December 20, 2022

Harry Connick, Jr.: Make It Merry
(new digital album)
New holiday album, available exclusively on Apple Music in Spatial Audio and iTunes. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Make It Merry," "Papa Noel," "the Christmas Song," "I Pray on Christmas," "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," "Christmas Time Is Here," "On this Christmas Morning," "When My Heart Finds Christmas," "Christmas Day," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Jingle Bells."

The Skivvies: Sleigh My Name
(new digital album)
The Skivvies with Randy Harrison, Nick Adams, Leslie McDonel, Nathan Lee Graham, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, and Lesli Margherita. Songs include "Joyful to the World", "Santa's Baby", "Sleigh My Name", "Little Drummer Boy Got The Beat", "Bells Bells Bells!", "Your Body is a Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland", "Fuckin Hannukah", "Toxic", "Christmas Time is Somewhere in my Memory" (available now), "Alcomedley" (featuring Lesli Margherita), "I Touch My Elf" (featuring Nick Adams), "Like a Virgin Proud Mary" (featuring Lindsay Nicole Chambers), "Christmas with a Twist" (featuring Nathan Lee Graham) and Frosty the Snowman" (featuring Leslie McDonel). Joshua Roberts on the drums, Andrew Gutauskas on the woodwinds, Debbie Tjong on bass, keys, background vox, Rob Morrison on guitar, Cearley on vocals, ukulele, bells, glockenspiel and boomwhackers, and Molina on vocals, cello, bells, glockenspiel, and boomwhackers.

December 13, 2022

As You Like It
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - new digital album)
Cast album recording of 2022 Public Works production of As You Like It. Adapted by Shaina Taub and Director of Public Works Laurie Woolery, and featuring music and lyrics by Taub. Ato Blankson-Wood, Brianna Cabrera, Darius de Haas, Bianca Edwards, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jonathan Jordan, Renrick Palmer, Eric Pierre, Idania Quezada, Christopher M. Ramirez, Shaina Taub. "Prologue: All the World's a Stage," "The Man I'm Supposed to Be," "Rosalind, Be Merry," "The Wrestling Match," "After the Match," "In Arden," "Under the Greenwood Tree," "Will U Be My Bride," "Imagine I'm Your Lover," "You Phoebe Me," "Oh Deer," "When I'm Your Wife," "The Lion & the Snake," "Will U Be My Groom," "For Real," "Getting Married Tomorrow," "Rosalind, Be Merry (Reprise)," "For Real (Reprise)," "You Phoebe Me (Reprise)," "Under the Greenwood Tree (Reprise)," "Still I Will Love," "Epilogue: All the World's a Stage." Released 12/9/22.

Canceling Christmas - A Musical
(new digital album)
Score by Bruce Greer (music) and Keith Ferguson (lyrics) from musical that recounts the story of A.C. Gilbert, (1884-1961) America's greatest toy-maker and the inventor of the Gilbert Erector Set. Arranged and orchestrated by Bruce Greer. 17 tracks. Released 5/31/22.

Carols for a Cure 2022: Volume 22
(Broadway Cares - new digital/on CD)
A welcome return of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' seasonal salute to Broadway. Holiday songs performed by the casts of The Music Man, The Lion King, A Strange Loop, Funny Girl and Into the Woods and more. Volumes 1-21 are also still available: Each CD comes with a download of the album. BroadwayCares.org

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Columbia Records Group - new on CD)
From the 2022 stop-motion musical film from Netflix. Original songs and score from Alexandre Desplat with lyrics by Guillermo Del Toro. The characters are voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Cristoph Waltz, and more. "Better Tomorrows" (Ewan McGregor), "Carlo's Theme," "Going to Town," "The Pine Cone," "My Son" (David Bradley), "Spazzatura," "Geppetto's Creature," "Sebastian J Cricket," "A Wooden Boy," "Everything Is New to Me" (Gregory Mann & David Bradley), "Pinocchio," "We Were a King Once" (Christoph Waltz), "Paint Battle," "The Sphinx," "Memory of Carlo," "Fatherland March" (Gregory Mann), "The Circus," "Pinocchio Has Left," "Ciao Papa" (Gregory Mann), "To Catania," "Pinocchio Soldier," "The Late Lamented" (Tim Blake Nelson), "Big Lies," "The Dogfish," "Shoot the Puppet," "Big Baby Il Duce March" (Gregory Mann), "The Mine," "My Bubblegum" (Gregory Mann), "Saving Geppetto," "Pinocchio's Choice." Digital released 12/9/22.

Maxine Linehan: Christmas Candy
(new digital single)
Holiday mash-up of Sia's 2017 hit "Candy Cane Lane" and "It's a Marshmallow World." Released 12/2/22.

The Music Man 2022 Broadway revival cast
(Accidental Jacket Entertainment/Time-Life - new on CD)
Score by Meredith Willson. Cast includes Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Jefferson Mays, Jayne Houdyshell, Marie Mullen, Remy Auberjonois, Gino Cosculluela, Emma Crow, Benjamin Pajak, Kayla Teruel, Garrett Long, Linda Mugleston. "Overture," "Rock Island," "Iowa Stubborn," "Ya Got Trouble," "Piano Lesson / If You Don't Mind My Saying So," "Goodnight My Someone," "Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean," "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Sincere," "The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me," "Pick-A-Little Scene," "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little / Goodnight Ladies," "Marian the Librarian," "My White Knight," "The Wells Fargo Wagon," "Entr'acte," "Shipoopi," "After Shipoopi Scene," "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little" (Reprise), "Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You," "Gary, Indiana," "Lida Rose" (Reprise), "Footbridge Ballet," "Till There Was You," "Goodnight My Someone / Seventy-Six Trombones" (Double Reprise), "Minuet in G" (Curtain), "Finale," "Exit Music," "It's You," "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" (Extended Version). Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Includes digital booklet. Digital released 9/23/22. Released 12/9/22.

The Musicality of Bart
(JAY Records - new on CD/digital)
Collection of songs by Lionel Bart. "Consider Yourself," "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be" (Diane Langton and Derek James), "Mums and Dads," "The Land of Promise" (Katrina Murphy), "Maggie, Maggie May" (Graham Bickley and Company), "As Long As He Needs Me" (Josephine Barstow), "Who Is This Geezer Hitler?" (Diane Langton and Company), "Unseen Hands" (Long John Baldry), "The Day After Tomorrow: (Helen Hobson), "So Tell Me Jack" (Josephine Blake), "It's Yourself" (Diane Langton and Graham Bickley), "Oom-Pah-Pah" (Sally Ann Triplett and Company." JAYRecords.com.

Oz and the Musical: Performing the American Fairy Tale
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover/Paperback book)
By Ryan Bunch. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) by Frank L. Baum has served as the basis for some of the most popular musicals on stage and screen. Show by show, Bunch highlights the forms and conventions of musical work as practiced in its time and context–such as the turn-of-the-century extravaganza, the classical Hollywood film musical, the Black Broadway musical of the 1970s, and the twenty-first-century mega-musical. He then shows how the journey of each show teaches participants and audiences something about how to act American within contested frameworks of race, gender, sexuality, age, and embodiment. Also explores home theatricals, make-believe play, school musicals, Oz-themed environments, and community events as sites where the performance of the American fairy tale brings home and utopia into contact through the conventions of the musical. 232 pages.

Regina Zona & Sean Harkness: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe
(new digital album)
Opera singer Regina Zona and guitarist Sean Harkness. "Sleigh Ride," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Welcome Christmas / Christmas Time Is Here / My Favorite Things," "The First Noel / Silent Night," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)," "Home (When Shadows Fall) / I'll Be Home for Christmas," "A Christmas Love Song," "What Child Is This / O Holy Night," "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve," "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe," "Christmas Time of Year." Released 11/1/22.

December 7, 2022

Carl Moellenberg's Story: Broadway and Spirituality as a Path to Survival
(Imagine and Wonder - Hardcover Book)
By Carl Moellenberg. John Shableski, editor. The author's "journey of many transformations: from Midwestern boy most interested in music to a fast-paced Wall Street career; from investment banking to a 12 time Tony Award winner on Broadway; from overcoming several death-defying crises by finding healing, inspiration from a higher being, and deeper spirituality." 224 pages.

Carousel soundtrack
(Del Ray Records - new vinyl)
1956 soundtrack of Rodgers & Hammerstein score. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Rounseville, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner "Introduction," "Main Title: The Carousel Waltz," "You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan," "(When I Marry) Mr. Snow," "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over Ballet," "Soliloquy," "Blow High, Blow Low," "When The Children Are Asleep," "A Real Nice Clambake," "Stonecutters Cut It On Stone," "What's The Use Of Wond'rin," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "Louise's Ballet," "If I Loved You (reprise)," "You'll Never Walk Alone (Finale)," "Carousel Waltz" (album version). Restored sleeve artwork & pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

Disenchanted soundtrack
(Walt Disney Records - new on CD/digital)
Soundtrack from 2022 film. Songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Griffin Newman, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Gabriella Baldacchino, Patrick Dempsey, Ann Harada, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael McCorry Rose, Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, Alan Menken, Kolton Stewart. "Andalasia," "Even More Enchanted," "The Magic of Andalasia," "Fairytale Life (The Wish)," "Fairytale Life (After the Spell)," "Perfect," "Badder," "Love Power," "Love Power (Reprise)," "Even More Enchanted (Finale)," "Disenchanted Score Suite," "Hard Times for Heroes (Demo)," "Something Different This Year (Demo)," "Love Power (End Credit Version)."

Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
(TCG - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Stephen Adly Guirgis. 120 pages.

Penelope, or How The Odyssey Was Really Written
(JAY Records - new on CD)
York Theatre original cast recording of score by Peter Kellogg and Stephen Weiner. Britney Nicole Simpson, Philippe Arroyo, Leah Hocking, Cooper Howell, Ben Jacoby, David LaMarr, Jacob Alexander Simon, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, and Maria Wirries. "Prologue," "She's Gonna Be Mine," "The Letter from Aeolia," "The Man That I Married," "Pigs!," "Faint," "Penelope #1," "When I'm King," "No One Will Ever Know," "Penelope #2," "The Letter from Hell," "She's Gonna Be Mine (Reprise)," "Penelope #3," "Home Again," "We Need a Plan," "The Mills of the Gods," "Something in His Touch," "This Moment Is All," "Penelope #4," "Until You Shine," "I'm Not Sure I Remember How," "All Along," "Finale." Orchestrations and musical direction by David Hancock Turner. Digital version released December 2.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Columbia Records Group - new digital album)
From the 2022 stop-motion musical film from Netflix. Original songs and score from Alexandre Desplat with lyrics by Guillermo Del Toro. The characters are voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Cristoph Waltz, and more. "Better Tomorrows" (Ewan McGregor), "Carlo's Theme," "Going to Town," "The Pine Cone," "My Son" (David Bradley), "Spazzatura," "Geppetto's Creature," "Sebastian J Cricket," "A Wooden Boy," "Everything Is New to Me" (Gregory Mann & David Bradley), "Pinocchio," "We Were a King Once" (Christoph Waltz), "Paint Battle," "The Sphinx," "Memory of Carlo," "Fatherland March" (Gregory Mann), "The Circus," "Pinocchio Has Left," "Ciao Papa" (Gregory Mann), "To Catania," "Pinocchio Soldier," "The Late Lamented" (Tim Blake Nelson), "Big Lies," "The Dogfish," "Shoot the Puppet," "Big Baby Il Duce March" (Gregory Mann), "The Mine," "My Bubblegum" (Gregory Mann), "Saving Geppetto," "Pinocchio's Choice." CD released 12/16/22.

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
(Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack from Netflix film inspired by the musical. Music and lyrics By Tim Minchin. Original score music by Christopher Nightingale. The film stars Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham. "And So the Great Day Arrived," "The Biggest Burp," "Bruce," "When I Grow Up," "The Most Dangerous Feat," "I'm Here," "The Smell of Rebellion," "The Newt - Stretchy Ears," "Quiet," "Telekinesis," "My HouseThe Truth - Chokey Destruction," "Day of Reckoning," "Magnus Returns," "Revolting Children," "Still Holding My Hand." Released digitally 11/18/22.

Week of November 30, 2022

The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld 1962-2002
(The Al Hirschfeld Foundation / Stuart Ng Books - new book)
Edited by David Leopold. Showcases 300 Hirschfeld drawings: his greatest theater work from five decades, including some of the most important productions from the last sixty years, plus portraits of Stephen Sondheim, Neil Simon, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, Tom Stoppard, and Hal Prince, and more. forward by Michael Kimmelman, and chapter introductions by Brooks Atkinson, Brendan Gill, Maureen Dowd, Terrence McNally and Jules Feiffer. Follow-up to The American Theatre As Seen by Hirschfeld, published in 1961. 250 pages. Available at AlHirschfeldFoundationshop.org.

A Beautiful Noise OBC
(UMe - new on CD)
Cast includes Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby and Robyn Hurder. "Opening Montage," "A Beautiful Noise," "Neil Pitches Songs: I'll Come Running / I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No) / I'm A Believer (Medley)," "I'm A Believer," "Demo Medley: The Boat That I Row / Red Red Wine / Kentucky Woman (Medley)," "Kentucky Woman," "Into The Bitter End," "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," "Cherry, Cherry / September Morn' (Medley)," "Love On The Rocks," "Hello Again," "A Heavenly Progression," "Sweet Caroline," "Entr'acte," "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show," "Play Me," "Forever In Blue Jeans," "Stadium Medley: Soolaimon / Thank The Lord for the Night Time / Crunchy Granola Suite (Medley)," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," "Brooklyn Roads / America (Medley)," "Shilo," "I Am... I Said," "Holly Holy." Produced by Bob Gaudio. Released earlier digitally.

Darling Grenadine
(new digital album)
Studio recording featuring the 2020 Off-Broadway (Roundabout Under the Radar) cast. Musical by Daniel Zaitchik. Adam Kantor, Emily Walton, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Aury Krebs, Matt Dallal, Mike Nappi. "Prologue," "Swell," "Every Time a Waitress Calls Me Honey," "Party Hat," "I Only See Louise," "Manhattan," "Bottle of Wine," "Suspended," "No Good For Me," "Grenadine," "Every Moon," "Say Something, Paul," "Paradise," "New Year's Eve," "Three Years," "The Kettle Song," "Epilogue." Orchestrations by Matt Moisey. Music direction and additional arrangements by David Gardos. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dean Sharenow. Recorded at Reservoir Studios, NY and Steel Cut Audio, NYC. Released 11/18/22. BandCamp.com

December Songs for Voice and Orchestra
(P.S. Classics - new on CD)
Maury Yeston's December Songs, sung by Victoria Clark. 37-piece orchestra conducted by Ted Sperling and scored by Larry Hochman. The booklet features complete lyrics, in addition to liner notes by Matthew Gurewitsch. Produced by Bart Migal, Ted Sperling, and Maury Yeston. Digital version released 11/11/22.

Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre
(Running Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Derek McLane and Eila Mell. Foreword by Ethan Hawke. Richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design. Many contributors, including John Lee Beatty, Danny Burstein, Cameron Crowe, Ethan Hawke, Moisés Kaufman, Carole King, Kenny Leon, Santo Loquasto, Kathleen Marshall, Lynn Nottage, David Rabe, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Wallace Shawn, John Leguizamo, and Robin Wagner. With personal sketches and photographs from the artists' archives. 272 pages.

Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
(Harper - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By D.T. Max (The New Yorker). Personal collection of interviews with the late Stephen Sondheim, conducted in the last years of the artist's life (unedited from the February 22 New Yorker article). Audio versions narrated by Christopher Grove and Keith Sellon-Wright. 240 pages.

Footballers' Wives the Musical
(new digital album)
Studio cast album of score by Kath Gotts. Simon Bailey, Liam Doyle, Alice Fearn, Kath Gotts, Chelsea Halfpenny, Emma Hatton, Julie Legrand, Ben Richards, Ashley Samuels, Ivano Turco. "Prologue," "Who, Who, Who?," "Kath Gotts, Alice Fearn & FW Studio Cast Ensemble," "Shrödinger's Frank - Part One," "Shrödinger's Frank - Part Two," "Never Say Die," "Don't Lose It," "Sparks In The House," "Om With Me Now," "Just a Girl Who Loved a Boy," "Shrödinger's Frank - Part Three," "Fairy Tales Aren't Just For Fairies," "Lonely Moon," "Game On!," "Ready to Ride Again," "Shrödinger's Frank - Part Four," "Nurse Nightingale," "Unbelievable."

A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour
(Univ Press of Kentucky - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Nancy Olson Livingston. In this memoir, Nancy Olson Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time, including reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and to Alan Wendell Livingston. Interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact. 408 pages.

Funny Girl
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new on CD/digital)
New Broadway cast recording. Based on 2022 revival, with some replacements. Lea Michele, Tovah Feldshuh, Ramin Karimloo, Toni DiBuono, Debra Cadona, Martin Moran, Jared Grimes, Kurt Csolak, Justin Prescott, Daniel Beeman. "Overture," "Who Are You Now?," "If a Girl Isn't Pretty," "I'm the Greatest Star," "Eddie's Tap," "Cornet Man," "His Love Makes Me Beautiful," "I Want to Be Seen with You," "Henry Street," "People," "You Are Woman, I Am Man," "Don't Rain on My Parade," "Sadie, Sadie," "Who Taught Her Everything She Knows?," "Temporary Arrangement," "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat," "Who Are You Now? (Reprise)," "You're a Funny Girl / Beekman Call," "What Do Happy People Do?," "The Music That Makes Me Dance," "Dream Ballet," "Finale Act 2." Released 11/18/22.

Jack in the Box: or, How to Goddamn Direct
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Jack O'Brien. In a follow-up to his memoir, Jack Be Nimble, the director collects stories from the many productions he has worked on; the great talents he encountered and collaborated with; and the choices that he made, on the stage and off, that have come to define his career. He tells his readers how to become a director–or, at the very least, relates an unfailingly honest story of how he did. 272 pages.

Jane Monheit: The Merriest
(Provident Music Group - new on CD/digital)
New holiday album from jazz/pop vocalist Jane Monheit. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," "The Christmas Song," "That Holiday Feeling," "(Christmas) Stay With Me," "The Merriest" (duet with John Pizzarelli), "What Are You Doing New Years Eve?," "Winter Wonderland," "Christmas Time is Here," "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." Released 11/4/22.

Joe Stilgoe: Theatre
(Westway - 2-disc vinyl set)
Deluxe double vinyl version of singer/pianist/songwriter Joe Stilgoe's album, with the Metropole Orchestra. "Overture," "Take Me Back To The Theatre," "Cabaret," "Lost In The Stars," "Does Anybody Have A Map?," "On Broadway," "Mr Matcham," "The King's New Clothes," "Gonna Build A Mountain," "No More/ Nothing's Gonna Harm You/Children Will Listen," "Bring Down The Curtain," "Dad's Lullaby."

María Martínez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden in Plain Sight
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers, editors (also contribute an essay on the translation work of the Granville-Barkers). Harley Granville Barker and Helen Granville Barker, translators. The introduction by Patricia O'Connor examines María's extraordinary life and work, and the battle for her authorship to be recognized in both the Spanish-speaking and anglophone world. Edited collection of three plays by María Martínez Sierra: The Kingdom of God (1928); The Romantic Young Lady (1920) and Take Two From One (1931). 248 pages.

One Public: New York's Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)
By Kevin Landis. Presents the broader organization, its creative methodology, and its enormous growth over the past 20 years. Tells the contemporary story, recorded over many interviews with iconic practitioners and performers ranging from Diane Paulus, Tony Kushner and Lynn Nottage to Kevin Kline, Chelsea Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Case-study driven, One Public uses oral history accounts and authorial experience to illuminate The Public Theater, Eustis and their cultural influence on the city of New York and the greater United States. 336 pages.

Penelope, or How The Odyssey Was Really Written
(JAY Records - new digital album)
York Theatre original cast recording of score by Peter Kellogg and Stephen Weiner. Britney Nicole Simpson, Philippe Arroyo, Leah Hocking, Cooper Howell, Ben Jacoby, David LaMarr, Jacob Alexander Simon, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, and Maria Wirries. "Prologue," "She's Gonna Be Mine," "The Letter from Aeolia," "The Man That I Married," "Pigs!," "Faint," "Penelope #1," "When I'm King," "No One Will Ever Know," "Penelope #2," "The Letter from Hell," "She's Gonna Be Mine (Reprise)," "Penelope #3," "Home Again," "We Need a Plan," "The Mills of the Gods," "Something in His Touch," "This Moment Is All," "Penelope #4," "Until You Shine," "I'm Not Sure I Remember How," "All Along," "Finale." Orchestrations and musical direction by David Hancock Turner. CD to be released December 9.

Ramin Karimloo: The Road to Find Out - North
(Westway Music - new EP CD)
Third in the series. "Driftwood," "Music of the Night," "I Vow to Thee My Country," "When Does It Go Away," "Once Upon a December," "Androgynous."

Streisand: The Mirror of Difference
(Wayne State Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
By Garrett Stewart. The author "notes the gender and ethnic stereotypes that Streisand shattered as the first openly Jewish superstar, while concentrating not just on the cultural difference she made but on the internal differentials of her unholy vocal gift-whose kinetic volatility shapes a kind of cinematic terrain all its own." 252 pages.

Weeks of November 15 - 22, 2022

Ballad of Dreams the Musical
(new digital album)
Concept album for musical by Allyson Hernandez. With Elizabeth Bedley, Randall Scott Carpenter, Amanda Ferguson, Olivia Gjurich, Jeremy Konopka, John Jeffrey Martin, Fiona McArthur, Devon Perry, Nicholas Rodriguez, Robb Sapp. Released 11/11/22.

The Bestest Office Christmas Party Ever
(new EP)
Selections from new holiday musical with score by Billy Recce (music and lyrics) and Drew Larimore (lyrics). Mary Testa, Paige Turner, Deb Radloff, Jamen Nanthakumar, Bryan Munar, DeAnne Stewart, and Ryan McCurdy. "Opening: Bestest Office Christmas Party Ever," "Santa for Me," "Bitch Face David," and "Sex Machine Robot."

Christmas At Birdland (Deluxe Edition)
(Club44 Records - new digital album)
Previously released album with four more tracks. Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, and Klea Blackhurst. New tracks: newly recorded "Jingles the Christmas Cat," "Old Days, Old Times, Old Friends," and "We Need a Little Christmas"; plus an "Orchestra Mix" of the original album track "It's the Holiday Season," with special guest Donny Osmond. Steve Doyle on bass, Daniel Glass on drums, and Dave Koz on saxophone. Released 11/11/22.

Colin Donnell & Patti Murin: Something Stupid
(Broadway Records - new on CD/digital)
"House of the Rising Sun," "And I Will Follow," "Jackson," "The Next Right Thing," "Because the Night," "Meadowlark," "I See the Light," "Finishing the Hat," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing / My Funny Valentine," "America," "Everything Changes," "Something Stupid." Produced by Robbie Rozelle, and co-produced by Yasuhiko Fukuoka. Arrangements and orchestrations by Luke Williams.

Knoxville
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Asolo Repertory Theatre cast recording of score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Based on James Agee's "A Death in the Family." Cast includes Jason Danieley, Hannah Elless, Paul Alexander Nolan, Ellen Harvey, Nathan Salstone, and Joel Waggoner. Released 11/11/22. Digital released 10/21/22.

Los Fantastikos
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
CD debut of the 1961 Mexico City Cast Recording of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks. Adapted by Luis de Llano and Martha Fischer. Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo and Guillermo Orea. Includes: includes two songs recorded by Christian Bratt (original 1962 Stockholm production); three Swedish cover recordings from the score; four pop cover recordings as sung by Harry Belafonte (in English). 25 tracks. Limited pressing of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

Northern Star
(new digital album)
Concept album of score by Jared Alexander. With Lorna Baxter, Rhian Ferrigan, Feifei Xiang. Orchestrations and arrangements by Eoin Corcoran. northernstarmusical.com.

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
(Masterworks - new digital album)
Soundtrack from Netflix film inspired by the musical. Music and lyrics By Tim Minchin. Original score music by Christopher Nightingale. The film stars Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham. CD to be released 12/9/22.

Sondheim Unplugged: Volume Three
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2-CD set/digital)
Third in series. 42 tracks. More than 40 performers, including Harris Doran, Rob Maitner, Jim Walton, Sally Mayes, Karen Mason, T. Oliver Reid, Ken Jennings, Sarah Rice, Claybourne Elder, Telly Leung, among others. Produced by Phil Geoffrey Bond. Music direction and piano, Joseph Goodrich. SondheimUnplugged.com.

Spirited
(Republic Records - new on CD)
Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film. Original songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul performed by Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Patrick Page, Sunita Mani, Andrea Anders, Marlow Barkley. "Christmas Morning Feelin'," "Present's Lament," "Bringin' Back Christmas," "The View From Here," "The Story of Your Life (Marley's Haunt)," "Good Afternoon," "The Story of Your Life (Clint's Pitch)," "Unredeemable," "The View From Here (Riverwalk)," "Do A Little Good," "That Christmas Morning Feelin' (Curtain Call)," "Ripple (Cut Song)."

A Strange Loop
(Hal Leonard - new paperback book)
Vocal selections songbook for Broadway musical by Michael R. Jackson. Arranged for vocal line with piano accompaniment. "Boundaries," "Didn't Want Nothin'," "Exile in Gayville," "Inner White Girl," "Intermission Song," "Inwood Daddy," "Memory Song," "Periodically," "Precious Little Dream / AIDS Is God's Punishment," "Second Wave," "A Strange Loop," "A Sympathetic Ear," "Today," "Tyler Perry Writes Real Life," "We Wanna Know." 136 pages.

Week of November 8, 2022

Almost Famous The Musical - 1973 Bootleg EP
(Masterworks Broadway - 12" vinyl disc)
Four songs from Almost Famous the musical. Score by Tom Kitt, with some lyrics by Cameron Crowe. Limited edition package. Chris Wood, Anika Larsen, Solea Pfeiffer, Drew Gehling, Casey Likes, Rob Colletti, Matt Bittner, Chad Burris, Gerard Canonico, Julia Cassandra, Brandon Contreras, Jakeim Hart, Van Hughes, Jana Djenne Jackson, Katie Ladner, Danny Lindgren, Erica Mansfield, Alisa Melendez, Emily Schultheis, Daniel Sovich, Libby Winters, and Matthew C. Yee.

Blues for an Alabama Sky
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Original music by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell from National Theatre's production of Blues For an Alabama Sky. "Harlem," "Folies Bergere," "Hold on to Your Dreams," "Rise and Shine," "Alabama Sky." Released 11/4/22.

December Songs for Voice and Orchestra
(P.S. Classics - new digital album)
Maury Yeston's December Songs, sung by Victoria Clark. 37-piece orchestra conducted by Ted Sperling and scored by Larry Hochman. The booklet features complete lyrics, in addition to liner notes by Matthew Gurewitsch. Produced by Bart Migal, Ted Sperling, and Maury Yeston. CD release date 11/25/22.

Fancy Pants
(KL Studio Classics - new Blu-ray)
1950 musical film adaptation of Ruggles of Red Gap. Directed by George Marshall. Screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and Robert O'Brien. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball (dubbed by Annette Warren), Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood. Music by Van Cleave. Includes songs by Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scans of the 35mm YCM Three-Strip Technicolor Elements. One hour 32 minutes.

John Barrowman: Centre Stage
(Westway Music - new album)
New solo album with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. "Pure Imagination," "Corner of the Sky," "Don't Rain on My Parade," "Heart of Stone With Natalie Paris," "Man of La Mancha," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Marry Me a Little / Being Alive," "Beautiful City," "As If We Never Said Goodbye," "It All Fades Away." WestwayMusic.com.

Lea Michele: Christmas in the City
(Real Gone Music - new LP)
Lea Michele's 2019 album on vinyl. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Christmas in New York," "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Jonathan Groff), "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," "White Christmas" (with Darren Criss), "Silver Bells," "Angels We Have Heard on High" (with Cynthia Erivo), "O Holy Night." Gatefold album jacket containing a printed inner sleeve featuring photos of Lea spreading some Christmas cheer. Snow white vinyl pressing limited to 1500 copies.

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
(BFD/The Orchard - new on CD)
2022 national tour cast recording. Jared Freiburg as Jerry Lee Lewis, Kathleen Macari as Dyanne, Bill Scott Sheets as Johnny Cash, Alex Swindle as Elvis Presley, Michael Sinclair as Brother Jay, and Jamie Pittle as W.S. "Fluke Holland" along with Mark Andrew Miller as Carl Perkins and additional musicians: Jonny Baird, Martin Lynds, and Chuck Mead. "Santa Claus is Back in Town," "Blue Christmas," "Cotton Top ," "Go Tell It On The Mountain / I Shall Not Be Moved," "Santa Baby," "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus," "Bad Kid," "Silent Night," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree / Jingle Bell Rock," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Mele Kalikimaka," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Jingle Bells," "Run Rudolph Run"; Bonus Tracks: "Don't Be Cruel," "Chantilly Lace," "Billboard Medley: Que Sera Sera / Let the Good Times Roll / Hot Diggity / Tutti Frutti," "Ring of Fire." Produced by Chuck Mead. Recorded and mixed at Inglehood Studios in Nashville, TN by Cowboy Keith Thompson, with mastering by Alex McCollough of True East Mastering. Digital version released 10/28/22.

Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme: That Holiday Feeling!
(Real Gone Music - new on CD)
Expanded edition of 1964 album with eight bonus tracks, including three from 1969 RCA album Christmastime in Carol and Song (Lawrence's "Go Tell It on the Mountain," Gorme's "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," and their "Hurry Home for Christmas") with the orchestra and chorus of renowned conductor Arthur Fiedler; their early duet of Frank Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; Steve Lawrence's take on "White Christmas"; Steve Lawrence "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"; previously unreleased 1967 recording of "The First Noel;" and Eydie's brassy "My Favorite Things." Personal note from David Lawrence describing his work restoring the original two-track master along with liner notes by Joe Marchese and added photos. Remastered and restored from the original stereo tapes under the supervision of David Lawrence.

To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
(Working Girl Records - new album)
Based on Liz Callaway's 54 Below show. "Opening Medley," Intro: Welcome, "Broadway Baby," Intro: Merrily We Roll Along, "Old Friends / Like it Was," "What More Do I Need?," "The Miller's Son," Intro: A Little Sondheim Travel, "What Do We Do? We Fly!," Intro: Evening Primrose, "I Remember / Take Me to the World," Intro: A Sondheim Lullaby, "Not While I'm Around / Now You Know," Intro: Follies in Concert, "In Buddy's Eyes," Intro: My Dad and Follies, "The Road You Didn't Take," "Loving You," Intro: A Note from Steve, "Move On (Duet with Nicholas Callaway Foster)," Intro: The Terror of Singing Sondheim, "Another Hundred Lyrics," "Send in the Clowns," Intro: It Always Comes Back to Merrily, "Our Time," Intro: How Lucky Were We?, "With So Little to be Sure Of." Musical direction and arrangements by Alex Rybeck. Guest singer Nicholas Callaway Foster. CD includes a 16 page booklet, with essays by Liz Callaway and Scott Simon. LizCallaway.com.

Week of November 1, 2022

A(aaagh!)lbum
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Halloween compilation from Joe Iconis. 10 songs from Album album and one new track ("Haddonfield, 15 Years Later (For Judith) Alternative Version"). With performances by Andrew Rannells, Lauren Marcus, George Salazer, Taylor Trensch, and more. Released 10/21/22.

Arthur Miller: American Witness (Jewish Lives)
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on mp3 CD format)
By John Lahr. An original interpretation of Miller's work and his personality ... Organized around the fault lines of Miller's life–Miller's family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller's role as a public intellectual. Demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller's psychology and his plays. Concentrating largely on Miller's most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller's early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, "Focus"; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays. 264 pages.

A Beautiful Noise OBC
(UMe - new digital album)
Cast includes Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby and Robyn Hurder. "Opening Montage," "A Beautiful Noise," "Neil Pitches Songs: I'll Come Running / I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No) / I'm A Believer (Medley)," "I'm A Believer," "Demo Medley: The Boat That I Row / Red Red Wine / Kentucky Woman (Medley)," "Kentucky Woman," "Into The Bitter End," "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie" (now available), "Song Sung Blue," "Cherry, Cherry / September Morn' (Medley)," "Love On The Rocks," "Hello Again," "A Heavenly Progression," "Sweet Caroline," "Entr'acte," "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show," "Play Me," "Forever In Blue Jeans," "Stadium Medley: Soolaimon / Thank The Lord for the Night Time / Crunchy Granola Suite (Medley)," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," "Brooklyn Roads / America (Medley)," "Shilo," "I Am... I Said," "Holly Holy." Produced by Bob Gaudio. CD to be released 12/2/22.

Company
(Concord Theatricals / Craft Recordings - new digital album)
Original Spanish Recording by the 2022 Teatro Del Soho Caixabank cast, featuring Antonio Banderas. Musical direction of Arturo Díez-Boscovich. Score by Stephen Sondheim. Includes live bonus track of Banderas singing "Being Alive" in English. CD will be released in Spain 11/11/22.

Holiday Inn 80th Anniversary Edition
(Universal - new 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/Digital set)
1942 musical film. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Score by Irving Berlin. Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel. Bonus content: A Couple of Song and Dance Men; All-Singing All-Dancing; Reassessing "Abraham"; theatrical trailer; feature commentary by Ken Barnes, including archival audio comments from Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and John Scott Trotter. One hour, 41 minutes.

Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway and Beyond
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Elysa Gardner. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pippin. Dives deep into the legendary clashes, backstage drama, and incredible artistic synergy. An examination of the creative struggles between Pippin's director/choreographer, the iconic Bob Fosse, and Stephen Schwartz. 250 pages.

There is No Backstage: An Actor's Life
(BookBaby - Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Memoir by regional/Broadway actress Linda Stephens. The author reveals the struggles, triumphs, dedication, and ultimate grace found in a life in the theatre. 216 pages.

There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
(Applause - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Charles Dennis. Detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace. Follows the actors, both on the stage and on the screen, as they handle the demands of the roles and behind-the-scenes relationships. 168 pages.

The Violet Hour
(new digital album)
Score by Will Reynolds (music) and Eric Price (lyrics) for musical version of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour. Santino Fontana, Erika Henningsen, Brandon Uranowitz, Solea Pfeiffer, Jeremy Jordan. Orchestrations by Charlie Rosen. "Overture," "Know How It Ends," "Walk Me Around," "Sail On, Santa Maria!," "A Machine, Pt. 1," "Soar or Plummet," "Rosamund," "The Violet Hour," "Great Interest," "You Want Time," "Rosamund (Reprise)," "Ease," "Ease (Reprise)," "A Machine, Pt. 2 (End of Act One)," "Entr'acte," "Bright," "A Special Word," "I Know How It Ends (Reprise)," "Dear John," "The Truth Is," "As Fast As I Can," "At the Plaza," "Soar or Plummet (Reprise)," "You In This Light," "Great Interest (Reprise)," "Along for the Ride," "Moment to Moment," "The Violet Hour (Finale)."

November 4, 2022

Barbra Streisand: Live at Bon Soir
(Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings - on CD/digital)
Live album recorded over three nights, November 4-6, 1962. What was to be a debut album was ultimately shelved in favor of the 1963 studio effort, The Barbra Streisand Album. Introduction by David Kapralik/"My Name Is Barbra," "Much More," "Napoleon," "I Hate Music," "Right as the Rain," "Cry Me a River," "Value," "Lover, Come Back to Me," Band Introductions, "Soon It's Gonna Rain," "Come to the Supermarket (In Old Peking)," "When the Sun Comes Out," "Happy Days Are Here Again," "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now," "A Sleepin' Bee," "I Had Myself a True Love," "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?," "I'll Tell the Man In the Street," "A Taste of Honey," "Never Will I Marry," "Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me," "My Honey's Lovin' Arms," "I Stayed Too Long at the Fair." Remastered from original master tapes. Produced by Streisand with Martin Erlichman and Jay Landers. New liner notes written by Barbra Streisand. Special vinyl version to be released spring 2023.

Luke Evans: A Song for You
(BMG - new on CD)
Welsh film and West End (Rent, Miss Saigon, Piaf) actor/singer. "A Song for You," "You Raise Me Up," "Horizons Blue," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Say Something" (with Nicole Kidman), "My Way," "Over the Rainbow," "Calon Lân," "I Can't Make You Love Me," "Come What May" (with Charlotte Church), "Busy Breaking Yours," "Everybody Hurts," "Last Christmas," "Silent Night."

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe: Together in Vegas
(Decca UK - new on CD)
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe's fifth studio album together. "Also Sprach Zarathustra," "Viva Las Vegas," "Luck Be A Lady," "Frankie Valli Medley," "The Gambler," "Sway," "Just A Gigolo," "Tom Jones Medley," "A Man Without Love," "That's Life," "Ooh Las Vegas," "American Trilogy," "America," "All Night Long," "Mama Told Me Not to Come." Vinyl version to be released 12/2/22. 10/28/22 release in the U.K.

A Strange Loop OBC
(Ghostlight Records/Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
2022 Broadway cast recording of score by Michael R. Jackson. Jaquel Spivey, Antwayn Hopper, L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, James Jackson, Jr., John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey. "Intermission Song," "Today," "We Wanna Know," "Inner White Girl," "Didn't Want Nothin'," "Exile in Gayville," "Second Wave," "Tyler Perry Writes Real Life," "Writing a Gospel Play," "A Sympathetic Ear," "Inwood Daddy," "Boundaries," "Periodically," "Didn't Want Nothin' Reprise," "Precious Little Dream / AIDS Is God's Punishment," "Memory Song," "A Strange Loop." Produced by Michael Croiter and Michael R. Jackson, with Kurt Deutsch and Barbara Whitman as executive producers. Recorded 4/10/22. Digital version released 6/7/22.

Week of October 25, 2022

& Juliet OBC
(Atlantic Records - new digital album)
Score features pop anthems by Max Martin and his collaborators. Philippe Arroyo, Melanie La Barrie, Lorna Courtney, Nicholas Edwards, Katy Geraghty, Veronica Otim, Stark Sands, Paulo Szot, Justin David Sullivan, Tiernan Tunnicliffe, Ben Jackson Walker, Rachel Webb, Betsy Wolfe perform. "Larger Than Life," "I Want It That Way," "...Baby One More Time," "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," "Domino," "Show Me Love," "Blow," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," "Overprotected," "Confident," "Teenage Dream / Break Free," "Oops!...I Did it Again," "I Kissed A Girl," "It's My Life," "Love Me Like You Do," "Since U Been Gone," "Whataya Want from Me," "One More Try," "Problem / Can't Feel My Face," "That's the Way It Is," "Everybody," "As Long as You Love Me," "It's Gonna Be Me," "Shape of My Heart," "Stronger," "Fuckin' Perfect [Explicit]," "Roar," "I Want It That Way (Reprise)," "Can't Stop the Feeling!," "Since U Been Gone (Juliet's Version)." Single "Roar" is now available.

Ben Bagley's Oscar Hammerstein Revisited
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Music by Lewis Alter, Rudolf Friml, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Herbert Stothart. Additional lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Lorenz Hart. Cast includes Cab Calloway, Blossom Dearie, Alfred Drake, E.Y. Harburg, Dorothy Loudon, Patrice Munsel, Elaine Stritch, and Gloria Swanson. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies. Expected the last week in October. At Kritzerland.com.

Chip Deffaa's The George M. Cohan Songbook
(Garret Mountain Records - on CD/digital)
37 Cohan songs. Cast includes Jon Peterson, Stephen Bogardus, Eric William Morris, Seth Sikes, Molly Ryan, Bobby Belfry, Michael Townsend Wright, Jack Corbin, Jeremy Lanuti, Melodie Wolford, Alex Craven, Dea Julien, Keith Anderson, and more. Producer Chip Deffaa has mixed famous Cohan songs with rarities, rediscoveries, and never-before recorded songs (like "I'm a One-Girl Man" and "When New York was New York"). Richard Danley, musical director. Slau Halatyn, recording engineer.

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying OLC
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on March 28, 1963. Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe, Patricia Michael, Josephine Blake, David Knight, Eileen Gourlay. Nine bonus tracks: selections from the World Record Club knock-off of the show with the Mike Sammes Singers, full orchestra. Limited to 500 copies. Expected the last week of October. At Kritzerland.com.

Knoxville
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Asolo Repertory Theatre cast recording of score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Based on James Agee's "A Death in the Family." Cast includes Jason Danieley, Hannah Elless, Paul Alexander Nolan, Ellen Harvey, Nathan Salstone, and Joel Waggoner. Released 10/21/22. CD release date 11/25/22.

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
(BFD/The Orchard - new digital album)
2022 national tour cast recording. Jared Freiburg as Jerry Lee Lewis, Kathleen Macari as Dyanne, Bill Scott Sheets as Johnny Cash, Alex Swindle as Elvis Presley, Michael Sinclair as Brother Jay, and Jamie Pittle as W.S. "Fluke Holland" along with Mark Andrew Miller as Carl Perkins and additional musicians: Jonny Baird, Martin Lynds, and Chuck Mead. "Santa Claus is Back in Town," "Blue Christmas," "Cotton Top ," "Go Tell It On The Mountain / I Shall Not Be Moved," "Santa Baby," "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus," "Bad Kid," "Silent Night," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree / Jingle Bell Rock," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Mele Kalikimaka," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Jingle Bells," "Run Rudolph Run"; Bonus Tracks: "Don't Be Cruel," "Chantilly Lace," "Billboard Medley: Que Sera Sera / Let the Good Times Roll / Hot Diggity / Tutti Fruitti," "Ring of Fire." Produced by Chuck Mead. Recorded and mixed at Inglehood Studios in Nashville, TN by Cowboy Keith Thompson, with mastering by Alex McCollough of True East Mastering. CD to be released 11/11/22.

The Narcissist
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Christopher Shinn. Premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in August 2022.

Paul Marinaro: Not Quite Yet
(new album)
Chicago-based jazz singer Paul Marinaro. "Born to be Blue," "Someone to Light Up My Life," "Make Me Rainbows," "Fitzwilly," "5:15 The Angels Have Gone," "Remind Me," "No One Ever Tells You," "Invitation," "The Island," "On A Wonderful Day Like Today," "That's All," "Searching," "I Remember," and "No Plan."

Week of October 18, 2022

Back to the Future: The Musical
(Masterworks Broadway - new 2-disc vinyl set)
Original cast recording. Existing pop songs plus new songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard. Cast includes Roger Bart, Olly Dobson, Will Haswell, Cedric Neal, Hugh Coles, Rosanna Hyland. "Overture," "It's Only a Matter of Time," "Audition/Got No Future," "Wherever We're Going," "Hello, Is Anybody Home?," "It Works," "Don't Drive 88!," "Cake," "Gotta Start Somewhere," "My Myopia," "Pretty Baby," "Future Boy," "Something About That Boy," "21st Century," "Put Your Mind to It," "For the Dreamers," "Teach Him a Lesson," "The Letter/Only a Matter of Time (reprise)," "Deep Divin'," "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)," "Johnny B. Goode," "The Clocktower/For the Dreamers (reprise)," "The Power of Love," "Doc Returns/Finale," "Back in Time," "Exit Music (Back in Time)."

Carefully Taught: American History through Broadway Musicals
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Cary Ginell. Looks at American history as depicted in forty Broadway musicals. Categories include: biographies of famous Americans, (Andrew Jackson and Fiorello LaGuardia), stories with national conflicts (Hamilton, South Pacific), events that captured the attention of the American public (Floyd Collins, Newsies), and sociological studies or satires of specific eras (The Music Man, Hair). Approaches American history from two vantage points: the point of view of the playwright and composer accompanied with the context of how these events were seen when they were produced versus how they are seen today. 284 pages.

Debbie Gibson: Winterlicious
(Stargirl Records - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
Singer/actress Debbie Gibson. "Let It Snow," "I Wish Everyday Is Christmas," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Heartbreak Holiday (Duet with Joey McIntyre)," "The Gift," "Christmas Star," "Jingle Those Bells," "The Candy Man," "Christmas Dreams," "Sleigh Ride," "Jingle Bell Rock/The Christmas Song," "Illuminate," "White Christmas (Duet with Daddy Joe)," "Cheers!."

Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
(Island Records - new digital album)
Original London cast recording of score of songs by Bob Marley. Original cast includes Arinzé Kene, Michael Duke, Gabrielle Brooks, Shanay Holmes, Sophia Mackay, Melissa Brown-Taylor, Jacade Simpson, Natey Jones. "Lively Up Yourself," "Trenchtown Rock," "Duppy Conqueror," "Is This Love (One Love)," "Small Axe," "Lively Up Yourself (acappella)," "Roots Rock Reggae," "Turn Your Lights Down Low," "Jamming," "Exodus," "Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry ," "Punky Reggae Party," "Waiting In Vain," "Running Away," "No Woman No Cry," "So Much Things to Say," "Three Little Birds," "One Love," "Could You Be Loved," "Get Up Stand Up." Released 10/10/11

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
(Henry Hold and Co. - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Alan Rickman. Introduction by Kate Winslet. Twenty-five years of diaries, from thoughts and insights on theater performances, the craft of acting, politics, friendships, work projects, and his general musings on life. 480 pages.

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
(Westway Music - new on CD)
Musical by Rob Madge. First produced at the Turbine Theatre in 2021. Announced for the West End. "Anything Is Possible," "Yellow Dress," "Anything Is Possible (Reprise)," "Pied Piper," "Pieces Of My Heart," "A Conversation with Dad #1: A Wool Wig," "We Will Be Loved Anyway," "A Conversation with Dad #2: Passing The Baton," "Finale"; Bonus track: "Granny Grimble's Yellow Dress." WestwayMusic.com.

Nikki By Starlight
(MNRK Music Group - new digital album)
New album from Montreal-based jazz singer. "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)," "Comes Love," "Crazy He Calls Me Ft. Greg Phillinganes," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Comment Allez Vous," "Stella By Starlight," "They Say It’s Spring," "It Never Entered My Mind," "C'est Si Bon," "West Coast Blues," "Let Me Love You," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) ft. Nathan East," "Estate ft Arturo Sandoval," "You Stepped Out Of A Dream," "Some Other Time."

Public Domain: A Verbatim Musical
(new digital album)
Original cast recording of Jordan Paul Clarke / Francesca Forristal score for new West End musical. "Facebook Ad," "Get Ready," "We Work Together On This," "Greatest Job Thing Ever," "Really Good Stuff," "Rise & Conquer," "Nine Minutes To Cry," "Cheerios," "TikTok," "Censorship," "Lovely Boat," "Finale." Released 10/14/22.

Remixes: The Phantom Of The Opera
(new digital EP)
"The Phantom of the Opera (Supermini & 2118 Remix)" [Killian Donnelly & Lucy St. Louis], "The Phantom of the Opera (About That Remix)" [Ben Crawford & Meghan Picerno], "The Phantom of the Opera (Supermini & 2118 Extended Mix)" [Killian Donnelly & Lucy St. Louis], "The Phantom of the Opera (About That Extended Remix)" [Ben Crawford & Meghan Picerno], "The Phantom of the Opera (Supermini & 2118 Extended Instrumental)."

Roberta Donnay: BLOSSOM-ing! - Celebrating the Music of Blossom Dearie
(Village Jazz Café - new album)
Tribute album from singer, composer, and producer Roberta Donnay. 16 tracks: "Peel Me a Grape," "Spring in Manhattan," "Just One of Those Things," "The Partys Over," "Moonlight Savings Time," and "Someone To Watch Over Me," among others. Mike Greensill (piano), Ruth Davies (bass), Mark Lee (drums), Jose Neto (guitar), David Sturdivant (harmonica), and MB Gordy (percussion).

Sondheim & Me: Revealing a Musical Genius
(Bancroft Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition (9/6/22)
By Paul Salsini. A memoir chronicling the relationship between Stephen Sondheim and journalist Salsini during the latter's time as the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review. 252 pages.

Week of October 11, 2022

Broadway Musicals On CD: A Conversational Guide
(Paperback Book)
By Ethan Mordden. "From Babes In Toyland to Hamilton and Yank!, from Anything Goes to Follies, this book reviews original-cast, revival-cast, and studio-cast discs, discussing every element from the quality of performance to the quality of the sound." 528 pages.

Fraternity
(Harry N. Abrams - Hardcover/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
YA novel by Andy Meintus (Spring Awakening, "Smash") "about a mysterious boarding school, a brotherhood that must stay in the shadows, and an ancient evil that could tear it all apart." 368 pages. Released 9/20/22.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular
(Universe - Hardcover Book)
By David Cote. Foreword by Baz Luhrmann. Alex Timbers and John Logan, contributors. "A glittering backstage pass to Moulin Rouge! The Musical and its journey to Broadway, with contributions from cast and crew, interviews with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, and a chronicle of its triumphant 2021 return." Photo essay and oral history through early sketches, historical research, technical diagrams, and rehearsal photos. 184 pages.

Murder at the Vanities
(KL Studio Classics - new Blu-ray)
1934 Paramount pre-code musical based on the Broadway show produced by Earl Carroll. Music by Victor Young. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Michael, Toby Wing, Jessie Ralph, and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. One hour and 29 minutes.

Prima Facie
(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Suzie Miller. European premiere at Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End in April 2022, starring Jodie Comer. Expected on Broadway in Spring 2023. 104 pages.

Week of October 4, 2022

Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway: The Broadway Lover's Cookbook
(Countryman Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Gideon Glick and Adam Roberts. Illustrated by Justin "Squigs" Robertson. Collection of musical-inspired recipes includes dishes like Yolklahoma!, Clafoutis and the Beast, Yam Yankees, Dear Melon Hansen, and more. Each dish comes with a brief history of the show that inspired it, a summary of the plot, and "Listening Notes" of behind-the-scenes trivia. 200 pages.

Good Morning, Olive: Haunted Theatres of Broadway and Beyond
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Robert Viagas. Good Morning, Olive (named for one of the most beautiful and temperamental of Broadway's ghosts) is about the ghosts that haunt theatres in New York and around the world. 288 pages.

Loud Mouse
(Disney-Hyperion - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel. Illustrations by Jaclyn Sinquett. Lyrical picture book about a little mouse finding her big voice, with the help of her sister. Ages 3-5. 48 pages. Released 9/27/22.

Stories Dad Told Me: Manny Azenberg's Adventures in Life and the Theatre
(new Paperback book/Kindle Edition)
By Jessica Azenberg. Broadway producer sits down with his daughter to share his life's story. His childhood, service in the Army, teaching career at Duke University, and his long and illustrious career on Broadway ... a chronicle of one of the most legendary Broadway careers of our time, as well as a life well lived. 137 pages. Released September 2022.

White Christmas & Holiday Inn
(Sepia Records - new 2-CD set)
First CD release of the complete film scores for both White Christmas and Holiday Inn, derived from pre-recordings made during the film making process. Also included is Holiday Inn Radio Preview; a previously unreleased 1942 recording of "White Christmas" as sung by Bing Crosby; and Rosemary Clooney's 1953 soundtrack sessions recorded for White Christmas. 29 tracks on first CD; 30 tracks on second. SepiaRecords.com.

Week of September 27, 2022

Christine Ebersole: After the Ball
(Club44 Records - on CD/digital)
"After the Ball," "I'm Old Fashioned," "Yesterdays," "'S Wonderful," "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "Little Green," "Autumn Leaves," "I Stayed Too Long at the Fair," "A Sleepin' Bee," "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." Lawrence Yurman, arranger and co-producer. Single "My Baby Just Cares for Me" now available.

Donnybrook! Deluxe Edition
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Score by Johnny Burke for the 1961 Broadway musical. Cast includes Art Lund, Joan Fagan, Susan Johnson, Eddie Foy Jr., and Philip Bosco. Includes the original Broadway cast recording newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape, plus selections from the score recorded specially for the Public Information Broadcast "Stars for Defense" performed by Art Lund and Joan Fagan. Also, a bonus disc featuring an instrumental album of the Donnybrook! score performed by The Pete King Orchestra alongside a handful of pop covers by the Pete King Chorale and Jane Morgan. Detailed sleeve notes by George Dansker. Limited edition release of 500 units only. Part of Stage Door Records' Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues series. StageDoorRecords.com.

Into the Woods
(Concord Theatricals/Craft Recordings - new digital album)
Recording of the 2022 Broadway / New York City Center Encores! cast. Score by Stephen Sondheim. Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, Aymee Garcia, Ta’Nika Gibson, Annie Golden, Albert Guerzon, Brooke Ishibashi, Kennedy Kanagawa, David Patrick Kelly, Julia Lester, Nancy Opel, Cole Thompson, David Turner, Alysia Velez. "Prologue: Into the Woods," "Cinderella at the Grave," "Hello, Little Girl," "I Guess This Is Goodbye," "Maybe They're Magic," "I Know Things Now," "A Very Nice Prince," "First Midnight," "Giants in the Sky," "Agony," "It Takes Two," "Second Midnight," "Stay with Me," "On the Steps of the Palace," "Ever After," "Prologue: So Happy," "Agony (Reprise)," "Witch's Lament," "Any Moment," "Moments in the Woods," "Your Fault," "Last Midnight," "No More," "No One Is Alone," "Finale: Children Will Listen." Music direction by Rob Berman with The Encores! Orchestra. CD will be released 12/2/22, vinyl 3/17/23.

The Music Man 2022 Broadway revival cast
(Accidental Jacket Entertainment/Time-Life - new digital album)
Score by Meredith Willson. Cast includes Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Jefferson Mays, Jayne Houdyshell, Marie Mullen, Remy Auberjonois, Gino Cosculluela, Emma Crow, Benjamin Pajak, Kayla Teruel, Garrett Long, Linda Mugleston. "Overture," "Rock Island," "Iowa Stubborn," "Ya Got Trouble," "Piano Lesson / If You Don't Mind My Saying So," "Goodnight My Someone," "Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean," "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Sincere," "The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me," "Pick-A-Little Scene," "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little / Goodnight Ladies," "Marian the Librarian," "My White Knight," "The Wells Fargo Wagon," "Entr'acte," "Shipoopi," "After Shipoopi Scene," "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little" (Reprise), "Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You," "Gary, Indiana," "Lida Rose" (Reprise), "Footbridge Ballet," "Till There Was You," "Goodnight My Someone / Seventy-Six Trombones" (Double Reprise), "Minuet in G" (Curtain), "Finale," "Exit Music," "It's You," "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" (Extended Version). Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Includes digital booklet. Released 9/23/22.

My Own Directions: A Black Man's Journey in the American Theatre
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Sheldon Epps. "... the unique story of how the author came into leadership at Pasadena Playhouse after a successful career directing on Broadway, in London and at theatres all over the world. In intimate detail, it relates how the theatre was radically changed and reignited by his leadership, including his insistence on making diversity a priority both onstage and off. It is the very personal story of a person who wanted his race to be recognized, but never used as a limitation or a reason to be less than fully respected. In many ways, this memoir tells the story of what people of color in America must face repeatedly to make their lives matter." 153 pages.

Round in Circles: The Story of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
(new Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Barry Kester. Covers the history of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical; the lives, working methods, and relationship of the writers; the show's anthems; the Broadway, London, touring, 1992 National Theatre productions and others. Released 8/24/22.

Selected Musical Plays by Noël Coward: A Critical Anthology
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Arianne Quinn, editor. This Year of Grace, Bitter Sweet, Words and Music, Pacific 1860, Ace of Clubs, Sail Away, The Girl Who Came to Supper. A portrait of Coward's oeuvre and its lasting influence on the wider world of the British musical, (Kindle Edition will be released early.) 552 pages.

The Vagrant Trilogy: Three Plays by Mona Mansour: The Hour of Feeling; The Vagrant; Urge for Going
(Methuen Drama - Kindle Edition)
Set of three plays by by Mona Mansour. Michael Malek Najjar and Hala Baki, editors. 176 pages. Hardcover and paperback to be released 10/20/22.

Week of September 20, 2022

Miracle of The Music Man: The Classic American Story of Meredith Willson
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book)
By Mark Cabaniss. The author brings to life the origins of this classic show, the music behind it, and the unlikely story of its creator. Interweaving behind-the-scenes accounts of people who worked with Willson, Cabaniss looks at his long and unusual career as a composer, conductor, radio personality, and flutist. 208 pages. Released 9/15/22.

WARHOLCAPOTE: A Non-Fiction Invention
(Simon & Schuster - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
Play by director Rob Roth (Beauty and the Beast, Lestat), who unearthed eighty hours of tapes of conversations between Andy Warhol and Truman Capote in 1978 (made to be the source of a play, then abandoned). Every word in the play comes directly from these two 20th century geniuses. The structure of the conversations springs from Roth's imagination. The play made its world premiere at American Repertory Theater in 2017. 224 pages.

Week of September 13, 2022

Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Adam Abraham. Chronicles the unlikely phenomenon of Little Shop of Horrors, the musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Looks at the creation of the musical and its place in the contemporary musical theatre canon and examines its afterlives and wider cultural context. Told through archival research and eyewitness accounts, with extensive use of Ashman's personal papers, offering a unique and inspiring study of one of musical theatre's greatest talents. 256 pages.

Eleri Ward: Keep a Tender Distance
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Folk guitar exploration of Stephen Sondheim's musical theater canon, and follow-up to Ward's A Perfect Little Death album. "Merrily We Roll Along," "Stay with Me," "Unworthy of Your Love," "Johanna," "Agony," "I Remember," "Another Hundred People," "The Miller's Son," "I Know Things Now," "Not a Day Goes By" (released 8/26/22), "Not While I'm Around," "No One Is Alone," "Marry Me a Little," "Move On." Produced by Allen Tate and Eleri Ward, and arranged by Eleri Ward, with string arrangements by Ellis Ludwig-Leone. CD format expected later this year. GhostlightRecords.com. Released 9/16/22.

Judy Whitmore: Isn't It Romantic?
(new on CD/digital)
Third album from jazz and cabaret performer Judy Whitmore. Arrangements by Tamir Hendelman. Lori Bell (flute), Rickey Woodard (alto and tenor saxes), Mike Rocha (trumpet), Mitchell Long (acoustic guitar), Larry Koonse (electric guitar), Alex Frank (bass), Dean Koba (drums), And Brian Kilgore (percussion). "It Could Happen to You," "I Remember You," "Sunday in New York," "You Go To My Head," "The Nearness of You," "The Birth of the Blues," "Speak Low," "Isn't It Romantic," "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "But Beautiful," "Just a Little Lovin'," "Hallelujah I Love Him So." Released 9/14/22.

"Morocco"
(Masterworks Broadway - digital single)
Single from Almost Famous Broadway musical. Music by Tom Kitt with lyrics by Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt. performed by Solea Pfeiffer and Casey Likes.

Week of September 6, 2022

"All Is Found"
(new digital track)
Frozen tour castmates Caroline Bowman and F Michael Haynie sing n all-new arrangement of "All Is Found" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez from Frozen II film.

The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements
(Applause - Paperback Book)
By Peter Filichia. A book that is "purposely meant to start arguments and to settle them," as the author addresses the most dividing musical theater questions and opinions. 312 pages. Released 9/1/22.

Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
Collection of essays. Jimmy A. Noriega and Jordan Schildcrout, editors. Moving from the era of the Stonewall Riots to today, notable scholars in the field bring a wide variety of queer theatre artists into conversation with each other, exploring connections and differences in race, gender, physical ability, national origin, class, generation, aesthetic modes, and political goals, creating a diverse and inclusive study of 50 years of queer theatre. 280 pages. Released 9/1/22.

The Phantom of the Opera Global Edition
(Universal Records - streaming set)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and Mike Batt. Complete cast recordings in seven languages: Korean (2009), Polish (2008), Hungarian (2003), Mexican Spanish (2000), German (1990), Swedish (1989) and Japanese (1988). Together on one album, digitally for the first time. Also, "disc one" is a 15-track highlights compilation, which includes the new 2022 West End cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera title track performed by Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis at The Platinum Party in the Palace to honor Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Robert Preston: Forever the Music Man
(Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Debra Warren. Extensive archival research, and interviews with Preston's family members and fellow actors including Rosemary Harris, Christopher Walken, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Swit, Bob Gunton, Neva Small, and others, unveils a richly detailed portrait of the gifted actor's personal life as well as an overview of the films and Broadway productions to which he lent his talent. 542 pages. Released 8/6/22.

Week of August 30, 2022

Girl from the North Country (2022 edition)
(Nick Hern Books - Kindle Edition)
By Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan. Musical that started at The Old Vic, London, in July 2017, in a production directed by Conor McPherson, and later transferred to the West End, Broadway, Australia, Ireland and toured the UK. 112 pages. Released 8/25/22.

Goosebumps: The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium Deluxe Edition
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original studio cast recording plus 15 karaoke tracks. Score by Danny Abosch (music/lyrics) and John Manclay (book/lyrics). Based on the book by R.L. Stine. Krystina Alabado, Alex Brightman, Noah Galvin, Alex Gibson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Will Roland, Stephanie Styles. Released 8/26/22.

Straight Line Crazy
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
Play by David Hare. Premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in March 2022. Playing at The Shed in New York City beginning 10/18/22. 144 pages. Kindle Edition released 3/31/22.

Week of August 23, 2022

Ava Della Pietra: truth or truth
(new EP)
Debut album from singer/songwriter and stage actress Ava Della Pietra.

A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet
(new digital album)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser. Cast: Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser, and Bryonha Marie Parham. Produced by Rob Sher and Cody Lassen, with executive producers Huck Walton and Brian Gillet of InOvation Multimedia. Featuring original musicians Alex Goldie Golden on keys, Rosa Avila, and Sherisse Rogers. Produced by Robert Sher and Cody Lassen. Released 8/19/22.

Go Greased Lightning!: The Amazing Authenticity of Grease
(Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Scott Miller (New Line Theatre). Explores the world-famous musical's creation, evolution, musical roots, cultural context, its parallels to Hair, its film and TV versions, why it's been so wildly successful, how it's been changed over time, and lots more. 141 pages. Released 8/17/22.

Julie Benko and Jason Yeager: Hand in Hand
(Club44 Records - new digital album)
Married couple, Broadway actress singer Julie Benko (Funny Girl) and jazz musician and composer Jason Yeager. Collection of standards and originals. "All I've Ever Known," "It Might As Well Be Spring," "People," "Louisiana Fairy Tale," "Gainesville," "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?," "Me, Myself, and I," "Mercedes Benz," "Sweet Pea," "If I Were Bell," "Just Begun," "Another Life," "The Nearness of You." Single track "Louisiana Fairy Tale" released 8/12/22.

"The Night-Time Sky's Got Nothing On You"
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new digital single)
Single track from upcoming cast recording for Almost Famous. By Tom Kitt (music and lyrics) Cameron Crowe (lyrics).. Performed by Chris Wood and Solea Pfeiffer.

The Pleasure Garden OLC
(JAY Records - new on CD/digital)
Music by Charles Miller; lyrics by Glenn Chandler. Jay Worley, Sam Baumal, Rory Charlie Campbell, Ashleigh Harvey, Ben Amora Wong, Jennie Jacobs, Steve Watts, Jonathan Harlaw.

Weeks of August 9-16, 2022

13: The Musical
(Ghostlight Records / Atlantic Records - new digital album)
Soundtrack for 2022 Netflix film based on the Broadway musical. Score by Jason Robert Brown. Khiyla Aynne, Alec Benjamin, Lindsey Blackwell, Kayleigh Cerezo, Nolan Dubuc, Eli Golden, Luke Islam, by Jonathan Lengel, JD McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Ramon Reed, Willow Moss, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Gabriella Uhl. "13," "Lamest Place in the World," "I've Been Waiting," "Opportunity," "The Bloodmaster," "Getting Ready," "Bad Bad News," "It Would Be Funny," "Tell Her," "A Little More Homework," "Brand New You," "Getting Ready (Extended)," "What It Means to Be a Friend," Bonus Track: "Tell Her." Released 8/12/22.

Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (revised and updated)
(Applause Books - Paperback Book)
By Ted Chapin. Foreword by Frank Rich. Insider's view of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's musical, Folies. New afterword brings the history of the show forward, diving into recent productions around the world, new recordings, and the continued promise of a film version.

Opera: The Definitive Illustrated History
(DK - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Alan Riding and Leslie Dunton-Downer. Follows the history of opera from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, to Cosi fan Tutte, La Bohème, and modern operas such as Brokeback Mountain. Explains musical terminology, traces historical developments, and sets everything in a cultural context. Features include: all of the most important operas from the Renaissance to the 21st century; profiles of the key composers, librettists, performers, and companies, with details of their lives, works, and influence–arranged in chronological order to show the evolution of the genre; explanations of musical terminology and different types of opera. 360 pages.

Scene Shift: U.S. Set Designers in Conversation
(Focal Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Maureen Weiss, Sibyl Wickersheimer, editors. Showcases contemporary U.S. set design by engaging designers with one another, pairing dialogue and imagery from varied experiences and practices. The conversations include designers (30 in all) who are commercially successful, artistically successful, and those who have existed on the fringes of the theatre world whose work is not necessarily definable, and therefore not as visible. 268 pages. Released 8/11/22.

Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition 8/30/22)
By Mary Rodgers (1931–2014) and Jesse Green. The memoirs of Mary Rodgers—writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried everything." Her story, with copious annotations, contradictions, and interruptions from coauthor Jesse Green. 480 pages. Released 8/9/22.

Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway's Legendary Directors
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By theater designer and Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt. Tells the stories of six diverse productions: five on Broadway and one Off-Broadway ... beginning with the moment he was offered each job, and taking readers through the conceptual development of the set, in collaboration with the director, the challenges of its physical creation, and the intense process of readying it for the stage. Extensive conversations with the directors of the productions ... such as James Lapine, Kenny Leon, Hal Prince, Susan Stroman, Jerry Zaks, and Stephen Sondheim. 304 pages.

Week of August 2, 2022

In Person: Judy Garland
(Sepia Records - on CD)
July 11, 1955, Judy Garland concert at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. Issued as a celebration of her centenary, dedicated to her fans, past and present. Featuring The Hi-Lo's plus Jerry Gray and his orchestra. 20 tracks including bonus tracks. SepiaRecords.com

September 1, 2022

"Let Them" (Wax Ecstatic Remix)
(Ghostlight Records - digital single)
Remix from Fangirls: World Premiere Cast Recording. Yve Blake and Blake Appelqvist.

Week of July 26, 2022

The Collaboration
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Anthony McCarten about the collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1984. Published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Young Vic Theatre in February 2022. The play will be presented at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre beginning 11/29/22. 80 pages. Kindle Edition released 3/2/22.

The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book)
Latest in series by Dan Dietz. Surveys every single book musical that opened during the decade. Each musical has its own entry which features: Plot summary; cast members; creative team; song lists; opening and closing dates; number of performances; critical commentary; film adaptations, recordings, and published scripts, when applicable. Numerous appendixes include a chronology of book musicals by season; chronology of revues; chronology of revivals of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas; a selected discography; filmography; published scripts; Black musicals; long and short runs; and musicals based on comic strips. 800 pages. Kindle version released earlier.sing

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
(Zeitgeist Films - new Blu-ray)
2022 documentary on making the film version of Fiddler on the Roof. Captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. From filmmaker Daniel Raim. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Draws on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye's daughters). Special Features: The Man on Lincoln's Nose, Daniel Raim's Oscar-nominated short about production designer Robert F. Boyle, featuring Norman Jewison; additional interviews with John Williams, Topol, Rosalind Harris, Neva Small, and Sheldon Harnick; film researcher Lillian Michelson on the undergarments used in Fiddler (excerpt from Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story). DVD format to be released 6/28/22.

The Gilded Age: The Complete First Season
(Warner Home Entertainment - new on DVD)
2022 HBO Max series written by Julian Fellowes. Cast includes Louisa Jacobson, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, Denée Benton. All nine episodes plus featurettes; Inside the Episodes, Who's Who, Old Money vs New: The Heart of the Matter, Invitation to Set, Carrie Coon BTS, Writing Peggy and the DVD-exclusive All That Glitters: Creating "The Gilded Age".

The Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
Mandy Greenfield, editor. A sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. Paradise Blue; Cost of Living; Actually; Where Storms Are Born; Selling Kabul; Grand Horizons. Includes introductions by each of the authors (Martyna Majok, Anna Ziegler, Sylvia Khoury, Bess Wohl, Dominique Morisseau, Harrison David Rivers) reflecting on their work. 448 pages. Kindle Edition released 6/30/22.

"You're Gonna Hear from Me"
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new digital single)
The Broadway Sinfonietta, founded by Macy Schmidt, perform song by written by Andre and Dory Previn for the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover. Arrangement by Macy Schmidt. Released 7/22/22.

Week of July 19, 2022

Ben Bagley's Everyone Else Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Music by Baldwin Bergesen, Ralph Blane, Lew Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Phil Charig, Moose Charlap, Duke Ellington, Jay Gorney, Burton Lane, Milton Pascal, Richard Rodgers, Harry Ruby, Dan Shapiro, Arthur Siegel, Sam H. Stept, Kay Swift, Charles Tobias, Fats Waller, G. Wood. Lyrics by William Archibald, Lew Brown, Phil Charig, Howard Dietz, Edward Eliscu, Lorenz Hart, Paul James, Bert Kalmer, John Latouche, Eddie Lawrence, George Marion, Jr., Hugh Martin, Phyllis McGinley, Johnny Mercer, Henry Myers, Milton Pascal, Dan Shapiro, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias, G. Wood. Cast includes Nell Carter, the brilliant Dorothy Loudon, June Carroll, Arthur Siegel, The Populaires, Diane Carnevale and others. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected to ship by third week in July 2022. Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Oscar Hammerstein Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
The lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein with music by Lewis Alter, Rudolf Friml, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Herbert Stothart. Additional lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Lorenz Hart. Cast includes Cab Calloway, Blossom Dearie, Alfred Drake, E.Y. Harburg, Dorothy Loudon, Patrice Munsel, Elaine Stritch, and Gloria Swanson. Musical Direction and Arrangements by Norman Paris. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected to ship by third week in July 2022. Kritzerland.com.

Elizabeth Ward Land - Still Within the Sound of My Voice: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt
(LML Music - new on CD/digital)
New album from Elizabeth Ward Land (The Bedwetter). "Heatwave," "Different Drum," "When Will I Be Loved / That'll Be the Day / It's So Easy / Just One Look / It's In His Kiss," "Heart Like A Wheel / Faithless Love," "You're No Good," "Frenesi," "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me," "Blue Bayou," "Falling In Love Again," "Pain of Loving You / Somewhere Out There / All My Life / Don't Know How Much," "Long Long Time," "Still Within The Sound of My Voice," "Desperado." Produced by Ken Land and Lee Lessack, with Karen Mulvey and Andrew Needleman serving as executive producers. Arrangements by Andrew David Sotomayor and vocal arrangements by Joel Waggoner. A special vinyl edition of the album will be released later this year. (Announced as available 7/15/22, though that does not agree with all outlets.)

Kaye Ballard in The Ladies Who Wrote the Lyrics
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
From Kaye Ballard's show. Musical arrangements and pianist: Arthur Siegel. Produced by Ben Bagley. Music by Elmer Bernstein, Cy Coleman, Morton Gould, Albert Hague, Morgan Lewis, Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern, Johnny Richards, Arthur Schwartz, Jule Styne. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Nancy Hamilton, Carolyn Leigh. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected to ship by third week in July 2022. Kritzerland.com.

Love Quirks
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Seth Bisen-Hersh. "Overture," "It Never Works," "Let's Just Be Friends," "Haven't You Noticed?," "I'd Rather Take a Nap," "Darling, I Love You/Who Knows Why?," "Straight Boys," "I'm Not Interested in You," "Love Quirks," "Waking," "The Circle," "Um, Yeah," "This Is Awkward," "I Saw You Tonight/You Can't Always Choose," "Just Get Over It," "Hey!," "The Circle (reprise)," "In Love." Kritzerland.com.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(Broadway Records and Yellow Sound Label - new digital album)
2020 Off-Broadway (Transport Group) cast recording of score by Meredith Willson. Beth Malone, David Aron Damane, Whitney Bashor, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Alex Gibson, Paolo Montalban, Paula Leggett Chase, Lauryn Ciardullo, Karl Josef Co, Kaitlyn Davidson, Tyrone Davis, Jr., Gregg Goodbrod, Michael Halling, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Keven Quillon, and CoCo Smith. "I Ain't Down Yet," "The Wonderful Plan," "Just Becuz," "I've A'ready Started In," "Dancing to the Saddle Rock," "Belly Up to the Bar, Boys," "I've A'ready Started In - Reprise," "I'll Never Say No/My Own Brass Bed," "He's My Friend," "Are You Sure?," "Act One Finale," "Beautiful People of Denver / The Sacred 36," "Share the Luck / He's My Friend - Reprise," "I'd Like to Change Everything About You," "Cuppa Tea," "If We Can-Can," "The Dolce Trio: Dolce Far Niente / The Same Little Chapel / I May Never Fall in Love With You," "Wait for Me," "Share the Luck - Reprise," "Exit Music," Bonus Track: "Colorado My Home." Orchestrations by Larry Hochman and additional orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Bruce Coughlin. Mixed and edited by Michael Croiter at Yellow Sound Lab, New York NY and mastered by Michael Fossenkemper, Turtle Tone Mastering, New York NY. Recorded 12/12/21 at Power Station at Berklee, New York NY.

Weeks of July 5-12, 2022

Al Jolson Sings Irving Berlin
(Garret Mountain Records - on CD/digital)
Curated by Chip Deffaa, including rare material from Deffaa's personal collection that has not previously appeared on disc. Jolson is heard singing about two dozen Berlin songs that he sang on Broadway, in vaudeville, on radio and on screen, and/or introduced on records. 31 tracks.

Chip Deffaa's Tin Pan Alley: Songs I Sing to My Deer....
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/digital)
Chip Deffaa, joined on select tracks by special guests Jon Peterson, Michael Townsend Wright, Olivia Chun, Keith Anderson, Katherine Paulsen, and Brian Gari, sings vintage show tunes and vaudeville numbers and shares recollections of showbiz greats like Carol Channing, George Burns, and Ruth Brown, who taught him some of the songs in his repertoire. Richard Danley, music director/pianist; Andy Stein, violinist. Recording Engineer: Slau Halatyn. 27 tracks.

Dan Olivo: Day by Day
(Ava Maria Records - CD/digital album)
West Coast jazz singer Dan Olivo. With Ian Robbins (guitar), Lyman Medeiros (bass), Joe Bagg (keyboards), Kevin Winard (percussion), Kyle O'Donnell (reeds), Garrett Smith (trombone), Jamelle Adisa (trumpet), and vocalist Renee Myara Cibelli. "Day by Day," "I'm Walkin'," "It Had To Be You," "More," "Time After Time," "It's Only A Paper Moon," "Sway," "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?," "L.O.V.E.," "This Guy's In Love With You," "Come By Me," "All The Way." CD at BandCamp.com. Released 7/9/22.

Doris Day: Images of a Hollywood Icon
(Hermes Press - Hardcover Book)
Foreword by Paul McCartney. Featuring rare and previously unpublished photographs from the late star's personal collection. Hundreds of photos, including glamorous publicity portraits, behind-the-scenes images with famous friends and colleagues, and glimpses into her personal life. Eddie Muller and Michael Feinstein have contributed appreciations of Day's motion picture and singing careers, respectively. A complete filmography and discography are also included. 256 pages.

Hadestown OBC
(Sing It Again Records - clear vinyl box set)
Features the recording on three clear vinyl records and a 16-page booklet that includes complete song lyrics and photos of the Hadestown cast and creative team in the studio, and other exclusive content. Barnes & Noble exclusive. Released 7/1/22.

Hamilton 2023 Wall Calendar: An American Musical
(Universe Publishing - wall calendar)
24 page calendar with bonus planning spread for September – December 2023. Major official world holidays. Opens to 12 x 24 inches. Also available Hamilton 2023 Day-to-Day Calendar with 320 pages, tear-off pages, day/date reference on each page, official major world holidays, and eco-friendly recyclable easel backing.

The Jukebox Musical: An Interpretive History
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Kevin Byrne and Emily Fuchs. Comprehensive guide to the unique genre of the jukebox musical, delving into its history to explain why these musicals have quickly become beloved for multiple generations of theatergoers and practitioners. 176 pages.

Liza Minnelli Live in New York 1979 Ultimate Edition
(Real Gone Music - 3-CD set/deluxe color vinyl)
Complete presentation of Liza Minnelli's 1979 Carnegie Hall show from curtain up to curtain down. Mike Milchner's remastered version of the original vinyl release, premiering on CD, and two discs with the never-before-released complete show. Expanded booklet with new introductions by Ms. Minnelli and Michael Feinstein, both of whom served as executive producers for this release, plus photos of the artist and liner notes from reissue producers Joe Marchese and Charles L. Granata, and exclusive tributes from Liza's friends and collaborators inside an 8-panel digipak boasting the Warhol portrait. RealGoneMusic.com. Released 7/1/22.

Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era
(Univ of Michigan Press - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
By Esther Kim Lee. Traces the development of yellowface in the U.S. context during the Exclusion Era (1862–1940), when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusion from immigration and citizenship. Examines a wide-ranging set of primary sources, including makeup guidebooks, play catalogs, advertisements, biographies, and backstage anecdotes, providing new ways of understanding and categorizing yellowface as theatrical practice and historical subject. 296 pages.

The Michael Townsend Wright Album
(Garret Mountain Records - digital album)
Michael Townsend Wright sings vintage show tunes and vaudeville numbers, with guests Jon Peterson, Seth Sikes, Matthew Nardozzi, Analise Scarpaci, Giuseppe Bausilio, Beth Bartley, Katherine Paulsen, Jack Saleeby, Emily Bordonaro, Jed Peterson, and Ryan Muska. Produced by Chip Deffaa. Richard Danley is the music director/pianist; Andy Stein plays violin on select tracks. 32 tracks.

MJ the Musical
(Sony Music - new on CD/digital)
Original Broadway cast album of 2022 show. Cast includes Myles Frost, Quentin Earl Darrington, Whitney Bashor, Gabriel Ruîz, Christian Wilson/Walter Russell III, Tavon Olds-Sample, Devin Trey Campbell, Antione L. Smith, Joey Sorge, Raymond Baynard, John Edwards, Ayana George, Apollo Levine, Lamont Walker II, Zelig Williams. 20 tracks.

Suite 1 from Lempicka
(digital EP)
From the score for Lempicka. Book, lyrics, original concept by Carson Kreitzer; book and music by Matt Gould. La Jolla Playhouse cast includes George Abud, Victor E. Chan, Eden Espinosa, Amber Iman, Natalie Joy Johnson, Jacquelyn Ritz, Andrew Samonsky, and Jordan Tyson. Recorded and mixed by Isaiah Abolin. "Woman Is," "Perfection," "Stay." Released 7/15/22.

"Thirty Years"
(Think Big Picture Records - digital single)
First single from world premiere concept album for score The Last Match: A Pro-Wrestling Rock Musical by Sylvana Joyce (music and lyrics), C.R. Smith (music and lyrics) and Jason Huza (book, with Jeremiah James, and lyrics). Performed by Ramin Karimloo. The full cast includes Ramin Karimloo, Amber Ardolino, Heather Jane Rolff, Ryan Gregory Thurman, Sam Zeller, Sylvana Joyce. Produced by Jeremiah James, Janine Lee Papio, Tommy Fierro. Rachael Murray executive producer. Full album expected August 2022.

Week of June 28, 2022

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus: Songs of the Phoenix
(Broadway Records - digital album)
Song cycle curated by Andrew Lippa. Features music by composers and lyricists Ty Defoe, Alexandra Elle, Siedah Garrett, Joriah Kwame, Daniel Lazour, Patrick Lazour, Melissa Li, Andrew Lippa, Ingrid Michaelson, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Diana Syrse, and Kit Yan. Released 6/24/22.

The Visitor
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
Original (Public Theater) cast recording of score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (book by Kwame Kwei-Armah). Jacqueline Antaramian, Robert Ariza, Anthony Chan, Alysha Deslorieux, Delius Doherty, C.K. Edwards, Will Erat, Brandon Espinoza, Sean Ewing, Marla Louissaint, Ahmad Maksoud, Dimitri Joseph Moïse, Takafumi Nikaido, David Hyde Pierce, Pauli Pontrelli, Katie Terza. "Prologue ," "Wake Up ," "Tarek and Zainab ," "Zainab's Apology ," "Subway Transition ," "In The Middle Of The Middle Row ," "Two And Three ," "Drum Circle ," "Zainab's Song (Bound For America) ," "Here In The First World ," "World Between Two Worlds ," "What Little I Can Do (Preprise) ," "Where Is Home/No Home ," "Lady Liberty ," "Heart Into Your Hands ," "Blessings ," "Such Beautiful Music ," "My Love Is Free ," "Better Angels ," "What Little I Can Do/Such Beautiful Music (Reprise) ," "Drum Circle (Reprise)." Released 6/24/22.

Week of June 21, 2022

Beverley Church Hogan: Sweet Inspiration
(Café Pacific Records - new on CD/digital)
Romantic songs from the Great American Songbook. "Don'cha Go 'way Mad," "Falling in Love with Love," "Here's That Rainy Day," "I Got Lost in His Arms," "Invitation," "I'm Just Foolin' Myself," "What a Way to Go," "When October Goes," "Why Try to Change Me Now?." Accompanied by John Proulx, Bob Sheppard, guitarist Grant Geissman, bass player Lyman Medeiros, drummer Clayton Cameron, and percussionist Kevin Winard. Produced by Mark Winkler.

Goosebumps: The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Original studio cast recording. Score by Danny Abosch (music/lyrics) and John Manclay (book/lyrics). Based on the book by R.L. Stine. Krystina Alabado, Alex Brightman, Noah Galvin, Alex Gibson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Will Roland, Stephanie Styles. "Goosebumps," "A Super Scary Play," "The Legend," "Watch Your Step," "Babbling Brooke," "The Story of The Phantom," "Stay Away," "Entr'acte," "Is Somebody Down There?," "Understudy Buddy," "Whodunit?," "The Trapdoor," "My Home Sweet Home," "Opening Night," "One Last Goal," "The Performance," "My Story," "The Phantom Unmasked," "Goosebumps (Reprise)." Full-color 32-page booklet including the lyrics, synopsis, and never-before-seen photos of the cast from the recording sessions, as well as the cover art by legendary Goosebumps illustrator Tim Jacobus. Digital version released earlier.

The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II
(Oxford Univ Press - new hardcover book)
Mark Eden Horowitz, editor. Hundreds of previously unpublished letters that show off all facets of Hammerstein's many engagements and his personality: correspondence to and from major Broadway figures like Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Kern, and Josh Logan, as well as those with politicians and activists. Reveals a man who was sharp, opinionated, and funny but also cared deeply about addressing the social ills that his musicals explored beyond the stage. 1000 pages. Kindle version released 4/18/22.

Mrs. Doubtfire OBC
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Broadway cast recording of Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick score. Cast (Broadway cast that opened the show on December 5, 2021) includes Rob McClure, Jenn Gambatese, Peter Bartlett, Charity Angél Dawson, Mark Evans, J. Harrison Ghee, Analise Scarpaci, Jake Ryan Flynn, Avery Sell, Brad Oscar. What's Wrong With This Picture," "I Want To Be There," "Make Me A Woman," "What The Hell," "MrJolly Theme," "Easy Peasy," "I'm Rockin ' Now," "The Shape Of Things To Come," "Big Fat No," "Let Go," "The Mess I've Made," "She's Happy," "You've Been Playing With Fire," "Welcome To La Rosa," "He Lied To Me," "Just Pretend," "As Long As There Is Love" (Part 1), "As Long As There Is Love" (Part 2). Orchestrations and arrangements by Ethan Popp. Producers of the recording are Ethan Popp, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick. Kevin McCollum and Hunter Arnold are executive producers.

Randy Rainbow: "Gay!"
(Broadway Records - new digital single)
Parody written and performed by Randy Rainbow (based on "Shy" by Mary Rodgers from Once Upon a Mattress). With Michael J Moritz Jr (piano, synths, orchestral), Adam DeAscentis (bass), Tom Jorgensen (drums), Ryan Saranich (sax), Andrew Snapp (winds), John Lake (trumpet), Jimmy O’Connell (trombone). Produced, orchestrated, mixed, mastered by Michael J Moritz Jr. Vocal arrangement by Jesse Kissel.

Trevor - A New Musical
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Julianne Wick and Davis Dan Collins. Mark Aguirre, Aaron Alcaraz, Ava Briglia, Sammy Dell, Ellie Kim, Colin Konstanty, Diego Lucano, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Isabel A Medina, Echo Deva Picone, Brandi Porter, Dan Rosales, Aryan Simhadri, Yasmeen Sulieman, Sally Wilfert, Jarrod Zimmerman. Release to coincide with the filmed version of the Off-Broadway production on Disney+, released on the same day. GhostlightRecords.com.

Trouble in Mind
(TCG - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Alice Childress. Scheduled to open on Broadway in 1957, Childress objected to the requested changes in the script that would “sanitize” the play for mainstream audiences, and the production was canceled as a result. Childress's final script is published here. 120 pages.

Week of June 14, 2022

Eleri Ward: "Another Hundred People"
(Ghostlight Records - new digital single)
Song by Stephen Sondheim from upcoming Eleri Ward album.

"Everybody's Coming Together"
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital single)
Track from Almost Famous musical. Score by Tom Kitt. Released 6/2/22.

It Happened in Key West
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Jill Santoriello, with additional lyrics by Jason Huza. Cast includes Wade McCollum, Alyssa Martyn, Val Adams, Miguel Angel, Alexander Barria, Mary-Jean Caldwell, Guido Garcia Lueches, Sophia Lewis, Hannah McIver, Ross McLaren, Johan Munir, Nuno Queimado, Andrea Golinucci, and Siwan Henderson. "Overture / Radio News," "Prologue / Wrecked In the Keys," "Elena," "What More Could I Wish For?," "Don't Worry About a Thing," "Black Wedding," "At the End of the World," "Black Wedding 2," "At the End of the World – Reprise," "Black Wedding 3," "Undying Love," "Everything's Right With the World," "I Feel Loved," "Elena From Town," "If You've Never Felt This Way," "Undying Love–Reprise," "Finale: At the End of the World - Reprise." Music director and keys 1, Andrew Hopkins; keys 2 and assistant music director, Tom Turner; double bass and electric bass, Jack Cherry; flute, clarinet and sax, Kristal Hamson; cello, Miriam Wakeling; and drums and percussion, Oliver Pooley. Album produced by Jill Santoriello, Jeremiah James, and Rashad Chambers. Mixed and mastered by Tom Gioia at Visionary Music Group with orchestrations by Robert Felstein. Recorded live at The Charing Cross Theatre.

Jeff Harnar: I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim's Words
(PS Classics - new on CD/digital)
Jeff Harner weaves 25 Sondheim songs into an original narrative, reimagining them for an LGBTQ+ audience and creating a self-portrait of a proudly gay New Yorker in the contemporary world. Jon Weber serves as conductor and orchestrator, recasting the songs in a jazz idiom accompanied by a 20-piece orchestra conducted by Weber. "Children Will Listen / I Know Things Now/ More," "Old Friends," "Opening Doors / Live Alone and Like It / You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Everybody Says Don't," "Loving You / Losing My Mind ," "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues / sorry-grateful," "The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened to Me / What Can You Lose?," "The Little Things You Do Together / Marry Me a Little / I'm Calm / Getting Married Today," "Every Day a Little Death," "Can That Boy Foxtrot!," "Anyone Can Whistle," "Send in the Clowns ," "Could I Leave You? ," "Children Will Listen / the Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "Now You Know/I Know Things Now," "Being Alive." Produced by Bart Migal, with Ronald Thomas serving as executive producer.

Joe Iconis: Album
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
New song collection from Joe Iconis & Family. 44 songs written by Joe Iconis. Featuring dozens of singers. GhostlightRecords.com for tracklist and credits. Single track "Archie's All-American" released.

Matt Forbes: "That Face"
(new digital single)
Song by Mel Brooks from The Producers. Arranged by Callum Au. Dedicated in memory of Forbes hero and early mentor, Gary Beach.

Week of June 7, 2022

Debbie Wileman: I'm Still Here
(new digital album)
Vocal impressionist Debbie Wileman's tribute to Judy Garland's 100th birthday, featuring songs of the legendary Judy Garland and hits Garland would sing if she were still with us today. "It's Today," "Beauty and the Beast," "Never Gonna Give You Up," "If He Walked Into My Life," "Rolling in the Deep," "Crazy," "Yesterday/Into My Life," "Fifty Percent," "Evergreen/Shallow," "Defying Gravity," "Back to Black," "I'm Still Here," "Over the Rainbow" (recorded live at the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios). Orchestrated, conducted, & produced by Steve Orich. Released in conjunction with a national tour, including an appearance at Carnegie Hall.

Grease 2
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
Limited edition, steelbook release of 1982 musical film. Directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch. Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens. Score by Louis St. Louis and others.

Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All
(Chicago Review Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Edited by Ken Waissman, Adrienne Barbeau, and Tom Moore. How the show that started in a converted trolly barn in Chicago in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves ... became a musical classic. Collection of memories and stories from over one hundred actors and musicians, including the creative team and crew who were part of the original Broadway production and in the many touring companies it spawned, including Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, Danny Jacobson, Walter Bobbie, Jerry Zaks, Laurie Graff, John Lansing, Ilene Kristen, Ilene Graff, and Lisa Raggio. 352 pages.

For Me and My Gal
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1942 musical film. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, and Martha Eggerth.

Mr. Saturday Night OBC
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
Score by Jason Robert Brown (music) and Amanda Green (lyrics). Billy Crystal, Randy Graff, David Paymer, Shoshana Bean, Chasten Harmon, Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales, Mylinda Hull. "We're Live," "A Little Joy," "There's a Chance," "I Still Got It," "At Farber's," "Buddy's First Act," "Until Now," "Timing," "What If I Said?," "Unbelievable," "What's Playing at the Movies," "Maybe It Starts With Me," "Tahiti," "My Wonderful Pain in the Ass," "Broken," "Any Man But Me," "Stick Around." Produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Brown, co-produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, and associate produced by Green.

The Tales of Hoffmann The Criterion Collection
(The Criterion Collection - new Blu-ray)
1951 film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera. Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine, and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation and the BFI National Archive, in association with STUDIOCANAL, featuring newly rediscovered footage and with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Features: audio commentary from 1992 by Martin Scorsese and Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder; interview with George A. Romero from 2005; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1956) short musical film; collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's design sketches and paintings; gallery of production and publicity photographs; trailer; English subtitles; essay by film historian Ian Christie.

Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Does Judy at Capitol Studios
(BMG - new album)
"Come Rain or Come Shine" "Alone Together" "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" "Puttin' on the Ritz" "The Man That Got Away" "A Foggy Day" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "Just You, Just Me" "You're Never" "Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy (Feat. Kristin Chenoweth)" "Medley: You Made Me Love You/For Me and My Gal/The Trolley Song" "Over the Rainbow."

A Strange Loop OBC
(Ghostlight Records/Yellow Sound Label - new digital album)
2022 Broadway cast recording of score by Michael R. Jackson. Jaquel Spivey, Antwayn Hopper, L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, James Jackson, Jr., John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey. Produced by Michael Croiter and Michael R. Jackson, with Kurt Deutsch and Barbara Whitman as executive producers. Recorded 4/10/22. Some tracks already released.

Ziegfeld Girl
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1941 musical film. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley. James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper. Songs by Roger Edens and others include "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "You Stepped Out of a Dream."

Week of May 31, 2022

1776 50th Anniversary Director's Cut
(Sony Pictures - new 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital 3-disc set)
1972 film version of the Broadway musical. Score by Sherman Edwards. Screenplay by Peter Stone, from his book. Directed by Peter H. Cast includes William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Ron Holgate, Blythe Danner, William Duell. Hunt 165-minute Director's Cut and the 167-minute Extended Cut. 1972 theatrical version (in HD with original mono audio) and 1992 laserdisc version (in SD with stereo audio). Includes optional archival commentary featuring director Peter H. Hunt, commentary with Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, and Ken Howard; commentary with Peter H. Hunt and Peter Stone; deleted and alternate scenes with director commentary; nine screen tests; teaser and theatrical trailers.

The Phantom of the Opera
(new album)
Score by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Charles Hart (lyrics), with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Cast includes Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis. Orchestrations by David Cullen and Lloyd Webber, and musical supervision by Simon Lee.

Week of May 24, 2022

Broadway Bird
(Feiwel & Friends - Hardcover Book)
By Alex Timbers. Alisa Coburn, illustrator. Picture book about a little bird who dreams of making it big on Broadway. Ages 4-6 years. 40 pages.

Carnival
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Score by Merrill and book by Michael Stewart. Expanded release includes: the 1961 Broadway cast album, newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape; a handful of pop covers by The Everly Brothers, Pat Boone, Mel Torme and more; special bonus track, a rare live performance of "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" by Anna Maria Alberghetti for the public service radio broadcast "Stars for Defense"; and bonus disc with instrumental albums, Carnival performed by Cyril Ornadel and The Starlight Symphony Orchestra and Carnival in Percussion by The Paul Smith Ensemble. Detailed sleeve notes by George Dansker. Part of Stage Door Records' Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album series. StageDoorRecords.com.

Carol Lipnik: Blue Forest
(Mermaid Alley - new EP)
"Blue Forest," "All the Colors of the Sky," "Birds of a Feather," "I Don't Work Hard," "Thrice Toss These Oaken Ashes (Thomas Campion)," "Tick Bite," "A Pure Dose of Mercy." Kyle Sanna (guitars, ukulele, and synths), Matt Kanelos (piano, harmonies, synths and Wurlitzer), and Mathias Künzli (percussion).

Flower Drum Song
(Kino Lorber - Blu-ray)
1961 film based on the Broadway musical. Rodgers & Hammerstein score. Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Jack Soo, Benson Fong, Juanita Hall. Directed by Henry Koster. Brand new 2K masters. Extras: audio commentary by Nancy Kwan with Nick Redman; A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen; Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song; The Songs of Flower Drum Song; An All-Access Pass to the Sets and Costumes of Flower Drum Song; The Legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde
(53rd State Press - Paperback Book)
By Sara Farrington. Collection of interviews conducted between 2019-2021 with New York theater artists who have spent their lives working in and inventing the avant-garde ... brings to light a series of "lost conversations" about class, race, difficulty, endurance, and privilege in the New York avant-garde of the past fifty years, as well as conversations about the ephemerality, the always-about-to-be-lostness of the medium itself. Featuring conversations with Joanne Akalaitis, Anne Bogart, Lee Breuer, Ping Chong, Richard Foreman, Andre Gregory, Deborah Hay, Bill T. Jones, Adrienne Kennedy, Lola Pashalinksi, Jennifer Tipton, Kate Valk, Mac Wellman, and Robert Wilson. 180 pages.

"Woman Is"
(new digital single)
Single from original cast recording of Lempicka, sung by Eden Espinosa. Score by Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer.

Wuthering Heights
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording. Original music by Ian Ross. From the co-production of National Theatre, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal.

Week of May 17, 2022

Ann Kittredge: reIMAGINE
(new digital album)
Stage actor/singer Ann Kittredge. "Unwritten," "Before I Gaze at You Again," "Before the Parade Passes By," "Ah! Sweet Mystery of LIfe," "Another Day of Sun," "Hi Lili, Hi Lo / Love Makes the World Go ‘Round," "Make Them Hear You / Keep on Standing," "Snow," "Berlin Monologue," "Free," "The Power of One," "Time in a Bottle," "Edelweiss." Liner notes by Barry Kleinbort.

George M. Cohan: Rare Performances Curated by Chip Deffaa
(Garret Mountain Records - on CD/digital)
Historic recordings by Cohan–singing, speaking, rehearsing a play–from Deffaa's personal collection, plus two modern bonus tracks of Cohan numbers performed by Jon Peterson and Deffaa. Remastered by Slau Halatyn and Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain. Dedicated to Cohan family members Mary Ross, Joel Ronkin, and Jennifer Ross.

Paul Gemignani: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond
(Applause Books - Hardcover book)
By Margaret Hall. "... seeks to not only bring the reader into the orchestra pit to learn Gemignani's story, but also to educate the reader about the crucial role a music director plays in bringing some of the most iconic musicals in Broadway history to life." 320 pages.

Week of May 10, 2022

Don't Miss This: A Decade of Eccentric Performing Arts
(Vaudevisuals Press - Hardcover Book)
By Jim R. Moore. Pictorial paean to the stars of today's circus, sideshow, burlesque, and new vaudeville scenes. More then 200 photographs taken between 2010 and 2020 plus accompanying essays that chronicle the last decade of eccentric performing arts. 382 pages.

Drag: The Musical
(Craft Recordings - new album)
Studio recording of score for musical by Tomas Costanza and Ashley Gordon. Alaska Thunderfuck, Bob The Drag Queen, Divina De Campo, Fortune Feimster, Ginger Minj, Jack Rodman, Jamie Torcellini, Jujubee, Lagoona Bloo, Margaret Cho, Max Von Essen, Michelle Visage, Monét X Change, Nick Adams, and Peppermint. Single "Drag is Expensive" to be released one week earlier. "Welcome to the Fishtank," "She's All That," "Cathouse Fever," "Queen Kitty," "The Accounting Song," "Drag is Expensive," "Wigs," "Gay As Hell," "Gloria Shmidt," "Out of Your League," "Mirian Mintz," "She's Such a Bitch," "It's So Pretty," "I'm Just Brendan," "We Need Money," "I Don't Like You But I Love You," "Girls Like Us," "Jerry's Dead," "Two Bitches Are Better Than One," "Real Queens," "Welcome to the Catfish," "Brendan Is My Name," "Get It Together."

Goodbye New York
(new digital album)
Concept album for score by Andrew Beall and Evan McCormack. [May 6 was the announced released date.]

Melissa Errico: Out Of The Dark – The Film Noir Project
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Song-cycle concert of songs from film noir classics curated by Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik, along with four brand new songs composed by Michel Legrand, David Shire, and the late Peter Foley, with words by Adam Gopnik. "Angel Eyes," "With Every Breath I Take," "Written in the Stars," "The Bad And The Beautiful," "Haunted Heart," "Amour, Amour," "Silent Partner," "Farewell, My Lovely," "Laura," "Blame It On My Youth," "Checkin' My Heart," "On Vit, On Aime," "Solitude," "The Man That Got Away," "Detour Ahead," "Shadows and Light," "Again." Arrangements by musical director/pianist Tedd Firth. GhostlightRecords.com. Digital version released 2/18/22.

Week of May 3, 2022

Cora Witherspoon: A Life on Stage and Screen
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Axel Nissen. Broadway and film actress Cora Witherspoon was in 35 Broadway productions from 1910 - 1946, including Daddy Long Legs, The Awful Truth, The Constant Wife, Camille, and The Front Page and many films. This biography details her upbringing and family background and discusses her struggle with substance abuse, which resulted in two highly publicized arrests and one conviction. 220 pages.

Daniel Glass Trio: BAM!
(Club44 Records - new on CD/digital)
Daniel Glass (drums), Sean Harkness (guitar) and Michael O'Brien (bass). "Bolivia" "It Could Happen To You" "And Lost" "Smoke On The Water" "Ladybug" "The World Still Turns Around" "The Crippled Waltz" "On The Verge." Released 4/28/22.

The Drifters Girl
(new album)
Cast recording from the Olivier Award-nominated jukebox biomusical about famed vocal group The Drifters and their manager. Cast includes Beverley Knight, Adam J. Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry, and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. Produced by orchestrator and arranger Chris Egan. "Opening Medley (Hello Happiness, Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies, There Goes My First Love)," "Money Honey," "Follow Me," "Whatcha Gonna Do," "Fools Fall in Love," "Nobody But Me," "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," "Stand By Me," "Sweets for My Sweet," "I Don't Wanna Go On Without You / Stand By Me," "Saturday Night at the Movies," "There Goes My Baby," "When My Little Girl Is Smiling," "Under the Boardwalk," "In the Land of Make Believe," "Harlem Child," "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies," "There Goes My First Love," "Come On Over To My Place," "There Goes My Baby - Reprise," "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book."

The Girl Next Door
(Painted Fern Productions - new digital album)
Original cast recording of "new queer Canadian pop/rock musical" score by Ava Maria Safai (book by Sara Mayfield). Katrina Teitz, Cole Smuland, Jenaya Barker, Meesh QX. Running in May 2022 at Red Gate Review Stage on Granville Island.

My Cousin Cole: Pitter, patter... Porter!
(new album)
Songs by Cole Porter. Molly Mary Mahoney, vocals, with Joshua Hegg, piano and arrangements. and John Mahoney, saxophones. "True Love," "Pitter, Patter," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "All of You," "Use Your Imagination," "Night and Day," "In the Still of the Night," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," "Experiment." BandCamp.com.

Six: Live On Opening Night
(new digital album)
Score by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Adrianna Hicks, Keirsten Nicole Hodgens, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Andrea Macasaet, Brittney Mack, Courtney Mack, Mallory Maedke, Mallory Maedke, Abby Mueller, Samantha Pauly. "Ex-Wives," "Ex-Wives [Reprise]," "But there's only one you need to hear from tonight..."," "No Way," "The One You've Been Waiting For," "Don't Lose Ur Head," "Heart of Stone," "Now, seeing as Henry was running out of women to marry in England..."," "Haus of Holbein," "So I guess you already know what happened next..."," "Get Down," "All You Wanna Do," "I Don't Need Your Love," "I Don't Need Your Love [Remix]," "SIX," "The MegaSIX," "Playout," "Heart of Stone [alternates version]" The Ladies in Waiting band: Julia Schade (music director/keyboard), Michelle Osbourne (bass), Kimi Hayes (guitars), Elena Bonomo (drums), and Mariana Ramirez (percussion). Produced by Paul Gatehouse, Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Sam Featherstone, and Tom Curran. Recorded live on opening night at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Viola Davis - Finding Me: A Memoir
(HarperOne - new Hardcover book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
Memoir by Viola Davis. Audiobook editions narrated by the author. 304 pages Released 4/26/22.

Week of April 19-26, 2022

Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki: In this Raggedy Time
(new digital album)New songs written during and around the pandemic. Anya Turner and Robert Grusecki with John Putnam (guitar) Tod Hedrick (bass), and John Redsecker (drums). "In This Raggedy Time," "Never Let It Go," "What I Miss," "So Much More," "The Alibi," "I Am Such A Dreamer," "Stay Home," "Second Wave," "Dude Gotta Go," "Come November 2020," "Elizabeth 1918," "Glittering Prizes," "Don't Worry," "That's Why I Love You," "Something New (in the New Year)." AnyaRobertMusic.com.

Broadway Revival: What If Gershwin Had Lived?
(new Paperback Book)
By Laura Frankos (showtunetriva). "David Greenbaum ... hijacks his brother Nate’s time machine, the SlingShot, and jumps to 1934 to save George Gershwin from the brain tumor that killed him at age thirty-eight ... How much influence can one actor-songwriter have on the Great White Way, armed with a suitcase of modern medicine and advance knowledge of nearly 150 years of musical theatre history?" Kindle Edition released earlier.

Deep Are the Roots: Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre
(The History Press - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
By Stephen Bourne. Celebrates the pioneers of Black British theatre, beginning in 1825, when Ira Aldridge made history as the first Black actor to play Shakespeare's Othello in the United Kingdom, and ending in 1975 with the success of Britain’s first Black-led theatre company.

Fanny Brice The Real Funny Girl: Rare Performances Curated by Chip Deffaa
(Garret Mountain Records - new CD/digital)
Rare, and in some cases, never-before-released, recordings of Brice from Deffaa's personal collection. Remastered by Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain. Dedicated to Marilyn Michaels.

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Ryan Calais Cameron. Premiered at the New Diorama Theatre in 2021, now at the Royal Court in London. 80 pages. Kindle Edition previously released.

Jesus Christ Superstar Highlights From the All-Female Studio Cast Recording
(digital album)
Final installment of tracks from the "She Is Risen" project recorded by an all-female cast, orchestra, and engineers. Morgan James, Shoshana Bean, Cynthia Erivo, Ledisi, Bridget Everett, Orfeh, and Debbie Gravitte. "The Temple," "Damned for All Time," "The Last Supper," "Pilate and Christ," and "Trial Before Pilate"

Joe Stilgoe: Theatre
(Westway - new album)
Singer/pianist/songwriter Joe Stilgoe, with the Metropole Orchestra. "Overture," "Take Me Back To The Theatre," "Cabaret," "Lost In The Stars," "Does Anybody Have A Map?," "On Broadway," "Mr Matcham," "The King's New Clothes," "Gonna Build A Mountain," "No More/ Nothing's Gonna Harm You/Children Will Listen," "Bring Down The Curtain," "Dad's Lullaby."

Maureen Taylor: Cosmic Connections - The Lyrics of Michael Colby
(Brainstorm Records - new digital album)
Singer Maureen Taylor performs 19 songs by Michael Colby (Charlotte Sweet) collaborations with Artie Bressler, Ned Paul Ginsburg, John C. Introcaso, Paul Katz, Sheldon Levin, Gerald Jay Markoe, Peter Millrose, Steven Silverstein, Joseph Thalken, and Jack Urbont.

Peppermint: Moment Of Weakness: Letters To My Lovers
(Warner - new digital album)
Actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist Peppermint (Head Over Heels). "The Little Things," "Gifts," "Crumbs," "Stat," "The Fear," "Moment of Weakness," "Rush In," "Broken Home" (with Jerome Bell), "Last Breath," "Ends in Goodbye."

Randy Rainbow: Playing with Myself
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation Randy Rainbow: "the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes."

Singin' in the Rain 70th Anniversary Edition
(Warner Bros - 4K Blu-ray 4-disc set)
1952 musical film. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Writers: Adolph Green, Betty Comden. Produced by Arthur Freed. Cast includes Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse. Many extras.

Terron Brooks: The Soul Of Broadway Deluxe Album
(Sony Music - new on CD/digital)
NAACP Award nominated singer-songwriter, actor and writer Terron Brooks. "Music of the Night," "Impossible Dream," "Something's Coming," "What About Love" (duet with Keala Settle), "Summertime," "One Song Glory," "Tomorrow," "Not While I'm Around," "Just My Imagination," "Circle of Life / Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Bonus Tracks: "Waving Through a Window," "History Has Its Eyes on You," "Something's Coming" (single version)," "Tomorrow" (single version)."

Week of April 12, 2022

Assassins 2022 Off-Broadway cast album
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Stephen Sondheim score, featuring the cast of the 2021-22 Classic Stage Company production. Adam Chanler-Berat, Eddie Cooper, Tavi Gevinson, Andy Grotelueschen, Bianca Horn, Judy Kuhn, Steven Pasquale, Ethan Slater, Will Swenson, Wesley Taylor, Brandon Uranowitz, Brad Giovanine, Whit K. Lee, Rob Morrison, and Katrina Yaukey. Produced by Matt Stine, co-produced by Van Dean, Executive Produced by Toni Marie Davis, Tyler Ellman, Jon Zietz, Matt Connolly, Jonathan Demar and Seriff Productions, Associate Produced by Bartos Theatrical Group LLC. Recorded and mixed By Isaiah Abolin. Digital version released earlier. BroadwayRecords.com.

Back to the Future: The Musical
(Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)
Original cast recording of score with new songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside hit songs from the movie. Cast includes Roger Bart and Olly Dobson, Hugh Coles, Rosanna Hyland, Cedric Neal, Aidan Cutler, and Courtney-Mae Briggs. Currently at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End

Barbara Bleier: "Carnegie Hall"
(new digital single)
Written by John Bucchino and Michael Feinstein. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 125th Anniversary. Pianist/arranger: Paul Greenwood

Cock
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Mike Bartlett. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2009. This new and revised edition was published to coincide with the current West End production. 104 pages.

On Stage with Bette Davis: Inside the Famous Flop of Miss Moffat
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
A memoir by Kevin Lane Dearinger. Follows the story of the 1974 musical Miss Moffat (a musical adaptation of The Corn in Green), which closed during its pre-Broadway run. Dearing had a minor role in Miss Moffat and kept a journal of his observations and experiences throughout production. 75 pages.

April 25, 2022

Ben Bagley's Rodgers & Hart Revisited Volume V
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The fifth and final in the Rodgers and Hart Revisited series. Dorothy Loudon, Mary Cleere Haran, Ann Hampton Callaway, Arthur Siegel, Susan Stroman, and Sandy Stewart. Arrangements mostly by Arthur Siegel and Robert Marks. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected the last week of April. Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Shoestring '57
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music by Leopold Antelme, David Baker, Jim Mahoney, Shelly Mowell, Claibe Richardson, Harvey Schmidt, Philip Springer, Charles Strouse, G. Wood. Lyrics by Lee Adams, Anthony Chalmers, Tom Jones, Carolyn Leigh, Paul Rosner, G. Wood. Performers Beatrice Arthur, Fay De Witt, Dody Goodman, Dorothy Greener, John Bartis, Bill McCutcheon, and G. Wood. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected the last week of April. Kritzerland.com.

Week of April 5, 2022

42nd Street
(JAY Records - new on 2 CDs)
First complete recording of the original version of the score by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) with the original orchestrations by Philip J. Lang. Studio recording completed October 19, 1996. Cast includes Marti Stevens, Jamie Ross, Cathy Wydner, Michael Gruber, Kim Criswell, Caroline O'Connor. With the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna. JAYRecords.com.

Carol Sloane: Live at Birdland
(Club44 Records - new on CD/digital)
Marks the veteran vocalist's 60th anniversary as a recording artist, and her first album in over a decade. Accompanied by all-star jazz trio Mike Renzi on piano, Jay Leonhart on bass, and Scott Hamilton on sax. "Havin' Myself a Time," "Blue Turning Grey Over You," "I Don't Want to Walk Without You," "As Long As I Live," "Glad to Be Unhappy/ I Got a Right to Sing the Blues," "If I Should Lose You," "You Were Meant for Me," "The Very Thought of You," "You're Driving Me Crazy," "Two for the Road," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," "I'll Always Leave the Door a Little Open." Recorded in 2019. Produced by Joel Moss and Mark D. Sendroff. Liner notes by James Gavin. Sloane: A Jazz Singer, the documentary feature film profiling Carol Sloane's remarkable career and the creation of this album, is currently in production.

Fifty Key Stage Musicals
(Routledge - new Hardcover/Paperback Book)
Robert W Schneider and Shannon Agnew, editors. This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world. Chapters: 1. The Black Crook by Sebastian Trainor; 2. HMS Pinafore by Rupert Holmes; 3. The Merry Widow by Andrew Child; 4. Shuffle Along by Jerrell L. Henderson; 5. Show Boat by Benjamin Nissen; 6. Of Thee I Sing by Laura Frankos; 7. Anything Goes by Scott Miller; 8. Porgy and Bess by Isaiah Wooden; 9. The Cradle Will Rock by Johanna Pinzler; 10. Pal Joey by Laurence Maslon. 304 pages.

Flying Over Sunset
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD)
2021 Broadway musical score by Tom Kitt and Michael Korie. Carmen Cusack, Tony Yazbeck, Harry Hadden-Paton, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Nehal Joshi, Emily Pynenburg, Michele Ragusa, Robert Sella, Laura Shoop, and Atticus Ware. Released digitally earlier.

Late Bloomin' Jazzman
(Café Pacific Music - new on CD/digital)
Vocalist and songwriter Mark Winkler with David Benoit, Jamieson Trotter, Rich Eames and Jon Mayer on piano, John Clayton and Gabe Davis on bass, Christian Euman on drums, Grant Geissman on guitar, Bob Sheppard on sax, Brian Swartz and Nolan Shaheed on trumpet, and Kevin Winard on percussion. "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Don't Be Blue," "When All the Lights in the Sign Worked," "Late Bloomin' Jazzman," "In Another Way," "Bossa Nova Days," "Old Devil Moon," "I Always Had a Thing For You," "Before You Leave," "Old Enough," "Marlena's Memories," "If Gershwin Had Lived." Produced by Barbara Brighton.

Offstage Observations: Inside Tales of the Not-So-Legitimate Theatre
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book)
By Steven Suskin. Foreword by Ted Chapin. The author introduces Broadway, once upon a time ... taking the reader through a decade's worth of adventures, working his way from a menial pencil sharpener for producer David Merrick toward a career as a full-fledged manager, producer, and drama critic. The book follows the author's progress from the wintry night after his sixteenth birthday, when he unexpectedly finds himself alone on the empty stage of a Broadway theatre, peering out at the silent, empty auditorium lit only by a solitary ghost light to the matinee eight summers later when he finds himself accidentally and uncomfortably acting in a Broadway musical, bombarded by roars of laughter from a houseful of playgoers. 424 pages.

Rachel John: From My Lips to God's Ear
(Westway Music - new album)
Olivier-nominated West End performer (Hamilton). "Blessed Assurance (This is My Story)," "I’ve Found a Friend in Jesus (The Lily of the Valley)," "And Can It Be? (Amazing Love)," "How Great Thou Art," "Have You Been to Jesus? (Are You Washed?) / There Is a Fountain," "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross / I Stand Amazed (How Marvellous)," "The Love of God is Greater Far / Oh How He Loves Me (I Have a Friend a Precious Friend)," "Jesus Shall Lead Me (Where He Shall Lead Me) / I Will Guide Thee with Mine Eye / Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah." WestwayMusic.com.

Week of March 29, 2022

Best of Enemies
(Methuen Drama - new Paperback Book)
Play by James Graham, inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Young Vic, December 2021. 128 pages.

Chip Deffaa's My Man: Songs of gay love, lust, loss, and longing
(Garret Mountain Records - CD/Digital)
I Love My Baby" (Seth Sikes), "Everybody Loves My Baby" (Jon Peterson, "A Good Man to Have Around" (Barrett Foa), "The Extra Man" (Alec Deland), "The Man I Love" ( Jon Peterson and Magnus Tonning Riis), "My Man" (Seth Sikes), "Weren’t We Fools?" (Alec Deland), "Leading Lady Valentine" (Jay Rogers), "I’m a Bad Bad Man" (Sidney Myer), "I Wonder Where My Sweet Sweet Daddy’s Gone" (Michael Kasper), "Ah Ha!" (Chip Deffaa), "Medley: Let’s Misbehave / Anything Goes / Let’S Do It" (Keith Anderson, Suzanne Dressler, Adam Barta), "The One That I Love Loves Me" (Dylan Adams), "I Like You Best of All" (Chip Deffaa,  Keith Anderson), "Just Some Guy" (Luka Fric), "Paul" (Chad Anthony Miller), "Julian" (Bobby Belfry), "Everything in the Whole Wide World" (Jarrod Cafaro), "The Only [Straight] Boy in the Room" (Santa Claire Hirsch), "Love For Sale" (Jon Peterson, Luis Villabon, Keith Anderson, Will Alvarado), "Happy Birthday to Me" (Barrett Foa and A.J Irvin), "Mary’s Bar" (Keith Anderson), "I Am What I Am" (Lee Roy Reams), "The Best of Times" (Lee Roy Reams). Music director/pianist Richard Danley and violinist Andy Stein. Produced by Chip Deffaa. Recording engineer: Slau Halatyn. Graphic design by Frank Avellino.

Hold, Please: Stage Managing a Pandemic
(Sordelet Ink - Kindle Edition)
By Broadway stage manager Richard Hester. Foreword by Rick Elice. A journey through one of the most fascinating periods in both our cultural and our personal histories. Written with humor and compassion ... provides a unique perspective on this time and delivers the most important lesson of all - Hope.

Lorna Dallas: Rainbows (Deluxe Expanded Edition)
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Originally issued on LP and tape in 1987. 47-piece orchestra musical direction by Harry Rabinowitz. Vocal arrangements by Ronnie Cass. Orchestral arrangements by John Cameron, Bernard Ebbinghouse, Robert Farnon, Laurie Holloway, Dave Lindup and Gordon Langford. Remastered CD includes four previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions, including "Moonfall" from The Mystery of Edwin Drood and "Yentl Suite." Other highlights include "Time Heals Everything," "Dance a Little Closer," "Summer Me, Winter Me," and "You and I." StageDoorRecords.com.

Ragtime: The Musical
(Masterworks Broadway - new 3-disc vinyl set)
On vinyl for the first time. Original Broadway cast recording of the score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. 180-Gram red, white and blue vinyl in individual jackets, along with a 20-page stitched booklet. The oversized booklet includes a new essay and track-by-track commentary from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, a new interview with Brian Stokes Mitchell, recording session and production photos, and the complete recording libretto. Cast includes Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman, Audra McDonald, Judy Kaye, Mark Jacoby, Lea Michele. Two hours and one minute.

Screen plays: Theatre plays on British television
(Manchester Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
Amanda Wrigley and John Wyver, editors. Chronicles the history of stage plays produced for the small screen between 1930 and the present. Includes: historical outline of how plays originally written for the theatre have been presented by the BBC and ITV, as well as independent producers and cultural organisations; a variety of critical methodologies to analyse a wide range of outside broadcasts from theatres, screen adaptations of existing stage productions, along with original television productions of classic and contemporary drama. 352 pages.

Week of March 22, 2022

A Bit of Me: From Basildon to Broadway, and back
(Ebury Digital/Penguin - Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Memoir by West End/Broadway and TV performer Denise Van Outen (Chicago, Tell Me on a Sunday, Legally Blonde).

A Chorus Line
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatrical - new digital album)
First-ever Spanish language recording of the score by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban. Cast from Antonio Banderas, Teatro del Soho CaixaBank (Malaga, Spain), and John Breglio's 2019 production starring Banderas as Zach. Directed by Banderas and Baayork Lee. Bonus track: Laura Benanti with the Malaga cast singing "What I Did for Love" in Spanish. Music direction by Arturo Díez-Boscovich. Spanish lyric translation by Roser Batalia. Spanish libretto translation by Ignacio García May. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, Bill Byers and Hershy Kay. "Espero Conseguirlo (Opening: I Hope I Get It)," "La Linea (The Line)," "Yo Lo Sé Hacer (I Can Do That)," "En El Ballet (At The Ballet)," "Cantar (Sing!)," "Montaje 1 (Montage Pt. 1): Hola Doce (Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love)," "Montaje 2 (Montage Pt. 2): Nada (Nothing)," "Montaje 3 (Montage Pt. 3): Madre (Mother)," "Montaje 4 (Montage Pt. 4): Pásamela (Gimme The Ball)," "Baile, Diez. Look, Tres (Dance: Ten; Looks: Three)," "Música Y Espejos (The Music And The Mirror)," "One (Ensayos) (One)," "Lo Que Hice Por Amor (What I Did For Love)," "One (Saludos) (Reprise/Finale)." "Bonus: "What I Did For Love" (featuring Laura Benanti).

Facing the Music: a Broadway memoir
(Regan Arts - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Broadway Musical Director and arranger David Loud. From his "wildly entertaining and deeply poignant trek through the wilderness of his childhood and the edge-of-your-seat drama of a career on, in, under, and around Broadway for decades ... He reveals his struggle against the ravages of Parkinson's and triumphs repeatedly ... The extraordinary cast of characters in his life also includes John Kander, Fred Ebb, Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Roger Rees, Marin Mazzie, Scott Ellis, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Garth Drabinsky, and Barbara Cook, among others ... a remarkable love letter to music." 288 pages.

Gary Brumburgh Goes Full Circle Where Broadway Meets Jazz
(Cafe Pacific Records - new album)
Vocalist Gary Brumburgh revisits his early career as a musical theater artist with fresh jazz interpretations of songs from iconic shows. Includes "Everybody’s Gotta Be Somewhere," "Celebration," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Happy Talk," "Soon It’s Gonna Rain," "Love I Hear," "Far From the Home I Love."

Liam Forde: Great To Be Here
(Ballyhoo Music - new album)
New York-based pop/jazz vocalist Liam Forde debut album of original pop/jazz songs. Produced by Zach Eldridge and engineered by Geoff Countryman. "When My World's in Tune," "I Don't Know," "Bijou," "Plaza Hotel," "Paris When It's Grey" (feat. Vladimir Médail), "Pajamas," "Mrs. Dudley," "Geraniums," "Tomatoes in August," "Gratitude Song."

Lord Knows, At Least I Was There: Working with Stephen Sondheim
(Moreclacke Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By pianist Paul Ford, whom Stephen Sondheim called the "indefatigable master of the musical theatre." Foreword by Mandy Patinkin. Ford looks back on the performances and personalities that defined the American musical theatre in the waning years of the twentieth century. Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Donna Murphy, Elaine Stritch, Victor Garber, Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, Stockard Channing, Donna McKechnie, Lauren Bacall, Chita Rivera, Liza Minnelli, Martin Charnin, Liv Ullman, Teresa Stratas, Charles Strouse, Harve Presnell, Nancy Walker, James Lapine, Madonna, Mario Cantone, Warren Beatty, Julie Harris, Michael Cerveris, Debra Monk, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and more are recalled in this account of his life and work both on and off-Broadway. He also provides a portrait of his conflicted childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by a self-destructive period of alcoholism. 234 pages.

Sondheim in Our Time and His
(Oxford Univ Press - Kindle Edition/Paperback)
W. Anthony Sheppard, editor. Offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the works and career of Stephen Sondheim. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context that impacted the creation and reception of Sondheim's musicals. Several explore in detail how Sondheim's shows have been dramatically revised and adapted over time. Multiple chapters invite the reader to rethink Sondheim's works from a distinctly contemporary critical perspective and to consider how these musicals are being reenvisioned today. Some chapters focus on individual musicals, and others explore a specific topic as manifested throughout his entire career. Brings together Sondheim's past with the present, thriving existence of his musicals. Afterword by Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kindle Edition released earlier. 456 pages.

Sondheim Unplugged - The NYC Sessions Volume Two
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2 CDs)
Second volume of the New York revue. Disc One: "Marry Me a Little" (Nicholas Rodriguez), "Can That Boy Foxtrot!" (Sally Mayes), "Anyone Can Whistle" (Telly Leung), "Smile, Girls" (Lucia Spina), "Our Time" (Jim Walton), "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (Jacob Hoffman), "Could I Leave You?" (Dee Hoty), "Happiness" (Ereni Sevasti), "If You Can Find Me, I'm Here" (Courter Simmons), "Dawn" (Lisa Sabin), "Buddy's Blues" (Rob Maitner), "Green Finch & Linnet Bird" (Sarah Rice), "There's Always a Woman" (Natalie Arneson & Donna Vivino), "With So Little to Be Sure Of" (TOliver Reid), "Some People" (Teri Ralston), "Losing My Mind" (Natalie Douglas), "Lovely" (Natalie Arneson), "Every Day a Little Death" (Victoria Cook & Erica Spyres), "Giants in the Sky" (Hunter Ryan Herdlicka), "Everybody Loves Louis" (Julie Reyburn), "Sand" (Leenya Rideout), "Finishing the Hat" (Evan Harrington), "Being Alive" (Karen Mason). Disc Two: "Sunday in the Park with George" (Christina Bianco), "More" (Courter Simmons), "Little Lamb" (Alexa Green), "Johanna" (Evan Harrington), "Agony II" (Jeff Kready & Tally Sessions), "Not a Day Goes By" (Leenya Rideout), "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" (Jacob Hoffman), "Too Many Mornings / All Things Bright and Beautiful" (Eric Michael Gillett & Melanie Vaughan), "Pretty Lady" (Rob Maitner, Julie Reyburn & Lucia Spina), "Franklin Shepard, Inc." (Manu Narayan), "Children Will Listen" (Emily Skinner), "Hello, Little Girl" (Danielle Ferland), "Another Hundred People" (Marquee Five), "I Wish I Could Forget You" (George Dvorsky), "Silly People" (George Lee Andrews), "Moments in the Woods" (Kelli Rabke), "It Wasn't Meant to Happen" (Stearns Matthews), "The Last Midnight" (Kristy Cates), "The Miller's Son" (Gabrielle Stravelli), "Take Me to the World" (Julie Reyburn), "Goodbye For Now" (Sarah Rice).

Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
(Grand Central Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Audiobook)
By Stephen Galloway. the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. New research included exclusive access to previously unpublished correspondence and interviews with their friends and family. 416 pages.

Week of March 15, 2022

Al Jolson's Broadway
(new on CD/digital)
Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing Rosie," "Keep Smiling at Trouble," "Hello 'tucky," "Lazy," "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?," "April Showers," "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else," "Never Again," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?," "I'm Goin' South," "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody," "My Mammy," "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," "You-Hoo," "Tonight's My Night with Baby," "This Is the Life," "Avalon," "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone," "Who Cares?," "You Flew Away from the Nest," "Remember," "Home in Pasadena," "California Here I Come." Remastered by Scott Gordon. Dedicated to Jim Morgan, of York Theatre Company.

Assassins 2022 Off-Broadway cast album
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Stephen Sondheim score, featuring the cast of the 2021-22 Classic Stage Company production. Adam Chanler-Berat, Eddie Cooper, Tavi Gevinson, Andy Grotelueschen, Bianca Horn, Judy Kuhn, Steven Pasquale, Ethan Slater, Will Swenson, Wesley Taylor, Brandon Uranowitz, Brad Giovanine, Whit K. Lee, Rob Morrison, and Katrina Yaukey. Produced by Matt Stine, co-produced by Van Dean, Executive Produced by Toni Marie Davis, Tyler Ellman, Jon Zietz, Matt Connolly, Jonathan Demar and Seriff Productions, Associate Produced by Bartos Theatrical Group LLC. Recorded and mixed By Isaiah Abolin. CD format to be released 4/15/22.

Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Mickey Rowe. The story of an autistic and legally blind person and pushing beyond the restrictions of a special education classroom to shine on the stage ... to become the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landing the title role in the play Amadeus, co-creating the theatre/philanthropy company Arts on the Waterfront, and founding the National Disability Theatre. 200 pages.

The Golden Age Musicals of Darryl F. Zanuck: The Gentleman Preferred Blondes
(Univ of Mississippi Press - Hardcover Book)
By Bernard F. Dick. First book devoted to the musicals that Darryl F. Zanuck produced at Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Pictures, and Twentieth Century Fox. Spotlights how he placed his personal imprint on the genre and how he nurtured and showcased several blonde female stars who headlined the musicals, including Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Vivian Blaine, June Haver, Marilyn Monroe, and Sheree North. 320 pages.

Kristina Koller: Get Out of Town
(new album)
Jazz-centric celebration of Cole Porter songs. With Fima Chupakhin(piano), James Robbins (bass) and Juan Chiavassa (drums).

Mia Pinero: Growing Up
(new digital album)
Singer/actor Mia Pinero (Broadway West Side Story) debut album. "Stand Tall," "All I've Ever Known," "The Nearness of You," "You're Nearer," "Stop This Train," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "Children Will Listen/ No One is Alone," "Do You Remember," "Growing Up." Mixing and arrangements by Alex Thompson. Co-produced by Mia Pinero and Alex Thompson.

Pinter and Stoppard: A Director's View
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Carey Perloff examines these contemporary playwrights alongside one another and in the context of the rehearsal room, to glean new insights and connections, including the impact of their Jewish background on their work and their passion for the details of stagecraft. The author draws upon her first-hand experience of working with both writers, creating case studies of particular plays in production to provide new ways of positioning the work today. 240 pages.

Rockers on Broadway: Live
(Jazzheads Inc. - Volume 1)
(new digital album)
Live performances from Rockers On Broadway concerts over the past 28 years. "Under Pressure" (Alex Brightman, Michael Cervaeis), "I'm A Believer" (Mickey Dolenz), "What About Us" (Isabelle Gottfried ), "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" (Christian Hoff, Donnie Kehr ), "Dream A Little Dream" (Emma Hunton), "The Show Must Go On" (Morgan James), "Space Captain" (Michael Lanning ), "No Rain" (Constantine Maroulis ), "Purple Rain" (LaChanze ), "Thugz Mansion / A Change Is Gonna Come" (Donald Webber), "The Rainbow Connection" (Paul Wlliams), "Hallelujah" (Alice Ripley. A very limited edition vinyl of the album will be available for a donation of $500.00 in early May at rockersonbroadway.com. Proceeds to benefit The Path Fund Inc., supporting arts education and artists in need.

Week of March 8, 2022

16 Stories - New American Musicals
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Collection of 16 previously unrecorded songs written by award-winning musical theatre creators from around the world and recorded by The Australian Discovery Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Purcell. Writers (unconfirmed): Nikko Benson, Andre Catrini, Joe Chindamo, Craig Christie, Christopher Dimond, Scott Dreier, Joel Evans, Michael J. Farina, Anne Gasko, Adam Gwon, Oliver Houser, Victor Kazan, Peter Kellogg, Michael Kooman, Drew Lane, Greg Nabours, Jess Newman, Alan Schmuckler, Marcus Stevens, Clayton Walker, Stephen Weiner, Sam Willmott. Performers: Stephanie Adams, Mariana Bravo, Chris Dwan, Claire DeJean, Michael D’Elia, Scott Dreier, Michael J. Farina, Madeleine Featherby, Sarah Krauss, Adrian Li Donni, Jenni Little, Marc Mackinnon, Michael McCorry Rose, Anouska Taylor. Released 3/4/22. BroadwayRecords.com.

Barbara Bleier: A Thousand Kisses Deep
(digital single)
Debut single. Song by Leonard Cohen, recorded at Pangea. Released 2/25/22.

Betty Buckley Sings Sondheim
(Palmetto Records - new digital album)
Compilation album of selections from Betty Buckley's previous albums and two new live recordings. "Children Will Listen," "Not While I'm Around," "I Remember," "Children and Art/ Stay With Me," No One Is Alone," Sorry-Grateful," Not A Day Goes By," "Move On," "Pretty Woman," "Old Friends," "Finishing The Hat," "Marry Me A Little," "Send in the Clowns," "Every Day A Little Death," "Now You Know," "Something's Coming," "Rose's Turn," "Anyone Can Whistle," "Another Hundred People" (new live concert recording), "I Know Things Now" (new live concert recording), "Jet Song," "Maria," "Sweeney Todd Suite: Not While I'm Around/Johanna/My Friends," "I'm Still Here."

Bob Levy: While I'm Still Here
(new album on CD/digital)
Songwriter Bob Levy. Benny Benack III, Nicolas King, Laurie Krauz, Jennifer Roberts, Jinny Sagorin, Marcus Simeone, Dane Vannatter, Nicole Zuraitis. "Twenty-Two," "Don't Follow Me," "That's You & I," "He Met Me," "Winter's Flight," "Someone Falls in Love with You," "Let There Be Peace," "I Fell in Love," "Live, Love and Laugh," "While I'm Still Here," "Tell Her Now," "When We Sing Again," "I Won't Sing a Song About Love," "The Best Part of Me," "If Your Heart Could Fly," "Christmas Eve Is Here Again," "Say Goodnight."

David Sabella: Time Heals
(new album on CD/digital)
Live album from actor/singer David Sabella (Chicago). "Take Me to the World," "Nowhere with Love," "A Moment with Me," "Losing My Mind," "Lover - Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," "No Moon at All," "Wondering," "Accentuate the Positive - Glory of Love," "How Did We Come to This," "Children Will Listen - Sorry Grateful," "Change Partners," "The Show Must Go On," "Time Heals Everything - Time After Time," "I'll Be Seeing You." Released 12/2/21.

"An Evening at the Theater"
(digital single)
Baritone Michael Kelly. From new opera cabaret work The Pleasing Recollection (music by Martin Hennessy, libretto by Stephen Kitsakos). Released 3/4/22.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 4
(Legacy Recordings - new digital album)
Songs from the Amazon Prime series. "Darn That Dream" (Ella Fitzgerald), "Coney Island" (The Barry Sisters), "The Pajama Game/Racing with the Clock" (Eddie Foy, Jr., Ensemble), "Always True To You In My Fashion" (Blossom Dearie), "They Came, They Danced" (Orville Mendoza and OBC cast of They Came, They Danced, "A Couple of Swells" (Judy Garland and Fred Astaire), "Christopher Street" (OBC of Wonderful Town), "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Doris Day), "City Lights" (Darius de Haas), "Maybe Monica" (Josh ADawson), "I'm Nobody's Baby" (Miss Beverly Shaw), "The Money Tree" (Patience & Prudence), "Que Sera, Sera" (Paulina Yeung), "Femininity" (cast of Oh! Captain), "Friday Afternoons, Op7: Cuckoo!" (Alexander Wells, New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp). Released 3/4/22.

Tina Burner: Maybe This Time
(new digital album)
Singer/actor/drag queen performer Kristian Seeber. With Blake Allen. "Ladies Who Lunch," "Proud of Your Boy," "Sweet Transvestite," "Maybe This Time," "Go The Distance," "What I Did for Love," "Somewhere That's Green," "I Am What I Am," "Confrontation," "Intro to Rose's Turn," "Rose's Turn," "My Way." Released 6/25/21.

Week of March 1, 2022

The Four Phantoms in Concert
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Brent Barrett, John Cudia, Franc D'Ambrosio, and Ciarán Sheehan, plus special guest Kaley Ann Voorhees. Recorded live at Feinstein's/54 Below. "Overture," "Old Friends," Welcome to Feinstein’s / 54 Below..., "This Is The Moment," Brent barrett intro, "All I Care About," Franc D’Ambrosio intro, "Speak Softly Love," Ciarán Sheehan intro, "Danny Boy," John Cudia intro, "'Til I Hear You Sing," "The Impossible Dream," "Pretty Women," Kaley Ann Voorhees intro, "Home", Duet Medley: "The First Man You Remember / You’re Just in Love / It Only Takes A Moment / Tonight," "All I Ask of You," Bring Him Home intro, "Bring Him Home," "The Phantom of the Opera," The Music of the Night intro, "The Music of the Night," "I'm Nothing Without You," "Band Intro / The Best of Times." Digital version released earlier. BroadwayRecords.com

I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir
(Penguin - Hardcover Book/Audible Audiobook)
By Harvey Fierstein. "... bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to the experimental worlds of Andy Warhol and the Theatre of the Ridiculous, to the gay rights movements of the seventies and the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the eighties, through decades of addiction, despair, and ultimate triumph."

Sally Ann Howes:Another Time, Another Place
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
First retrospective album release of Sally Ann Howes' recordings, from West End Bet Your Life, Paint Your Wagon, and Summer Song to her early work in the United States with the television musical The Gift of the Magi and the Broadway production Kwamina. Plus rare broadcast transcription recordings. Limited edition release of 500 units only.

Secret Places: A Tribute To Michel Legrand
(LML Music - new on CD)
Jazz vocalist Sharon Azrieli. "If There Were No Dreams," "Secret Places," "Les Moulins de Mon Coeur," "Pieces of a Dream," "On My Way to You," "Maybe Someone Dreamed Us," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Retour en Java," "You Must Believe in Spring," "Paris Violin," "Summer Me, Winter Me," "Years of My Youth," "Watch What Happens," "I Will Wait For You." Tamir Hendelman (piano), Alex Frank (bass), Dean Koba (drums), Artyom Manukyan (cello), Lori Bell (flute), Danny Janklow (alto saxophone), Charlie Bisharat (violin), Rickey Woodard (tenor saxophone).

This Time for Me: A Memoir
(TOPPLE Books & Little A - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By Alexandra Billings with Joanne Gordon. Introduction by Joey Soloway. "An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist Alexandra Billings. Spanning five decades, from profound lows to exhilarating highs ... captures the events of a pioneering life ... award-winning actor and history-making LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist shares not only her own ever-evolving story but also the parallel ways in which queer identity has dramatically changed since the Stonewall riots of 1969. She weaves a true coming-of-age story of richly imaginative lies, of friends being swept away by a plague that decimated the community, of her determination to establish a career that would break boundaries, and of the recognition of her own power."

Week of February 22, 2022

25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth, and Black Theater
(Methuen Drama - New Book)
Featuring plays by by Katori Hall, Antoinette Nwandu, Roger Q. Mason, Dominique Morisseau, Francisca Da Silveira, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, Charly Evon Simpson, and Angelica Cheri. Edited and curated by Kelley Nicole Girod. 200 pages. Hardcover and Kindle versions released 2/10/22; paperback 3/10/22.

Bryan Adams Sings Pretty Woman the Musical
(new video)
On YouTube.com.

Flying Over Sunset
(Sony Masterworks - new digital album)
2021 Broadway musical score by Tom Kitt and Michael Korie. Carmen Cusack, Tony Yazbeck, Harry Hadden-Paton, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Nehal Joshi, Emily Pynenburg, Michele Ragusa, Robert Sella, Laura Shoop, and Atticus Ware. CD format to be released 3/11/21. Released 2/18/22.

Melissa Errico: Out Of The Dark – The Film Noir Project
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Song-cycle concert of songs from film noir classics curated by Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik, along with four brand new songs composed by Michel Legrand, David Shire, and the late Peter Foley, with words by Adam Gopnik. "Angel Eyes," "With Every Breath I Take," "Written in the Stars," "The Bad And The Beautiful," "Haunted Heart," "Amour, Amour," "Silent Partner," "Farewell, My Lovely," "Laura," "Blame It On My Youth," "Checkin' My Heart," "On Vit, On Aime," "Solitude," "The Man That Got Away," "Detour Ahead," "Shadows and Light," "Again." Arrangements by musical director/pianist Tedd Firth. GhostlightRecords.com. Released 2/18/22.

Patti Murin: "The Right Thing"
(Broadway Records - new digital single)
Song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; arranged by Luke Williams; engineered, mixed and mastered by Yasuhiko Fukuoka and produced by Robbie Rozelle. From the forthcoming debut album from Patti Murin and Colin Donnell, produced by Robbie Rozelle. Released 2/18/22.BroadwayRecords.com.

Spencer Day: Broadway by Day
(Provident - new on CD)
Jazz singer/songwriter Spencer Day with guests Jane Monheit and Dave Koz. "One," "Bali Ha'i," "Maybe," "Getting to Know You," "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You," "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "It Only Takes a Moment," "If I Loved You," "Who Will Buy?," "Losing My Mind," "On the Street Where You Live," "What I Did for Love."

West Side Story: Breaking Barriers
(Wownow Entertainment - new DVD)
2021 documentary. Part of Literary Heroes Documentary Series. 72 minutes.

Week of February 8, 2022

Ben Bagley's Harold Arlen and Vernon Duke Revisited Volume II
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Songs from the revue Life Begins at 8:40, cut songs from Jamaica, the rare Sadie Thompson, and a few other rarities; rare songs from Banjo Eyes, Zenda, Walk a Little Faster, The Lady Comes Across, and more. Plus additional Harold Arlen songs in a bonus section. Dolores Gray, Helen Gallagher, Sandy Duncan, Tammy Grimes, Blossom Dearie, and Arthur Siegel. Arrangements and orchestrations are by Dennis Deal and Albert Evans. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Limited to 500 copies only. Kritzerland.com.

I Do! I Do!
(Kritzerland - on CD)
1996 cast (Lamb's Theater) recording of score by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. David Garrison and Karen Ziemba. Remastered by James Nelson. Includes new bonus track cut song "Thousands of Flowers," sung by Ziemba and Garrison. New cover art, a booklet with color photographs, new liner notes by Tom Jones, Karen Ziemba, David Garrison, and producer Bruce Kimmel. Limited to 500 copies only. Kritzerland.com.

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
(TCG - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
2019 Broadway play by Taylor Mac. 96 pages.

Love in Hate Nation
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Joe Iconis. Cast includes Sydney Farley, Amina Faye, Jasmine Forsberg, Lauren Marcus, Kelly McIntyre, Lena Skeele, Emerson Mae Smith, Ryan Vona, and Tatiana Wechsler. Music direction and vocal arrangements by Annastasia Victory. Music supervision and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen. Produced by Joe Iconis, Ian Kagey, and Charlie Rosen. Two River Theater and Kurt Deutsch are executive producers. Recorded August 2, 2021, for a fall release. The musical had its world premiere production at the Two River Theater in 2019. GhostlightRecords.com.

Space Dogs
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original cast album. Score by Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire, who also perform. "The Space Dogs of the Cosmodrome " (now available), "If I Start a Race," "A Brief History of Dogs," "Getting Me High," "Blessed By Two Great Oceans," "Fill the Void I," "A Russian Canine Beauty Pageant," "Werner Von Braun," "Babies To Time," "Ahead In the Van," "Fuzziest Loneliest," "Progress," "Byelka Strelka," "Fill the Void II," "Space Opera." Produced by Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire, with Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producer. The show is expected to debut at MCC Theater in January 2022. GhostlightRecords.com.

Witness Uganda: An American Musical
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital album)
Studio album of score by Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould. Performed by Griffin Matthews, Cynthia Erivo, Ledisi, Nicolette Robinson, Emma Hunton, Kristolyn Lloyd, Tyrone Davis Jr., Jamar Williams, Kameron Richardson, Jai’Len Josey, Amber Iman, India Carney, Jamard Richardson, Kevin Curtis, Sha’Leah Nikole, Naarai, Loren Smith, and Antwone Barnes. Single "Bricks" now available. 24 tracks.

"Sextet Montage"
(Masterworks - digital single)
Song from Jonathan Larson's Superbia, included in the Netflix film version of Tick ... Tick ... Boom! but not on the soundtrack. Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Aneesa Folds, Gizel Jimenez, Joel Perez and Janet Dacal.

Week of February 1, 2022

B Is for Broadway: Onstage and Backstage from A to Z
(Doubleday Books for Young Readers - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By John Robert Allman. Illustrated by Peter Emmerich. From "Auditions" to "Ziegfeld" ... rhythmic alphabet book featuring favorite performers, creators, songs, and shows from the Broadway stage ... Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Irving Berlin, Jennifer Holliday, and Billy Porter ... famous New York theaters, beloved shows, and the crew, stylists, and technicians who are vital to each performance. 48 pages.

Matteo Ferrari: Maramao
(PS Classics - on CD/digital)
Singer and actor Matteo Ferrari's debut album of selections from Italy’s golden age of popular song. "Ti parlerò d’amore," "Tu, musica divina," "Vivere," "Lontano," "Lili Marlen," "Mamma," "A Zonzo," "Cerco una ragazza," "Parlami d’amore, Mariù," "Tornerai" (with Sara D’Angelo), "Vergiß mein nicht," "Mille lire al mese," "Il pinguino innamorato," "Ma l’amore no." Released 1/14/22.

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
(Bloomsbury Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Isaac Butler. Chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire ... traces how a cohort of American mavericks—including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre—refashioned Stanislavski's ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse. Long after its midcentury heyday, the Method lives on as one of the most influential—and misunderstood—ideas in American culture. 512 pages.

Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle
(Broadway Records / Theatre Barn Records - new digital album)
Original concept album. Score by Tyler Tafolla. Desi Oakley, Mariah Rose Faith, Adante Carter, Dillon Klena, Michael Restaino, Bethany Slomka, Matthew Sanderson, Everjohn Feliciano, Megan Kuramoto-Tafolla, Gabbie Adner, Cassie Bowerman and Michael Pinning. Newly mixed and remastered by Michael J Moritz Jr. BroadwayRecords.com. Released 1/28/22.

Week of January 25, 2022

From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song
(NYFOS Records - new digital album)
Debut album from NYFOS own label, featuring mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and tenor William Burden with NYFOS Artistic Director and pianist Steven Blier. From a live concert recording at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York on March 23, 2000. "Pineapple Rag," "My Lady Frog," "Evening Song," "Oh Gee! - Oh Joy!," "Nickel Under My Foot," "Stay in My Arms," "Hit the Road," "Nocturne," "Thousands of Miles," "Wrong Note Rag," "Take the Moment," "'Round Midnight," "The Ballad of Booth," "Hosing the Furniture," "New York Lights," "Walt Whitman in 1989," "How Can I Keep From Singing?"

I Can Get It For You Wholesale OBC Deluxe Edition
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Expanded release of the original Broadway cast recording of Harold Rome's score for the 1962 musical (book by Jerome Weidman). Elliott Gould, Lillian Roth, Marilyn Cooper, Ken LeRoy, Harold Lang, Bambi Linn and Barbra Streisand. Newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape. Also included are the show's original demo recordings and a bonus disc of cover recordings from the show (including a never before released on CD instrumental album by Sy Oliver and His Orchestra and pop covers from such artists as Tony Bennett, Robert Goulet, Jerry Vale and Edmundo Ros). Detailed sleeve notes by George Dansker. Limited edition release of 500 units only.

Past Demons
( - new digital album)
Ryan Scott Oliver and Shirley Jackson, based on tales by horror and mystery writer Shirley Jackson. Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Ethan Carlson, Miranda Luze, Nicole DeLuca, Eleri Ward, Daniel Yearwood, Eric Ulloa. "The Real Me," "Louisa, Please Come Home," "Remembrance of Things Past," "6 A.M. is the Hour," "Jack the Ripper."

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Alice Birch. 80 pages.

Sportin' Life: John W. Bubbles, An American Classic
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Brian Harker. Biography of groundbreaking tap dancer John W. Bubbles, who played Sportin' Life in the original production of Porgy and Bess. His life, from 1902-1986, from vaudeville to Broadway to TV, then to acclaimed performances from his wheelchair. 328 pages. Kindle Edition released earlier.

Week of January 18, 2022

Annie Live!
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack for televised event on NBC. Score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess and Megan Hilty, with Celina Smith as Annie and Taraji P. Henson. "Overture," "Maybe," "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Tomorrow," "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover," "Little Girls," "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here," "N.Y.C.," "Sign," "Easy Street," "We Got Annie," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise)," "Something Was Missing," "I Don't Need Anything But You," "Maybe (Warbucks' Reprise)," "A New Deal for Christmas," "Tomorrow (Finale)." Digital version released 12/3/21.

Annie Live!
(Universal Studios - new Blu-ray/DVD)
2021 television presentation. Score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Book by Thomas Meehan.

Legacy Collection: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(Disney - new on 2 CDs)
One in an exclusive line of musical releases that celebrate milestone anniversaries of Disney's most cherished properties featuring beloved original soundtracks, plus valuable content that tells the story behind the music. Beautifully illustrated by Lorelay Bove, a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the film. Includes nearly 40 tracks and features additional remastered score by Alan Menken and never before released demo recordings. 38 tracks total. DisneyMusicEmporium.com.

On The Town, Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein
(Planet Arts Records - new digital album)
Pianist Pete Malinverni with piano and unerring support from his blue-chip rhythm section: bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jeff Hamilton. "New York New York," "Lucky to Be Me," "Somewhere," "Cool," "Simple Song," "I Feel Pretty," "Lonely Town," "Some Other Time," "It’s Love," "A Night on the Town."

The Robbie Sherman Songbook
(The Robbie Sherman Songbook - new digital album)
Marks the 100 year anniversary of Sherman family songwriting. 16 tracks from Robert J. Sherman's theatrical musical catalogue. Songs selected from five musicals written by Robert J. Sherman, including Bumblescratch, Love Birds, and A Spoonful of Sherman, as well as upcoming musical projects The Magic Flute and The Penguin Pirate. Sam Tutty, Anna Stolli, Greg Castiglioni, Matthew Croke, The Femmes, Lewis Cornay, Evie Hoskins, Philip Bertioli, Jack Wolfe, Ilan Galkoff, Evie Hoskins, Tyrone Huntley, Robbie Sherman, Emma Kingston, Jessica Martin, Rob Houchen, Rachel John. "Heart of a Stranger," "The Sharpest Smile," "Crunchy Crackers," "Did You Ever Have a Dream?," "It's Your Birthday," "The Dream I Never Dreamed," "Love Birds," "Then You Fly," "Adorable Me!," "That's Something," "We Will Live to Be Free," "Blimey I'm Slimy (Over You)," "Superhero," "Melbourne Bumblescratch," "Music of the Spheres," "Long Long Road." Produced by Sherman alongside West End music director Mark Warman. Orchestral arrangements by Rowland Lee and Big Band arrangements created by James Spilling. Released 1/14/22.

The Sunday Set: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso
(Provident - new on CD/digital)
Recorded Live at the Birdland Theater. "Whistle While You Work," "You Are My Sunshine," "Lullaby of Birdland," "Lovin' at Birdland," "What Did You Do to Your Face?," "A Doodlin' Song," "Isn't It a Pity?," "Sinatra Saloon Medley: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning / One More for My Baby (And One More for the Road) / Angel Eyes," "42nd Street." Stritch on piano and Steve Doyle on bass.

Week of January 11, 2022

BAM... and Then It Hit Me
(powerHouse Books - Kindle Edition)
Memoir by Karen Brooks Hopkins, President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Numerous photographs. 320 pages.

Caroline, or Change
(Broadway Records/Roundabout Records - new on 2 CDs)
New Broadway (Roundabout Theatre Company) cast recording of score by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Tony Kushner (lyrics). Produced by Elliot Scheiner, Nigel Lilley, Jeanine Tesori, and Van Dean. Edited and mixed by Lawrence Manchester. Sharon D Clarke, Gabriel Amoroso, Alexander Bello, John Cariani, Joy Hermalyn, Arica Jackson, Tamika Lawrence, Caissie Levy, Adam Makké, Kevin S. McAllister, Harper Miles, N’Kenge, Nya, Richard Alexander Phillips, Jayden Theophile, Nasia Thomas, Jaden Myles Waldman, Samantha Williams, Stuart Zagnit, and Chip Zien. Digital format released earlier. BroadwayRecords.com.

Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance, and Show Tunes
(Random House Canada - new Paperback Book/Kindle Edition/Audible audiobook)
Memoir by Broadway/Off-Broadway/TV/fim performer David Pevsner. 368 pages.

The Four Phantoms in Concert
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Brent Barrett, John Cudia, Franc D'Ambrosio, and Ciarán Sheehan, plus special guest Kaley Ann Voorhees. Recorded live at Feinstein's/54 Below. "Overture," "Old Friends," Welcome to Feinstein’s / 54 Below..., "This Is The Moment," Brent barrett intro, "All I Care About," Franc D’Ambrosio intro, "Speak Softly Love," Ciarán Sheehan intro, "Danny Boy," John Cudia intro, "'Til I Hear You Sing," "The Impossible Dream," "Pretty Women," Kaley Ann Voorhees intro, "Home", Duet Medley: "The First Man You Remember / You’re Just in Love / It Only Takes A Moment / Tonight," "All I Ask of You," Bring Him Home intro, "Bring Him Home," "The Phantom of the Opera," The Music of the Night intro, "The Music of the Night," "I'm Nothing Without You," "Band Intro / The Best of Times." CD to be released 2/11/22. BroadwayRecords.com.

The Phantom of the Opera Collection
(Titan Comics - Hardcover Book/Kindle & comiXology Edition)
Fully authorized graphic novel adaptation by Cavan Scott, illustrated by José María Beroy, of the Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe original libretto.

Rose-Marie
(Harbinger Records/The Musical Theater Project - new on CD)
In partnership with the Smithsonian: the first release in any format of their 1981 production of the classic operetta, starring Ron Raines and Debra Vanderlinde. With the Catholic University of America a capella Choir. The only complete recording of the score, which includes lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. "Overture," "Prelude / Opening Chorus," "Hard-Boiled Herman," "Rose-Marie," "The Mounties," "Lak Jeem," "Rose-Marie - Reprise," "Indian Love Call," "Campfire Impression ," "Introduction and Rose-Marie - Reprise," "Pretty Things," "Why Shouldn’T We?," "Totem Tom-Tom," "Rose-Marie - Reprise," "Finale Act I," "Entr’Acte," "Pretty Things - Reprise," "Only a Kiss," "Finaletto, Act 2," "Introduction to the Minuet of the Minute," "The Minuet of the Minute," "Bridal Procession: Door of My Dreams," "Bridal Finale," "Finale Ultimo." HarbingerRecords.com.

Week of January 4, 2022

Ben Bagley's Hold on to Your Hats
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Music by Burton Lane Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Helen Gallagher, Carleton Carpenter, Nancy Grennan Hillner, Arthur Siegel, and an ensemble. Plus some other Harburg songs, rarities, with music by Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Sammy Fain, Burton Lane, and Dana Suesse sung by Tammy Grimes, Patrice Munsel, Blossom Dearie, Arthur Siegel, Ann Hampton Callaway and others, plus Harburg himself. Remastered. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Limited to 500 copies only and expected in the first week of January 2022. Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Make Mine Manhattan + Great Revues Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
1948 Broadway musical Make Mine Manhattan music Richard Lewine and lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt. Great Revues Revisited music and lyrics by Baldwin Bergerson, Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards, Edward Eliscu, Ted Fetter, Charles Gaynor, Jay Gorney, Alec Grahame, Bob Hilliard, Arnold B. Horwitt, Jean and Walter Kerr, Richard Lewine, Phyllis McGinley, Henry Myers, Peter Myers, John Pritchett, Harold Rome, Albert Selden, Carl Sigman. Cast includes Nancy Andrews, Carleton Carpenter, Helen Gallagher, Dolores Gray, Estelle Parsons, Lynn Redgrave, Arthur Siegel, and Elaine Stritch. Arrangements by Dennis Deal and Judd Woldin. Remastered. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected first week of January 2022. Kritzerland.com.

Life of Pi
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Lolita Chakrabarti, adapted from the novel by Yann Martel. Published to coincide with the West End premiere in November 2021. 112 pages.

Morning Sun
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Simon Stephens. Currently in production at Manhattan Theatre Club. 104 pages. Kindle Edition released 11/16/21.

Samantha Barks: Into the Unknown
(Westway - new on CD)
Studio album featuring Samantha Barks (Pretty Woman: The Musical, Frozen West End cast, Les Misérables film. "Into the Unknown," "Heart of Stone," "Never Enough," "How Far I'll Go," "Reflection," "Waving Through a Window," "Only Us" (with Ramin Karimloo), "I'd Rather Be Me," "With You," "Let Me Be Your Star" (with Stephanie McKeon), "Falling Slowly," "Mary Jane." Digital format released 11/12/21.

Scarlet
(new EP)
Original concept recording of score by Jess Newman and Richard Lindenfelzer. Featuring Maggie McKenna. "Prologue," "Machine," "Master of Loneliness," "Sirens," "Sun and Back."

The Solomon Diaries: Vol I, II, II
(Adhyâropa Records - three-part album series)
Songs by composer/clarinetist Sam Sadigursky. " ...an aural reflection on America's Jewish Vacationland celebrating the monumental place that it has in American cultural history and capturing absence, loss, and change within the Jewish American immigrant story." Sam Sadigursky (clarinet), Nathan Koci (accordion/piano/banjo), and Katrina Lenk (vocals). Bandcamp.com.