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CDs Now Available:
Ben Bagley's Irving Berlin Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Performers include Richard Chamberlain, Blossom Dearie, Dorothy Loudon, and Bobby Short. Limited to 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.
Gabriel
(SimG - new on 2 CDs)
Studio cast recording of Andrew Fisher score. Daniel Boys, James Gillan, Joel Montague, Kit Orton, Stuart Matthew Price, Lauren Samuels, Ben Stock, Stephen Weller, and David Bedella. Recorded at Baker Street Studios. Includes full colour booklet, cast photographs, and synopsis. Available at SimGProductions.com and DressCircle.London.
Legacy
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Collection of two previously unheard song cycles, 1859: A FarmerS Diary and A Boy With a Camera, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Sarah Uriarte Berry and Steven Pasquale. Demos, recorded 16 years ago, enhanced and remastered. Produced by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Michael J Moritz Jr. In gratitude to the theater community, the authors proceeds will be donated equally to The Actors Fund Outreach to the BIPOC Community, the Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellows Program, and the Marineau-Mazzie Music Theatre Performance Scholarship at Western Michigan University. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes
Lolita, My Love
(Kritzerland - new on 2 CDs)
Live (Boston) soundboard recording of the musical, score by John Barry (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics). Orchestrations by Eddie Sauter. Mastered by James Nelson. Thirty-six tracks. At Kritzerland.com. [We trust that rights issued have been addressed by Kritzerland; further information can be provided to soundadvice@talkinbroadway.com.]
The Prom: Music from the Netflix Film
(Sony Music Masterworks - new on CD/on mp3/2-LP vinyl set/at iTunes)
Soundtrack for 2020 Netflix musical film based on the Broadway musical. Music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Keegan-Michael Key, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose. "Changing Lives," "Changing Lives (Reprise)," "Just Breathe," "It's Not About Me," "Dance with You," "The Acceptance Song," "You Happened," "We Look to You," "Tonight Belongs to You," "Tonight Belongs to You (Reprise)," "Zazz," "The Lady's Improving," "Alyssa Greene," "Love Thy Neighbor," "Barry is Going to Prom," "Unruly Heart," "It's Time to Dance," "Wear Your Crown," "Simply Love."
DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
Broadway for Georgia: Georgia on My Mind
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
All-star line-up of 60+ stage and screen stars who contributed from all over the country. Produced by Joseph Joubert, Audra McDonald, Michael McElroy, Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and Schele Williams, with a new arrangement by Joseph Joubert and Michael McElroy. 100% of the profits from the sale of the song will benefit FAIR FIGHT, the voting rights organization rooted in Georgia.
Coming from Inside the House (A Virtual SubCulture Concert)
(Craft Recordings - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Jason Robert Brown's spring 2020 virtual April 27, 2020, SubCulture concert featuring Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean. "Sanctuary" (Georgia Stitt, Molly Cate Brown, Susannah Brown), "Melinda," "The Hardest Hill" (Shoshana Bean), "I Love Betsy," "Still Hurting" (Ariana Grande), "All Things In Time," Bonus track "Nothing's Bigger Than Kong" (world premiere recording of song commissioned for but ultimately not included in the 2018 Broadway musical King Kong). Brown piano and keyboards, with Todd Reynolds, Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Gary Sieger, Randy Landau and Jamie Eblen. Recorded, edited and mixed by Jeffrey Lesser, and produced by Lesser and Jason Robert Brown. Mastered by Oscar Zambrano. Marc Kaplan, executive producer.
Corey Brunish: Just the Three of Us
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Singer, actor, director, writer and multiple Tony Award-winning producer Corey Brunish. "Let the River Run," "Falling Slowly," "Have I Told You Lately / You Are So Beautiful," "Bonnie," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Rhythm of the Rain," "After Midnight," "Blue Moon," "With You," "In This Life I Was Loved by You," "Tears in Heaven," "The Rose," "When Love Comes to Find You," "Just the Two of Us," "They Were You," "Lullaby."
Daniel and Patrick Lazour: "Flap My Wings"
(We Live in Cairo - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Brothers, songwriters, and collaborators Daniel and Patrick Lazour. Single from upcoming (2021) album Flap My Wings: Songs From We Live in Cairo, featuring songs from their Richard Rodgers Award-winning show We Live in Cairo, seen in 2019 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Virtually produced featuring artists from around the globe, including Ramy Essam, Emel Mathlouthi, Rotana, Hamed Sinno, and more.
Derrick Baskin: "What a Wonderful World"
(Redonky Tonk LLC - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Broadway performer Derrick Baskin (Aint Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations). Produced and arranged by Michael Thurber.
Estella Scrooge
(Broadway Records - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original soundstage recording from world premiere streaming musical. Music and lyrics by Paul Gordon. Betsy Wolfe, Clifton Duncan, Lauren Patten, Patrick Page, Carolee Carmello, and Danny Burstein. "Bleak House," "Never Look Down," "Mail Call," "Almost a Family," "Not on My Watch," "Trickle Down," "Barbie Doll," "Do You Believe?," "Wall Street Baby Superstar," "Great Expectations," "Minor Character," "An Art to Christmas," "Gardens and Stars," "Its Okay With Me," "Best and Worst of Times," "Its a Beautiful Night," "Best and Worst of Times (Reprise)," "Great Expectations (Reprise)," "Life," "An Art to Christmas (Reprise)," "Never Look Down (Reprise)," "Almost a Family (Reprise)," "Its a Far, Far Better Thing," "Harthouse."
"(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with a Plan"
(Masterworks - digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Laura Benanti. Lyrics by Randy Rainbow. Original song by Irving Taylor, Dudley Brooks, and Hal Stanley. Released 12/11/20.
Kenneth Gartman: We Need a Little Christmas
(new digital album on mp3)
"We Need a Little Christmas - What the World Needs Now Is Love," "Don't Let Christmas Pass You By," "A Miracle for Christmas," "I Wanna Be a Rockette," "The Christmas Song," "Just in Time for Christmas," "Lots of Love from Me to You," "My Simple Christmas Wish," "The Gift of Trouble - May I Suggest," "It's Love," "Chanukah Lights," "Go Light Your World," "The Truth About Christmas." CD format available at KennethGartman.com.
"Only You, Lonely You"
(Polydor Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Single from Andrew Lloyd Webber/David Zippel's Cinderella score. Sung by Ivano Turco. Released 12/11/20.
VINYL LP Now Available:
Matilda the Musical vinyl
(Broadway Records - new double-LP)
2013 Broadway cast recording of Tim Minchin score on blue vinyl. First release of Matilda in any format to include all songs in show order, and first physical format to have the special bonus tracks "Perhaps a Child" and "Naughty" (sung by all four Tony Award-honored Matildas). Also at BroadwayRecords.com.
BLU-RAY/DVDs Now Available:
The Harvey Girls
(Warner Archive - on Blu-ray)
1946 M-G-M musical film. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Cyd Charisse. Songs by Harry Warren (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics). 101 minutes.
Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
Good News
(Warner Archive - on Blu-ray)
1947 musical film. Directing debut of Charles Walters and screenwriting debut of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Tormé, Joan McCracken. Filmed in Technicolor. Special features: outtake musical sequence "An Easier Way" (with June Allyson and Patricia Marshall); excerpts from MGM's 1930 version of Good News; vintage MGM radio promo interview with June Allyson; original theatrical trailer (HD).
The Pajama Game
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1957 musical film adaptation of Broadway show. Produced and directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen. Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Barbara Nichols. Score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; choreography by Bob Fosse. Special Features: deleted musical sequence with Doris Day "The Man Who Invented Love"; original theatrical trailer (HD).
Books/Plays RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
Disney Goes Classical
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook of songs from the album Disney Goes Classical. Classical versions of iconic Disney themes, arranged for solo piano, and piano/vocal/guitar where appropriate. "Almost There," "The Bare Necessities," "Beauty and the Beast," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?," "Colors of the Wind," "Go the Distance," "How Far I'll Go," "I See the Light," "Let It Go," "Overture from Mary Poppins," "Part of Your World," "Reflection," "When She Loved Me," "When You Wish Upon a Star," "A Whole New World." 72 pages.
Jason Robert Brown Collection - Volume 2: 24 Selections from Shows and Albums
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook features 24 selections from Bridges of Madison County, 13: The Musical, Honeymoon in Vegas, and The Last Five Years and the album How We React and How We Recover. Arranged for voice with piano accompaniment. "All Things in Time," "Almost Real," "Always Better," "Another Life," "Anywhere but Here," "Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles," "Being a Geek," "Brand New You," "Fifty Years Long," "Hope," "I Love Betsy," "Invisible," "It All Fades Away," "Jason's Song (Gave It Away)," "A Little More Homework," "Melinda," "Opportunity," "Out of the Sun," "Sanctuary," "Singing You Home," "A Song About Your Gun," "Still Hurting," "Wait 'Til You See What's Next," "What It Means to Be a Friend."
Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played
(Hachette Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Tovah Feldshuh. "Memoir that shares the highs and lows of a remarkable career that has spanned five decades, and shares the lessons that she has learned, often the hard way, about how to live a life in the spotlight, strive for excellence, and still get along with your mother." 320 pages.
The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
The original one-act edition of the play by Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis which premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012. (The expanded two-act version Won WhatsOnStage, Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk Awards.) 64 pages.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Added to January 15, 2021:
Treeson: An Eco-Musical
(new digital album)
Original cast album of score by G. Victoria Campbell. Simon Bächtiger, G. Victoria Campbell, Peter Campbell, Aly Carrigan, Daniele Alan-Carter, Diana Chu, Luisa Cortés, Jacob Didas, Sinead Davies, Sarsi Grace, Stephen Ingram, Auguste Jankauskaite, Emett Matthews, Jenny Mollet, Sarah Waddington and Colin Wardale. Orchestrations by Joseph Purdue. A portion of sales will go toward the Rainforest Alliance.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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