Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 4/5/16 (updated 4/8/16)

Earlier recaps:

2016: March 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | February 23, 16, 9, 2 | January 26, 19, 12, 5, 2016 | 2015


Quick list of all Amazon links for this recap.


CDs Now Available:

Charlotte Sweet
(JAY Records - new on 2 CDs)
Original cast recording. Complete on 2 CDs. Score by Gerald Jay Markoe and Michael Colby. Mara Beckerman, Jeff Keller, Timothy Landfield, Merle Louise, Michael McCormick, Polly Pen, Christopher Seppe.

Darren Day: This Is the Moment
(JAY Records - new on CD)
West End singer/actor. "This Is the Moment," "Bring Him Home," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Over the Rainbow," "Luck Be a Lady," "The Impossible Dream," "Music of the Night," "She's Always a Woman," "Close Every Door," "Love on the Rocks," "Sunset Boulevard," "Going It Alone," "New York, New York."

The MUSICality of Youmans
(JAY Records - on CD)
Songs written by Vincent Youmans (from Great Day, Take a Chance, A Night Out, No, No, Nanette, Rainbow, Hit the Deck, Smiles, Flying Down to Rio). "Without a Song" (Ron Raines), "More Than You Know" (Debbie Gravitte), "Rise and Shine" (Klea Blackhurst), "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Matt Bogart and Nancy Anderson), "Tea for Two" (Max Von Essen and Jessica Bogart), "I Want a Man" (Christiane Noll), "Why, Oh Why?" (Karen Ziemba and Girls), "Time on My Hands" (Brent Barrett), "Music Makes Me" (Sutton Foster), "Where Has My Hubby Gone Blues" (Beth Leavel and Men), "Flying Down to Rio" (Norm Lewis), "Hallelujah" (Kim Criswell and Chorus), "Tea for Two" (Max Von Essen and Jessica Bogart). Previously available in the UK and at iTunes.

Tales of Tinseltown
(JAY Records - new on CD)
Concept recording. Score by Michael Colby and Paul Katz. Harriet Harris, Christina Bianco, Nat Chandler, Klea Blackhurst, Jake Epstein, Alison Fraser, Richard Kind, Tony Yazbeck. "Overture," "The Public Wants to Know," "I Belong in Hollywood," "Let's Go / Need Someone 1," "N.G.N. Productions," "Lulu Beauveen," "Musical Melange," "Adele's Scoop," "Someone to Love Me," "Introducing Bertha," "I Can Sing," "Presenting Danny," "All Over the Place," "All I Dreamed," "All Over the Place (Reprise)/ Need Someone 2," "Boy You're Beautiful / Need Someone 3," "Jungle Fever," "Lulu's Retort / Need Someone 4," "So This Is the Movies," "Adel-E-Gram #1," "Sounds in the Night," "Adel-E-Gram #2," "Keep in Step (Aeroplane Number)," "Adel-E-Gram #3," "Hunchy," "It's Mine," "Tell Me Please," "Born to Be Bad," "Sorority Sister Segue," "Got to Be Good," "Nightmare," "My Best False Face," "I'll Stand by You," "Visit to Hollywood Hospital," "For My Career," "All I Dreamed (Reprise)," "Stars in My Eyes," "Jungle Fever (Reprise)," "Let's Go (Reprise) / Finale."


BOOKs Now Available:

Broadway Baby (Silver Shoes series)
(Random House Australia - Paperback Book)
By Samantha-Ellen Bound. "Jazz has always been Ellie's thing, but since taking singing lessons at Silver Shoes, she has big dreams of making it on Broadway. Her chance to leap into this world comes when auditions for a grand musical are announced." For 9-12 years old. 144 pages.

Hamilton - Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal selections in piano/vocal format for Lin-Manuel Miranda score. "Alexander Hamilton," "Burn," "Dear Theodosia," "Helpless," "History Has Its Eyes On You," "Hurricane," "It's Quiet Uptown," "My Shot," "One Last Time," "The Room Where It Happens," "Satisfied," "The Schuyler Sisters," "That Would Be Enough," "Wait For It," "Washington On Your Side," "What'd I Miss," "You'll Be Back."

The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart
(Univ of North Texas Press - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of Andrew B. Harris 2006 book. Preface by Sheldon Harnick, Foreword by Carol Burnett. Study of the work of designers and producers William and Jean Eckart (Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, and Mame) . uses production stills and the EckartsÂ’ sketches from every show they worked on to illustrate the magic behind an Eckart design. This lavishly illustrated book, with more than 500 full-color illustrations, is a fitting tribute to both the great American theatre and the couple who helped make it great.


Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

An American Victory studio cast
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Score for new musical by Louis R. Bucalo. Ashley Brown, Adam Jacobs, Jeremy Hayes, Samantha Hill, Ramin Karimloo, Hugh Panaro, Aaron Tveit and many others. "Opening," "People Are Talking," "What Do You See?," "Revolution," "Glory Bound," "Toward a Star," "On the Way to the Ball," "How Many Times," "The Road You're On," "I Could Never Be The One," "All I Am," "I've Been Waiting for a Day Like This," "Please My Love," "My Child Can You Hear Me?," "Dance For One," "Sons of Adventure," "Hold Me Once Again," "No Way to Change That Now," "A World Away," "Teach Me Another Way," "A Change Will Come." Also pre-ordering at BroadwayRecords.com.