)
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1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Charmian Carr. 50 minutes.
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli "Live" at the London Palladium
(DRG - new on 2 CDs)
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1965 concert, previously double LP. Remastered from the original tapes and digitally transferred. One: Overture, "Once in a Lifetime" (Judy), "Just in Time" (Judy), "The Travelin' Life" (Liza), "The Gypsy in My Soul" (Liza), "Hello, Dolly" (Judy, Liza), "Together Wherever We Go" (Judy, Liza), "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music/Bob White" (Judy,Liza), "Medley" (Judy, Liza): Hooray for Love/After You've Gone/By Myself/'S ," "Wonderful/How About You?/Lover, Come Back to Me/You and the Night and the ," "Music/It All Depends on You," "Who's Sorry Now?" (Liza), "Smile" (Judy), "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've ," "been A Liar All My Life" (Liza), "What Now, My Love?" (Judy). Disc Two: "Medley" (Liza): Take Me Along/If I Could Be with You/Tea For ," "Two/Who?/They Can't Take That Away from Me/By Myself/Take Me Along/Mammy," "Make Someone Happy" (Judy), "Pass That Peace Pipe" (Liza), "The Man That Got Away" (Judy), "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (Judy), "When the Saints Go Marching In/The Brotherhood of Man" (Judy,Liza), "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Judy,Liza), "Never Will I Marry" (Judy), "Swanee" (Judy,Liza), "Chicago" (Judy,Liza), "Over the Rainbow" (Judy), "San Francisco" (Judy,Liza)." New liner notes by Will Friedwald and additional photographs and documentation.
Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting (Revised)
(Prestel USA - Hardcover Book)
Max Keller. Completely revised, updated, and expanded edition. The definitive guide to stage lighting design by a virtuoso in
the field. Expanded to include new photographs from Keller's most recent productions. The text has been brought up to date to reflect the latest technological advances, while new essays on light in architecture, lighting for music concerts, and the metaphysics and politics of light broaden its scope. Hundreds of color photographs.
April 27, 2010
Meshuggah-Nuns!
(Standing Room Only - new on DVD)
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Dan Goggin's Meshuggah-Nuns! finds the sisters on an all-expense paid trip on the Faiths of All Nations Cruise. When the cast of Fiddler on the Roof (with the exception of the guy playing Tevye) gets seasick, the ship's captain asks the sisters and Tevye to put on a show. Songs include "Say It In Yiddish," "Contrition," "In the Convent," and "If I Were a Catholic." Starring the Original New York Cast Deborah Del Mastro, David Edwards, Bambi Jones, Bonnie Lee, Jeanne Tinker, Stephanie Wahl. 97 minutes.
May 1, 2010
Superior Donuts
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Tracy Letts.
May 4, 2010
No Time For Sergeants
(WHV - new on DVD)
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1958 film version of Iran Levin play, with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Nick Adams and Myron McCormick. First time on DVD.
One Night Only - Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard
(new on DVD/Blu-Ray)
May 15, 2010
The Anatomy of a Broadway Musical
(Limelight Editions - Paperback Book)
Producer Stuart Ostrow examines evaluates both the tangible and intangible essentials of a musical that make it fly or remain earthbound - music, lyrics, book, dance, direction, scenery, costumes, lighting, actors, energy, lunacy, drama, show savvy, and exhilaration. 288 pages.
The Gentleman Press Agent: Fifty Years in the Theatrical Trenches with Merle Debuskey
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Simonson. Study of Merle Debuskey, for fifty years New York theater's top publicist, handling more Broadway shows than any press agent in Broadway history; Joe Papp's right-hand man for thirty years, first mouthpiece for nonprofits Circle in the Square and Lincoln Center Theater; unseen player who, with Papp, fought Robert Moses, ensuring that Shakespeare in the Park remained free; made sure How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying kept its title; saved Zero Mostel's life; housed redbaiters target John Henry Faulk, befriending the blacklisted; manhandled George C. Scott and Mort Saul; and romanced Kim Stanley.
Working with Bernstein
(Hal Leonard - Hardcover Book)
By Jack Gottlieb, composer, colleague and friend of Leonard Bernstein. Presents fresh, sensitive, and revealing information about the everyday life of the maestro in Part One, featuring reminiscences peppered with anecdotes, humor, and stories by others. Part Two includes Gottlieb's commentaries and analyses of Bernstein's works, which have appeared in program notes for concerts by many of the world's orchestras, as jacket notes for recordings, and as articles in journals and elsewhere, beginning with the New York Philharmonic tribute "A Valentine for Leonard Bernstein" on February 13, 1961. Preceded by updated remarks, this collection allows those seeking firsthand information on Bernstein's compositions to find all of Gottlieb's valuable scholarship in one place.
May 30, 2010
America's Longest Run: A History of the Walnut Street Theatre
(Penn State Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Andrew Davis. Traces the history of America's oldest theater. The Philadelphia landmark has been at or near the center of theatrical activity since it opened, as a circus, on February 2, 1809. This book documents the players and productions that appeared at this venerable house and the challenges the Walnut has faced from economic crises, changing tastes, technological advances, and competition from new media.Today, the Walnut operates as a nonprofit performing arts center. It is one of the most successful producing theaters in the country, with more than 350,000 attending performances each year. 344 pages.
May 31, 2010
Stage Money: The Business of the Professional Theater
(Univ of South Caroline Press - Paperback/Hardcover Book)
By Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson. Groundbreaking guide to understanding professional theater finances today through the use of the tools and metaphors of the business world at large ... comprehensive picture of the economic realities of theater production that is radically different from the assessments typically espoused elsewhere. Tangible data, charts, and graphs are counterbalanced with illuminating "intermissions" between chapters and interspersed sidebars throughout to provide specific examples of key concepts, collectively presenting an expansive overview of the contemporary theater business. Unparalleled tool for theater professionals and enthusiasts interested in garnering a better understanding of the business's inner workings at present and its challenges for the future.
June 1, 2010
In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Sarah Ruhl play, now on Broadway.
Loving Longing Leaving: Three Plays by Michael Weller
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Weller's Fifty Words, What the Night is For and Side Effects.
Next to Normal
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Libretto for Brian Yorkey/Tom Kitt musical, now on Broadway. 120 pages.
June 22, 2010
A Star Is Born
(WHV - new on 2 Blu-Ray Discs)
1954 film featuring Judy Garland and James Mason. Newly restored and presented in a 2-disc book format with 40 pages of gorgeous photography, film history and more. Expected enhanced content: Introduction; Additional takes: 4 "The Man That Got Away" takes - Pink Dress/Brown Dress #1-4, "Here's What I'm Here For," "Lose That Long Face," -"Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo," "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street," Suicide Scene; Film Effects Reel; report by Jack L. Warner featurette; 'A Star is Born' Newsreel Montage featurette; 'A Star is Born' premiere in Cinemascope; Pantages premiere TV special; A Star is Bored 1956 WB Cartoon; 1937/54/76 trailers; Audio outtakes: Oliver on the Phone with the Director Discussing Norman, Norman and Esther on the Roof of the Hotel Lancaster, 12/28/1942 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast with Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon, Audio Vault - Judy Garland Radio Interview, "Born in a Trunk," "Someone At Last" rehearsals, "My Melancholy Baby," "Black Bottom" "Swanee."
June 29, 2010
Jane Krakowski Live at Feinstein's
(DRG - new on CD)
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Live recording of Jane Krakowski's show at Feinstein's. Features songs popularized by the female performers who have inspired her, including Anita O'Day, Ann-Margret and Eartha Kitt. Michael Kosarin, musical director. Produced by Hugh Fordin. Cynthia Daniels, engineer.
July 1, 2010
Stunning and Other Plays
(TCG - Paperback Book)
By David Adjmi, recipient of a 2009 Kesselring Fellowship and a Bush Artist Fellowship. Stunning was an LCT3 production, at the Duke on 42nd Street in 2009.
July 2, 2010
A Gambler's Instinct: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford (Theater in the Americas)
(Southern Illinois Univ Press - Paperback Book)
Author Milly S. Barranger traces Crawford's career as an independent producer, telling the parallel story of American theater in the mid-twentieth century.
July 15, 2010
The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2008-2009
(Limelight Editions - Hardcover Book)
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, Editor. The 10 New York premieres honored are Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; Billy Elliot by Lee Hall and Elton John; Blasted by Sarah Kane; The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh; God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza; The Good Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson; reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute; Ruined, by Lynn Nottage; 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman; and Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang. Special Citation: [title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell.
I Appreciate It: My Life
(Thomas Nelson - Hardcover Book)
Andy Griffith autobiography, written with Jim Clark. Foreword by Ron Howard. Follows the actor's life and career, from growing up poor in North Carolina to college to becoming a Moravian minister, his Broadway, film and television career.
August 5, 2010
South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten (Broadway Legacies Series)
(Oxford Univ Press - New Book)
Drawing on extensive research in the Rodgers and the Hammerstein papers, including Hammerstein's personal notes on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, Jim Lovensheimer offers a fascinating reading of South Pacific that explores the show's complex messages and demonstrates how the presentation of those messages changed throughout the creative process ... how Rodgers and especially Hammerstein continually refined and softened the theme of racial intolerance until it was more acceptable to mainstream Broadway audiences. Likewise, Lovensheimer describes the treatment of gender and colonialism in the musical, tracing how it both reflected and challenged early Cold War Era American norms. 288 pages with 30 photographs and 11 music examples.
August 31, 2010
A Little Night Music: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "Every Day a Little Death," "The Glamorous Life," "In Praise of Women," "It Would Have Been Wonderful," "Later," "Liaisons," "The Miller's Son," "Night Waltz," "Now," "Remember?," "Send in the Clowns," "Soon," "You Must Meet My Wife."
Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast
(Disney - Hardcover Book)
This authoritative book by Charles Solomon on the development of the animated film musical features interviews with artists, executives, and voice actors, transcripts of meetings and story sessions. Illustrations include caricatures, sequences of animation drawings, and preliminary artwork from discarded sequences. 176 pages.
September 1, 2010
Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical (Broadway Legacies)
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
Author Charlotte Greenspan discusses lyricist/bookwriter Fields in relation to other women songwriters and lyricists of the time.
Why Are You Telling Me This?: Christopher Isherwood's Commonplace Book
(Alyson Books - Hardcover Book)
Don Bachardy, James P. White, editors. Christopher Isherwood's (Berlin Stories, the basis for Cabaret) written record of personal reading. An annotated list of readings selected during the last forty-five years of his life. Among the works excerpted are novels, essays, and letters by Saint Augustine, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Henry James, Marcel Proust, E.M. Forster, Federico García Lorca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Ian Fleming, Andy Warhol, and John Lennon.
October 15, 2010
Annie Get Your Gun: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Avenue Q: The Musical: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
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.
October 26, 2010
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes
(Knopf - Hardcover Book)
By Stephen Sondheim. Along with the lyrics for all of Sondheim's productions from 1954 to 1981 ... he tells us what he's learned from his failures as well as his successes; and dissects many songs, sometimes line by line, to outline his thought process and the decisions that go into the verses ... discusses his predecessors, his contemporaries, and analyzes his own work, offering rules, sins and wisdom on lyric writing. This book will also contain behind-the-scenes photographs from each production and many personal photographs of Sondheim with his contemporaries and collaborators. 400 pages.
October 27, 2010
Revised and Updated: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time - Revised and Updated
(Black Dog & Leventhal - Updated Book)
Updated edition by authors Frank Vlastnik and Ken Bloom.
October 29, 2010
The Hammersteins: First Family of American Theater
(Black Dog & Leventhal - New Book)
By Oscar Andrew Hammerstein III.
October 31, 2010
The Frogs - Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Sondheim score. New, with added songs.
November 1, 2010
Assassins: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "The Ballad of Booth," "The Ballad of Czolgosz," "The Ballad of Guiteau," "Everybody's Got the Right," "Something Just Broke," "Unworthy of Your Love."
Into the Woods: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "Agony," "Any Moment," "Children Will Listen," "Giants in the Sky," "I Know Things Now," "Into the Woods," "It Takes Two," "No More," "No One Is Alone," "On the Steps of the Palace," "Stay with Me."
Merrily We Roll Along: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos.
Passion: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "Flashback," "Happiness," "I Read," "I Wish I Could Forget You," "Is This What You Call Love?," "Love like Ours," "Loving You," "No One Has Ever Loved Me," "They Hear Drums."
Sunday in the Park with George: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "Beautiful," "Children and Art," "Everybody Loves Louis," "Finishing the Hat," "Lesson #8," "Move On," "Putting It Together," "Sunday," "Sunday in the Park with George," "We Do Not Belong Together."
Sweeney Todd: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)Newly revised, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "By the Sea," "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," "Johanna," "Ladies in Their Sensitivities," "A Little Priest," "Not While I'm Around," "Pretty Women," "Wait," "The Worst Pies in London."
November 16, 2010
My Passion for Design: A Private Tour
(Viking Press - New Book)
By Barbra Streisand. 288 pages.
October 2011 (no release date)
Look I Made a Hat
(Knopf - Hardcover Book)
Part 2 of Stephen Sondheim's book on lyrics and more.
No release date set
The Addams Family
(Universal/Decca Broadway - new on CD)
Cast album for 2009 Broadway show. Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Kevin Chamberlain, Jack Hoffman, Krysta Rodriguez, Wesley Taylor, Carolee Carmello, Terrence Mann.
Andy Hardy Vol. 1
(Warner -DVD Set)
Mickey Rooney film series.
Barbara Cook at Avery Fisher Hall
November 2007/January 2008 concert.
Big Bang
(Original Cast Records - on CD)
Boobs! The Musical
(MOL - new on CD)
New York cast album of Ruth Wallis revue.
Christopher Jackson solo album
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
The Lion King, In the Heights performer.
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.
Composers' CD (unnamed)
(Harbinger - new on CD)
Featuring Bock and Harnick, Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg, Meredith Willson, Stephen Sondheim, Otto Harbach.
Cyrano de Bergerac
(GlobalVision/Koch - new on CD)
Concept recording of new musical premiered in London in 2007. Music by Frank Wildhorn and Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.
Daddy-Long-Legs
(new on CD)
Cast recording of Rubicon (California) production of this John Caird/Paul Gordon musical. To be available in 2010. Pre-order to take place on the Rubicon site, where video clips are available.
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)
Dreamgirls
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)
New revival cast recording. Moya Angela, Syesha Mercado, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Chester Gregory, Adrienne Warren, Trevon Davis, Margaret Hoffman, Milton Craig Nealy.
Elaine Stritch At Liberty - HBO Special
(HBO - new on DVD)
2004 HBO documentary by D.A. Pennebaker.
Everyday Rapture
(Sh-K-Boom- new on CD)
Sherie Rene Scott's Off-Broadway show. Recorded July 6.
Fela!
(The Knitting Factory - new on CD)
Original Broadway cast recording. To be recorded March 8. Robert Sher producer.
Fiddler on the Roof
(JAY - new on 2 CDs)
Studio cast recording.
Florence Henderson & Shirley Jones: First Ladies of Broadway - Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts 1960-1966
(VAI - new on DVD)
1962 performances from the Bell Telephone Hour television series is a collection of beloved Broadway favorites. Program also includes solos by Jack Cassidy and Keith Andes, and duets with Gordon MacRae. 66 minutes, Color, mono, 4:3, All regions.
Half a Sixpence
(Harbinger - on CD)
Tommy Steele demo recordings.
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.
JAY Records: 42nd Street studio cast recording; Anyone Can Whistle 2-CD studio cast recording with John Barrowman; Annie complete 2-CD studio cast; Brigadoon complete recording; The Dancing Years studio cast; Enter Laughing York Theatre cast; Fiddler on the Roof studio cast; A Fine and Private Place 2006 York Theatre cast; George Dvorsky solo album; Karen Ziemba tribute to Mary Martin; The Ladies Singing Their Songs with Carolee Carmello, Susan Egan, Karen Ziemba, Rebecca Luker, Debbie Gravitte, Alice Ripley, Kim Criswell, Melissa Errico, Judy Kaye; One Touch of Venus studio cast; People Like Us 2005 NYMF show cast; Seussical 2007 Theatreworks cast; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers complete studio cast recording.
JAY Records Musicality Series: Cryer and Ford; Flaherty and Ahrens; Frank Loesser; George Gershwin; Lionel Bart; Vincent Youmans
Jumbo
(AEI - on CD)
Radio tracks by stars of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's Broadway production
Kay Thompson biography
(Simon & Schuster - new Book)
By Sam Irvin.
Karen Olivo solo album
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
West Side Story performer.
Jeremiah James solo album
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
Album by member of Teatro quartet.
The Light In The Piazza
(Warner - new on DVD)
1962 film with Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, and George Hamilton.
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.
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.
Milk and Honey Backers Audition
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
With Don Appell giving the entire plot and Jerry Herman accompanying (and singing Molly Picon's songs). May be a two-CD set.
Museum of Modern Art project [untitled]
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Original recordings of songs by and about the movies written between 1907 and 1923 accompanied by an extensive booklet with four historical essays, many photos of nickleodeons and sheet music covers, the complete lyrics to the 26 songs, and annotations on all the songs.
My Vaudeville Man!
(new on CD)
Off-Broadway (York Theatre) cast recording of show based on legendary tap star Jack Donahue. Recorded January 2 (premiered at NYMF as Mud Donahue and Son). Score by Bob Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser. Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley.
Napoleon
(new on 2 CDs)
OLC cast recording.
Road Show Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. New, with added songs.
Sherman Edwards CD [untitled]
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Sherman Edwards' 1776 demos and his last, unfinished score.
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.
A Star Is Born
(Warner - new on Blu-Ray/Standard DVD)
New 6K digital restoration of 1954 film featuring Judy Garland and James Mason. Directed by George Cukor.
Sweet Charity
(Koch/DRG - new on CD)
Reissue of 1966 French cast recording. Magali Noel, Sidney Chaplin, and Collette Marchand.
A Tale of Two Cities
(new on CD)
Recording of concert production at Theater Royal Brighton, England, to take place in the summer of 2009 and air on PBS in December 2009. The cast will feature members of the original Broadway company as well as U.K. actors. To be release in 2010.
A Tale of Two Cities
(new on DVD)
Recording of concert production at Theater Royal Brighton, England, to take place in the summer of 2009 and air on PBS in December 2009. The cast will feature members of the original Broadway company as well as U.K. actors. To be release in 2010.
Walden Records: Songs by Arthur Schwartz
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Final issue in Harbinger's Walden Records series. Bonus tracks.
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