Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 5/10/16 (updated 5/13/16

Earlier recaps:

2016: May 3 | April 26, 19, 12, 5 | March 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | February 23, 16, 9, 2 | January 26, 19, 12, 5, 2016 | 2015


Quick list of all Amazon links for this recap.


CDs Now Available:

Jasper In Deadland
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Score by Ryan Scott Oliver. Matt Doyle, Sydney Shepherd, Louis Hobson, Andi Alhadeff, Brandi Massey, Bonnie Milligan, F. Michael Haynie, John-Michael Lyles, Kyle Carter. Produced by Ryan Scott Oliver and John Clancy (orchestrator).

Jose Llana: Altitude
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/mp3/iTunes)
With Ruthie Ann Miles, special guest. Produced by Michael Croiter with Kimberly Grigsby as Music Director. "Saturn Returns," "Icarus," "We Kiss in a Shadow/I Have Dreamed," "Lonely Town," "Chip's Lament," "Marry Me a Little," "She is More," "Child of the Philippines," "Hero and Leander," "Thinking Out Loud," "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)," "A Puzzlement," "A Perfect Hand." Also at yellowsoundlabel.com.

Maxine Sullivan - Great Songs from the Cotton Club
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Grammy-nominated album back in print. Previously unrecorded songs by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, plus Sullivan interpretations of standards. "Happy as the Day Is Long," "You Gave Me Ev'rything but Love," "As Long as I Live," "Raisin' the Rent," "'Neat the Pale Cuban Moon," "Ill Wind," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "I Love a Parade," "Harlem Holiday," "Get Yourself a New Broom," "Stormy Weather," "In the Silence of the Night," "That's What I Hate About Love," "Primitive Prima Donna," "I've Got the World on a String." Produced by Ken Bloom, Bill Rudman, and Keith Ingham.

When Everything Was Possible – A Concert (with comments)
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD/mp3)
Live recording of 2012 New York City Center concert with Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory (Mallory's last NY stage appearance). Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical directory by Michael Raffer. Intro by Ted Chapin, "There," So we met..., "Woe Is Me" / "If I Were a Princess," OK, so I was a frog..., "Tonight," Richard Rodgers predicts stardom…, "Each Tomorrow Morning" / "And I Was Beautiful" / "Kiss Her Now," Angela Lansbury was brilliant..., "Love Makes the World Go ’Round" / "Her Face" / "Yes, My Heart," "Broadway Baby," Follies..., "You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow," This number winded me…, "One More Kiss," "Too Many Mornings," "Gabey’s Coming," After a year in Follies..., "Soon," "Send in the Clowns," While Vicki played in Little Night Music…, "The Little Things You Do Together," Say, Mr. Producer..., "I Remember Sky," "Being Alive," Sondheim—A Musical Tribute..., "There Was Once a Time," Thank you all... 32-page booklet contains many never-before-seen photographs from Broadway's Golden Era as well as production and party photos from the concert, a memorial to Victoria, and a note from Victoria's husband, Mark. Also at Sh-K-Boom.com.


DIGITAL DOWNLOADs Now Available:

A Little Single
(Yellow Sound Label - digital album on mp3)
Songs by Lance Horne and Drew Brody. Lance Horne's "The Grindr Song" and "A Little Single," Drew Brody's "Do You Think We Can Dance Now," and "Saying No to Love," and their collaboration, "Wingman."

Meghan Hilty: Live at the Cafe Carlyle
(new digital album)
Recorded spring of 2014 at Cafe Carlyle. "They Just Keep Moving the Line," "Bye Bye Baby," "The Best Is yet to Come," "Someone to Watch over Me," "Autumn Leaves / When October Goes," "That's Life [with Matt Cusson]," "Second Hand White Baby Grand," "The Man That Got Away," "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Get Happy," "Rainbow Connection." Currently available at CD Baby. Expected to have a wider release in the future.


BOOKs Now Available:

Elegy by Nick Paine
(Faber & Faber - new Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
New play debuted at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in April 2016.

Hir: A Play
(Northwestern Univ Press - Paperback Book)
Taylor Mac play. Presented at Playwrights Horizons in 2015. 104 pages. Released 10/31/15.

Singing and Dancing to The Book of Mormon: Critical Essays on the Broadway Musical
(Rowman & Littlefield - new Hardcover book)
Marc Edward Shaw and Holly Welker, editors. Collection that examines this cultural phenomenon from a variety of perspectives. Contributors to this volume address such questions as, What made the musical such a remarkable success? In what ways does the show utilize established musical theatre traditions and comic tropes, but still create something new? What religious and cultural buttons does the work push? What artistic and social boundaries—and the transgressions thereof—give the work its edge? Another focus in this volume is the official and unofficial Mormon reactions to the musical. 192 pages.


MUSIC to be released this Friday, May 13

Jasper In Deadland
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Score by Ryan Scott Oliver. Matt Doyle, Sydney Shepherd, Louis Hobson, Andi Alhadeff, Brandi Massey, Bonnie Milligan, F. Michael Haynie, John-Michael Lyles, Kyle Carter. Produced by Ryan Scott Oliver and John Clancy (orchestrator).

Jose Llana: Altitude
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/mp3)
With Ruthie Ann Miles, special guest. Produced by Michael Croiter with Kimberly Grigsby as Music Director. "Saturn Returns," "Icarus," "We Kiss in a Shadow/I Have Dreamed," "Lonely Town," "Chip's Lament," "Marry Me a Little," "She is More," "Child of the Philippines," "Hero and Leander," "Thinking Out Loud," "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)," "A Puzzlement," "A Perfect Hand." Also at yellowsoundlabel.com.

Maxine Sullivan - Great Songs from the Cotton Club
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Grammy-nominated album back in print. Previously unrecorded songs by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, plus Sullivan interpretations of standards. "Happy as the Day Is Long," "You Gave Me Ev'rything but Love," "As Long as I Live," "Raisin' the Rent," "'Neat the Pale Cuban Moon," "Ill Wind," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "I Love a Parade," "Harlem Holiday," "Get Yourself a New Broom," "Stormy Weather," "In the Silence of the Night," "That's What I Hate About Love," "Primitive Prima Donna," "I've Got the World on a String." Produced by Ken Bloom, Bill Rudman, and Keith Ingham.

When Everything Was Possible – A Concert (with comments)
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Live recording of 2012 New York City Center concert with Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory (Mallory's last NY stage appearance). Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical directory by Michael Raffer. Intro by Ted Chapin, "There," So we met..., "Woe Is Me" / "If I Were a Princess," OK, so I was a frog..., "Tonight," Richard Rodgers predicts stardom…, "Each Tomorrow Morning" / "And I Was Beautiful" / "Kiss Her Now," Angela Lansbury was brilliant..., "Love Makes the World Go ’Round" / "Her Face" / "Yes, My Heart," "Broadway Baby," Follies..., "You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow," This number winded me…, "One More Kiss," "Too Many Mornings," "Gabey’s Coming," After a year in Follies..., "Soon," "Send in the Clowns," While Vicki played in Little Night Music…, "The Little Things You Do Together," Say, Mr. Producer..., "I Remember Sky," "Being Alive," Sondheim—A Musical Tribute..., "There Was Once a Time," Thank you all... 32-page booklet contains many never-before-seen photographs from Broadway's Golden Era as well as production and party photos from the concert, a memorial to Victoria, and a note from Victoria's husband, Mark. Also at Sh-K-Boom.com.


Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Arlington (World Premiere Recording)
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
One-woman musical focuses on a young Army wife trying to keep herself from a nervous breakdown as her husband fights overseas. Written by Victor Lodato and Polly Pen (Goblin Market, Bed and Sofa). Featuring Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof) and pianist/actor Ben Moss . Produced at the Vineyard Theatre in 2014. Produced by Michael Moritz, Jr. Also available at BroadwayRecords.com.

Norbert Leo Butz: Girls, Girls, Girls - Live at 54 BELOW
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Norbert Leo Butz new live album of his live show inspired by Greek female deities. Song selections range from Loretta Lynn and Elvis Costello to Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Johnny Cash. Produced by Michael Moritz, Jr. Also available at BroadwayRecords.com.

Paint Your Wagon Encores! cast
(Sony - new on CD)
2015 Encores! cast recording of Lerner and Loewe score. Keith Carradine, Jenni Barber, Robert Creighton, Caleb Damschroder, Justin Guarini, Nathaniel Hackmann, Robyn Hurder, Melissa van der Schyff, Scott Wakefield, William Youmans, Darien Crago, Steve Czarnecki, Nicolas Davila, Casey Garvin, Shonica Gooden, Timothy Hughes, Naomi Kakuk, Justin Keyes, Jenny Laroche, Melissa Hunter McCann, Harris Milgrim, Kevin Munhall, Kristin Piro, Robbie Roby, Jason Simon, Kevin Vortmann, Nicholas Ward and Mikey Winslow. To be recorded May 29 and June 1.