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Digital Now Available:
"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.
Blu-ray/DVD Now Available:
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".
To be released this Friday, July 28:
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
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.
Books/Plays RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
September 20:
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.
October 20:
The Vagrant Trilogy: Three Plays by Mona Mansour: The Hour of Feeling; The Vagrant; Urge for Going
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition[9/22/22])
Set of three plays by by Mona Mansour. Michael Malek Najjar and Hala Baki, editors. 176 pages.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Track list added:
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. "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." First track to be released 8/12/22.
