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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:
Goodbye New York
(new digital album)
Concept album for score by Andrew Beall and Evan McCormack. [May 6 was the announced released date.]
Books Now Available:
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.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, May 13:
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."
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.
NEWLY LISTED Recordings:
June 24:
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)." Digital version released earlier.
August 26:
Julie Benko and Jason Yeager: Hand in Hand
(Club44 Records - new album)
Married couple, Broadway actress singer Julie Benko (Funny Girl) and jazz musician and composer Jason Yeager. Collection of standards and originals.
Later in 2022:
Baby
(Yellow Sound Label - new album)
New Off-Broadway Out of the Box Theatrics cast recording of score by David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr. Also features never-before-recorded material (including "Patterns"). Christina Sajous, Gabrielle McClinton, Julia Murney, Robert H. Fowler, Elizabeth Flemming, and Johnny Link with Jorge Donoso, Marisa Kirby, Jewell Noel, and Ethan Paulini. Produced by Michael Croiter, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Geoffrey Ko, who also serves as music supervisor. Expected later in 2022.
Release date TBA:
Harmony
(new album)
2022 Off-Broadway Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman cast recording of score by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. Cast includes Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, Steven Telsey, Jessie Davidson, and Ana Hoffman.
NEWLY LISTED Books:
October 4:
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.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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