2021: November 16-23, 9, 2 | October 26, 19, 12 | 5 | September 28, 21, 14, 7 | August 31, 17-24, 10, 3 | July 27, 20, 13, 6 | June 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | May 25, 18, 4-11 | April 27, 20, 13, 6 | March 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | February 23, 16, 9, 2 | January 26, 19, 12, 5
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
Edmund Bagnell: The Road
(new digital EP)
Singing violinst Edmund Bagnell. "The Water," "That's All," "No One Is Alone," "Salut D'amour," "Carolina In My Mind," "The Road."
Books Now Available (and available tomorrow):
Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
(Universe - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Hudovernik. More than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America's first "It" girls—silent film-era starlets. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them. 272 pages.
OTHER RELEASES through this Friday, December 3:
Kimberly Hawkey: A New Noel
(new digital album)
Vocalist Kimberly Hawkey sings songs by Morris & River. "Coming Home," "Deep Snow," "Our Small Traditions," "Slushy Mushy Christmas," "Through the Ruins," "A New Noel," "Grandpa's Chair," "Shopping Mall Santa," "A Secret Reason," "The Loving Voices," "In My Pocket." Release date 12/1/21.
Making Broadway Dance
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Liza Gennaro. Examines choreography for musical theatre through the lens of dance studies, script analysis, movement research and dramaturgical inquiry ... the choreographic systems of some of Broadway's most influential dance-makers including George
Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse, Savion Glover, Sergio Trujillo, Steven Hoggett and Camille Brown. 232 pages. Release date 12/3/21.
Sondheim Unplugged - The NYC Sessions Volume 1
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2-CD set/digital)
First in three-volume set. "Something's Coming" (Marquee Five), "Broadway Baby" (Michelle Dowdy), "What Can You Lose?" (Nicholas Rodriguez), "The Right Girl" (Aaron Ramey), "The Boy From" (Lucia Spina), "Sooner or Later" (Brian Charles Rooney), "Someone Is Waiting / Pretty Women" (Alton Fitzgerald White), "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" (Jim Brochu), "I Remember" (Lina Koutrakos), "The Glamorous Life" (Blaine Krauss), "Ariadne" (Eric Michael Gillett), "Gee, Officer Krupke" (Jacob Hoffman), "Multitudes of Amys" (John Treacy Egan), "In Buddy's Eyes" (Teri Ralston), "Old Friends / Like it Was" (Donna Vivino), "Good Thing Going / Growing Up" (Michael Winther), "By the Sea" (Liz McCartney), "Send in the Clowns" (Sally Mayes), "Children and Art" (Danielle Ferland), "Being Alive" (Christina Bianco, Carole J Bufford and Scott Coulter), "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" (Marquee Five), "Agony I" (Tally Sessions and Jeff Kready), "What More Do I Need?" (Lucia Spina), "No One Is Alone" (Blaine Krauss), "Changing / Beautiful" (Melanie Vaughan and Courter Simmons), "Let Me Entertain You / Broadway" (Kate Loprest), "Unworthy of Your Love" (Annie Golden and Michael Winther), "Live Alone and Like It" (Karen Mason), "There Won't Be Trumpets" (Gabrielle Stravelli), "Your Eyes Are Blue" (Stearns Matthews), "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" (Victoria Cook), "Talent" (Hunter Ryan Herdlicka), "Not While I'm Around" (Julie Reyburn), "Not While I'm Around" (Julie Reyburn), "The Road You Didn't Take" (Eric Michael Gillett), "On the Steps of the Palace" (Erica Spyres), "Maria" (Brian Charles Rooney), "The Ladies Who Lunch" (Alice Ripley), "Someone in a Tree" (Jacob Hoffman), "Rain on the Roof" (Stearns Matthews and Natalie Arneson), "I'm Still Here" (Marta Sanders), "Color and Light" (Claybourne Elder and Christina Bianco), "Sunday" (Charlie Levy). Produced by Phil Geoffrey Bond. Music director Joseph Goodrich on piano. YellowSoundLabel.com. Release date 12/1/21.
Once Upon a Time Step: Songs from the Ron Lytle Musical Fairy Tales
(new on CD/digital)
16 songs from 11 of composer and lyricist Lytle's one-act musicals (The
King's New Klothes, That's Our Snow White!, The Bluegrass Musicians Of Bremen Flats, It Must Be Pinocchio, The Great and Glorious Mr. Toad and more), and from Lytles latest full-length holiday musical, Christmas in Oz. Performers include Will Arundell, Jessica Coker, John Erreca, Jordyn Foley, Juanita Harris, Tania Johnson, Alonso Melgoza, Michael Mendelsohn, Marah Sotelo, Oscar Tomosada, and Chris Vettel. Release date 12/3/21.
tick, tick... BOOM!
(Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack from 2021 Netflix film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical. Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Mj Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens. "30/90," "Boho Days," "Green Green Dress," "No More," "Johnny Can't Decide," "Sunday," "Play Game," "Therapy," "Swimming," "Come to Your Senses," "Real Life," "Why," "Louder Than Words," "Come to Your Senses" (end credit version); Bonus tracks: "Green Green Dress" (Garfield & Shipp), "Out Of My Dreams" (Veronica Jackson cover), "Only Takes a Few" (The Mountain Goats). 180 gram vinyl LP to be released 6/3/22. Release date 12/3/21. Digital version released earlier.
West Side Story new soundtrack
(Hollywood Records - new digital album)
Soundtrack for 2021 musical film based on the 1957 musical. Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Film cast includes Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Iris Menas, Mike Iveson, Jamila Velazquez, Annelise Cepero, Yassmin Alers, Jamie Harris, Curtiss Cook. "Prologue," "La Borinqueña" (Sharks Version), "Jet Song," "Somethings Coming," "The Dance at the Gym: Blues, Promenade," "The Dance at the Gym: Mambo," "The Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha, Meeting Scene, Jump," "Maria," "Balcony Scene (Tonight)," "Transition to Scherzo / Scherzo," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "One Hand, One Heart," "Cool," "Tonight (Quintet)", "The Rumble," "I Feel Pretty," "Somewhere" (performed by Rita Moreno), "A Boy Like That / I Have a Love," "Finale," "End Credits." CD release date 12/10/21. Release date 12/3/21.
Books/Plays RECENTLY LISTED:
Sportin' Life: John W. Bubbles, An American Classic
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
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.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No release date:
Adventures in Reality
(Ghostlight Records - new album)
Collection of previously unreleased songs from various projects by Michael Friedman.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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