Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 12/24/19

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Earlier recaps:

2019: December 17, 10, 3 | November 26, 19, 5 | October 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | September 24, 17, 10, 3, August 27, 20, 13, 6 | July 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | June 25, 18, 11, 4 | May 28, 21, 14, 7 | April 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | March 26, 19, 12 | 5 | February 26, 19, 12, 5 | January 29, 22, 15, 8

2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015


DVD/Blu-Rays Now Available:

Judy
(Lions Gate - new 2-disc blu-ray/single DVD)
2019 film. Renée Zellweger stars as Judy Garland. With Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Bella Ramsey Producers: Lee Dean, David Livingstone, Cameron McCracken, Jim Spencer. Directed by Rupert Goold.


Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Ben Bagley's Arthur Schwartz Revisited
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music by Arthur Schwartz Lyrics by Howard Dietz, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Al Stillman. Singers include Cab Calloway, Phyllis Diller, Gloria DeHaven, Blossom Dearie, and, on a bonus track, Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante. Musical direction by Norman Paris. Remastered. Cover artwork by Harvey Schmidt. Limited release of 500 copies. To ship by the last week of January, 2020. At Kritzerland.com.


OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Added to March 6, 2020:

Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Musical World of Maury Yeston
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Directed and conceived by Gerard Alessandrini. 2019 York Theatre cast: Benjamin Eakeley, Jovan E'Sean, Alex Getlin, Justin Keyes, and Mamie Parris. Album produced by Bart Migal with musical direction by Greg Jarrett. Orchestrations for the album by Doug Besterman for an eight-piece band. Recorded December 23, 2019.





Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.

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