Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 5/3/22

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CDs Now Available:

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.


DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:

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.


Books Now Available:

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.

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.


MUSIC to be released this Friday, May 6:

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.

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.


New Listed RECORDINGS:

May 26:

Ann Kittredge: reIMAGINE
(new 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.

June 10:

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."





Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.

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