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Digital Music Now Available:

Cinderella Rock
(Todrick Hall Musicals - new digital album)
Studio cast album of score by Todrick Hall. Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Scherzinger, Shoshana Bean, Laura Bell Bundy, Cheyenne Jackson, Taylor Louderman, Adam Pascal, Solea Pfeiffer, Jordin Sparks, and Teresa Stanley. "Once Upon a Time," "If the Shoe Fits," "Believe in Make Believe," "I'm a Star," "Miss Heartbreaker," "A Little Help From a Friend," "I Can't Wish Much More," "A Miracle or Two," "A Miracle or Two (Reprise) / Notice Me," "Officially in Love," "Marry Me a Prince," "Fly Away," "Don't Forget to Dream." Released 2/27/24.

Figaro: An Original Musical
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
World premiere cast recording of "West End bound" musical. Score by Jana (book by Ashley Jana and Will Nunziata). Cayleigh Capaldi, Mauricio Martínez, Ashley Jana, Lily Bell Morgan, Benjamin Pajak, T. Oliver Reid, and Jayke Workman. Produced by Ashley Jana, Will Nunziata, Van Dean, Mia Moravis. Andrew Byrnes and Tony Award nominee Michael Lamon are Associate Producers. 27 tracks. Released 3/1/24.

Most Likely Not To ...
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Official cast album recording of songs by Greg Dean Borowsky, James Ian, Peter Mills, Katya Stanislavskaya, and Melvin Tunstall III. Cast includes Lauryn Adams, Darilyn Castillo, Andrew Chappelle, Sarah Dacey Charles, Bryan Cortes, James Ian, Cedric Leiba Jr., Alexis Loiselle, Joel Manuel, Phil Sloves, Yasmeen Suliman, Jesse Swimm, Melvin Tunstall III, Natalie Weiss, Allie Williams, and Jessy Yates. 13 members of the SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) community played a role in the development of this show, including seven people living with SMA and six non-disabled caregivers who serve as SMA advocates. "A Travel Day," "Like We Care," "Take Me Back," "SPACES," "Start Again," "Take Me Back (Reprise)." Adam Pryor and mixed by Grammy Award nominee Michael J. Moritz Jr. Six tracks. Released 3/1/24.

Oz, the Musical
(Todrick Hall Musicals - new digital album)
Studio cast recording of score by Todrick Hall. Nick Rashad Burroughs, Gavin Creel, Brandon Victor Dixon, Telly Leung, and Rachel Potter, Sutton Foster, Todrick Hall, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jade Novah, and Bill Porter. "No Place Like Home," "Someday," "Party in Munchkinland," "55 Miles," "B-R-A-N-E," "Feel That Music," "I Need a Lion," "Halfway There," "It's Gotta Be Green," "Witch of the West Side," "I'm Ready."

Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)

(new EP)
UK cast recording of score from musical by Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift. "New York," "What'll It Be," "Dad," "This Is The Place," "Be Happy," "About To Go In," "This Year," "If I Believed." Making West End debut April 2024. Released 2/21/24.

Books Now Available:

Letters from an Actor: Anniversary Edition
(Applause - revised edition in Paperback)
By William Redfield. Foreword by Sam Mendes. Afterword by Adam Redfield. William Redfield's (Guildenstern) series of letters describing the daily happenings and his impressions of them during the three months of preparation for the 1964 Hamlet, from rehearsals through out-of-town tryouts to the gala opening night on Broadway. New edition brings Redfield's classic back into print, as The Motive and the Cue, the Sam Mendes-directed play about the Gielgud production that is based in part on the book, continues its run in the West End. 264 pages.

Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance
(The Kent State Univ Press - Paperback Book)
By John Vacha. In-depth account of Cleveland's Playhouse Square (originally the State, Ohio, Hanna, Allen, and Palace theaters) history, beginning with the 1921 opening, through the darkening of four of their marquees by the end of the 1960s, the renovation and renaissance from the 1970s, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustrated and featuring interviews with the central figures involved in saving the Square. 240 pages. [Appears to be available ahead of announced release date.]

Music to Be Released This Friday:

The Color Purple
(Watertower Music - new 2-CD set/vinyl)
Soundtrack from 2023 musical film. Songs from the stage musical by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray; and songs by Alicia Keys, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson, Tamela Mann, Mörda, Brenden Praise, Keyshia Cole, Ludmilla, Jorja Smith, Coco Jones, Mary Mary, Missy Elliott, H.E.R, Fantasia, and Ciara. Cast includes Fantasia, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, H.E.R. "Workin'," "Hell No!," "Shug Avery," "Dear God - Shug," "Push Da Button," "What About Love?," "Agoo," "Hell No! (Reprise)," "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)," "Miss Celie's Pants," "I'm Here," "Maybe God Is Tryin' To Tell You Somethin'," "The Color Purple," "Superpower." Digital released 12/15/23.

Newly Listed Recordings:

March 12:

U.G.L.Y. the Moo-sical
(Todrick Hall Musicals - new digital album)
Score by Todrick Hall. Kristin Chenoweth, Carlie Craig, and Todrick Hall, Nick Adams, J. Harrison Ghee, Derek Klena, Tiffany Mann, Orfeh, Colleen Ballinger, Mari Maupin, Cheyenne Isabel Wells. 10 tracks.

March 19:

42 Balloons
(new EP)
Studio cast recording of score by Jack Godfrey. Cast includes Charlie McCullagh, Evelyn Hoskins, Gillian Hardie, and Lejaun Sheppard. The show will run at The Lowry in Salford, Manchester UK starting in April. Eight tracks.

March 29:

White Girl in Danger
(Yellow Sound Label - new digital album)
Original cast album of score by Michael R. Jackson. Based on last year's co-production from Vineyard Theatre and Second Stage Theater. Rocky Anicette, Liz Lark Brown, LaDonna Burns, Alexis Cofield, Kayla Davion, Shane Donovan, Latoya Edwards, Jennifer Fouché, Morgan Siobhan Green, Molly Hager, Ciara Alyse Harris, Vincent Jamal Hooper, James Jackson Jr., Tarra Conner Jones, Alyse Alan Louis, Lauren Marcus, Jon-Michael Reese, Eric William Morris, and Natalie Walker. Produced by Michael Croiter, Lynne Shankel, and Michael R. Jackson. Co-produced by Meg Zervoulis. Executive producers Salman al-Rashid and Accidental Jacket Entertainment. Orchestrations by Lynne Shankel

Newly Listed Books:

June 3:

Closer than Ever: The Unique Six-Decade Songwriting Partnership of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Joshua Rosenblum. Chronicles the sixty-six-year (and counting) partnership of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire, with behind-the-scenes accounts of their musicals interspersed with analyses of standout individual numbers. 304 pages.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.