Week of December 24, 2019

Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre Across America
(Oxford Univ Press - Paperback Book)
By Stacy Wolf. The author considers the widespread presence and persistence of musical theatre in U.S. culture, and examines it as a live, pleasurable, participatory experience of creating, watching, and listening. Why does local musical theatre flourish in America? Why do so many Americans passionately engage in a century-old artistic practice that requires intense, person-to-person collaboration? Why do audiences flock to see musicals in their hometowns? How do corporations like Disney and Music Theatre International enable musical theatre's energetic movement through American culture? From 200 interviews with practitioners and spectators, licensors and Disney creatives. 392 pages. Kindle Edition released November 2019.

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.

Week of December 17, 2019

Broadway Musicals, Show by Show, 9th edition
(Applause - Paperback Book)
By Stanley Green and Cary Ginell. Newly updated edition (first published in 1985). Includes many of the most important and memorable productions of American musical theater, including revivals. Arranged chronologically, beginning with musicals from just after the Civil War. Trends in musical theater and capsule features on the most significant musicals of the day. This edition documents important musicals produced since the end of the 2012–2013 season through spring 2019. Features statistics and inside information, critical reception, cast lists, pithy commentary about each show, and numerous detailed indexes. 544 pages.

Cats: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Republic - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Songs from the 2019 motion picture. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by T.S. Eliot. "Overture," "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats," "The Old Gumbie Cat" (Rebel Wilson and Robbie Fairchild), "The Rum Tum Tugger" (Jason Derulo), "Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town" (James Corden), "Mungojerrie And Rumpleteazer" (Danny Collins and Naoimh Morgan and Francesca Hayward), "Old Deuteronomy" (Robbie Fairchild), "Beautiful Ghosts (Victoria’s Song)" (Francesca Hayward), "Magical Gus" (Andrew Lloyd Webber), "Gus: The Theatre Cat" (Ian McKellen), "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" (Steven McRae and Robbie Fairchild), "Macavity" (Taylor Swift), "Mr. Mistoffelees" (Laurie Davidson), "Memory" (Jennifer Hudson), "The Addressing Of Cats" (Judi Dench), "Beautiful Ghosts" (Taylor Swift).

Colette Collage
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
1994 studio cast album. Music by Harvey Schmidt. Book and lyrics by Tom Jones. Judy Kaye, Judy Blazer, Jason Graae, George Lee Andrews, Rita Gardner, Jonathan Freeman and more. Orchestrations by Larry Moore. Produced by Bruce Kimmel. Limited to 500 copies only. Available at Kritzerland.com.

Costume at the National Theatre
(Oberon Books - Paperback Book)
Companion to the 2019-2020 National Theatre showcase Costume exhibition. Lavish large-format photographic book featuring the extraordinary work of the costume department that will appeal to fans of theatre, costume and fashion. 208 pages.

Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre 1940–2015
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)
By Aleks Sierz. A thematic survey of commercially successful London stage productions over the past 75 years... from R. F. Delderfield's Worm's Eye View and Hugh Hastings's Seagulls Over Sorrento, to The Mousetrap and The Phantom of the Opera. 240 pages.

Little Shop of Horrors digital
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
2019 Off-Broadway cast recording of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken score. Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Christian Borle, Tom Alan Robbins, Kingsley Leggs, Ari Groover, Salome Smith, Joy Woods, Stephen Berger, Chris Dwan , Kris Roberts, Chelsea Rurbin, Eric Wright, Teddy Yudain. "Prologue / Little Shop Of Horrors," "Skid Row (Downtown)," "Da-Doo," "Grow For Me," "Ya Never Know," "Somewhere That's Green," "Closed For Renovation," "Dentist!," "Mushnik And Son," "Sudden Changes," "Feed Me (Git It!)," "Now (It's Just The Gas)," "Act 1 Finale," "Call Back In The Morning," "Suddenly Seymour," "Suppertime," "The Meek Shall Inherit," "Sominex / Suppertime (Reprise)," "Somewhere That's Green (Reprise)," "Da-Doo (Reprise)," "Finale (Don't Feed The Plants)." Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, Arranger Will Van Dyke. Album produced by Alan Menken, Will Van Dyke, Frank Wolf, Michael Mayer. Also at GhostlightRecords.com. Physical CD release expected in the future.

Staging America: Twenty-First-Century Dramatists
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Christopher Bigsby. Explores the lives and works of eight award-winning playwrights—including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Allegría Hudes—whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception. Draws on primary sources, including the playwrights' own commentaries and notes, and contemporary reviews. 248 pages.

Week of December 13, 2019

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 3
(UMe - on mp3/at iTunes.)
From the Amazon series. Performers: Darius de Haas (as Shy Baldwin), Blossom Dearie, Julie London & Gregory Porter, Sons Of The Pioneers, Louis Prima, Pedrito Martinez, Peggy Lee, Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds & Donald O'Connor, Helen Merrill, Kay Starr, The Silver Belles, Doris Day & Paul Weston & His Music from Hollywood, Nina Simone. "One Less Angel," "Manhattan," "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)," "The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma," "Pennies From Heaven (Remastered)," "Loco Amor," "Till There Was You (Remastered)," "Good Morning," "Anything Goes," "On a Slow Boat to China," "Bottle of Pop," "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "Feeling Good," "Love Is Here to Stay," "No One Has to Know."

Week of December 10, 2019

Christmas In Hell
(JAY Records - new on CD/at iTunes)
York Theatre Company original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Gary Apple ("The Simpsons"). Scott Ahearn, Ron Wisniski, Lori Hammel, Donna English, Dathan B. Williams, Zak Risinger, Elijah Rayman, Brandon Williams. "Fruitcake Canticle," "Mrs. Huvey's Complaint," "My Favorite Place," "I Wish That I Believed," "Somebody Owes Me a Christmas," "They Have to Let You In," "There Is Nothing More That I Can Say," "Nobody Knows," "Entr’Acte: The Descent," "When Your Hands Are Too Big," "Mine!," "You’Re God," "Hell Will Be Heaven with You," "More Than Cheese," "Every Day Is Christmas in Hell," "Bows / Exit Music."

Fleabag: The Scriptures
(Ballantine Books - new hardcover book/Kindle edition)
Award-winning play by Phoebe Waller-Bridge that became an award-winning television series. Includes the filming scripts of the first and second seasons, complete with the original stage directions as well as exclusive commentary on the author's creative process and the making of the series. 432 pages.

From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theater
(Roman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Carey Purcell. Traces the evolution of important artists and productions over several centuries, Caryl Churchill, Pam Gems, Wendy Wasserstein, Paula Vogel Lynn, Garry Hynes, Julie Taymor and others. Also examines diversity in contemporary feminist theatre-with discussions of such playwrights as Young Jean Lee and Lynn Nottage-and a look toward the future. 272 pages

Kyle Taylor Parker and Alysha Umphress: "Count Your Blessings/What a Wonderful World"
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Released 12/6/19.

Kyle Taylor Parker: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Released 12/6/19.

The Lightning Thief deluxe edition
(Broadway Records - new digital album at iTunes)
Re-release of the Off-Broadway recording with bonus cut songs. Score by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki. Chris McCarrell, Jorrel Javier, Ryan Knowles, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, James Hayden Rodriguez, Jalynn Steele, and Kristin Stokes. Bonus tracks: "Camp Half-Blood," "Pick a Side," "Try," "In the Same Boat," "The Wittlest Minotaur." CD format available at BroadwayRecords.com. Released 12/6/19.

The Lightning Thief karaoke edition
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Instrumental versions of "Good Kid," "My Grand Plan," "The Tree On The Hill," "Killer Quest!" and "Bring On The Monsters." Music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki, produced by Michael Croiter, Rob Rokicki and Van Dean. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released 12/6/19.

The Mad Ones
(Craft Recordings - new digital album)
Studio cast recording of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk score. Krystina Alabado, Emma Hunton, Ben Fankhauser, Katie Thompson. "The Girl Who Drove Away," "We're Just in Your Head," "Freedom," "Ordinary Senior Year," "My Mom Is A Statistician," "Sam Failed Her Driver's Test," "Top Ten," "Simple As That," "The Proposal," "There Was A Party," "The Mad Ones," "I Know My Girl," "Miles To Go," "Say The Word," "Moving On," "Go Tonight," "Yellow SUV," "Run Away With Me," "Drive," "I Didn't Say Goodbye," "Remember This." Digital booklet includes lyrics and liner notes by Michael Arden. The musical was produced in 2017 by Prospect Theater Company. Released 12/6/19.

Man of Magic OLC
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
1966 OLC recording of Wilfred Wylam (pseudonym for classical composer Wilfred Josephs) and John Morley and Aubrey Cash score. Debut on CD. Starring Stuart Damon as Houdini, with Judith Bruce, Stubby Kaye, Gaye Brown, Doris Hare. "Man of Magic," "Floral Sisters," "Man in the Crowd," "Fantabulous!," "The Man That Captures My Heart," "Suddenly," "Sling the Gin," "Conquer the World," "Take Your Medicine," "Like No Other Man," "The Earth Is the Lord's," "Kester's Crystal Cabbage," "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down," "This He Knows," "Say Your Name," "Suddenly (Reprise)," "Finale." Part of Stage Door Records' Cast Album Masters Series. Produced by legendary theatre impresario Harold Fielding. Digitally remastered from the studio master tapes. Limited edition of 500 units. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
(Nickelodeon - new at Amazon Prime Video)
Aired 12/7/19 on Nickelodeon. Ethan Slater, Gavin Lee, Danny Skinner, Brian Ray Norris, Wesley Taylor, Christina Sajous as Sandy Cheeks, with Kyle Matthew Hamilton, Katie Lee Hill, Curtis Holbrook, L'ogan J'ones, Jai'len Josey, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn McClelland, Vasthy Mompoint, Bryonha Parham, Oneika Phillips, Jon Rua, JC Schuster, Abby C. Smith, Robert Taylor Jr., Allan Washington, and voice actor Tom Kenny. Book by Kyle Jarrow and score by a variety of pop artists. Directed by Tina Landau. Music supervisor and orchestrator Tom Kitt, choreographer Christopher Gattelli, set and costume designer David Zinn, lighting designer Kevin Adams, projection designer Peter Nigrini, and sound designer Walter Trarbach.

Week of December 3, 2019

"Beautiful Ghosts" from the motion picture Cats
(Polydor Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New original song from the 2019 film based on the musical. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift. Sung by Taylor Swift. Released 11/15/19.

Buttons: A Christmas Tale
(Paramount - new on DVD)
2018 Christmas movie featuring Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury, with Alivia Clark, Julia Burrows, Jane Seymour, Roma Downey and Abigail Spencer. Narrated by Kate Winslet and Robert Redford. Directed by Tim Janis. Also streaming.

Cole Porter's The New Yorkers 2017 Encores! Cast Recording
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Based on the 2017 New York City Center Encores! production of Cole Porter musical. Music direction by Rob Berman. Cyrille Aimée, Clyde Alves, Todd Buonopane, Arnie Burton, Kevin Chamberlin, Mylinda Hull, Robyn Hurder, Byron Jennings, Eddie Korbich, Tam Mutu, Jeffrey Schecter, Scarlett Strallen, Tyler Lansing Weaks, and Ruth Williamson. Produced by Rob Berman and Lawrence Manchester. "Overture," "Go into Your Dance," "Please Don't Make Me Be Good," "The Hot Patata," "Where Have You Been," "Say It with Gin," "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love," "Love for Sale," "I'm Getting Myself Ready for You," "The Great Indoors," "Night and Day," "Wood," "Love for Sale (Reprise)," "The Physician," "Let's Fly AwayKathryn McCreary," "Sing, Sing for Sing Sing," "You've Got That Thing," "Let's Not Talk About Love," "Take Me Back to Manhattan (Pt1)," "Take Me Back to Manhattan (Pt2)," "I Happen to Like New York."

Conversations with Neil Simon (Literary Conversations Series)
(Univ Press of Mississippi - Hardcover/Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Jackson R. Bryer, Ben Siegel, editors. In twenty-two, Neil Simon talks candidly about what it was like to write commercially successful plays that were dismissed by critics and scholars. He also speaks at length about the differences between writing for television, for the stage, and for film. He speaks openly and often revealingly about his relationships with, among many others, Mike Nichols, Walter Matthau, Sid Caesar, and Jack Lemmon. 280 pages.

Jagged Little Pill OBC
(Atlantic - new on CD)
Cast recording for new musical with score by Alanis Morissette, which begins December 5 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Jane Bruce, Anthony Cipriano, Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Logan Hart, Derek Klena, Max Kumangai, Sean Allan Krill, Ezra Menas, Lauren Patten, Nora Schell, Elizabeth Stanley. "Overture," "See Right Through You," "All I Really Want," "Hand in My Pocket," "Smiling," "Ironic," "So Unsexy," "Perfect," "Lancers Party (So Pure)," "That I Would Be Good," "Wake Up," "Forgiven," "Entr'Acte (Hand's Clean)," "Not The Doctor," "Head Over Feet," "Unprodigal Daughter," "Predator," "You Oughta Know," "Uninvited," "Mary Jane," "No," "Thank U," "You Learn." Released previously on mp3 and at iTunes.

John Barrowman Fabulous Christmas
(Decca UK - new import CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "When a Child Is Born," "Sleigh Ride," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Happy Holidays" (with the Puppini Sisters), "Be Thou My Vision / Away in a Manger," "Save the Last Dance," "Grown Up Christmas List," "Silent Night," "I Saw Mommy" (with Emily Atack), "O Holy Night," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

Marty Thomas: Slow Dancing with a Boy
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Second album from stage and television singer/actor. Guest singers Rachel Potter, Jamey Ray, Mykal Kilgore. "Slow Dance" "As" "Dancing on My Own All by Myself" "Dreamlover" "Crazy for You" "Remember Me This Way" "Show Me Heaven" "Seventh Grade (Save the Best for Last / Everything I Do)" "I Want You to Need Me" "Someone to Fall Back On" "We Belong" "Somewhere."Produced by Jamey Ray. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

The Niceties
(Oberon Books - Paperback Book)
Play by Eleanor Burgess. Played Off-Broadway in 2018. 96 pages.

The Sound of Music 60th Anniversary
(Craft Recordings - new on CD)
1959 Broadway cast performs the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II score. Mastered from the original 3-track master tape. New liner notes by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization's Ted Chapin. Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, with Brian Davies, Elizabeth Howell, Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe, Patricia Neway, Muriel O'Malley, Lauri Peters, Karen Shepard. "Preludium," "The Sound of Music," "Maria," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "The Lonely Goatherd," "How Can Love Survive?," "The Sound of Music," "Laendler," "So Long, Farewell," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "No Way To Stop It," "An Ordinary Couple," "Processional," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Edelweiss," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."

Superhero original cast
(Sony - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Tom Kitt. The musical, with book by John Logan, premiered in January 2019 at Second Stage. "Prologue / The Adventures of the Amazing Sea-Mariner," "What's Happening To My Boy?," "The Adventures of the Amazing Sea-Mariner (Reprised) / You Don't Know What I Know," "The Man in 4-B," "I'll Save The Girl," "Laundry for Two," "How Do You Do This Again? / You Don't Know What I Know (Reprise)," "It's Not Like In The Movies," "If I Only Had One Day," "In Between," "My Dad, The Superhero," "It Happens To You," "What Are The Words?," "If I Only Had One Day (Reprise)," "Superman Is Dead," "Superhero." Kate Baldwin, Bryce Pinkham, Kyle McArthur, Julia Abueva, Jake Levy, Salena Qureshi, Thom Sesma and Nathaniel Stampley. Booklet includes liner notes from Chris Jones, the full lyrics, and production photos.

Wanda's World
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3)
Studio cast recording of score by Beth Falcone. Mallory Bechtel, Alex Boniello, Christiana Cole, Max Crumm, Christine de Frece, Justin Guarini, Troy Iwata, Arielle Jacobs, Brittney Johnson, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Tony LePage, Isabelle McCalla, Chris Medlin, Nancy Opel, Brittany Zeinstra. Produced by Emmy Award winner Michael J. Moritz Jr. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

With or Without You
(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast (2019 Theatre Row) recording of Connor Martin and Christine Harvey score. Maya Deschanes, Caroline McFee, Jake Bell, Daniel Artuso, Heidi Gleichauf, Justin Forward, Daniel Grumich, Laura Erle, Brian Kamps, Mark Parello, Camryn Graves, Sabrina Sutton. Released 11/22/19.

Week of November 26, 2019

& Juliet
(Atlantic Records UK - new on CD)
Original London cast recording of score by Max Martin. "...'what if' Juliet hadn't killed herself at the end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?" Premiered at Manchester Opera House prior to a November 2019 opening in the West End. Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson, Oliver Tompsett, Arun Blair-Mangat, Melanie La Barrie, Jordan Luke Gage, and Tim Mahendran. "Larger Than Life," "I Want It That Way," "...Baby One More Time," "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," "Domino," "Show Me Love," "Blow," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," "Overprotected," "Confident," "Teenage Dream / Break Free," "Oops!...I Did It Again," "I Kissed A Girl," "It's My Life," "Love Me Like You Do," "Since U Been Gone," "Whataya Want from Me," "One More Try," "Problem / Can't Feel My Face," "That's the Way It Is," "Everybody," "As Long as You Love Me," "It's Gonna Be Me," "Shape of My Heart," "Stronger," "Fuckin' Perfect [Explicit]," "Roar," "I Want It That Way (Reprise)," "Can't Stop The Feeling!," "One More Try." Released 11/20/19 on mp3 and at iTunes.

Beau
(Sony - new on CD)
World premiere recording of Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar's new musical. Jenn Colella, Mykal Kilgore, Aisha Jackson, Saint Aubyn, Charity Angél Dawson, Gerard Canoninco, Ben Roseberry, John Krause, Max Sangerman, Jeb Brown, Matt Rodin, Katie Thompson, Olivia Griffin, Marlene Ginader, Amelia Cormack, and Jeremy Sevelovitz. "Pop Pop Beau," "So Better," "Comin' Home," "Shut Up," "It Couldn't Be," "By Your Side," "Crush," "Disappear," "Thursday In July," "Runnin'" (available now), "By Your Side (Reprise)," "Encore." Released digitally 10/25/19.

Brian Stokes Mitchell: Plays with Music
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
A wide variety of show tunes ranging from Irving Berlin to an unrecorded Stephen Sondheim song. "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Gesticulate," "By Myself," "I Won't Send Roses," "If Ever I Would Leave You," "Getting Married Today," "The Man I Love," "Hello, Young Lovers," "A Wizard Every Day," "Flag Song," "What a Wonderful World." Produced by Stokes, and featuring a lush orchestra that include his own arrangements and orchestrations.

Grease: The Director's Notebook
(Harper Design - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition [expected 12/3/19)])
By Randal Kleiser. The musical film's the film's director looks back at the making of the legendary cultural landmark. Created in conjunction with Paramount Pictures and authorized by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey (via his Estate). Features rare and never-before-seen imagery from the studio's archives, as well as Kleiser's production notes, dialogue changes, and more. All new exclusive interviews with the key cast members and crew, including Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing, original script pages, call sheets, conceptual images, and more. 208 pages. Released 10/22/19.

Jagged Little Pill OBC digital
(Atlantic - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Cast recording for new musical with score by Alanis Morissette, which begins December 5 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Jane Bruce, Anthony Cipriano, Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Logan Hart, Derek Klena, Max Kumangai, Sean Allan Krill, Ezra Menas, Lauren Patten, Nora Schell, Elizabeth Stanley. "Overture," "See Right Through You," "All I Really Want," "Hand in My Pocket," "Smiling," "Ironic," "So Unsexy," "Perfect," "Lancers Party (So Pure)," "That I Would Be Good," "Wake Up," "Forgiven," "Entr'Acte (Hand's Clean)," "Not The Doctor," "Head Over Feet," "Unprodigal Daughter," "Predator," "You Oughta Know," "Uninvited," "Mary Jane," "No," "Thank U," "You Learn." CD format to be released 12/6/19.

Hadestown OBC vinyl
(2-LP vinyl box set)
Score by Anaïs Mitchell. Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray, Patrick Page, Andre De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Kay Trinidad, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer. Expected to include libretto and free download code.

A Never-Ending Line: A Female Song Cycle
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Song cycle composed by Jaime Lozano with female lyricists Lindsey Erin Anderson, Neena Beber, Lauren Epsenhart, Sami Horneff, Victoria Kühne, Lisa Mongillo, Marina Pires, Noemi de la Puente, and June Rachelson-Ospa. Featuring Julia Murney, Betsy Wolfe, Emily Skeggs, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jenna Ushkowitz, Samantha Massell, Hannah Shankman, Natalie Weiss, Alena Watters, Arielle Jacobs, Alex Finke, Alexa Green, Sherz Aletaha, Genny Lis Padilla, Indra Palomo, Florencia Cuenca, Barrie Kealoha, Anne Fraser Thomas, Kim Sava, Linedy Genao, Jennifer Sanchez, LaDonna Burns, Natalie Toro, Nora Schell, Michelle Beth Herman, Jennifer DiNoia, Doreen Montalvo, Ramona Keller, and Alyssa Fox. All proceeds generated from sales of the album will benefit Maestra Music. Released previously digitally. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2019

& Juliet
(Atlantic Records UK - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original London cast recording of score by Max Martin. "...'what if' Juliet hadn't killed herself at the end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?" Premiered at Manchester Opera House prior to a November 2019 opening in the West End. Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson, Oliver Tompsett, Arun Blair-Mangat, Melanie La Barrie, Jordan Luke Gage, and Tim Mahendran. "Larger Than Life," "I Want It That Way," "...Baby One More Time," "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," "Domino," "Show Me Love," "Blow," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," "Overprotected," "Confident," "Teenage Dream / Break Free," "Oops!...I Did It Again," "I Kissed A Girl," "It's My Life," "Love Me Like You Do," "Since U Been Gone," "Whataya Want from Me," "One More Try," "Problem / Can't Feel My Face," "That's the Way It Is," "Everybody," "As Long as You Love Me," "It's Gonna Be Me," "Shape of My Heart," "Stronger," "Fuckin' Perfect [Explicit]," "Roar," "I Want It That Way (Reprise)," "Can't Stop The Feeling!," "One More Try." CD to be released 11/29/19.

A is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z
(Doubleday - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By John Robert Allman. Illustrated by Peter Emmerich. "Start with 'A' for six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, then sing and dance your way through the alphabet with beloved entertainers like Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Lea Salonga, and Liza Minnelli." To receive a stage adaption at 92Y in November.

Accidentally Brave
(Audible Audiobook)
One-woman play by Maddie Corman. Presented in 2019 at DR2 Theatre. Narrated by Maddie Corman. Released 11/7/19.

American Utopia on Broadway OBC
(Nonesuch - 2-CD set)
Includes songs from David Byrne's American Utopia along with songs from Talking Heads and his solo career, currently on Broadway in October at the Hudson Theatre. "Here," "I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong / Don't Worry About the Government," "Lazy," "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)," "I Zimbra," "Slippery People," "I Should Watch TV," "Everybody's Coming to My House," "Once in a Lifetime," "Glass, Concrete & Stone," "Toe Jam," "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)," "I Dance like This," "Bullet," "Every Day Is a Miracle," "Blind," "Burning Down the House," "Hell You Talmbout," "One Fine Day," "Road to Nowhere," "The Great Curve." Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes.

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Live Musicals Collection
(Universal - on 4 DVD Discs)
Disc 1: Cats (1999) with Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills, remastered with full digital, 70-piece orchestra; with The Making of Cats. Disc 2: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Go, Go, Go Joseph: The Making of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat plus Production Notes, The History of Joseph, The Enduring Appeal of Joseph, Cast and Filmmakers, Recommendations. Disc 3: Love Never Dies, with The Making of Love Never Dies. Disc 4: Jesus Christ Superstar Live Arena Tour, with An Introduction by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Behind the Scenes.

Angels Among Us
(Mormon Tabernacle - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
The Tabernacle Choir holiday album with featured singer Kristin Chenoweth (on "We Need a Little Christmas," "O Holy Night," "Mary, Did You Know," "Come On, Ring Those Bells," "The Christmas Waltz," "Angels Among Us," "What Child Is This?," "Angels from the Realm of Glory." Video of the concert is also available on Amazon Prime. Released 10/18/19.

Beetlejuice OBC vinyl
(Ghostlight/Warner Bros. - new on 2LPs)
Score by Eddie Perfect. Music Supervision, orchestrations, and incidental music By Kris Kukul. Cast includes Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Adam Dannheisser, Leslie Kritzer, Jill Abramovitz, Kelvin Moon Loh, Danny Rutigliano, and Dana Steingold. Album produced by Matt Stine, Alex Timbers, Eddie Perfect, and Kurt Deutsch. "Prologue: Invisible," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing," "Ready Set, Not Yet," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing, Pt. 2," "Dead Mom," "Fright of Their Lives," "Ready Set (Reprise)," "No Reason," "Invisible (Reprise) / On the Roof," "Say My Name," "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) [Act 1 Finale]," "Girl Scout," "That Beautiful Sound," "Barbara 2.0," "What I Know Now," "Home," "Creepy Old Guy," "Jump in the Line." Recording dates May 5, 6 and 13, 2019. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes

Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revue
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered Music by David Baker, Arthur Siegel, Charles Strouse, Ken Welch, Alec Wilder, and others. Lyrics by Lee Adams, June Carroll, Norman Gimbel, Ronny Graham, Sheldon Harnick, Bud McCreery, Mike Stewart, and others. Cast includes Bea Arthur, Danny Carroll, Jane Connell, Dody Goodman, and others. Limited release of 500 copies. To ship by the third week in November. At Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Kurt Weill Revisited Volume II
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Bertolt Brecht, Ira Gershwin, Paul Green, Edward Heyman, Alan Jay Lerner, Ogden Nash. Cast includes Nancy Andrews, Ellen Burstyn, Nell Carter, Blossom Dearie, Tammy Grimes, Estelle Parsons, John Reardon, Arthur Siegel, and Jo Sullivan. Musical and vocal arrangements by Dennis Deal. Remastered. Limited release of 500 copies. To ship by the third week in November. At Kritzerland.com.

Carols for a Cure 2019: Volume 21
(new CD & digital album)
21st annual collection of seasonal songs sung by members of the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre community. "Carol of the Beetlebells" (Beetlejuice), "Jingle Bells" (Tootsie), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Ain't Too Proud), "Drey Dreydele" (Fiddler On the Roof In Yiddish), "Auld Lang Syne" (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!), "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Mean Girls), "A Prayer for Peace" (Broadway Musicians Afm Local 802), "December Feels" (Aladdin), "What Child Is This?" (Hamilton), "Hine Ma Tov/Together" (Dear Evan Hansen), "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Come From Away), "Lo, How A Rose E'er Bloomin'" (Wicked), "O Christmas Tree" (An Fls Treemix), "O Holy Night" (Frozen), "Secret Santa" (Waitress), "Coventry Carol" (the Broadway Baby Mamas), "The First Noel" (the Phantom of the Opera), "Midwintersong" (Hadestown). Digital download card included This purchase exclusively benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Currently at the Broadway Cares store.

Debbie Reynolds: The MGM Singles
(Sepia Records - new on CD)
Collection of all of Debbie's MGM singles on one disc. Included are some rare recordings that have not been available since their initial releases in the early 1950s; many others making their debut on CD. Plus some key soundtrack singles that not only showcase this versatile and legendary performer from the golden age of MGM musicals, but also helped define an era. 30 tracks. Released 11/8/19.

Frozen 2
(Disney - new on CD/on mp3)
Soundtrack for 2019 animated film. New songs by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Evan Rachel Wood, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff, Panic! At The Disco, Kacey Musgraves Weezer. "All is Found," "Some Things Never Change," "Into the Unknown," "When I Am Older," "Reindeer(s) are Better than People (Cont.)," "Lost in the Woods," "Show Yourself," "The Next Right Thing," "Into the Unknown(end credits)," "All is Found (end credits)," "Lost in the Woods (end credits)."

Groundhog Day piano/vocal selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
15 vocal selections from the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, who wrote an in-depth forward to this souvenir collection. Also includes performance notes from the show's music director, Laurie Perkins. "Everything About You," "Hope," "If I Had My Time Again," "Night Will Come," "Nobody Cares," "One Day," "Overture," "Playing Nancy," "Punxsutawney Phil," "Rita's Diary," "Seeing You," "Small Town USA Day One," "Small Town USA Day Two," "Stuck," "There Will Be Sun." 144 pages.

It's Always Loud in the Balcony: A Life in Black Theater, from Harlem to Hollywood and Back
(Applause Books - Paperback Book)
Memoir by Richard Wesley, an essential part of the Black Theater Movement of the 1960s. From his debut in The Black Terror at the Public Theater in 1971, through Hollywood and his influence on current black theater. 256 pages.

Joe Stilgoe's Christmas Album
(Storyville Records - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
British singer/pianist/songwriter Joe Stilgoe (son of Richard Stilgoe and Annabel Hunt). "Medley: Winter Weather / I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "The Night Before," "Little White Berry," "December Lights," "Sleigh Ride," "The Christmas Song," "Round & Round the Christmas Tree," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Medley: Top Hat / Putting on the Ritz," "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "I'm the Happiest Christmas Tree," "Rest in Peace." With saxophonist Amy Dickson, the Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir, Ben Castle, and Rob Brydon.

Kristin Chenoweth: "White Christmas"
(new digital single)
With Steve Tyrell.

Kurt Weill's Street Scene
(Bel Air Classiques - new on Blu-ray)
2018 production at Teatro Real de Madrid. Featuring Patricia Racette and Paulo Szot. John Fulljames directs, with conductor Tim Murray. Choreography by Arthur Pita.

Leonard Soloway's Broadway
(1091 - new on DVD)
Documentary produced and directed by Jeff Wolk. Pulls back the curtain of one of the most admired and loved Broadway producers and general managers. Through interviews, photos and other archival material, the film is an inside look at the "business" of "show business" in a career that has spanned more than seventy years. Leonard Soloway has been involved with over 150 productions, including Waiting in the Wings with Lauren Bacall and Rosemary Harris, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, A Moon For the Misbegotten and Mark Twain Tonight! with Hal Holbrook. Leonard has worked with veteran stage actors like Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst as well as film stars like Paul Newman. At the age of 90, even as we witness his latest production come to a disappointing end in the course of this film, Leonard Soloway is still enamored with the "lullaby of Broadway" as he plans his next production. Also a story of a gay man who never hid his identity at a time when this just wasn't done. Narrated by Campbell Scott, featuring candid interviews with John Slattery, Tovah Feldshuh, Olympia Dukakis, Elizabeth Ashley, Debbie Gravitte, Manny Azenberg, and more. Also expected on streaming and VOD services.

The Letters of Cole Porter
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh, editors. Extensive collection of letters (most of which are published here for the first time) dates from the first decade of the twentieth century to the early 1960s and features correspondence with stars such as Irving Berlin, Ethel Merman, and Orson Welles, as well as Porter's friends and lovers. Complemented by commentaries that draw together the loose threads of Porter’s life and highlight the distinctions between Porter’s public and private existence. 672 pages.

Luke Evans At Last
(BMG - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Welsh West End (Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon Avenue Q) and film actor Luke Evans solo album. "Love Is a Battlefield," "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "If I Could Turn Back Time," "Changing," "With or Without You," "I'm Kissing You," "Show Me Heaven," "At Last," "Always Remember Us This Way," "Say You Love Me," "Faith's Song," "Bring Him Home."

Margaret Whiting: Let's Fall in Love: The Lost Recordings Vol. 2
(Sepia Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
56 songs performed by the young Margaret previously unavailable commercially, including "Summertime," "Come to Me, Bend to Me," "Johnny One Note," "I'm Gonna Love That Guy," "I Got Lost in His Arms," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "This Can't Be Love," "Someone to Watch over Me," "Bill," "Come Rain or Come Shine." Released 11/8/19.

Mark William: Come Croon With Me
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
Debut album from Mark Williams, featuring the songs in his critically acclaimed nightclub act. "Overture," "Medley: Come Live Me/ Come Fly with Me/ Blue Skies/ From this Moment On," "I've Gotta Be Me/ Golden Rainbow," "Put on Your Sunday Clothes," "Moon River/ Ebb Tide," "Just to Get My Name In Lights/ Everything Old Is New Again/ All I Wanted Was the Dream," "On the Street Where You Live," "Pure Imagination/ Over the Rainbow," "Bewitched/ You Do Something to Me/ That Old Black Magic/ Witchcraft," "I Want to Go to Hollywood," "Let Me Be Your Star," "A Lot of Livin' to Do/ Shine It On," "I Am What I Am," "Home." Backed by a five-piece band led by musical director Clint Edwards.

Octet original cast recording
(Nonesuch - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by Dave Malloy and Annie Tippe. Adam Bashian, Kim Blanck, Starr Busby, Alex Gibson, Justin Gregory Lopez, J.D. Mollison, Margo Seibert, and Kuhoo Verma. Digital booklet. "The Forest," "Refresh," "Candy," "Glow," "Fugue State," "Monster," "Solo," "Actually," "Little God," "Tower Tea Ceremony," "Beautiful," "The Field." Digital Booklet. To be released 1/17/20 on CD.

The Theatre of August Wilson (Critical Companions)
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Alan Nadel (Author), Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. (Series Editor), Patrick Lonergan (Series Editor). Comprehensive study of August Wilson's drama introducing the major themes and motifs that unite Wilson's ten-play cycle about African American life in each decade of the twentieth century. Detailed readings of each play, through extensive interviews. 232 pages.

Randy Rainbow: Hey Gurl, It's Christmas!
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Randy Rainbow's debut Christmas album. Randy puts his signature twist on holiday classics and premieres a brand new Christmas song (the title track) with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Randy Rainbow and Shaiman. With special guests Alan Cumming, Kathy Griffin, Norm Lewis, and Lorna Luft. "Hey Gurl, It's Christmas!," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Merry Christmas Darling / What Are You Doing New Years Eve?," "Trump's Favorite Things," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "The Christmas Movie Medley: Somewhere Over the Rainbow; Somewhere in My Memory; White Christmas; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)," "Make Someone Happy." Backed by a swingin' band and new musical arrangements by Jesse Kissel. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

The Sound of Music 60th Anniversary
(Craft Recordings - new on CD/2-LP vinyl)

1959 Broadway cast performs the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II score. Mastered from the original 3-track master tape. New liner notes by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization's Ted Chapin. Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, with Brian Davies, Elizabeth Howell, Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe, Patricia Neway, Muriel O'Malley, Lauri Peters, Karen Shepard. "Preludium," "The Sound of Music," "Maria," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "The Lonely Goatherd," "How Can Love Survive?," "The Sound of Music," "Laendler," "So Long, Farewell," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "No Way To Stop It," "An Ordinary Couple," "Processional," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Edelweiss," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."

Transparent Musicale Finale Original Soundtrack
(Decca Gold - new on CD)
Zach Barack, Alexandra Billings, Jay Duplass, Sophie Giannamore, Hannah Glazer, Alexandra Grey, Kathryn Hahn, Gaby Hoffmann, Richard Kind, Jo Lampert, Jari Jones, Amy Landecker, Erik Liberman, Judith Light, Lesli Margherita, Shakina Nayfack, Theo Tiedemann. "Sepulveda Boulevard," "Come Through Shelly," "Goddamn House," "Where Have You Been?," "Sit In It," "Your Boundary Is My Trigger," "Father's House," "Let Her Be Okay," "Where Have You Been? (Reprise)," "Your Shoes," "Crazy People," "Joyocaust." Vinyl version to be released 11/22/19. Released previously on mp3 and at iTunes.

A Vintage Broadway Christmas: Festive Showtunes and Yuletide Favorites Sung by Broadway Stars of Yesteryear
(Stage Door Records - 2-CD import set)
Festive showtunes and yuletide favorites as sung by Broadway's stars of the 1950s and '60s. Includes seasonal selections from the Broadway musicals Subways Are For Sleeping, Greenwillow, Irma La Douce, Song Of Norway, Call Me Mister and Babes In Toyland. Singers include Sydney Chaplin, Elaine Stritch, Mary Martin, Barbara Cook, Sally Ann Howes, Dorothy Collins, Leslie Uggams, Mimi Hines, Eartha Kitt, Pearl Bailey, Howard Morris, Joel Grey, John Raitt, Betty Garrett, Eddie Albert, and more. See link for complete track list. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

Week of November 5, 2019

Hayden Tee: Face To Face
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
New Zealand theatre singer-actor's first album dedicated to musical theatre. "Stars," "I Don't Care Much / So What," "Lily's Eyes" (With John Owen-Jones), "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "'Til I Hear You Sing," "It All Fades Away," "Molasses to Rum," "The Smell of Rebellion," "How Glory Goes." Arrangements by Nigel Ubrihien. Accompanied by a symphony orchestra. Currently at BroadwayRecords.com.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production
(Arthur A. Levine Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Harry Potter Theatrical Productions and Jody Revenson. Official behind-the-scenes book of West End/Broadway/Melbourne Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. From the earliest phases of development with producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, to the crafting of the eighth Harry Potter story with J.K. Rowling, director John Tiffany, and playwright Jack Thorne, to the gathering of an extraordinary team of artists and actors together to bring this new part of Harry Potter's story to life. With photographs, interviews, and never-before-seen sketches, notes, candid backstage photos, and more. 224 pages.

How Does the Show Go On: An Introduction to the Theater
(Disney Editions - Hardcover Book)
The Frozen edition, Third in series of souvenir books. By Thomas Shumacher with Jeff Kurtti. Featuring "Augmented Reality Experiences." Detailed explanations, illustrations, and trivia ... offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of the theater from the box office to backstage, and beyond. Grade level 5-9. 144 pages.

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Sarah Ruhl. Played in 2017 at Lincoln Center. 120 pages.

If the Dancer Dances
(Kino Lorber - new on DVD)
Documentary produced by Lise Friedman and Maia Wechsler, and directed by Maia Wechsler. Stephen Petronio is determined to help his dancers breathe new life into RainForest (1968), an iconic work by the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. With help from three members of the former Cunningham company, the film tracks Petronio's dancers as they strive to re-stage this great work, revealing what it takes to keep a dance—and a legacy—alive. Timed to coincide with Cunningham's centennial. The first documentary on the subject of Cunningham's work since his passing in 2009. Includes deleted scenes, trailer, and commentary with Lies Friedman, Maia Wechsler, Stephen Petronius. 87 minutes. Released 7/23/19. To be available for streaming and on demand beginning 11/12/19.

Leslie Odom, Jr.: Mr
(S-Curve Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
New album from stage/screen actor/singer Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, Harriet). "Stronger Magic," "Standards," "Go Crazy," "u r my everything," "Under Pressure," "Cold," "Lose It," "Eva's Song (A Psalm Of Life)," "Foggy," "Entr'Acte (The Joyful Messenger)," "Hummingbird," "Remember Black," "Freedom." Single from the album to be released September 13, will album released date of November 2019.

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
(Liveright - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Rob Kapilow (NPR's "What Makes It Great?"). Brings many favorite classics to life through the songs and stories of eight of the twentieth century's most treasured American composers (Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin, Rodgers, Bernstein, and Sondheim). Celebrates what makes the melodies so unforgettable, and delves deeply into how issues of race, immigration, sexuality, and appropriation intertwine in masterpieces like Show Boat and West Side Story. 100 music examples. 448 pages.

Melissa Errico: Legrand Affair - The Songs of Michel Legrand Deluxe Edition
(Ghostlight Records - new on 2CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
2011 album with additional tracks. "I Was Born in Love with You," "The Summer Knows," "His Eyes, Her Eyes," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "I Will Wait for You," "In Another Life," "Martina," "Dis moi," "You Must Believe in Spring," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "Something New in My Life," "Maybe Someone Dreamed Us," "Once Upon a Summertime," "Celui-la," "I Haven't Thought of This in Quite A While," "Pieces of Dreams/Little Boy Lost," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Guitar Duo)," "The Way He Makes Me Feel," "Hurry Home." Demos: "Something New in My Life," "Maybe Someone Dreamed Us," "The Summer Knows," "Once Upon a Summertime," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "Dis moi," "Michel at Work."

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together
(Decca - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
"The Greatest Show," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Circle Of Life" (with Shaun Escoffrey), "Come Fly With Me," "Queen Medley," "My Way," "Something Inside So Strong," "I Will Always Believe," "Let It Be Me," "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart," "Army," "Brothers in Arms."

The Movie Musical!
(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Jeanine Basinger. This film historian examines a dazzling array of stars, strategies, talents, and innovations in the history of musical cinema. Extensive portraits of everyone from Al Jolson to Doris Day; from Deanna Durbin to Shirley Temple and Judy Garland; from Ann Miller to Ann-Margret ... focusing on many beloved, iconic films (Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Sound of Music) as well as unduly obscure gems (Whoopee!, Murder at the Vanities, Sun Valley Serenade, One from the Heart). 656 pages.

A Musical About Star Wars
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Original cast recording. Created by Tom D'Angora. Original score by Billy Recce. Subtitled or, Why Star Wars is the Greatest Thing to Ever in the History of the Galaxy, Much, Much Better than Star Trek. Cast includes Taylor Crousore, Scott Richard Foster, and Emily McNamara. "Overture / All the Exposition That You Need," "A Musical About Star Wars," "Welcome / The Padme Pas De Bourree," "A Lucas Orgy," "The Rules Song," "The X-Wing Effect," "Backstory Song," "Anakin," "More to the Story," "We Got Leia!," "Be the Change That You Wish to See in the Galaxy," "A Musical About Star Wars Finale!." The new musical played at Theatre Row in 2019. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon (The Fourth Wall)
(Routledge - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Part of Routledge's ongoing series. By Brian Granger. Examines where the musical The Book of Mormon succeeds and fails, challenging our understanding of musical comedy and our appreciation for this cultural landmark in theatre. 80 pages.

Plays for the Public
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Anthology of plays by Richard Foreman, including The Gods are Pounding My Head, Idiot Savant, Old-Fashioned Prostitutes. 280 pages.

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology of American Standards - Volume 7: Baritone/Bass
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Richard Walters, editor. Songs from The Band's Visit, Big Fish, The Bridges of Madison County, Cabaret: Why Should I Wake Up?, Catch Me If You Can, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, A Man of No Importance, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Prom, Road Show, Rocky, Something Rotten!, Tootsie, Tuck Everlasting, and more. Does not have the melody in the piano accompaniment, which gives the singer more vocal freedom. Keys have been carefully chosen for each voice type. Each volume also includes a historical note about each song, often citing recording artists who became associated with a song. See link for complete song list. Also available in a baritone version with access to online piano accompaniments for download or streaming. 256 pages.

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology of American Standards - Volume 7: Mezzo-Soprano/Belter
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Richard Walters, editor. Vocal collection. Songs from The Band's Visit, The Book of Mormon, Come from Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, Hamilton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Prom, Tootsie, and more. Does not have the melody in the piano accompaniment, which gives the singer more vocal freedom. Keys have been carefully chosen for each voice type. Each volume also includes a historical note about each song, often citing recording artists who became associated with a song. See link for complete song list. Also available in a version with access to online piano accompaniments for download or streaming. 256 pages.

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology of American Standards - Volume 7: Soprano
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Richard Walters, editor. Vocal collection. Songs from Amazing Grace, Amelie, the Bridges of Madison County, Darling, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, In the Heights, Johnny Guitar, Matilda the Musical, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, the Prom, School of Rock, and more. Does not have the melody in the piano accompaniment, which gives the singer more vocal freedom. Keys have been carefully chosen for each voice type. Each volume also includes a historical note about each song, often citing recording artists who became associated with a song. See link for complete song list. Also available in a version with access to online piano accompaniments for download or streaming. 256 pages.

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology of American Standards - Volume 7: Tenor
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Richard Walters, editor. Vocal collection. Songs from Amelie, The Band's Visit, Be More Chill, The Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, The Mad Ones, Something Rotten!, Tootsie, and more. Does not have the melody in the piano accompaniment, which gives the singer more vocal freedom. Keys have been carefully chosen for each voice type. Each volume also includes a historical note about each song, often citing recording artists who became associated with a song. See link for complete song list. Also available in a version with access to online piano accompaniments for download or streaming. 272 pages.

Week of October 29, 2019

Ambassador: Original London Cast Recording
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
First in Stage Door Records' Cast Album Masters Series. Music by Don Gohman and lyrics by Hal Hackady. 1971 OLC: Toni-Sue Burley, Margaret Courtenay, Danielle Darrieux, Penny Everton, Blain Fairman, Judy Gridley, Neville Jason, Howard Keel, Judith Paris, Brian Rowley, Lamona Snow, Isobel Stuart, Nevil Whiting, David Wheldon Williams. "Overture," "A Man You Can Set Your Watch By," "It's a Woman," "Lambert's Quandry / Lilas," "The Right Time, the Right Place," "Surprise," "Charming," "All of My Life," "What Can You Do with a Nude?," "Love Finds the Lonely," "Tell Her," "Young with Him / I Thought I Knew You," "Lilas / What Happened to Paris," "Too Much to Forgive," "That's What I Need Tonight," "You Can Tell a Lady By Her Hat / This Utterly Ridiculous Affair / Gossip," "Not Tomorrow," "Thank You, No! / All of My Life (Reprise)." Album was produced by Norman Newell and recorded by RCA Records in November 1971. Digitally remastered from the studio master tapes. Limited to 500 copies only. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

Ben Bagley's Contemporary Broadway Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Songs by Kander & Ebb, Jones and Schmidt, Jerry Herman, Bock & Harnick, and others. Starring Katharine Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Margaret Whiting, Anthony Perkins John Reardon, Fay De Witt, Kaye Ballard, Helen Gallagher, and more. Recording has been remastered, booklet errors corrected, with the cover art of Harvey Schmidt. At Kritzerland.com.

Hadestown OBC
(on 2 CDs)
Score by Anaïs Mitchell. Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray, Patrick Page, Andre De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Kay Trinidad, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer. "Road to Hell," "Any Way the Wind Blows," "Come Home with Me," "Wedding Song," "Epic I," "Livin' it Up on Top," "All I've Ever Known ("In spite of herself...") [Intro]," "All I've Ever Known," "Way Down Hadestown," "A Gathering Storm," "Epic II," "Chant," "Hey, Little Songbird," "When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") [Intro]," "When the Chips are Down," "Gone, I'm Gone," "Wait for Me ("Hey, the big artiste...") [Intro]," "Wait for Me," "Why We Build the Wall," "Why We Build the Wall ("Behind closed doors...") [Outro]," "Our Lady of the Underground," "Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)," "Flowers," "Come Home with Me (Reprise)," "Papers (Intro)," "Papers (Instrumental)," "Nothing Changes," "If it's True," "How Long?," "Chant (Reprise)," "Epic III," "Epic III (Intro) [Instrumental]," "Promises," "Word to the Wise," "His Kiss, the Riot," "Wait for Me ("If you wanna walk out of hell...") [Intro] [Reprise]," "Wait for Me (Reprise)," "Doubt Comes In," "Road to Hell (Reprise)," "We Raise our Cups." Includes 64-page booklet, including full libretto and production photos. Released previously on mp3 and at iTunes.

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: I Shouldn't Be Telling You This
(Decca - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes/vinyl)
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra (members?), Sharon Van Etten, Inara George, Fiona Apple, Anna Calvi, and Gina Saputo. "Let's Face The Music and Dance," "The Sidewinder / The Beat Goes On," "Driftin'," "The Thrill Is Gone / Django," "The Kicker," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "The Cat," "Four on Six / Broken English," "If I Knew Then," "Make Someone Happy," "Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day." Follow-up to Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra 2018 debut album "The Capitol Sessions."

Juliano Rossi: The Last White Christmas
(Künstlerhafen - new digital album)
German jazz singer holiday album with Rebekka Bakken and Les Brünettes. "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "When I'm Thinking of Christmas," "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle," "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Heaven on Earth (Himmel På Jord)," "The Last White Christmas," "I Love the Winter Weather," "Mele Kalikimaka," "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve," "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," "The Christmas Song." CD format available at Amazon UK.

Week of October 22, 2019

Alice by Heart
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
MCC cast. Score by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater. Molly Gordon, Colton Ryan, Kim Blanck, Mia DiLena, Zachary Downer, Noah Galvin, Zachary Infante, Andrew Kober, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe , Catherine Ricafort, Heath Saunders, and Wesley Taylor. "West of Words," "Down the Hole," "Still," "Chillin' the Regrets," "The Key Is," "Those Long Eyes," "Manage Your Flamingo," " Sick to Death of Alice-ness," "Brillig Braelig," "Some Things Fall Away," "Your Shell of Grief," "Another Room in Your Head," "Isn't It A Trial?," "Do You Think We Think You're Alice?," "I've Shrunk Enough," "Afternoon," "Winter Blooms." Produced by Duncan Sheik and Kurt Deutsch, with Craig Balsam and Cody Lassen executive producers. Recorded March 24-25. Also at GhostlightRecords.com. Previously released on mp3 and at iTunes

American Utopia on Broadway OBC
(Nonesuch - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Includes songs from David Byrne's American Utopia along with songs from Talking Heads and his solo career, currently on Broadway in October at the Hudson Theatre. "Here," "I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong / Don't Worry About the Government," "Lazy," "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)," "I Zimbra," "Slippery People," "I Should Watch TV," "Everybody's Coming to My House," "Once in a Lifetime," "Glass, Concrete & Stone," "Toe Jam," "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)," "I Dance like This," "Bullet," "Every Day Is a Miracle," "Blind," "Burning Down the House," "Hell You Talmbout," "One Fine Day," "Road to Nowhere," "The Great Curve." Digital book included. Released 10/18/19. 2-CD version to be released 11/22/19.

Ana Gasteyer: sugar & booze
(Henry's Girl Inc. - new on CD/mp3/vinyl/at iTunes)
"Sugar and Booze," "Nothing Rhymes with Christmas," "The Man with the Bag," "He's Stuck in the Chimney Again," "Secret Santa," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," "You're a Mean One Mr Grinch," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "In the Market for a Miracle," "Blue Black Friday," "Sleigh Ride," "Children Go Where I Send Thee," "The Merriest," "Sugar and Booze (Edit)."

Anthony Ramos: The Good & The Bad
(Republic - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Debut solo album by Anthony Ramos (Hamilton). "Dear Diary," "Auntie's Basement," "One More Hour," "Isabella," "Mind Over Matter," "Relationship," "Little Lies," "Woman," "Figure It Out," "Either Way," "The Good & The Bad," "Come Back Home." Vinyl version to be released 12/13/19.

Antlia Pneumatica
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns: A Post-electric Play). Played Playwrights Horizons in 2016. 96 pages.

Beau
(Sony - new digital album on mp3)
World premiere recording of Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar's new musical. Jenn Colella, Mykal Kilgore, Aisha Jackson, Saint Aubyn, Charity Angél Dawson, Gerard Canoninco, Ben Roseberry, John Krause, Max Sangerman, Jeb Brown, Matt Rodin, Katie Thompson, Olivia Griffin, Marlene Ginader, Amelia Cormack, and Jeremy Sevelovitz. "Pop Pop Beau," "So Better," "Comin' Home," "Shut Up," "It Couldn't Be," "By Your Side," "Crush," "Disappear," "Thursday In July," "Runnin'" (available now), "By Your Side (Reprise)," "Encore." CD to be released 11/15/19.

Christmas at Birdland
(Club44 Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
With Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, and featuring Donny Osmond, Daniel Glass, Steve Doyle, Dave Koz. "Christmas Is Starting Now/It's the Holiday Season," "The Christmas Waltz," "Manhattan in December," "You Meet the Nicest People," "Mister Santa," "He's Stuck in the Chimney Again," "Little Jack Frost, Get Lost," "Caroling, Caroling," "It Happened in Sun Valley/Snow," "Silent Night/A Child Is Born," "Winter Weather/Winter Night," "The Christmas Song (Chestnust Roasting on an Open Fire)," "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells." [Released 10/18/19, not listed last Tuesday.]

Gretel! - A New Musical OLC
(Charlie Turner Music - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original London Cast recording of new musical score by Charlie Turner. Debuted in London's West End in 2019 at the The Other Palace Theatre. Roxanne Applebee, Joely Barbour, Georgia Burnell, Aoife Clesham, , Mina Dahle, Thomas Duern, Gregor Duncan, Rebecca Lauren, Elle MacAllen, Liv Warden, Mikey Wooster. "Down in the Wood," "Feet on the Ground," "Down in the Wood (Reprise)," "Dark Magic," "Girl's Gotta Go," "The Man That I Love," "Going Solo," "Rewrite Our Stories," "Destiny Song," "Opposite You," "Glorious," "We Were Hers," "In Her Arms," "Feet on the Ground (Reprise)." Released 9/19/19.

Harry Connick, Jr. - True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter
(Verve - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes/vinyl LP)
Harry Connick Jr. as pianist, singer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor. "Anything Goes," "I Love Paris," "I Concentrate on You," "All of You," "Mind If I Make Love to You," "Just One of Those Things," "In the Still of the Night," "Why Can't You Behave," "Begin the Beguine," "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," "True Love," "You're Sensational," "You Do Something to Me."

Lea Michele: Christmas in the City
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD/on mp3)
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Christmas in New York," "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Jonathan Groff), "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Silent Night," "White Christmas" (with Darren Criss), "Silver Bells," "Angels We Have Heard on High" (with Cynthia Erivo), "O Holy Night."

Mandy Patinkin: Children and Art
(Nonesuch - new album on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs by Randy Newman, and Laurie Anderson, include Lyle Lovett, Taylor Mac, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Waits, and Patinkin himself. Most have appeared in Patinkin's digital Diary series. "Going to a Town," "Kentucky Avenue," "If I Had a Boat," "From the Air," "So Long Dad," "Children and Art," "To Be of Use," "My Mom," "Wandering Boy," "Fear Itself" (with Kathryn Grody), "Raggedy Ann," "Refugees/Song of the Titanic" (with Judy Blazer). Recorded in New York with pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman). "Refugees/Song of the Titanic Produced by Tommy Krasker, engineered by Tom Lazarus. The artist's 30-city tour begins on October 30, 2019. CD format only pre-ordering at Nonesuch store at this time.

The Michael Friedman Collection: The Abominables digital album
(Ghostlight Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording by The Civilians. Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. John Behlmann, Audrey Bennett, Gerard Canonico, Daniel Jenkins, Mia Jenness, Jiho Kang, Alyse Alan Louis, Zell Murrow, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Curtis Reynolds, Brian Charles Rooney, Johnny Shea. "I Am the Princess of Everything Else," "Minnesota Nice," "Perfect," "My Brother is a Yeti," "Happiness," "Yeti Prayer," "Hockey Rules," "The Curse of the Blizzards ," "A Matter of Time (Part 1)," "A Matter of Time (Part 2)," "We Will Kill You," "We Are All Yeti," "Crouching Harry Hidden Yeti," "I Used to Be Like You," "I Used to Be Like You (reprise)," "We Are All Yeti: A Team Finals," "We Could Build an Igloo," "The Final Game," "Learn to Lose." Also at GhostlightRecords.com. [Released 10/18/19, not listed last Tuesday.]

Moulin Rouge! OBC
(House of Iona/RCA Records - on CD)
Cast includes Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu, Ricky Rojas, and Robyn Hurder. "Welcome To The Moulin Rouge!," "Truth Beauty Freedom Love," "The Sparkling Diamond," "Shut Up And Raise Your Glass," "Firework," "Your Song," "So Exciting! (The Pitch Song)," "Sympathy For The Duke," "Nature Boy," "Elephant Love Medley," "Backstage Romance," "Come What May," "Only Girl In A Material World," "Chandelier," "El Tango De Roxanne," "Crazy Rolling," "Your Song Reprise," "Finale (Come What May)," "More More More! (Encore)." Produced by Baz Luhrmann, Justin Levine, Matt Stine and Alex Timbers. Music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine. Previously released on mp3 and at iTunes.

The Michael Friedman Collection: The Great Immensity digital album
(Ghostlight Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording by The Civilians. Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. Cindy Cheung, John Ellison Conlee, Dan Domingues, Billy Hepfinger, Trey Lyford, Erin Wilhelmi. "The Hot World," "We Are All Panamanian," "The Earth Ambassadors Theme Song!," "ClimateSummit Suite: Stockholm 1972, Rio 1992, Kyoto 1997, Copenhagen 2009, Warsaw 2013," "Charismatic Megafauna," "Martha, the Last Pigeon/The Golden Lemur," "We Are Legion," "The Great Immensity," "The Dene Village," "The Great Immensity (reprise)," "The Next Forever." Also at GhostlightRecords.com. [Released 10/18/19, not listed last Tuesday.]

The Michael Friedman Collection: This Beautiful City digital album
(Ghostlight Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording by The Civilians. Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. Emily Ackerman, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brad Heberlee, Conor Ryan, Stephen Plunkett, Alison Weller. "Colorado," "This Beautiful City," "Whatever, ," "An Email from Ted," "End Times," "Demons," "Doubting Thomas," "Take Me There," "Freedom," "Urban Planning," "Another Email from Ted," "Pikes Peak (A Model of Christian Charity)," "Freedom (Alt Version)." Also at GhostlightRecords.com. [Released 10/18/19, not listed last Tuesday.]

Music from The Politician
(Atlantic - digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs from the Netflix series, performed by Ben Platt. "River" (by Joni Mitchell), "Unworthy of Your Love" (with Zoey Deutch, by Stephen Sondheim), "Vienna" (by Billy Joel), "Run Away" (by Ben Platt).

Small Mouth Sounds: A Play Off-Broadway Edition
(Overlook Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Bess Wohl. Produced by Ars Nova in 2015 and 2016.

Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Audiobook)
By Alexandra Jacobs (The New York Times). Biography of the Broadway legend, Elaine Stritch. "Following years of meticulous research and interviews, this is a portrait of a powerful, vulnerable, honest, and humorous figure who continues to reverberate in the public consciousness." 352 pages.

Week of October 15, 2019

Darling Live in Concert
(Very Intense Records - new on CD/on mp3)
Score by Ryan Scott Oliver. 15 tracks. Kerstin Anderson, Ethan Carlson, Chris D'Amico, Talya Groves, Jeff Heimbrock, Gerianne Perez, Jackson Perrin, Catherine Ricafort, Emily Rogers, Daniel Quadrino, Daniel Yearwood. CD released 8/9/19.

Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
(Hachette Books - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
By Julie Andrews with Emma Walton Hamilton. Follow-up to her first memoir, Home. Andrews continues with her arrival in Hollywood, sharing personal experiences and reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Victor/Victoria, and many others, describing her years in the film industry and her personal life, from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. 320 pages.

Idina Menzel: Christmas: A Season Of Love
(Craft Recordings - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
"Sleigh Ride," "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year," "I Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (with Billy Porter), "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas," "We Wish You The Merriest" (with Josh Gad), "A Hand For Mrs. Claus" (with Ariana Grande), "We Need A Little Christmas," "O Holy Night/Ave Maria," "Winter Wonderland/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," "I'll Be Home For Christmas" (with Aaron Lohr), "Walker's 3rd Hanukkah," "Ocho Kandelikas," "Christmas Time Is Here," "At This Table," "Seasons Of Love," "Caroling, Caroling," "Auld Lang Syne (Introduction)," "Auld Lang Syne." Vinyl version to be released 11/22/19.

Judy
(Decca Broadway - new on CD)
Soundtrack for upcoming feature film. Songs sung by Renée Zellweger. "By Myself," "Get Happy," "For Once In My Life," "Zing Went The Strings," "You Made Me Love You," "Talk Of The Town," "Come Rain Or Come Shine," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "The Trolley Song," "The Man That Got Away," "San Francisco," "Over The Rainbow." Released previously on mp3 and at iTunes

Kevin Dozier: Christmas Eve
(new digital album)
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / The Christmas Waltz," "Home on Christmas Day," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "O Holy Night," "Silent Night," "Christmas Eve," "Sleep Well, Little Children," "I'll Be Home for Christmas / Goodbye for Now," "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Caroling, Caroling," "Grown-Up Christmas List," "Merry Christmas Darling," "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!," "The Christmas Song," "We Wish You a Merry Christmas / It's Christmas Time," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Currently available at KevinDozier.com.

Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley: Broadway & Beyond - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
2017 Live concert recorded at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley. Songs and patter. "Intro / Trogan Woman Medley: All the Way," "Trojan Woman Medley: When You Wish Upon a Star," "Trojan Woman Medley: The Glory of Love," "Welcome," "Hello Young Lovers," "Younger Than Springtime / Carefully Taught," "So in Love," "You Walk with Me," "Sondheim Suite: Happiness," "Sondheim Suite: Good Thing Going," "Sondheim Suite: Too Many Mornings," "Sondheim Suite: Not a Day Goes By," "Sondheim Suite: Move on," "You, You, You," "When Did I Fall in Love?," "I Miss the Music," "Ovarian Cancer / HT," "And the World Goes 'Round," "Back to Before," "Thank You," "Opposite You," "Our Love Is Here to Stay." Funded through Kickstarter, where a stretch goal has been started to fund the release of a DVD/digital video of the concert. Proceeds from the album benefit The Actor's Fund, Cancer Support Community and Tina's Wish. Produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr. Currently at BroadwayRecords.com.

A Million Miles from Broadway Revised and Expanded Edition
(The Friendly Song Company - Kindle Edition)
By Mel Atkey. Available in paperback at Lulu.com. 654 pages.

We Foxes: Tracks
(Very Intense Records - new EP on CD/on mp3)
Score by Ryan Scott Oliver. Vesta, Katie Thompson, Emily Rogers, Charlie Franklin. 5 tracks. CD released 8/1/19.

Week of October 8, 2019

Adam Pascal: Cry
(new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New single released from Adam Pascal. Released 10/5/19.

Adrian Cunningham & His Friends Play Lerner & Loewe
(Arbors Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Bandleader and jazz saxophonist/clarinetist/flautist Adrian Cunningham with Fred Hersch on piano, John Hébert on bass and Eric McPherson on drums, with guest stars Randy Brecker on trumpet and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone. "Say a Little Prayer for Me Tonight," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Just You Wait," "I Talk to the Trees," "If Ever I Should Leave You," "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," "The Heather on the Hill," "I Was Born Under a Wanderin' Star," "They Call the Wind Mariah," "The Rain in Spain," "Brigadoon."

Beetlejuice OBC
(Ghostlight/Warner Bros. - new on CD)
Score by Eddie Perfect. Music Supervision, orchestrations, and incidental music By Kris Kukul. Cast includes Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Adam Dannheisser, Leslie Kritzer, Jill Abramovitz, Kelvin Moon Loh, Danny Rutigliano, and Dana Steingold. Album produced by Matt Stine, Alex Timbers, Eddie Perfect, and Kurt Deutsch. "Prologue: Invisible," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing," "Ready Set, Not Yet," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing, Pt. 2," "Dead Mom," "Fright of Their Lives," "Ready Set (Reprise)," "No Reason," "Invisible (Reprise) / On the Roof," "Say My Name," "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) [Act 1 Finale]," "Girl Scout," "That Beautiful Sound," "Barbara 2.0," "What I Know Now," "Home," "Creepy Old Guy," "Jump in the Line." Recording dates May 5, 6 and 13, 2019. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes.

Counterpoint Lerner & Loewe: Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski
(Arbors Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Jazz musicians Dick Hyman on piano and Ken Peplowski on clarinet and tenor sax. "My Dearie," "Danced," "Mariah," "Gigi," "Gigi Piano," "Trees," "Almost Like," "Follow Me," "On The Street," "Haven't Changed," "Show Me," "If Ever," "Wine," "Thank Heaven."

Disenchanted!
(Circle Gets the Square - at iTunes)
10th anniversary album of score by Dennis T. Giacino. Featuring actresses from various productions (2015 Off-Broadway production, New York workshops, and tryout productions in Orlando and Tampa): Andrea Canny, Becky Gulsvig, Michelle Knight, J. Elaine Marcos, Soara-Joye Ross, and Jenny Lee Stern. "One More Happ'ly Ever After," "Insane," "Without the Guy," "Two Legs," "Big Tits," "Honestly," "Finally," "Not V'one Red Cent," "Secondary Princess," "All I Wanna Do Is Eat," "A Happy Tune?," "Perfect," "Once Upon a Time." Music director Zach Dietz. Produced by Ethan Popp Ethan Popp. Also available on CD and mp3 at disalbum.com and CDBaby.com.

Michael Longoria: Like They Do In The Movies
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Includes "Evergreen," "I Will Always Love You," "Take My Breath Away," "Unchained Melody," plus the debut of an original song written by Michael Longoria and arranged by James Dobinson called "Kiss Me (Like They Do In The Movies)." Music arrangements by Rona Siddiqui and James Dobinson. Produced by Michael Croiter. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Swoon: Nora York with Jamie Lawrence
(Good Mood Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Posthumous release (jazz singer Nora York died in 2016) produced by and featuring Nora York's collaborator Jamie Lawrence: unreleased, never-before-heard compositions and interpretations of pop classics. "All Shook Up," "In the Morning," "All Down Hill from Here," "Amelia," "Money, Money," "Earliest Memory," "Nothing Compares to U," "Rain Came Down," "Snowstorm in June," "Memory Like a Flat Tire," "Rome Is Burning," "The Hill." Released 10/4/19.

Week of October 1, 2019

Dog Man: The Musical
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Brad Alexander (music) and Kevin Del Aguila (lyrics). Based on the bestselling Dog Man book series by Dav Pilkey. TheatreWorksUSA's cast includes Kadrea Dawkins, L.R. Davidson, Jamie LaVerdiere, Milo J. Marami, Brian Owen, Dan Rosales, Crystal Sha'nae, and Forest VanDyke. "Underture," "The Opening Number," "Dog Man," "Revenge," "Cyber-Fish," "Happy Song / 80-HD," "The Perfect Mashup," "Without Me," "I'm Back," "The Evil Abcs," "Robo-Dance Party," "Dog Man Is Go!," "A Far, Far Better Thing," "A Far, Far Better Reprise," "The Happy Ending," "Bows." Album produced by Michael Croiter and Brad Alexander. Fall 2019 release expected. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Previously released new on mp3.

Jerome Robbins, by Himself: Selections from His Letters, Journals, Drawings, Photographs, and an Unfinished Memoir
(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Jerome Robbins. Amanda Vaill, editor. From Robbins' voluminous letters, journals, notes, diaries, never before published. Edited, and with commentary by Amanda Vaill (author of 2006 Robbins biography Somewhere). 448 pages.

Jukebox Saloon Vol 2.
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Colby Beserra and Dan Lipton with special guests Jo Lampert, Howard Levy, Natalie Cressman and more. Songs by George Michael, Shelby Lynne, The Police and others. "... unique, jazzed-out interpretations of songs you know and songs they'd like you to hear." "Gonna Make You Love Me," "Why Can't You Be?," "Broken Train," "Plush," "Everything Is Free," "The Bed's Too Big Without You," "She," "Hello," "Praying for Time," "Roll to Me."

Mad Scenes and Exit Arias: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America
(Picador - Paperback Book)
Paperback release of Heidi Waleson's 2018 book. Recounts the history of the New York City Opera and reveals how, from the beginning, it balanced an ambitious artistic program on fragile financial supports. Also looks forward and considers some better-managed, more visionary opera companies that have taken City Opera’s lessons to heart. ... a story of money, ego, changes in institutional identity, competing forces of populism and elitism, and the ongoing debate about the role of the arts in society. 304 pages. Previously released in hardcover and Kindle edition.

A Moment on the Clock of the World: A Foundry Theatre Production
(Haymarket Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
".. an invitation to consider how we make the world ... artists, social justice practitioners, cultural critics and public intellectuals, Cornel West, Taylor Mac, Alisa Solomon, Robin D.G. Kelley and Laura Flanders among them, whose own inquiries intersected with that of the award-winning Foundry Theatre across its 25-year history. 220 pages.

R.R.R.E.D. A Secret Musical
(JAY Records - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Katie Thompson. Original Off-Broadway cast. Katie Thompson, Matt Loehr, Marissa Rosen, Kevin Zak, Christopher Sieber, Christina Bianco. "Red Opening," "The Rules," "I'm Not Pregnant, I'm Just Fat," "As Long As It's Red," "Revenge," "Her Assistant," "What's Good a Blonde Anyway," "I Like You," "Dead Before We Know It," "The Same," "Red Headed Step Child (Him)," "Silence Is Red," "What's Good a Brunette Anyway," "Your Side (Duet)," "Procreation," "R.R.R.E.D," "Red Headed Step Child (Her)," "Gj's Seed Sack," "Your Side (Bonus)."

Stages: A Theater Memoir
(Barbara Hogenson Agency - Paperback Book)
By Albert Poland, legendary Broadway and Off-Broadway producer and general manager (The Boy from Oz, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Starmites, 68 OB credits, including Little Shop of Horrors, The Waverly Gallery. 452 pages. Released 9/25/19.

Week of September 24, 2019

Ben Bagley Presents Too Many Girls
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. 1977 studio recording of 1939 musical. Estelle Parsons, Johnny Desmond, Nancy Andrews, and Anthony Perkins. Arrangements and orchestrations by Bagley regular, Dennis Deal. Remastered and track list reordered. New liner notes. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt artwork. Limited release of 500 copies. Expected to ship by the last week in September. At Kritzerland.com.

Brittain Ashford: Drama Club
(Commodor Trotter - new digital album)
Singer/actor Brittain Ashford (Sonya in Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812). "Defying Gravity," "You're the One That I Want," "Come to Me, Bend to Me," "Send in the Clowns," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "I Dreamed a Dream," "Sonya Alone," "It's Quiet Uptown," "Tomorrow," "Music of the Night," "No One Is Alone."

Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical
(Hachette Books - new hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
Fully illustrated companion book to the musical written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Laurence Maslon, contributor to this book. Foreword by Justin Trudeau. Libretto plus exclusive never-before-seen photos of the events that inspired the musical, illustrations of the cast, up-close details of the costumes and set, new interviews from passengers, Gander residents, and the actors that lined up to audition to portray them and much more.

In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway’s Hit Plays
(Routledge - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Jordan Schildcrout. In-depth analysis of 15 plays that ran over 1,000 performances, examining what made each so popular in its time. Each chapter focuses on the longest-running plays of a particular decade, synthesizing historical research and dramaturgical analysis to explain how they functioned as works of theatrical art, cultural commodities, and reflections of the values, conflicts, and fantasies of their times. At the heart of each play’s history are the ideological contradictions often present in works of popular culture that appeal to diverse audiences, particularly around issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality. 264 pages.

Jen Fellman: Forbidden Drive
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut album from singer Jen Fellman. "They Didn't Believe Me," "Golden Earrings," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Stardust," "Love Look Away," "I Get Along Without You Very Well," "Happiness" (duet with Margo Seibert), "I Won't Send Roses," "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg," "Mon Amant de Saint Jean," "New York Treasure," "Wherever He Ain't," "That's How I Say Goodbye." Produced by Michael Croiter, with original arrangements and orchestrations by Bob Goldstone. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Judy digital
(Decca Broadway - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Soundtrack for upcoming feature film. Songs sung by Renée Zellweger. "By Myself," "Get Happy," "For Once In My Life," "Zing Went The Strings," "You Made Me Love You," "Talk Of The Town," "Come Rain Or Come Shine," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "The Trolley Song," "The Man That Got Away," "San Francisco," "Over The Rainbow." CD version to be released 10/11/19.

Kean Deluxe Edition
(Stage Door Records - new import double CD set)
Digital remaster of the 1961 Original Broadway Cast recording of score by George Forrest (151), Robert Wright. Plus previously unreleased studio and composer demos of the score (including several cut songs); "Pop" cover recordings performed by vocalists including Judy Garland, Richard Hayes and James Shigeta; instrumental stereo album of the score recorded by Robert Mersey and His Orchestra. Alfred Drake, Lee Venora, Joan Weldon, Oliver Gray, Patricia Cutts. Limited release of 500 units.

Kristin Chenoweth: For The Girls
(Concord Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Tribute to great female singers throughout history. "The Way We Were," "You Don't Own Me" (with Ariana Grande), "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," "I Will Always Love You," "What A Diff’rence A Day Makes," "When I Fall In Love," "Crazy," "The Man That Got Away," "I'm A Woman" (with Jennifer Hudson and Reba McEntire), "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "I Wanna Be Around," "Desperado." Deluxe edition also available.

The Man in the Ceiling: Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
11 songs from the 2017 Andrew Lippa musical based on Jules Feiffer's young adult novel about a 12-year old boy aspiring to become a famous cartoonist. "Almost There," "Disappear," "Doin' Fine," "Draw Your Own Conclusion," "Hands," "I Do What I Do," "Kidding Around," "Like Your Son," "Maybe He Likes Me," "To the Gods," "Where Is My Love Song?." 88 pages. Released 8/1/19.

RSC Romeo and Juliet
(Opus Arte - new on DVD)
2018 RSC production with cross-gender casting. Directed by Erica Whyman. Karen Fishwick, Bally Gill, Charlotte Josephine, Ishia Bennison, Josh Finan, Andrew French, Beth Cordingly. Extra features: interviews with Karen Fishwick, Bally Gill and Charlotte Josephine, director's commentary, cast gallery. 162 minutes.

Stereo Dawn: Off the Ground
(new digital album on mmp3/at iTunes)
New album from Stereo Dawn, which includes actor-singer by Chris Dwan (Finding Neverland, Enter Laughing) and music director/orchestrator Will Van Dyke (Pretty Woman: The Musical and currently Off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors). "Up and Away," "Stereo," "Color in the Line," "New Kid in Town," "My Vow to You," "The View, and You and Me," "Campfire Song," "Sober," "Take Me," "Slamming Doors," "Breathe (2 Am)," "Another Trip," "Forget Tonight."

A Strange Loop
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by Michael R. Jackson. Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Larry Owens, Jason Veasey. "Intermission Song," "Today," "We Wanna Know," "Inner White Girl," "Didn't Want Nothin'," "Exile in Gayville," "Second Wave," "Tyler Perry Writes Real Life," "Writing a Gospel Play," "A Sympathetic Ear," "Inwood Daddy," "Boundaries," "Periodically," "Didn't Want Nothin' Reprise," "Precious Little Dream / AIDS Is God's Punishment," "Memory Song," "A Strange Loop." Album produced by Michael Croiter and Michael R. Jackson. The musical was produced at Playwrights Horizons in 2019. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Taking a Chance on Love: The Life and Music of Vernon Duke
(Univ of Oklahoma Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
by George Harwood Phillips. Immerses the reader in Vernon Dukes globe-hopping and genre-swapping, as financial concerns and musical passions drive him from composing symphonies to writing songs, from brilliant successes to Broadway flops, and from performing with classical performers to writing books and articles. Throughout, as he crisscrosses the landscape of American music, collaborating with lyricists such as Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, and Sammy Cahn. 272 pages.

Week of September 17, 2019

"Another Trip"
(new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New single by band Stereo Dawn, which includes actor-singer by Chris Dwan (Finding Neverland, Enter Laughing) and music director/orchestrator Will Van Dyke (Pretty Woman: The Musical and currently appearing Off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors), from their upcoming album of originals and a cover, Off the Ground. Single released 9/13/17.

Kelley Johnson: Something Good
(Oa2 - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson's fifth album. "Anyone Can Whistle," "Goodbye To Love," "You Do Something To Me," "Lullaby of Birdland," "Let's Do It," "Some Other," "Tip Toe," "Unforgettable," "You For Me," "Something Good." Arrangements by Johnson and John Hansen, her pianist of the last two decades, her band of Hansen, bassist Michael Glynn, drummer Kendrick Scott and special guest Jay Thomas.

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
(Beacon Press - Paperback Book)
Paperback reprint of Imani Perry's award-winning 2018 biography of Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun). 256 pages. Previously released in hardcover, Kindle Edition, and audiobook on CD/Audible audiobook (read by LisaGay Hamilton).

Scotland, Pa: The First Folio
(paperback book)
Limited edition vocal selections book. To be available at the Laura Pels Theatre during the run of the musical. Score by Adam Gwon. "What We've Got," "Kick-Ass Party," "Why I Love Football," "Clairvoyant."

Week of September 10, 2019

The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Andy Propst. Period reviews and interviews highlight both the shows and the people who contributed to them. Songwriting greats such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber are some of the familiar names in the book. So, too, are performers such as Nathan Lane, Ethel Merman, Audra McDonald, and Patti LuPone, and directors and choreographers such as Bob Fosse, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, and Tommy Tune. Readers learn not only about these men and women’s exceptional lives and achievements, but can peek backstage at such groundbreaking shows as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Company, and A Chorus Line, among others. 288 pages.

Al Jolson: Decca Years 1945-1950
(Sepia Records - 3-CD set)
All 71 of Al Jolson's vocal sides for Decca from 1945 to 1950, plus two previously unreleased performances, six alternative takes, and one incomplete take. Remastered. Includes a deluxe booklet including newly written liner notes, period illustrations, and a sessionography. Track list available at SepiaRecords.com.

Barb Jungr: Bob, Brel & Me
(Kristalyn - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Barb Jungr sings songs by Bob Dylan and Jacques Brel, plus her own compositions, written in collaboration with Mike Lindup, Jonathan Cooper and Jamie Safir. Features new translations by Robb Johnson. "Rise & Shine," "Jacky," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Incurable Romantic," "The Tender Hearts," "Buckets of Rain," "One Too Many Mornings," "The Cathedral," "No-one Could Ever Wear Your Shoes," "Twist of Fate," "Sometimes," "Secret Spaces," "To See a Friend Break Down and Cry," "This Wheel's on Fire," "If We Only Had Love," "If You See Her Say Hello."

Elaine Stritch: The End of Pretend
(Page Publishing - Paperback Book)
By John Bell. From a series of interviews with Stritch, spanning 2009 through her final 14 months in Birmingham, Michigan. Chronicled in magazine Everything Sondheim.

Mean Girls songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal selections for 16 songs from Broadway musical score by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin. "Apex Predator," "A Cautionary Tale," "Fearless," "I See Stars," "I'd Rather Be Me," "It Roars," "Meet the Plastics," "More Is Better," "Revenge Party," "Sexy," "Someone Gets Hurt," "Stop," "Stupid with Love," "What's Wrong with Me?," "Where Do You Belong?," "World Burn." Delayed

Norbert Leo Butz: The Long Haul
(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Sung and composed by Broadway singer-actor Norbert Leo Butz. "Mary Grace," "If Wishes Were Horses," "The Long Haul," "Waterfall," "Hole in the Night," "I'm No One," "Keys to You," "Two Good Reasons," "Hotel Bride," "These Days," "What We'll Do," "South Mountain Waltz." Released 6/12/19.

The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes
(new on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording of score by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond. The musical premiered at the Village Theatre in 2018. Cast includes Joshua Carter, Taryn Darr, Jeff Steitzer, Jasmine Jean Sim. Music director R.J. Tancioco. Orchestrations by Mike Pettry. Vocal Arrangements by Michael Kooman. Signed CDs available at KoomanDimond.com.

The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical
(Viking Books for Young Readers - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible audiobook)
By Saundra Mitchell, with Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar. "An honest, laugh-out-loud, feel-good novel inspired by the hit Broadway musical The Prom." Audiobook read by Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla, with Beth Leavel, Joshua Lamon, and Tara Sands; and includes an interview of Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar from the musical's creative team conducted by cast member Joshua Lamon. 240 pages.

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical OLC
(Stage Entertainment/Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Features Adrienne Warren, who will also play Tina Turner in the upcoming Broadway production. "Etherland," "Nutbush City Limits," "Don't Turn Around," "Shake a Tailfeather," "The Hunter," "Matchbox," "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "A Fool in Love," "Let's Stay Together," "Better Be Good to Me," "Higher," "River Deep - Mountain High," "Be Tender with Me Baby," "Proud Mary," "I Don't Wanna Fight," "Private Dancer," "Disco Inferno," "Open Arms," "I Can't Stand the Rain," "Tonight," "What's Love Got to Do with It," "We Don't Need Another Hero," "(Simply) The Best," "Finale, Nutbush City Limits / Proud Mary." Customers who pre-order the digital album will immediately receive a free download of the single track "River Deep - Mountain High." Recorded in February 2019 at Angel Studios and produced by Nicholas Skilbeck and Kurt Deutsch, and co-produced by Tom Kelly. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes. Released 9/6/19.

Wendy Scherl: You'll See
(Harbinger Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Singer Wendy Scherl backed by 8-piece band led by Christopher Denny. "You'll See," "I'm an Old Fashioned," "I Got the Sun in the Morning," "Sleepy Man," "New York Romance," "The Kindest Man," "To Make You Feel My Love," "There Are Two Sides to Everything," "Whoever You Are, I Love You," "The Way We Were/Niagra," "Wherever He Ain't," "Anytime," "Move On/I Wouldn't Go Back/Yes," "Anyone Can Whistle." Produced by Barry Kleinbort.

Wicked 15th Anniversary Edition
(Decca Broadway - new vinyl album)
If this is the same as the CD version: Includes the original cast recording of Stephen Schwartz score plus bonus tracks recorded live during the October 2018 NBC special A Very Wicked Halloween: The Wizard and I" (Ariana Grande), "What Is This Feeling?" (Pentatonix), "As Long As You're Mine" (Adam Lambert and Ledisi), and "For Good (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel with a chorus of former Elphabas and Glindas).

Week of September 3, 2019

Alan Ayckbourn: Plays 6
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
Six plays by Alan Ayckbourn: Time of My Life, Neighbourhood Watch, Arrivals and Departures, Hero’s Welcome, A Brief History of Women. 656 pages. Kindle version released in 2018.

Fleabag: The Special Edition
(Nick Hern Books - Kindle Edition)
Play by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Features the original playscript, never-before-seen colour photos, and exclusive bonus content by Waller-Bridge, director Vicky Jones and key members of the creative team. The play appeared at SoHo Playhouse in March 2019, and is opening in the West End 8/20/19. 64 pages. Also being published in hardcover and Kindle edition is Fleabag: Scriptures, a collection of the complete scripts from the BBC series, plus original commentary from Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Released 8/29/19.

The Height of the Storm
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
Play by Florian Zeller (The Father), which was produced in the UK in 2018 and begins at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 9/24/19. 80 pages. Kindle Edition released in 2018.

Puss in Boots: A Musical
(Harper Collins - new audiobook on CD/Audible audiobook)
A "fractured fairytale musical, is a tale of conquering fears, finding your truth, discovering your strengths, and standing for what you believe in, with lots of fun along the way. 11 original songs by Harvey Edelmanan and Neil Fishman (Spin: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical). Co-adapted with Khristine Hvam. Narrated by Jim Dale, Mark Aldrich, Barrett Leddy, Nick Sullivan, Brian Holden, Al Fallick, Lisa Livesay, Meredith Inglesby, Lynn Norris, John E. Brady, Johnny Heller. Released 8/27/19.

The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical
(Routledge - Hardcover Book)
Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman, editors. Dedicated to the musical’s evolving relationship to American culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Forty-four essays examine the contemporary musical as an ever-shifting product of an ever-changing culture. 536 pages.

The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage
(Chicago Review Press - Paperback book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
By Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns. 240 pages. Audiobook narrated by Michael Butler Murray.

Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music
(W.W. Norton & Company - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD)
By Richard Crawford. Audiobook narrated by David Colacci. Draws extensively from letters and contemporaneous accounts to trace the arc of Gershwin's life, blending anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin's oeuvre. 560 pages.

Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Broadway Records - new recording on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Studio cast recording of George M. Cohan score plus new music and lyrics by Albert Evans (new bio-musical book by David Armstrong). "Overture," "Nellie Kelly, I Love You," "Harrigan," "You've Not Seen the Last of Cohan," "All Aboard for Broadway," "The Yankee Doodle Boy," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "All My Boys," "I Was Born in Virginia," "45 Minutes from Broadway," "So Long, Mary," "Atlantic City By the Sea," "Oh, You Wonderful Girls!," "Pick Up Your Dreams and Go," "You're a Grand Old Flag," "Entr'acte," "Over There," "Mary Is a Grand Old Name," "The Reunion (We Gave It Back to Broadway)," "That Harlem Melody," "Finale: George's Vision." Produced by James A. Rocco. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. CD is expected to be restocked at Amazon on 9/13/19.

Travis Moser: In Whatever Time We Have
(new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Also features Angela Orlandi Colgan. Justin Stoney on piano. Stephen Schwartz ong from Children of Eden. Released 8/23/19.

Week of August 27, 2019

Moulin Rouge! OBC digital
(House of Iona/RCA Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Cast includes Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu, Ricky Rojas, and Robyn Hurder. "Welcome To The Moulin Rouge!," "Truth Beauty Freedom Love," "The Sparkling Diamond," "Shut Up And Raise Your Glass," "Firework," "Your Song," "So Exciting! (The Pitch Song)," "Sympathy For The Duke," "Nature Boy," "Elephant Love Medley," "Backstage Romance," "Come What May," "Only Girl In A Material World," "Chandelier," "El Tango De Roxanne," "Crazy Rolling," "Your Song Reprise," "Finale (Come What May)," "More More More! (Encore)." Produced by Baz Luhrmann, Justin Levine, Matt Stine and Alex Timbers. Music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine.

The Roman Plays
(Opus Arte - new on 4 DVDs/Blu-ray)
RSC's Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus, and Coriolanus. Filmed live in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Extras: documentary shorts, director's commentary, cast gallery, interviews with cast and crew.

Sam Wanamaker: A Global Performer
(Oberon Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Diana Devlin. Biography of actor/director/activist Sam Wanamaker, who worked in the United States and the U.K. and spent years campaigning for the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe in London. 360 pages.

Shakespeare's Globe's Twelfth Night
(Opus Arte - new on DVD)
2017 production. Marc Antolin, Carly Bawden, Nandi Bhebhe, Le Gateau Chocolat, Tony Jayawardena, Joshua Lacey, Pieter Lawman, Annette McLaughlin, Kandaka Moore, Katy Owen, John Pfumojena, Thoe St. Claire, Anita-Joy Uwajeh. Directed by Emma Rice.

To the Max: Max Weitzenhoffer's Magical Trip from Oklahoma to Broadway and London's West End - and Back
(Full Circle Press - Hardcover Book)
By Tom Lindley. Biography of theater owner and theatre producer Max Weitzenhoffer (Dracula, Burn This, The Will Rogers Follies, A Little Night Music revival ...). 232 pages.

Week of August 20, 2019

Bathtubs Over Broadway soundtrack
(Back Lot Musical - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Soundtrack from Steve Young's award-winning documentary about industrial musicals, available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services. "Introduction" (A. B. Dick Company, 1962), "It'll Change Your Life," "My Insurance Man" (Continental Assurance Co., 1968), "Thank You Comedy Gods," "Features to Talk About" (General Electric Appliances, 1956), "22 Slices of Bread" (Cook Book Bread), "The Dishwasher and the Disposall" (General Electric Appliances, 1956), "There's a New World Opening Up" (Xerox, 1971), "Put Payoff Punch in Your Selling" (Frigidaire, 1963), "Hot Promotions" (Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Division, 1977), "Salesman's Sonata" (Lipton, 1972), "Open That Door," "Diesel Dazzle" (Detroit Diesel, 1966), "More Power to You" (Ford Tractor & Implement Division, 1959), "Setting the Pace" (Brown-Forman Distillers, 1953), "It's a Great Big Beautiful Morning" (J.C. Penney, 1960), "Who Else but Whirlpool" (Whirlpool Appliances, 1967), "Just One" (Whirlpool Appliances, 1967), "Gould Growing" (Gould Inc., 1976), "It's Revolution" (American-Standard, 1969), "My Bathroom" (American-Standard, 1969), "The Time for Change" (American-Standard, 1969), "Proximatics" (American-Standard, 1969), "Couldn't Be Done" (American-Standard, 1969), "I Never Enjoyed My Operation More" (American Hospital Supply, 1967), "Silicones, Silicones" (General Electric Silicones, 1973), "We Love a Salesman" (Standard Oil, 1958), "We Were There" (Detroit Diesel, 1966), "Lookin' up," "Take That Step," "Farewell Pacemakers" (A. B. Dick Company, 1962), "The Ballad of Steve Young." Released 8/16/19.

Ben Bagley's Jerome Kern Revisited Volume II
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Jerome Kern music with lyrics by Guy Bolton, Anne Caldwell, Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Gus Kahn, Herbert Reynolds, Harry B. Smith, P.G. Wodehouse. Joanne Woodward, Kaye Ballard, Sandy Stewart, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, Sarah Rice, Arthur Siegel, and more. With two bonus tracks from a revival of Show Boat. Musical arrangements and musical direction by Dennis Deal. Limited to 500 copies only. Ships by third week in August. At Kritzerland.com.

Come on Along and Listen to My Life in Theatre
(Archway - Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Memoir by Broadway theatre owner and independent theatrical producer (Torch Song Trilogy, Passion, Honeymoon in Vegas, Gigi, and more) Martin Markinson. Owner of the Helen Hayes Theatre (previously known as The Little Theatre) from 1979 until 2015. 260 pages. Released 6/12/19.

Fairview
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Jackie Sibblies Drury. Premiered at Soho Rep in 2018. Winner of 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 120 pages.

Fiddler on the Roof 2018 cast recording
(Time Life Music/Warner music Group - new on 2 CDs)
2018 National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene cast recording of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick score. Performed in Yiddish. The production is moving to Stage 42 in February 2019. Cast includes Jackie Hoffman, Steven Skybell, Jennifer Babiak, Joanne Borts, Avrom, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Fyedke, Ben Liebert, Rosie Jo Neddy, Raquel Nobile, Bruce Sabath, Drew Seigla, Adam B. Shapiro, Jodi Snyder, James Monroe Števko, Lauren Jeanne Thomas, Bobby Underwood and Rachel Zatcoff, Michael Yashinsky, Evan Mayer, Lisa Fishman, Samantha Hahn. Translated by Shraga Friedman. Disc 2 includes cut songs in English from the Broadway out-of-town tryout from 1964 with vocalists including Joel Grey, Richard Kind, Hal Linden, Austin Pendleton, Tom Wopat, Donna McKechnie, Joanna Merlin, and Sheldon Harnick: "We've Never Missed a Sabbath Yet What a Life," "What a Life," "To Marry for Love," "Richest Man in Town," "If I Were a Woman," "As Much as That," "A Butchers Soul," "Letters From America," "Dear Sweet Sewing Machine," "Get Thee Out," "When Messiah Comes," Jackie Hoffman Act 1 Monolog After Traditsye (In Yiddish), Jackie Hoffman Act 2 Monolog After Anatevka (In Yiddish). Album produced by Robert Sher, co-produced by Dan Moses Schreier, and executive produced by David Garfinkle and NYTF CEO Christopher Massimine. Orchestrations by Larry Blank. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes.

God Said This
(Yale Univ Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Leah Nanako Winkler. Foreword by Ayad Akhtar. 2018 winner of the Yale Drama Series competition. Produced at Primary Stages in January 2019. 112 pages.

Mark Nadler & KT Sullivan: Thanks for the Memory
(new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Cabaret legends KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler celebrate their Silver Anniversary of working together. "One More Walk Around the Garden / You Haven't Changed at All," "Wise Guys / Old Friend," "Dance Only with Me / Make Someone Happy," "How Long Has This Been Going On," "Don't Fence Me In," "My Little Ducky," "The Little Things You Do Together," "If Love Were All," "Catch Our Act at the Met," "Talking to Yourself," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face / There's Always One You Can't Forget," "Everything's Coming up Roses," "Our Love Is Here to Stay," "Thanks for the Memory." Clips, digital album, and CD available at CDBaby.

Oklahoma!
(Decca Broadway/Verve - new on CD)
2019 Broadway revival cast recording. Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein score. Rebecca Naomi Jones, Damon Daunno, Patrick Vaill, Mary Testa, Ali Stroker, James Davis, Will Brill, Mallory Portnoy, Mitch Tebo, Anthony Cason, and Will Mann. "Opening – Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’," "Laurey's Entrance," "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top," "Kansas City," "I Cain’t Say No," "Many A New Day," "It’s A Scandal! It’s A Outrage!," "People Will Say We're In Love," "Poor Jud Is Daid," "Lonely Room," "Out Of My Dreams," "Dream Ballet," "The Farmer And The Cowman," "All Er Nuthin'," "People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)," "Oklahoma!." Produced by Dean Sharenow and Daniel Kluger. Released 6/28/19 on mp3 and at iTunes

"The Sparkling Diamond" from Moulin Rouge!
(House of Iona/RCA Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New single track now available from upcoming Moulin Rouge! OBC album, to be released 8/30/19.

Sweet Charity blu-ray
(Kino Lorber Studio Classics - new Blu-ray 2-disc set)
1969 film musical based on the Broadway show with score by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields. Screenplay by Peter Stone. Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Bouchet, Sammy Davis, Jr., Suzanne Charny, Ben Vereen. 4K restoration of both the Roadshow Edition and the "Happy Ending" alternate. Extras: "A Girl Who Wanted to be Loved" booklet essay by Julie Kirgo; audio commentary by Kat Ellinger; "From Stage to the Screen" featurette, "Edith Head's Costume Design: The Art of Exaggeration" featurette, and theatrical trailer.

The Tempest
(Opus Arte - new on DVD)
Part of the Donmar Warehouse 2012 all-female Shakespeare Trilogy. Also played St. Ann's Warehouse in 2017. Harriet Walter. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with a score by Joan Armatrading. Shot live in a specially built temporary theatre in King's Cross in 2016. Bonus shorts: "An All-Female Trilogy," "Island Metaphor," "Forgiveness," "Magic," "Dreams," "Prospero and Caliban," "Rehearsal Process," trailer, introduction to the play, the plot, director's commentary, cast gallery. Other parts of the trilogy released earlier: Julius Caesar and Henry IV, both with Harriet Walter. Released 7/26/19.

Week of August 13, 2019

Anna Christie
(Broadway Records - new on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
Studio recording of score by Edward Thomas (music) and Joseph Masteroff (librettist), based on the play by Eugene O'Neill. Melanie Long, Frank Basile, Jonathan Estabrooks, Joy Hermalyn, and Mike Pirozzi. Premiered at Encompass New Opera Theatre. Julian Wachner conducts the NOVUS NY orchestra. Produced by Thomas Z. Shepard. At BroadwayRecords.com.

Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
(Agate Midway - Hardcover book/Kindle Edition)
By Mark Larson. Explores the early days of the fabled Compass Players and the legendary Second City in the 1950s and '60s; the rise of internationally acclaimed ensembles like Steppenwolf in the '70s; the explosion of storefront and neighborhood companies that began in earnest in the '80s; and the enduring global influence of the city as the center of improv training and performance. Drawing from more than 300 interviews ... Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Asner, George Wendt, Michael Shannon, and Tracy Letts co-mingle with stories from designers, composers, and others. 704 pages.

Kyle Taylor Parker: Broadway Soul, Vol. 1
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Parker (Kinky Boots, "The Soul Sessions") reimagines Broadway classics with an R&B twist. "Anything Goes," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "I Feel Pretty," "I'm Alive," "No Bad News," "Ol' Man River," "Out Tonight," "Run and Tell That," "Think of Me," "We Are Young." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Marching Song: A Play
(Roman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Play about John Brown, written by Todd School for Boys student Orson Welles with headmaster Ralph Hill. Edited by Hill's grandson, Todd Tarbox. Foreword by Simon Callow. Also includes a biographical sketch of Welles and Hill during their days together at Todd. 200 pages.

Musik
(x2 Recordings Ltd - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Frances Barber solo show as Bille Trix. Produced at 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Songs by Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (four written for the production). "Mongrel," "Soup," "Run, girl, run," "Ich bin Musik (Radio Edit)," "Friendly fire," "For every moment." Released 8/6/19.

Tootsie OBC
(Decca Broadway/Verve - new on CD)
Score by David Yazbek. Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper, Sarah Stiles, John Behlmann, Andy Grotelueschen, Julie Halston, Michael McGrath, and Reg Rogers. Andrea Grody and Dean Sharenow, musical supervisors. "Overture," "Opening Number," "Whaddaya Do," "What's Gonna Happen," "I Won't Let You Down," "I'm Alive," "There Was John," "I Like What She's Doing," "Who Are You," "What's Gonna Happen (Reprise)," "Unstoppable," "Entr'acte," "Jeff Sums It Up," "Gone, Gone, Gone," "Who Are You?," "This Thing," "Whaddaya Do (Reprise)," "The Most Important Night," "Talk To Me Dorothy," "Arrivederci!," "Michael's Reprise." Produced by Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek. Released on mp3 and at iTunes earlier.

Unchained Melodies: The Film Themes of Alex North
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Originally released in 1991 by Bay Cities. Remastered here with a bonus track. Covers first seven years of film scores by Alex North, including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, The Bad Seed, and more. To be released by the second week in August. At Kritzerland.com.

What's Not Inside: The Lost Songs from Waitress
(DMI - new EP on mp3/at iTunes)
Features outtakes and demos recorded by Sara Bareilles for the Broadway musical. "Happy Enough," "Door Number Three ," "Knocked Up You," "Without a Believer," "I Can’t Wait ," "Falling in Love Pie," "She Used to Be Mine."

Week of August 6, 2019

Fiddler on the Roof 2018 cast recording digital
(Time Life Music/Warner music Group - new on mp3/at iTunes)
2018 National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene cast recording of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick score. Performed in Yiddish. The production is moving to Stage 42 in February 2019. Cast includes Jackie Hoffman, Steven Skybell, Jennifer Babiak, Joanne Borts, Avrom, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Fyedke, Ben Liebert, Rosie Jo Neddy, Raquel Nobile, Bruce Sabath, Drew Seigla, Adam B. Shapiro, Jodi Snyder, James Monroe Števko, Lauren Jeanne Thomas, Bobby Underwood and Rachel Zatcoff, Michael Yashinsky, Evan Mayer, Lisa Fishman, Samantha Hahn. Translated by Shraga Friedman. Disc 2 includes cut songs in English from the Broadway out-of-town tryout from 1964 with vocalists including Joel Grey, Richard Kind, Hal Linden, Austin Pendleton, Tom Wopat, Donna McKechnie, Joanna Merlin, and Sheldon Harnick: "We've Never Missed a Sabbath Yet What a Life," "What a Life," "To Marry for Love," "Richest Man in Town," "If I Were a Woman," "As Much as That," "A Butchers Soul," "Letters From America," "Dear Sweet Sewing Machine," "Get Thee Out," "When Messiah Comes," Jackie Hoffman Act 1 Monolog After Traditsye (In Yiddish), Jackie Hoffman Act 2 Monolog After Anatevka (In Yiddish). Album produced by Robert Sher, co-produced by Dan Moses Schreier, and executive produced by David Garfinkle and NYTF CEO Christopher Massimine. Orchestrations by Larry Blank. 2-CD version to be released 8/23/19.

Historical Dictionary of Leonard Bernstein
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Paul R. Laird and Hsun Lin. Contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, an extensive bibliography, and more than 700 cross-referenced entries on Bernstein's life and works. 336 pages.

Margaret Sullavan: The Life and Career of a Reluctant Star
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Michael D. Rinella. Biography of film/television/stage (If Love Were All, Stage Door, Voice of the Turtle actress ... her career and details of her personal life, including her marriage to Henry Fonda, her special friendship with James Stewart and her bitter rivalry with Katharine Hepburn. 245 pages.

The Short Plays of Harold Pinter
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
Foreword by Antonia Fraser. Contains the complete short plays of Harold Pinter from The Room, first performed in 1960, to Celebration, which premiered in 2000.

Shortland Street - The Musical
(Belleville Limited - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by Guy Langford. New Zealand cast. Released 7/26/19.

West Side Story Reimagined
(Jazzheads - on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band. Nominated Best Latin Jazz Album for the 2019 Grammy Awards. "Intro," "Prologue," "Intro Jet Song," "Jet Song," "Intro America," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke Intro," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "Tonight," "Gym Scene - Blues / Mambo," "Gym Scene - Cha Cha Cha," "Maria," "Intro Cool," "Cool," "The Rumble / Rumba," "One Hand, One Heart," "Somewhere," "Intro Epilogue / Finale," "Epilogue / Finale," "Outro." (Released in 2018, but never listed.)

Week of July 30, 2019

Aladdin: Songs from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook of songs from new 2019 live action Disney film, with new lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. "Arabian Nights," "Friend like Me," "One Jump Ahead," "One Jump Ahead (Reprise)," "One Jump Ahead (Reprise 2)," "Prince Ali," "Speechless (Full)," "A Whole New World." Plus six pages of full color artwork from the film.

Danielle Brooks: Four
(new EP on mp3)
Television and theatre actress Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black, The Color Purple, Much Ado About Nothing debut album of songs she wrote. "Black Woman," "Blessings," "Underwater," "Seasons." Released 7/22/19.

Half Time
(Sony Classical - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and additional music by Marvin Hamlisch and Ester Dean (book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin). Haven Burton, Lori Tan Chinn, Georgia Engel, Valton Jackson, Donna McKechnie, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Nancy Ticotin, Lilias White. A Number," "Who Wants to See That?," "Princess," "Follow Me to the Party," "Dorothy/Dottie," "The Prince of Swing/There You Are," "Swagger," "The Waters Rise," "They All Get to See That," "Princess (Reprise)," "¿Como No?," "The Prince of Swing (Reprise)," "Too Old for This," "New Point of View," "Gotta Get Up"; Bonus track: "Time Machine" (Donna McKechnie). Debuted at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2018. Produced by Scott M. Riesett.

"Pose" songs
(20th Century Fox TV - digital on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs performed by the season two cast of the FX television show "Pose": "Sooner or Later" (featuring Dominique Jackson), "I'm Still Here" (Patti LuPone), "Sometimes It Snows in April" (Sandra Bernhard, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Dyllón Burnside, Hailie Sahar), "The Man That Got Away" (Billy Porter), "Love's in Need of Love Today" (MJ Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Dyllón Burnside, Hailie Sahar, Sandra Bernhard and Dominique Jackson). Released 7/23/19.

Ramin Karimloo: From Now On
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Ramin Karimloo's second solo album. "From Now On," "Moving Too Fast," "You'll Be Back," "Waving Through a Window," "It All Fades Away," "What You Own," "Let It Go," "Mary Jane," "Anthem," "I Will Always Love You," "Wicked Little Town," "Is This the World We Created."

The Wrong Man
(Interscope - new on CD)
Concept album for new show score by Ross Golan, opening at MCC Theatre in September 2019. Produced by Ricky Reed, mixed by Grammy nominee Neal Avron. Features Dr. Dre's rhythm section, Mike Elizondo, Trevor Lawrence, Johan Carlsson, and Nate Mercereau. Digital version released 7/23/19 on mp3 and at iTunes; Vinyl version to be released 9/20/19.

Week of July 23, 2019

The Art and Making of The Lion King
(Disney Editions - Hardcover Book)
By Michael Goldman. Foreword by Thomas Schumacher, Afterword by Jon Favreau. Concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and interviews with the 2019 The Lion King film cast and crew. 224 pages.

Be More Chill (Broadway Tie-In)
(Disney-Hyperion - Paperback Book)
By Ned Vizzini. Reprint of 2004 novel, which was adapted into a musical by Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz. Includes photos from the Broadway production. 320 pages.

Hadestown OBC digital
(on mp3/at iTunes)
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray, Patrick Page, Andre De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Kay Trinidad, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer. Complete digital album after slow roll-out. "Road to Hell," "Any Way the Wind Blows," "Come Home with Me," "Wedding Song," "Epic I," "Livin' it Up on Top," "All I've Ever Known ("In spite of herself...") [Intro]," "All I've Ever Known," "Way Down Hadestown," "A Gathering Storm," "Epic II," "Chant," "Hey, Little Songbird," "When the Chips are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake...") [Intro]," "When the Chips are Down," "Gone, I'm Gone," "Wait for Me ("Hey, the big artiste...") [Intro]," "Wait for Me," "Why We Build the Wall," "Why We Build the Wall ("Behind closed doors...") [Outro]," "Our Lady of the Underground," "Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)," "Flowers," "Come Home with Me (Reprise)," "Papers (Intro)," "Papers (Instrumental)," "Nothing Changes," "If it's True," "How Long?," "Chant (Reprise)," "Epic III," "Epic III (Intro) [Instrumental]," "Promises," "Word to the Wise," "His Kiss, the Riot," "Wait for Me ("If you wanna walk out of hell...") [Intro] [Reprise]," "Wait for Me (Reprise)," "Doubt Comes In," "Road to Hell (Reprise)," "We Raise our Cups." Double CD to be released later.

The Jonathan Larson Project
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Based on show presented at Feinstein's/54 Below, which was directed and conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, an evening of Jonathan Larson's unheard work, featuring songs from never-produced shows like 1984 and Superbia; songs that were cut from Rent and tick tick BOOM; songs written for theatrical revues and songs written for the radio; songs about politics and love and New York City; songs never before publicly performed or recorded. Nick Blaemire, Lauren Marcus, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, and George Salazar. "Greene Street," "One of These Days," "Break Out the Booze," "Out of My Dreams," "Valentine's Day," "White Male World," "Riff/Poetry," "La Di Da Rap," "Iron Mike," "Find the Key," "Hosing the Furniture," "Pura Vida," "The Truth Is a Lie," "Rhapsody," "SOS," "Love Heals," "Piano." Five-piece band including musical director Natalie Tenenbaum, Charlie Rosen, Cody Owen Stine, Megan Talay, and Marques Walls. Music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Charlie Rosen. Danielle Gimbal, copyist. Produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Charlie Rosen, and Kurt Deutsch. Limited edition with 40-page booklet. Digital version released April 5 on mp3/at iTunes.

Lost Broadway 1956-1957: Broadway's Forgotten & Obscure Musicals
(Stage Door Records - new import double CD)
56 tracks including over 25 recordings that appear on CD for the very first time. One disc of original Broadway cast recordings and a companion disc of "Covers and Rarities," showcasing pop covers and other rare recordings from the Broadway musicals of 1956 and 1957. Included are items from Shangri-La, Copper and Brass, Shinbone Alley, Rumple, Happy Hunting, Mr. Wonderful, New Faces Of 1956, Candide, Jamaica, New Girl In Town and the play with music Time Remembered. Performers include Ethel Merman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Chita Rivera, Maggie Smith, Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne, Gwen Verdon, Maurice Chevalier, Buddy Grecco, Margaret Whiting, Tony Martin, Eddie Fisher and more. Informative 12-page booklet.

On Stage at the Ballet: My Life As Dancer and Artistic Director
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
by Robert J. Barnett and Cynthia Crain. Biography of Robert Barnett, who danced in the first generation of the New York City Ballet. Principal dancer and associate artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet, where he remains active today. 200 pages.

Original Cast Album: Co-Op
(Lakeshore Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original Documentary Now! "Original Cast Album: Co-op" cast. Spinoff of 1970 D.A. Pennebaker Original Cast Album: Company documentary. Songs by Eli Bolin, John Mulaney, and Seth Meyers. Singing cast includes Richard Kind, Alex Brightman, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell. "Co-Op," "Christmas Tips," "Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)," "My Home Court," "I Gotta Go," "Going Up."

Ryoko Yonekura: "Roxie"
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital song on mp3/at iTunes)
Newly recorded single from Japanese superstar, who has appeared in Chicago on Broadway.

Week of July 16, 2019

Be More Chill OBC
(Ghostlight Records - new on 2 CDs)
Score by Joe Iconis. Will Roland, George Salazar, Stephanie Hsu, Gerard Canonico, Katlyn Carlson, Tiffany Mann, Lauren Marcus, Britton Smith, Jason SweetTooth Williams, and Jason Tam. "Jeremy's Theme (Instrumental)," "More Than Survive," "I Love Play Rehearsal," "More Than Survive (Reprise)," "The Squip Song," "Two-Player Game," "The Squip Enters," "Be More Chill, Pt. 1," "Do You Wanna Ride?," "Be More Chill, Pt. 2," "Sync Up," "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into," "The Squip Talks (Instrumental)," "Upgrade," "Loser Geek Whatever," "Halloween," "Do You Wanna Hang?," "Michael in the Bathroom," "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into (Reprise)," "The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire)," "The Pants Song," "The Pitiful Children," "The Play," "Voices in My Head." Produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joe Iconis, and Charlie Rosen, and co-produced by Ian Kagey and Emily Marshall. Previously released digitally new digital album on mp3 and at iTunes

Fuckboys the Musical
(Generation Productions - new on CD)
Score by Savannah Pedersen for show that has appeared in various fringe festivals. Justin Cortes, Kendall Leamy, Brandon Munoz-Dominguez, Savannah Pedersen, Beth Ann Stripling, Nicole Visco. "Karaoke Night," "My Time," "Ode to the Fuckboy," "Transition 1," "The Sun," "Rollin'," "The Bartender Song," "Transition 2," "Shot of Whiskey," "Brad's Lament," "Responsibility," "Responsibility (Reprise)," "Transition 3," "The Sun (Reprise)," "We're Fine (Finale)." Bonus tracks: "The Sun" (Maeghin Mueller), "The Bartender Song" (Alexander Mrazek), "The Sun (Reprise)" (Alexander Mrazek & Maeghin Mueller), "Brad's Lament" (Hayley VerValin). Released 6/28/19. At Amazon UK.

Hamilton 2020 Wall Calendar
(Universe Publishing - wall calendar)
Includes photos of the original cast by Josh Lehrer, lyrics, and important dates. 24 pages.

Kjersti Long: Stronger Than You Think I Am
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Rock prodigy Kjersti Long's debut album. Includes songs with her original lyrics, covers of rock songs, plus mash-up of "Leave" and "Falling Slowly" from Once. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

The Lion King Soundtrack
(Walt Disney Records - new on CD)
2019 soundtrack. Original songs (and new song "Never Too Late") by Elton John and Tim Rice; new song "Spirit" by Beyoncé, musical score by Hans Zimmer; African vocal and choir arrangements by Lebo M, Beyoncé, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Elton John, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Lebo M, JD McCrary, Lindiwe Mkhize, John Oliver, Seth Rogen. "Circle of Life/Nants' Ingonyama," "Life's Not Fair," "Rafiki's Fireflies," "I Just Can't Wait to Be King)," "Elephant Graveyard," "Be Prepared," "Stampede," "Scar Takes the Throne," "Hakuna Matata," "Simba Is Alive!," "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," "Reflections of Mufasa," "Spirit," "Battle for Pride Rock," "Remember," "Never Too Late," "He Lives in You," "Mbube." Orchestrator Bruce Fowler, conductor Nick Glennie-Smith, arranger Mark Mancina. Released on mp3 and at iTunes 7/11/19.

MaryJo Mundy: The Fourteenth Confession, Songs of Laura Nyro
(Blujazz Productions - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Live album. MaryJo Mundy with Ross Kalling on piano, Tony Mandracchia on guitar, Jonathan Richards on bass, John Gannon on cajón drum. Backup vocals by Alexis Fae Gach and Andrea Ross Greene. "Eli's Comin'," "Wedding Bell Blues," "The Confession / Hi-Heel Sneakers," "I Never Meant to Hurt You," "Money," "I Met Him on a Sunday / It's Gonna Take a Miracle," "Sweet Blindness," "You Don't Love Me When I Cry," "Sexy Mama," "Stoned Soul Picnic / And When I Die," "Serious Playground." Bonus track: "The Cat Song." Arrangements by Ross Kalling and MaryJo Mundy. Produced by Hillary Rollins. Released 6/14/19.

Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (The Fourth Wall)
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
By Caridad Svich. Examination of the musical through the lenses of visual and vocal rock 'n' roll performance, the history of the American musical, and its positioning within LGBTIQ-plus theatre. 88 pages.

On Broadway 2020 Calendar
(Time Factory - Wall Calendar)
12"" x 12"" calendar includes Playbill cover artwork and monthly calendar grids, plus a bonus four-month view of January 2021 - April 2021. Printed on premium gloss paper.

Queen of the Mist OLC
(Pint of Wine Theatre Company - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Off-West End cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa score. Trudi Camilleri, Will Arundell, Emily Juler, Emma Ralston, Tom Blackmore, Conor McFarlane, and Andrew Carter. "Act One Opening (The Oaken Barrel)," "There is Greatness in Me," "Letter to Jane / The Tiger," "Charity," "There is Greatness in Me (Reprise)," "Glorious Devil," "The Barrel / Cradle or Coffin," "Types Like You," "Do The Pan!," "Floating Cloud," "Laugh at the Tiger," "On The Other Side," "Act One Finale," "The Quintessential Hero," "Million Dolla' Momma," "Expectations," "Bookings (Part One)," "Break Down the Door," "The Green," "Bookings (Part Two)," "Postcards," "The Fall / Act Two Finale." Released 7/15/19.

The Vivino Sisters: DNA
(VivTone - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Donna (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Wicked), Natalia and Antonia Vivino. "Castle on a Cloud," "Goody Goody," "Who We Are," "The Schuyler Sisters," "Three Days," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Can't Get You out of My Mind," "Be Cool," "Live to Tell," "Almost There," "Miracles." Released 6/1/19.

Week of July 9, 2019

Cleopatra The Musical Experience
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3)
World premiere recording of score with music by Jeff Daye and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum and Jeff Daye. Nya, Dusty Ray Bottoms, Christian Brailsford, Sydney Parra, Corbin Payne, Yuriko Miyake, Cody Mowrey, Alexia Sielo, Timothy Wilson and Audrey Rose Young. "Surrender," "Heaven on Earth," "He's Home," "Exceptional," "Torture," "I Can't Breathe," "Burning Up," "On Top," "Checkmate," "Stranger," "Who You Were Tonight." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Kafka's Metamorphosis
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3)
World premiere recording of score by Matt Chiorini and additional music and lyrics by Travis Newton. Jack Rento, Morgan Smith, Carleena Manzi and Matt Chiorini. "A Boy Named K," "Samsa Mornings," "Fuckety-Fuck," "How Do You Like Me Now?," "Gregor and the Girl in the Fur," "Babel," "We Are the Samsa Family!," "Two Reprises," "Almost Complete," "Dearest Father," "The Door That Must Stay Locked," "We'll Smile Again."Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

MaryJo Mundy: The Fourteenth Confession, Songs of Laura Nyro
(Blujazz Productions - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Live album. MaryJo Mundy with Ross Kalling on piano, Tony Mandracchia on guitar, Jonathan Richards on bass, John Gannon on cajón drum. Backup vocals by Alexis Fae Gach and Andrea Ross Greene. "Eli's Comin'," "Wedding Bell Blues," "The Confession / Hi-Heel Sneakers," "I Never Meant to Hurt You," "Money," "I Met Him on a Sunday / It's Gonna Take a Miracle," "Sweet Blindness," "You Don't Love Me When I Cry," "Sexy Mama," "Stoned Soul Picnic / And When I Die," "Serious Playground." Bonus track: "The Cat Song." Arrangements by Ross Kalling and MaryJo Mundy. Produced by Hillary Rollins. Released 6/14/19.

Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (The Fourth Wall)
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
By Caridad Svich. Examination of the musical through the lenses of visual and vocal rock 'n' roll performance, the history of the American musical, and its positioning within LGBTIQ-plus theatre. 88 pages.

The Vivino Sisters: DNA
(VivTone - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Donna (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Wicked), Natalia and Antonia Vivino. "Castle on a Cloud," "Goody Goody," "Who We Are," "The Schuyler Sisters," "Three Days," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Can't Get You out of My Mind," "Be Cool," "Live to Tell," "Almost There," "Miracles." Released 6/1/19.

Week of July 2, 2019

Ben Bagley's Rodgers And Hart Revisited Volume III
(Kritzerland Records - on CD)
Remastered album. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Nancy Andrews, Blossom Dearie, Johnny Desmond, Estelle Parsons, Anthony Perkins, Lynn Redgrave, and Arthur Siegel. Musical arrangements and musical direction by Dennis Deal. Bonus: an almost thirty-minute interview with Richard Rodgers, talking with Tony Thomas.

The Fantasticks in Jazz
(Kritzerland Records - on CD)
Re-release of 2001 album. Harvey Schmidt / Tom Jones score. Pianist Terry Trotter, bass player Tom Warrington, and drummer Joe LaBarbera, with guests Maureen McGovern and Harvey Schmidt. "Much More," "Round & Round," "I Can See It," "Moonlight #2," "Soon It's Gonna Rain" (Harvey Schmidt), "Metaphor," "Never Say No," "Soon It's Gonna Rain" (Maureen McGovern), "Beyond That Road," "They Were You," "Try To Remember"; Bonus Track: "A Perfect Time To Be In Love" (written for the Robert Goulet tour). Limited edition of 500 copies. To ship by first week of July from Kritzerland.com.

Hamilton 2020 Day-to-Day Calendar
(Universe Publishing - day calendar)
Includes lyrics, historical dates, and Alexander Hamilton's speeches and writings. 320 pages.

Kyle Taylor Parker: I Feel Pretty
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New single from Kyle Taylor Parker's (Kinky Boots, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Smokey Joe's Cafe Off-Broadway, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live!) upcoming debut album Broadway Soul Vol. 1. Released 6/27/19. Album to be released in August.

Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre: A Brave Venture
(Liverpool Univ Press - Paperback Book)
By Ros Merkin. There has been a theater on this site for nearly two hundred years. The Royal Court has become a popular, people's theatre. Over the years, it has hosted its share of world-class actors including the debut stage appearances of both Judi Dench and Richard Burton. Wonderfully illustrated, this fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the oldest surviving theatre in the city. The 1938 prospectus declared it to be "a brave venture" and courage has characterised its history. The book challenges perceptions of the Royal Court, celebrating and commemorating an institution that has endured, flourished and re-shaped itself, on its own terms. 300 pages.

The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition (released 6/14/19))
Dominic McHugh, editor. Traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, starting with screen adaptations of operettas such as The Desert Song and Rio Rita, and looks at how the Hollywood studios in the 1930s exploited the publication of sheet music as part of their income. Numerous chapters examine specific screen adaptations in depth, including screen favorites, lesser-known titles, and problematic adaptations. 720 pages. [Appears to be available ahead of the official release date.]

Six: The Musical
(6 Music Ltd. - new import CD)
Studio recording of score by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Premiered at 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Currently playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Aimie Atkinson, Izuka Hoyle, Genesis Lynea, Renée Lamb, Christina Modestou, Natalie Paris. "Ex-Wives," "No Wayfeat," "Don't Lose Ur Head," "Heart of Stone," "Haus of Holbein," "Get Down," "All You Wanna Do," "I Don't Need Your Love," "Six." Previously released on mp3 and at iTunesAlso available at Amazon UK.

Week of June 25, 2019

Alice by Heart
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
MCC cast. Score by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater. Molly Gordon, Colton Ryan, Kim Blanck, Mia DiLena, Zachary Downer, Noah Galvin, Zachary Infante, Andrew Kober, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe , Catherine Ricafort, Heath Saunders, and Wesley Taylor. "West of Words," "Down the Hole," "Still," "Chillin' the Regrets," "The Key Is," "Those Long Eyes," "Manage Your Flamingo," " Sick to Death of Alice-ness," "Brillig Braelig," "Some Things Fall Away," "Your Shell of Grief," "Another Room in Your Head," "Isn't It A Trial?," "Do You Think We Think You're Alice?," "I've Shrunk Enough," "Afternoon," "Winter Blooms." Produced by Duncan Sheik and Kurt Deutsch, with Craig Balsam and Cody Lassen executive producers. Recorded March 24-25. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The Criterion Collection
(Criterion Collection - new Blu-ray/DVD)
2001 film based on the stage musical written by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask. Directed by and starring Mitchell, with Andrea Martin, Michael Pitt, and Miriam Shor. Special features: new 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Cameron Mitchell and cinematographer Frank DeMarco, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray; audio commentary from 2001 featuring Mitchell and DeMarco; new conversation between members of the cast and crew, including Mitchell, DeMarco, composer and lyricist Stephen Trask, hairstylist and makeup artist Michael Potter, animator Emily Hubley, actor Miriam Shor, and visual consultant Miguel Villalobos; Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig (2003), an eighty-five-minute documentary tracing the development of the project from its beginnings in a New York club to its theatrical premiere at the Sundance Film Festival; new conversation between Trask and rock critic David Fricke about the film's soundtrack; From the Archives, a new program exploring Hedwig's production and legacy through its memorabilia; deleted scenes with commentary by Mitchell and DeMarco; trailer; essay by Stephanie Zacharek; for the Blu-ray edition: production photos by Potter and costume designer Arianne Phillips, illustrations by Hubley, and excerpts from two of the films inspirations, Plato's Symposium and The Gospel of Thomas.

Kyle Taylor Parker: I Feel Pretty
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
New single from Kyle Taylor Parker's (Kinky Boots, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Smokey Joe's Cafe Off-Broadway, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live!) upcoming debut album Broadway Soul Vol. 1. Released 6/27/19. Album to be released in August.

Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America (Music in American Life)
(Univ of Illinois Press - Hardcover/Paperback Book)
By Jake Johnson. Merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. The author sees Mormons using musical theater as a medium for theology of voice—a religious practice that suggests how vicariously voicing another person can bring one closer to godliness. At the same time, musical theater became a unique expressive tool of Mormon culture. 224 pages. [Appears to be available ahead of publishing date.]

Neurosis
(JAY Records - new on CD/at iTunes)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of Ben Green/Greg Edwards score for the show (book by Allan Rice) that played the DR2 Theatre in 2018. Jennifer Blood, Joel Blum, Brennan Caldwell, Susan J. Jacks, Lacretta, Ian Michael Stuart, Morgan Weed, Kevin Zak.

Neurosis: A Musical That Gets In Your Head
(Steel Springs - Paperback Book)
Libretto for musical written by Allan Rice, Ben Green, and Greg Edwards. Played DR2 Theatre in 2018. 100 pages.

Oklahoma! digital
(Decca Broadway/Verve - on mp3/at iTunes)
2019 Broadway revival cast recording. Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein score. Rebecca Naomi Jones, Damon Daunno, Patrick Vaill, Mary Testa, Ali Stroker, James Davis, Will Brill, Mallory Portnoy, Mitch Tebo, Anthony Cason, and Will Mann. Produced by Dean Sharenow and Daniel Kluger. "Opening – Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’," "Laurey's Entrance," "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top," "Kansas City," "I Cain’t Say No," "Many A New Day," "It’s A Scandal! It’s A Outrage!," "People Will Say We're In Love," "Poor Jud Is Daid," "Lonely Room," "Out Of My Dreams," "Dream Ballet," "The Farmer And The Cowman," "All Er Nuthin'," "People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)," "Oklahoma!." CD format to be released 8/9/19.

Rutherford and Son
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Githa Sowerby, first produced in 1912. Published to coincide with 2019 National Theatre production. (Produced at Mint Theatre in 2001 and 2012.) 112 pages. Released 6/6/19

Sara Zahn: Both Sides of Bernstein
(Harbinger Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Songwriter/performer Sara Zahn (Witch Craft: The Songs of Carolyn Leigh) tribute to Leonard Bernstein. "Cool," "My New Friend," "New York Medley: "New York, New York/Christopher Street/Conquering the City/Lonely Town," House Medley: "My House/Little White House/Take Care of this House," "I Can Cook, Too," Something's Coming," "Spring Will Come Again," "the Story of My Life," "Rosalind Russell Story," "One Hundred Easy Ways," "Ain't Got No Tears Left," "I Feel Pretty," "We Are Women," "Love Medley: "Ringaroundarosy/A Little Bit In Love/My Love/Another Love/It's Love/Lud's Wedding," "So Pretty," "I Love this Land," "Wrong Note Rag," "Garden Medley: There Is a Garden/Make Our Garden Grow," "Bows," "Some Other Time." Special pre-sale offer from Harbinger: Purchase through Amazon by June 28th; Send an email with your Amazon Order Confirmation Number as proof of purchase and your current mailing address to info@musicaltheaterproject.org; They will send you Sara Zahn's previously release, Witch Craft: The Songs of Carolyn Leigh.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 OLC
(Masterworks Broadway - new import album on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Musical based on the young-adult novel by Sue Townsend. Book and lyrics by Jake Brunger and music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary. Debuted at the Curve in Leicester, England, in March 2015. Dean Chisnall, Connor Davies, John Hopkins, Barry James , Benjamin Lewis, Kelly Price, Max Robson, Gay Soper, Lara Wollington. "Another Year," "Look at that Girl," "Intellectual Boy," "Begging You for More," "Barry's Threat," "Perfect Mother," "Misunderstood," "My Lost Love," "Take a Stand," "Royal Wedding," "How Could You?," "Now That I'm With You," "New Best Friend," "Bert's Advice," "If You'd Lived," "I Miss Our Life," "The Nativity," "Finale."

Week of June 18, 2019

Academy the Musical
(new EP on mp3/at iTunes)
Three songs from score by John Mercurio for Academy, seen at 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Performed by John Mercurio, Matthew Farcher, Ryan Farnsworth and Alex Wyse. "My Father," "Fearless," "It Starts." Released 5/5/19.

The Cher Show OBC vinyl
(Warner Bros. Records - new vinyl LP)
Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond, Jarrod Spector, Michael Berresse, Michael Campayno, Matthew Hydzik, Emily Skinner. Disc 1: "If I Could Turn Back Time," "Half-Breed," "The Shoop Shoop Song," "I Got You Babe," "When the Money's Gone / All or Nothing," "Living in a House Divided," "Bang Bang," "Believe," "Song for the Lonely." Disc 2: "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Just Like Jesse James," "Dark Lady," "Strong Enough," "The Way of Love," "I Found Someone," "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," "Finale." Previously released digitally on mp3 and at iTunes and on CD

Haymarket: A New Folk Musical
(Underscore Theatre Company - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original Chicago cast recording of score by David Kornfeld and Alex Higgin-Houser. Proceeds from the sale of this album benefit Underscore Theatre Company, a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company, the Chicago region's only company dedicated to developing, showcasing, and producing new musicals. Released 5/1/19.

The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (In Four Contemporary Suites) vinyl
(Masterworks Broadway - new 2-LP set)
Written, composed, performed and recorded by Grammy and Ivor Novello Award-winner Imogen Heap, and presented as four contemporary musical suites, each showcasing one of the play's theatrical acts. 180-gram vinyl within a gatefold jacket featuring gold foil artwork and embossed lettering. Also included is an 8-page, large-format booklet containing production shots and commentary from Imogen Heap and key members of the production's creative team. 78 minutes. Previously released on CD.

Tom Andersen: Now and Then
(Other Music, Inc. - digital album on mp3/at Tunes)
Fourth album by award winning New York cabaret and recording artist Tom Andersen. "Blue Skies," "Always," "The Journey Home (From "Bombay Dreams")," "Dites Moi / Bali Hai," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "There but for You Go I," "Where or When," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "I Won't Send Roses," "If," "Wonderful! Wonderful!," "Witchcraft," "Time After Time," "No Way to Stop It," "My Prayer," "Storybook" (2019 Version). Released 4/26/19.

Week of June 11, 2019

2019 Tony Award Season
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Annual compilation album of songs from Broadway shows of the 2018-2019 season. Each musical, including the 2019 Tony-nominated musicals, have been invited to contribute a song. We Got the Beat" (Head Over Heels), "Gettin' The Band Back Together" (Gettin' The Band Back Together), "Say My Name" (Beetlejuice), "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into" (Be More Chill), "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations), "Too Darn Hot" (Kiss Me, Kate), "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Tootsie), "If I Could Turn Back Time" (The Cher Show), "I Can't Go Back" (Pretty Woman: The Musical), "Wait For Me" (Hadestown), "Unruly Heart" (The Prom), "Oklahoma!" (Oklahoma!), "Last of Our Kind" (King Kong); Bonus Track: "Goodbye, My Love/Back To Before" (performed by Marin Mazzie, live). A portion of the proceeds from the album will go to the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League's arts educations initiatives. Cover art features a specially commissioned Tony season illustration by Justin "Squigs" Robertson. Packaging includes an essay by noted musical theatre historian Mark A. Robinson as well as details about each show. Albums from 2017-2018 season and 2016-2017 season still available. At BroadwayRecords.com.

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations vinyl
(Ume - new on 2-LP vinyl album)
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, and Ephraim Sykes with Saint Aubyn, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Taylor Symone Jackson, Jahi Kearse, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Joshua Morgan, Rashidra Scott, Nasia Thomas, Christian Thompson, Candice Marie Woods, Esther Antoine, Marcus Paul James, Jelani Remy, and Curtis Wiley. "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Run Away Child, Running Wild," "Gloria," "In the Still of the Night / Speedo," "Shout," "I Want A Love I Can See," "My Girl," "Get Ready," "Supremes Medley: You Can't Hurry Love / Come See About Me / Baby Love," "Since I Lost My Baby," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "Don't Look Back / You're My Everything," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "I Wish It Would Rain," "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," "I Can't Get Next To You," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "War," "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)," "For Once In My Life," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 1), "Cloud Nine," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 2), "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," "I Can't Get Next To You" (Finale). Arrangements by Kenny Seymour. Released 6/7/19. Previously released new on CD/on mp3 and at iTunes

The Flower Whisperer
(powerHouse Books - Hardcover Book)
By Joel Grey. Introduction by Jennifer Grey. A "... personal testament to the sensual and mysterious sexual universe of flowers." 120 pages.

Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein - paperback
(Harper - Paperback Book)
Memoir by Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein's oldest daughter. "Bernstein's jaw-dropping honesty and humor gives us the best example of the 'growing up famous' genre since Brooke Hayward's classic Haywire" (John Guare). Jamie Bernstein narrates the audio versions. 400 pages. Released previously in hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook on CD, and Audible Editions.

Kathleen Turner on Acting: Conversations about Film, Television, and Theater audiobook
(Skyhorse Publishing - Audiobook on CD)
By Kathleen Turner and Dustin Morrow. "With her iconic wit on full display, Turner dazzles readers with her shrewd insights on the craft of acting and charming anecdotes from her own storied career. Touching on each of her roles, she expounds on the lessons she's learned and describes her journey of discovery in the world of acting."400 pages. Readers: Kathleen Turner and Dustin Morrow. Previously released in hardcover and Kindle formats.

Laura Benanti: Songs from My Fair Lady
(Broadway Records - new CD/digital)
Laura Benanti sings "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Just You Wait," and "Show Me," from the Lerner & Loewe score. Produced by David Lai and Ted Sperling. Released 6/7/19 on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

The Man in the Ceiling
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording of Andrew Lippa score. Kate Baldwin, Gavin Creel, Grady Miranda, John-Michael Lyles, Ashley Park, and Andrew Lippa. 36-page booklet with full lyrics, original illustrations from Jules Feiffer, a synopsis from Andrew Lippa, and a note from director Jeffrey Seller. "Doin' Fine," "Almost There," "Jimmy," "Hands," "Disappear," "Draw Me," "Maybe He Likes Me," "Where Is My Love Song," "Kidding Around," "Like Your Son," "I Do What I Do," "You Are the Friend," "To the Gods," "Mr. Floperoo," "Draw Your Own Conclusion," "Being Grown-Up" (Bonus Track). Produced by Will Van Dyke and Andrew Lippa, with Andrew Lippa and Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producers. The musical opened at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY in 2017. Released digitally new digital album on mp3 and at iTunes on 4/19/19. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

Swing Time: The Criterion Collection
(Criterion Collection - new Blu-ray/DVD)
1936 musical film directed by George Stevens. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Songs by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. Special features: new 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films"; archival interviews with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan; new interview with George Stevens Jr.; In Full Swing, a new program on the film's choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer; new interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the "Bojangles of Harlem" number; essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.

Week of June 4, 2019

An Act of God
(Audible Studios - new audiobook)
David Javerbaum's play, presented by Sean Hayes, Cheyenne Jackson, Colman Domingo.

Beetlejuice OBC digital
(Ghostlight/Warner Bros. - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Eddie Perfect. Music Supervision, orchestrations, and incidental music By Kris Kukul. Cast includes Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Adam Dannheisser, Leslie Kritzer, Jill Abramovitz, Kelvin Moon Loh, Danny Rutigliano, and Dana Steingold. Album produced by Matt Stine, Alex Timbers, Eddie Perfect, and Kurt Deutsch. "Prologue: Invisible," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing," "Ready Set, Not Yet," "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing, Pt. 2," "Dead Mom," "Fright of Their Lives," "Ready Set (Reprise)," "No Reason," "Invisible (Reprise) / On the Roof," "Say My Name," "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) [Act 1 Finale]," "Girl Scout," "That Beautiful Sound," "Barbara 2.0," "What I Know Now," "Home," "Creepy Old Guy," "Jump in the Line." Recording dates May 5, 6 and 13, 2019. At GhostlightRecords.com.

Come from Away vinyl
(Concord - new vinyl LP)
Score by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Petrina Bromley, Geno Carr, Jenn Colella, Joel Hatch, Rodney Hicks, Kendra Kassebaum, Chad Kimball, Lee MacDougall, Caesar Samayoa, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Sharon Wheatley.

Follies National Theatre cast
(Arts Music/Warner Classics/National Theatre - new import CD)
2017 National Theatre cast album. Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Janie Dee, Peter Forbes, and Tracie Bennett. "Prologue," "Beautiful Girls," "Don't Look at Me," "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Rain on the Roof / Ah, Paris! / Broadway Baby (Medley)," "The Road You Didn't Take," "In Buddy's Eyes," "Who's That Woman?," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "The Right Girl," "One More Kiss," "Could I Leave You," "Loveland," "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through (Medley)," "Buddy's Blues," "Losing My Mind," "The Story of Lucy and Jessie," "Live, Laugh, Love," "End of Show." Recorded in January 2018. U.S. release status unknown. Released on mp3 and at iTunes 1/18/19. Expected to ship May 27 from Amazon UK (marked as "item does not ship to the United States).

Hadestown OBC digital rollout
(new digital tracks)
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray, Patrick Page, Andre De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Kay Trinidad, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer. Now available: "Way Down Hadestown," "Wait for Me ("Hey, the big artiste...") [Intro]," "Wait for Me," "Our Lady of the Underground." June 7: "Livin' It Up On Top," "Hey, Little Songbird," "When the Chips Are Down ("Songbird vs. rattlesnake…”) [Intro]," "When the Chips Are Down," "Gone, I'm Gone," "Why We Build the Wall," "Why We Build the Wall ("Behind closed doors…”) [Outro]," "Flowers," "Road to Hell (Reprise)"; June 28: Songs for characters Hades and Persephone; July 12: songs for Hermes, the Fates, and the Workers Chorus; July 26: songs for Orpheus and Eurydice.Full digital album with 40 tracks to be released July 26. Double CD to be released later.

Kiss Me, Kate digital
(Ghostlight Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
2019 Broadway revival cast recording of Cole Porter score. Featuring Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase and Corbin Bleu, with Darius Barnes, Preston Truman Boyd, Will Burton, Derrick Cobey, Jesmille Darbouze, Rick Faugno , Haley Fish, Tanya Haglund, Erica Mansfield, Marissa McGowan, Sarah Meahl, Justin Prescott, Christine Cornish Smith, Sherisse Springer, Sam Strasfeld, and Travis Waldschmidt. Orchestrations by Larry Hochman. Music direction by Paul Gemignani. Album produced by Kurt Deutsch and Lawrence Manchester. "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "Why Can't You Behave," "Wunderbar," "So in Love," "We Open in Venice," "Tom, Dick, or Harry," "I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua," "I Hate Men," "Were Thine That Special Face," "Kiss Me, Kate (Act 1 Finale)," "Too Darn Hot," "Where Is the Life That Late I Led," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Bianca," "So in Love (Reprise)," "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," "I Am Ashamed That People Are So Simple," "Kiss Me, Kate (Reprise)." Recording date: Monday, April 22. At GhostlightRecords.com. Album produced by Kurt Deutsch and Lawrence Manchester. CD release expected later this year.

Lost Broadway 1961: Broadway's Forgotten & Obscure Musicals
(Stage Door Records - new import on 2 CDs)
First in new series of albums that will focus on celebrating Broadway's forgotten and obscure musicals. Deluxe 2-CD set. 'Lost Broadway 1961' features over 55 tracks including over 20 tracks appearing on CD for the first time. Includes a complete disc of original Broadway cast recordings and a companion disc of "Covers and Rarities," showcasing pop covers and other rare recordings from the Broadway musicals of 1961. Featured musicals are 13 Daughters, The Conquering Hero, The Happiest Girl in the World, Milk and Honey, Subways Are for Sleeping, Sail Away, Let It Ride!, Donnybrook!, Carnival, The Gay Life, Kean, and Kwamina. Star performers include Elaine Stritch, Alfred Drake, Barbara Cook, Carol Lawrence, Cyril Ritchard, Sally Ann Howes, Johnny Mathis, Margaret Whiting, Dinah Shore, Gordon MacRae, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Doris Day, Eddie Fisher and many others. 57 tracks. Track list on Amazon.com.

Philemon
(Harbinger Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Jones and Schmidt's legendary 1975 musical, in its first CD release. Off-Broadway cast includes Michael Glenn-Smith, Virginia Gregory, Drew Katzman, Dick Latessa, Leila Martin, Howard Ross, and Kathrin King Segal. "Within This Empty Space," "The Streets of Antioch Stink," "Don't Kiki Me," "I'd Do Almost Anything to Get Out of Here and Go Home," "He's Coming / Antioch Prison," "Name: Cockian," "I Love Order," "My Secret Dream," "I Love His Face," "Sometimes," "The Nightmare," "The Greatest of These," "The Confrontation: How Free I Feel/Oh, How Easy to Be Scornful/Come with Me," "The Vision: The Greatest of These (Reprise)/Within This Empty Space (Reprise)," Supplementary Material: "15 I Believe in Music" (demo performed by Harvey Schmidt), "The Clown Scene" (performed by Dick Latessa and Kathrin King Segal), "Sometimes/ There Must Be More Than This" (Howard Ross, Michael Glenn-Smith, Dick Latessa and all). Musical direction by Ken Collins. Ken collins, keyboard and guitar; Bill Grossman, percussion and French horn; Penna Rose, keyboard and recorder. Complete restoration and remastering by Alan Silverman. Booklet to include extensive liner notes by Tom Jones; reminiscences by cast members Michael Glenn-Smith, Virginia Gregory and Kathrin King Segal; notes by Penna Rose on the creation of Schmidt's orchestration; the composer's original logo design; and rare photos.

Sense of Occasion: Harold Prince
(Applause Books - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of memoir by Harold Prince. Includes the content of Prince's 1974 book "Contradictions: Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre," plus his present-day reflections on that text and much more original content, offering insights into the way business is conducted on Broadway, drawing sharp contrasts between past and present. 304 pages. [See our review of the hardcover version.]

Take You Wherever You Go paperback
(Grand Central Publishing - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of 2017 memoir by Tony Award winning director Kenny Leon. Foreword by Samuel L. Jackson. 256 pages. Released in hardcover, Kindle, audiobook, and Audible formats 6/5/18.

The Theatre of Eugene O'Neill: American Modernism on the World Stage (Critical Companions)
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition released earlier)
2017 book, now in paperback. Kurt Eisen, editor. Comprehensive overview of O'Neill's career and plays in the context of the American theatre. Organized thematically. Includes a study of all his major plays-The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape, The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, A Moon for the Misbegotten and Desire Under the Elms-plus numerous other full length and one act dramas. Additionally features four contributed essays providing further critical perspectives on O'Neill's work, alongside a chronology of the writer's life and times. 256 page.

Tootsie OBC digital
(Decca Broadway/Verve - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by David Yazbek. Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper, Sarah Stiles, John Behlmann, Andy Grotelueschen, Julie Halston, Michael McGrath, and Reg Rogers. "Overture," "Opening Number," "Whaddaya Do," "What's Gonna Happen," "I Won't Let You Down," "I'm Alive," "There Was John," "I Like What She's Doing," "Who Are You," "What's Gonna Happen (Reprise)," "Unstoppable," "Entr'cte," "Jeff Sums It Up," "Gone, Gone, Gone," "Who Are You?," "This Thing," "Whaddaya Do (Reprise)," "The Most Important Night," "Talk To Me Dorothy," "Arrivederci!," "Michael's Reprise." Andrea Grody and Dean Sharenow, musical supervisors. Produced by Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek. CD to be released in August.

Week of May 28, 2019

Ben Bagley's Ballet On Broadway ... and More
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Music by Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Cole Porter, Sigmund Romberg, Gene de Paul, Hoagy Carmichael, Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ted Fetter, Lawrence and Lee, Harold Rome. Conducted by Lehman Engel. Also includes obscure material, mostly by the great Vernon Duke. Limited released of 500 copies. To ship by third week in May. At Kritzerland.com.

Darius de Haas: Day Dream: Variations on Strayhorn
(PS Classics - digital album)
Digital version of 2002 recording. "My Love Is as a Fever," "Take the 'A' Train," "Your Love Has Faded," "Passion Flower/A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing," "Lush Life," "Pretty Girl," "Take All My Loves," "Satin Doll," "Something to Live For," "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'," "House on a Hill," "Got No Time," "Love Came," "Blood Count," "Day Dream." Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. Previously released on CD. Released 5/17/19.

Heathers West End cast
(Ghostlight Records - on CD)
Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy score. Carrie Hope Fletcher, Jodie Steele, Sophie Isaacs, T'Shan Williams, Jamie Muscato, Dominic Andersen, Christopher Chung, Rebecca Lock, Nathan Amzi, Jon Boydon, Jenny O'Leary. "Beautiful," "Candy Store," "Fight for Me," "Freeze Your Brain," "Big Fun," "Dead Girl Walking," "The Me Inside of Me," "You're Welcome," "Never Shut Up Again," "Our Love Is God," "My Dead Gay Son," "Seventeen," "Shine a Light," "Lifeboat," "Shine a Light (Reprise)," "I Say No," "Kindergarten Boyfriend," "Yo Girl," "Meant to Be Yours," "Dead Girl Walking (Reprise)," "I Am Damaged," "Seventeen (Reprise)." Customers who pre-order will immediately receive the first track, "I Say No." Released 2/26/19 on mp3 and at iTunes.

Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
(Applause Books - Paperback Book)
By Robert L. Freedman. Takes you through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.

Prince of Grand Street
(Original Cast Records - new album)
2003 Jewish Repertory concert cast recording of Bob Merrill score. Cast includes Mike Burstyn, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Ellen Horst, Kate Coffman-Lloyd, Mark Manley, Michael Raine, Kenneth Kantor, David Brummel and Richard E. Waits. "The Prince of Grand Street," "A Grand Street Tivoli Presentation of Romeo and Juliet," "Where Does Love Go," "Fifty Cents," "I’m A Girl With Too Much Heart," "I’m A Star," "Do I Make You Happy?," "Sew A Button," "Look At Me," "A Grand Street Tivoli Presentation: Sailor of Sabastapol," "A Grand Street Tivoli Presentation: Young Avrom Lincoln," "My Place in the World," "The Youngest Person I Know," "A Grand Street Tivoli Presentation: Huck Finn," "What Do I Do Now?," "Finale/The Youngest Person I Know." Musical direction and arrangements by Christopher Denny. Produced by Barry Kleinbort and Bruce Yeko. At Footlight.com.

Renascence
(Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
Original 2018 Transport Group Off-Broadway cast recording of score with music by Carmel Dean and lyrics from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems. Mikaela Bennett, Hannah Corneau, Jason Gotay, Danny Harris Kornfeld, Katie Thompson, and Donald Webber Jr. "Travel," "The Beanstalk," "Lament," "Alms," "Afternoon on a Hill," "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed," "I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear," "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver," "Blight," "Recuerdo," "Elegy," "First Fig / the Penitent," "When the Year Grows Old," "Exiled," "Time Does Not Bring Relief," "The Procession" (Instrumental with Dialogue), "Renascence." Produced by Michael Croiter. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released digitally 5/24/19.

Week of May 21, 2019

Aladdin soundtrack
(Walt Disney Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs from 2019 Aladdin film. Original songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, plus new songs by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Menken. Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, ZAYN & Zhavia Ward. "Arabian Nights (2019)," "One Jump Ahead," "One Jump Ahead (Reprise)," "Speechless (Part 1)," "Friend Like Me," "Prince Ali," "A Whole New World," "One Jump Ahead (Reprise 2)," "Speechless (Part 2)," "A Whole New World (End Title)," "Friend Like Me (End Title) [feat. DJ Khaled]," "Speechless (Full)," "The Big Ship," "Agrabah Marketplace," "Aladdin's Hideout," "Jasmine Meets Prince Anders," "Breaking In," "Returning the Bracelet," "The Dunes," "Simple Oil Lamp," "The Cave of Wonders," "The Basics," "Escape from the Cave," "Prince Ali's Outfit," "Until Tomorrow," "Aladdin's Second Wish," "Never Called a Master Friend," "Harvest Dance," "Jafar Becomes Sultan," "Hakim's Loyalty Tested," "Most Powerful Sorcerer," "Carpet Chase," "Jafar Summons the Storm," "Jafar's Final Wish," "Genie Set Free," "The Wedding," "Friend Like Me (Finale)."

American Utopia
(Nonesuch - on CD/vinyl/mp3/at iTunes)
2018 album from David Byrne (Here Lies Love, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire), which is the basis for the upcoming Broadway "theatrical concert" by the same name. Released 3/9/18.

Anthem: Homunculus
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Soundtrack for podcast featuring 30 original songs by Bryan Weller and John Cameron Mitchell. Performances by John Cameron Mitchell, Patti LuPone, Christopher Hanke, Cynthia Erivo, Glenn Close, Marion Cotillard, Denis O'Hare, and others. Also at GhostlightRecords.com. 10-episode series available on Luminary.

Appropriate and An Octoroon
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. 260 pages.

Company 2018 London cast
(Warner Music Group - new import CD at Amazon)
Recording of Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone, Jonathan Bailey, Alex Gaumond, Daisy Maywood, Mel Giedroyc, George Blagden, Ashley Campbell, Richard Fleeshman, Richard Henders, Ben Lewis, Jennifer Saayeng, Matthew Seadon-Young, Gavin Spokes, Michael Colbourne, Francesca Ellis, Ewan Gillies, Grant Neal and Jaimie Pruden. "Overture," "Company," "The Little Things You Do Together," "Sorry-Grateful," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Have I Got a Guy for You," "Someone Is Waiting," "Another Hundred People," "Getting Married Today," "Marry Me a Little," "Entr'Acte," "Side by Side by Side," "Poor Baby," "Tick Tock," "Barcelona," "Music Interlude," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Being Alive," "Curtain Call," "Exit Music." Recorded 11/25-26/2018. "Making of" documentary of the recording session also expected. Digital version was released previously on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at Amazon UK.

Discovering Musicals: A Liberal Arts Guide to Stage and Screen
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Marc Raymond Strauss. Foreword by Christine Pedi. Covering both Broadway and Hollywood musicals, explores most of the most famous musicals of the past two centuries, along with many others. Also includes references for nearly 1000 internet video examples of dance and song. 200 pages.

Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business
(Rizzoli - Hardcover Book)
By Frank Decaro. Foreword by Bruce Vilanch. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag ... a journey through pop culture, from television shows ... to films ... and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots. Features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. More than 100 photos and a comprehensive timeline of drag "herstory." 256 pages.

The Hello Girls
(Broadway Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by Peter Mills for musical produced at Prospect Prospect Theater Company in 2018. Ellie Fishman, Arlo Hill, Chanel Karimkhani, Andrew Mayer, Matthew McGloin, Ben Moss, Lili Thomas, Skyler Volpe, Cathryn Wake, and Scott Wakefield, Elena Bonomo. "Answer the Call," "Connected (Part 1)," "Connected (Part 2)," "We Aren't in the Army," "Marching Orders," "J M'en Fiche," "Riser's Reprimand," "See You on the Other Side," "The Hello Girls," "Quinze Minutes," "Cantigny," "Lives on the Line," "The Front," "Switchboard Lessons," "Cryptic Triptych," "Twenty," "So Far, So Good," "The Lost Battalion," "The Duration," "Suzanne's Letter," "Making History." Orchestrations are by Peter Mills and Ben Moss, with additional drum arrangements by Elena Bonomo. Recorded February 2019. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

High Button Shoes OBC digital
(Masterworks Broadway - new on mp3/at iTunes)
1947 original Broadway cast recording of songs by Jule Styne’s music and Sammy Cahn. Digital version of the original RCA 78rpm album which featured eight of the score's 12 songs. "Can't You Just See Yourself in Love with Me?" (Mark Dawson and Lois Lee), "There's Nothing Like a Model "T" (Phil Silvers, Nanette Fabray, Lois Lee and Jack McCauley), "You're My Girl" (Mark Dawson and Lois Lee), "Get Away for a Day in the Country" (Jack McCauley and Johnny Stewart), "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?" (Nanette Fabray and Jack McCauley), "On a Sunday by the Sea" (Phil Silvers), "I Still Get Jealous" (Nanette Fabray and Jack McCauley), "Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers" (Phil Silvers and Mark Dawson). Released 4/19/19.

Renascence digital
(Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Original 2018 Transport Group Off-Broadway cast recording of score with music by Carmel Dean and lyrics from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems. Mikaela Bennett, Hannah Corneau, Jason Gotay, Danny Harris Kornfeld, Katie Thompson, and Donald Webber Jr. "Travel," "The Beanstalk," "Lament," "Alms," "Afternoon on a Hill," "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed," "I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear," "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver," "Blight," "Recuerdo," "Elegy," "First Fig / the Penitent," "When the Year Grows Old," "Exiled," "Time Does Not Bring Relief," "The Procession" (Instrumental with Dialogue), "Renascence." Produced by Michael Croiter. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. CD expected 5/31/19.

Tommy at 50: The Mood, the Music, the Look, and the Legacy of The Who's Legendary Rock Opera
(Apollo Publishers - new hardcover book)
By Chris Charlesworth and Mike McInnerney. Foreword by Pete Townshend. Illustrated guide to the original album, released on May 23, 1969, which was the basis for the 1975 film and 1992 Broadway musical. More than 200 color photographs. Draws on new interviews from key players in the story, including Pete Townshend, and features art created exclusively for the book by McInnerney. 176 pages.

Week of May 14, 2019

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
(Random House - Audiobook)
Original audiobook performance of Tony Kushner's play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival, directed by Marianne Elliott. Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. Narration by Bobby Cannavale (Millennium Approaches) and Edie Falco (Perestroika).

Every Act of Life
(Passion River - new on DVD)
Feature length documentary covering six groundbreaking decades in the theatre and in the fight for LGBTQ rights with four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally. Appearances include Terrence McNally, F. Murray Abraham, Christine Baranski, Edie Falco, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Rita Moreno, Billy Porter, Chita Rivera, Patrick Wilson. Directed, produced and written by Jeff Kaufman, and produced by Marcia S. Ross. 93 minutes. Released earlier for streaming at Amazon and at iTunes.

Laurette, Rashomon, Death of a Salesman – Incidental Music For Three Plays
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Encore release. Incidental music from three plays: 1959 Laurette, music by Elmer Bernstein; Rashomon, music by Laurence Rosenthal; 1949 Death of a Salesman, music by Alex North. Limited release of 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.

On Streisand: An Opinionated Guide
(Oxford Univ. Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Ethan Mordden. Begins with a broad year-by-year outline of the landmark achievements, followed by a short biography, some chapters exploring key points in the artistry, then-the major part of the book-a work-by-work analysis, broken down into separate chapters, each organized chronologically: the stage shows, the television shows and concerts, the movies, and the recordings. 216 pages.

Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
(Henry Holt. & Co. - Paperback Book)
"Todd S. Purdum's portrait of these two men, their creative process, and their groundbreaking innovations will captivate lovers of musical theater, lovers of the classic American songbook, and lovers in general. He shows that what Rodgers and Hammerstein wrought was truly something wonderful." 416 pages. Released earlier in Hardcover, Kindle, Audio CD, and Audible Audiobook editions.

The Streets of New York
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Original cast album for 1963 Off-Broadway musical; score by Richard B. Chodosh and Barry Alan Grael. Cast includes Ralston Hill and David Cryer. "Prologue," "Tourist Madrigal," "He'll Come to Me Crawling," "If I May," "Aren't You Warm?," "Where Can the Rich and Poor Be Friends?," "California," "Act One Finale," "Christmas Carol," "Laugh After Laugh," "Arms for the Love of Me," "Close Your Eyes," "Love Wins Again," "Act Two Finale." Musical direction and arrangements by Jack Holmes. Limited release of 500. At Kritzerland.com.

Week of May 7, 2019

The Cher Show OBC
(Warner Bros. Records - new on CD)
Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond, Jarrod Spector, Michael Berresse, Michael Campayno, Matthew Hydzik, Emily Skinner. "If I Could Turn Back Time," "Half-Breed," "The Shoop Shoop Song," "I Got You Babe," "When the Money's Gone - All Or Nothing," "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do," "Living in a House Divided," "Bang Bang," "Believe," "Song For the Lonely," "All I Ever Need is You," "Heart of Stone," "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Midnight Rider - Ramblin' Man," "Just Like Jesse James," "Dark Lady," "Strong Enough," "The Way Of Love," "The Beat Goes On," "I Found Someone," "You Haven't Seen The Last of Me," "Finale." Released digitally April 12 on mp3/at iTunes.

The Prom vocal selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
15 songs from the new Broadway musical score by Matthew Sklar (music) and Chad Beguelin (lyrics). "The Acceptance Song," "Alyssa Greene," "Barry Is Going to Prom," "Changing Lives," "Dance with You," "It's Not About Me," "It's Time to Dance," "Just Breathe," "The Lady's Improving," "Love Thy Neighbor," "Tonight Belongs to You," "Unruly Heart," "We Look to You," "You Happened," "Zazz."

Week of April 30, 2019

Alfred Drake: Lucky To Be Me - A Life in Music
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Deluxe 2-CD set, which includes an entire disc of "Demos, Live Performances and Rarities" culled from Drake's own private archive of recordings. Compiled with the assistance of Broadway historian and Alfred Drake archivist George Dansker Includes songs from Oklahoma!, Kiss Me, Kate, Kismet and Carousel; 1940 Metropolitan Opera audition and demos recorded for the Broadway musicals The Liar and Courtin' Time. Amazon link includes track list. 51 tracks. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

The Art and Making of Aladdin
(Insight Editions - new hardcover book)
By Emily Zemler. Behind-the-scenes look into the 2019 live-action adaptation of the Disney classic musical film Aladdin: never-before-seen concept art, unit photography, and other gorgeous visual details. Exclusive interviews with director Guy Ritchie, star Will Smith, and other key cast and crew members.

Be More Chill OBC digital
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Joe Iconis. Will Roland, George Salazar, Stephanie Hsu, Gerard Canonico, Katlyn Carlson, Tiffany Mann, Lauren Marcus, Britton Smith, Jason SweetTooth Williams, and Jason Tam. "Jeremy's Theme (Instrumental)," "More Than Survive," "I Love Play Rehearsal," "More Than Survive (Reprise)," "The Squip Song," "Two-Player Game," "The Squip Enters," "Be More Chill, Pt. 1," "Do You Wanna Ride?," "Be More Chill, Pt. 2," "Sync Up," "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into," "The Squip Talks (Instrumental)," "Upgrade," "Loser Geek Whatever," "Halloween," "Do You Wanna Hang?," "Michael in the Bathroom," "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into (Reprise)," "The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire)," "The Pants Song," "The Pitiful Children," "The Play," "Voices in My Head." Produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joe Iconis, and Charlie Rosen, and co-produced by Ian Kagey and Emily Marshall

New Moon (1931)
(Warner Archive - new on DVD-R)
Film adaptation of the operetta written by Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. Adapted by Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler, Cyril Hume. Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou, Roland Young, Gus Shy, Emily Fitzroy. Also at WBShop.com.

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
(Oberon Modern Plays - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Anne Carson. Premiering at The Shed in New York City, starring Ben Whishaw and Renée Fleming this spring. 64 pages.

The Prom: A New Musical OBC vinyl
(Masterworks Broadway - new 2-LP vinyl set)
Score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. Limited edition, 2-LP gatefold, 180-gram marble vinyl. Cast includes Courtenay Collins, Beth Leavel, Michael Potts, Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Brooks Ashmanskas, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Angie Schworer, Nathan Johnson. Disc 1: "Changing Lives," "Changing Lives (Reprise)," "Just Breathe," "It's Not About Me," "Dance with You." Disc 2: "The Acceptance Song," "You Happened," "We Look to You," "Tonight Belongs to You." Disc 3: "Zazz," "The Lady's Improving," "Love Thy Neighbor," "Alyssa Greene." Disc 4: "Barry Is Going to Prom," "Unruly Heart," "It's Time to Dance." Includes lyric insert & download card.

Sing Out Sweet Land / Down In The Valley OBC
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Sing Out Sweet Land 1944 OBC recording, with Alfred Drake, Burl Ives, Juanita Hall, Bibi Osterwald, and Alma Kaye, first time on CD. The Decca recording was issued over a series of 78rpm records and later as a 10" LP album. Songs from traditional American folk music alongside original material by John Mundy, Edward Eager and Elie Siegmeister. Plus 1950 Decca Records studio recording of the Kurt Weill and Arnold Sundgaard one-act folk opera Down in the Valley, featuring Alfred Drake and Jane Wilson, with established American folk songs alongside original chorale music composed by Kurt Weill who supervised the studio recording. Part of Stage Door's Collector's Series, limited edition CD products presented in the retro style of a miniature long-playing record. All Collector's Series titles are limited to 500 units.

The Story of My Life: Lea Salonga Live from Manila
(BYU Records - new on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
2016 concert performance with Lea Salonga and the Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra. Songs plus spoken tracks. Includes "Overture: Sun and Moon / A Whole New World / I Dreamed a Dream / On My Own / Reflection," "Another Hundred People," "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "Reflection," "Let It Go," "Story of My Life," "I'd Give My Life for You," "Too Much for One Heart," "Legrand-Bergman Medley: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? / The Windmills of Your Mind / A Piece of Sky," "Something's Coming," "Burn," "Send in the Clowns," "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Defying Gravity," "True Colors," "ABBA Medley: Mamma Mia / Take a Chance on Me / Dancing Queen." 12 page color booklet. Released 3/22/19.

Summer Stock
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1950 MGM musical film. New HD transfer. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, and Phil Silvers. Directed by Charles Walters. Choreographed by Nicholas Castle, Sr. Songs by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon; Harry Warren, Jack Brooks and Saul Chaplin; Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler ("Get Happy"). 109 minutes. Also at WBShop.com.

Week of April 23, 2019

Anaïs Mitchell: Hadestown
(Wilderland Records - new double-LP vinyl set)
2010 recording, previously available on mp3/at iTunes. Anaïs Mitchell score. Anaïs Mitchell, Ani Di Franco, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), The Haden Triplets, Greg Brown and Ben Knox Miller of the Low Anthem. Features six individual 10x10" art prints of the Hadestown characters, illustrated by Peter Nevins.

The Man in the Ceiling digital
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording of Andrew Lippa score. Kate Baldwin, Gavin Creel, Grady Miranda, John-Michael Lyles, Ashley Park, and Andrew Lippa. 36-page booklet with full lyrics, original illustrations from Jules Feiffer, a synopsis from Andrew Lippa, and a note from director Jeffrey Seller. "Doin' Fine," "Almost There," "Jimmy," "Hands," "Disappear," "Draw Me," "Maybe He Likes Me," "Where Is My Love Song," "Kidding Around," "Like Your Son," "I Do What I Do," "You Are the Friend," "To the Gods," "Mr. Floperoo," "Draw Your Own Conclusion," "Being Grown-Up" (Bonus Track). Produced by Will Van Dyke and Andrew Lippa, with Andrew Lippa and Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producers. The musical opened at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY in 2017. CD format to be released 6/14/19.

Mandy Patinkin: Diary: December 2018
(Nonesuch Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Third in a series from Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Barlett. Songs by Patinkin, Paul Simon, Stephin Merritt, Randy Newman, Biff Rose, Teitur, and John Grant. "Hearts and Bones," "The Dance Lesson," "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing," "Wandering Boy," "Molly," "Playing House (Two Kids)," "Mrs. Pelican," "Busby Berkeley Dreams," "I Wish I Had Pictures," "GMF," "Quiet." Produced by Thomas Bartlett. Recorded in Bartlett's New York studio December 2018. A thirty-city Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries begins in October 2019. Released 4/19/19.

Spotlight on Gwen Verdon
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
Verdon's solo album "The Girl I Left Home For," Accompanied by Joe Reisman and his Orchestra. Plus her performances from the cast albums of Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town and Redhead. "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Sand in My Shoes," "Hot Night in Alaska," "Mister and Missus Fitch," "Bettin' on a Man," "Why Can't I?," "I've Got the World on a String," "The Saga of Jenny," "Find Me a Primitive Man," "No Talent Joe," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Daddy," "Whatever Lola Wants," "A Little Brains, a Little Talent," "On the Farm," "It's Good to Be Alive," "If That Was Love," "Merely Marvelous," "Erbie Fitch's Twitch," "Look Who's in Love" (with Richard Kiley), "Who's Got the Pain" (with Bob Fosse). U.S. release date March 29, 2019. Also at StageDoorRecords.com

We Are the Tigers
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Original Off-Broadway cast. Score by Preston Max Allen. Cathy Ang, Jenny Rose Baker, Cameron Bartell, Kaitlyn Frank, Louis Griffin, Zoe Jensen, Caroline Lellouche, Wonu Ogunfowora, Sydney Parra, Celeste Rose, Mimi Scardulla, Alexia Sielo, and Lauren Zakrin. "Worst Team Ever," "Don't Even," "Skype Tomorrow," "Before the Breakdown," "Forever," "Captain of the Team," "Before the Breakdown (Reprise)," "Wallflower," "Defense," "Mattie's Lament," "Phoenix," "Move on," "Shut Up and Cheer," "Time-Out," "Idk," "The Breakdown," "Finale." Music supervision and arrangements are by Patrick Sulken. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Week of April 16, 2019

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
(Ume - new on CD)
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, and Ephraim Sykes with Saint Aubyn, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Taylor Symone Jackson, Jahi Kearse, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Joshua Morgan, Rashidra Scott, Nasia Thomas, Christian Thompson, Candice Marie Woods, Esther Antoine, Marcus Paul James, Jelani Remy, and Curtis Wiley. "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Run Away Child, Running Wild," "Gloria," "In the Still of the Night / Speedo," "Shout," "I Want A Love I Can See," "My Girl," "Get Ready," "Supremes Medley: You Can't Hurry Love / Come See About Me / Baby Love," "Since I Lost My Baby," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "Don't Look Back / You're My Everything," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "I Wish It Would Rain," "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," "I Can't Get Next To You," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "War," "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)," "For Once In My Life," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 1), "Cloud Nine," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 2), "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," "I Can't Get Next To You" (Finale). Arrangements by Kenny Seymour. Released March 19 on mp3 and at iTunes. A single-LP vinyl version will be released June 7, 2019.

Ben Bagley's Jerome Kern Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered. Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Guy Bolton, Anne Caldwell, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Oscar Hammerstein, Elsie Janis, Johnny Mercer, Booth Tarkington, P.G. Wodehouse. A few of Kern's hit songs, and many lesser-known Kern. Barbara Cook, Bobby Short, Nancy Andrews, Harold Lang, Rod McKuen, Kaye Ballard, Cy Young, and George Reinholt. Musical director and arranger Norman Paris. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Expected by/before third week in April. Limited release of 500 copies only. Available at Kritzerland.com.

The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
New edition in Dan Dietz' series of books. Here he examines in detail every book musical that opened on Broadway during the years 1920-1929 ... the era's major successes as well as its forgotten failures. The hits include A Connecticut Yankee, Hit the Deck!, No, No, Nanette, Rose-Marie, Show Boat, The Student Prince, The Vagabond King, and Whoopee, as well as ambitious failures, including Deep River, Rainbow, and Chee-Chee. Each entry includes plot summary; cast members; names of creative personnel, including book writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors; opening and closing dates; number of performances; plot summary; critical commentary; musical numbers and names of the performers who introduced the songs; production data, including information about tryouts; source material; details about London productions. There are also numerous appendixes, including ones which cover other shows produced during the decade (revues, plays with music, miscellaneous musical presentations, and a selected list of pre-Broadway closings) ... a discography, filmography, a list of published scripts, and a list of black-themed musicals. 672 pages.

Fosse/Verdon Season 1
(available by episode or by season on Amazon/at iTunes)
F/X series starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams

Harold Teen
(Warner Archive - new on DVD-R)
1934 film based on comic strip character. Songs by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain. Features tap dancer Hal Le Roy. Also at WBShop.com.

The Music of Fosse/Verdon: Episode 1
(Atlantic Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
First in series of soundtrack recordings released for F/X weekly series Fosse/Verdon. "Big Spender" (Bianca Marroquín, Rema Webb, The Fandango Girls), "Cabaret" (Kelli Barrett), "Fosse/Verdon Theme" by Alex Lacamoire.

The Music of Fosse/Verdon: Episode 2
(Atlantic Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Second in series of soundtrack recordings released for F/X weekly series Fosse/Verdon. "Heart" (PJ Benjamin, Nick Blaemire, Brian Call, Aaron Kaburik).

Victoria Regina
(Network - new on Region 2 DVD)
1964 four-episode mini-series (show in 1966 on NET Playhouse) based on the collection of dramas by playwright Laurence Housman, featuring Patricia Routledge as Queen Victoria. Helen Hayes starred in the play on Broadway in 1936. 200 minutes.

Week of April 9, 2019

American Political Plays in the Age of Terrorism
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Introduction by Allan Havis. Includes Break of Noon by Neil LaBute, 7/11 by Kia Corthron, Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Columbinus by PJ Paparelli and Stephen Karam, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang. 352 pages.

Anaïs Mitchell: Hadestown
(Wilderland Records - on CD)
Re-release of 2010 recording. Anaïs Mitchell score. Anaïs Mitchell, Ani Di Franco, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), The Haden Triplets, Greg Brown and Ben Knox Miller of the Low Anthem. "Wedding Song," "Epic (Part I)," "Way Down Hadestown," "Songbird Intro," "Hey, Little Songbird," "Gone, I'm Gone," "When the Chips Are Down," "Wait for Me," "Why We Build the Wall," "Our Lady Of the Underground," "Flowers (Eurydice's Song)," "Nothing Changes," "If It's True," "Papers (Hades Finds Out)," "How Long?," "Epic (Part II)," "Lover's Desire," "His Kiss, the Riot," "Doubt Comes In," "I Raise My Cup to Him." Features six individual 10x10" art prints of the Hadestown characters, illustrated by Peter Nevins. Double LP set to be released April 26.

Bathtubs Over Broadway
(Focus Features - streaming at Amazon/at iTunes)
Steve Young's award-winning documentary about industrial musicals. "While tracking down rare albums, unseen footage, composers and performers, Steve forms unlikely friendships and discovers that this discarded musical genre starring tractors and bathtubs was bigger than Broadway." With David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Jello Biafra, Don Bolles, Florence Henderson, Susan Stroman, and more. Directed by Dava Whisenant.

The Cher Show OBC digital
(Warner Bros. Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond, Jarrod Spector, Michael Berresse, Michael Campayno, Matthew Hydzik, Emily Skinner. "If I Could Turn Back Time," "Half-Breed," "The Shoop Shoop Song," "I Got You Babe," "When the Money's Gone - All Or Nothing," "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do," "Living in a House Divided," "Bang Bang," "Believe," "Song For the Lonely," "All I Ever Need is You," "Heart of Stone," "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Midnight Rider - Ramblin' Man," "Just Like Jesse James," "Dark Lady," "Strong Enough," "The Way Of Love," "The Beat Goes On," "I Found Someone," "You Haven't Seen The Last of Me," "Finale." CD to be released May 10.

Panic - A Live Radio Musical
(new on CD/mp3)
Four tracks from score by Stephen Dolginoff (Thrill Me). "Hollywood Doesn't Call," "The Power of the Air," "Panic," "A Favor." New musical-comedy blends fact and fiction to tell the behind-the-scenes story of Orson Welles' notorious 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." Released 3/21/19.

Struck
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording. Score by Rich Morel. Alan Cumming, Jesse Clasen, Betsy Wright, Martina Topley-Bird and Jason Barnes. "Overture (Low Lying Dreams)," "In and Out Love," "Eviction," "Unrequited," "Wrong Side of the Day," "Sound of Thunder," "I Write Fiction," "No Flowers," "The Last Curtain Call," "Let the Light Shine in," "Built a Box," "I Am the Sound." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Week of April 2, 2019

Deborah Shulman: The Shakespeare Project
(Summit Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Shakespeare set to jazz vocals. Singer Deborah Shulman with pianist and arranger Jeff Colella. "All the World's a Stage / If Music Be the Food of Love," "Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind," "Dunsinane Blues," "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," "Who is Sylvia," "You Spotted Snakes," "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought," "Sigh No More Ladies," "Oh Mistress Mine," "My Love is as a Fever," "Take All My Loves," "Our Revels Now Are Ended." Larry Koonse, guitar; Abraham Laboriel, Chris Colangelo, bass; Bob Sheppard, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone and bass clarinet; Kendall Kay, Joe La Barbera, drums. Includes music by John Dankworth, Arthur Young, and Duke Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn, plus two original compositions by Colella. Released 2/22/19.

Fred Astaire: Easy To Dance With / Now
(Sepia Records - new on CD)
Twofer of Astaire's "You're Easy to Dance With" and "Now." 27 tracks recorded between 1952 and 1962. Songs with music written by Astaire (like "I'm Building Up to An Awful Letdown" with lyrics from Johnny Mercer), songs he was famously associated with throughout his career (including "A Foggy Day," "Change Partners," and a medley of "Oh, Lady Be Good/Puttin' On the Ritz/Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"). Bonus tracks include "Calypso Hooray."

The Jonathan Larson Project digital
(Ghostlight Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Based on show presented at Feinstein's/54 Below, which was directed and conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, an evening of Jonathan Larson's unheard work, featuring songs from never-produced shows like 1984 and Superbia; songs that were cut from Rent and tick tick BOOM; songs written for theatrical revues and songs written for the radio; songs about politics and love and New York City; songs never before publicly performed or recorded. Nick Blaemire, Lauren Marcus, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, and George Salazar. "Greene Street," "One of These Days," "Break Out the Booze," "Out of My Dreams," "Valentine's Day," "White Male World," "Riff/Poetry," "La Di Da Rap," "Iron Mike," "Find the Key," "Hosing the Furniture," "Pura Vida," "The Truth Is a Lie," "Rhapsody," "SOS," "Love Heals," "Piano." Five-piece band including musical director Natalie Tenenbaum, Charlie Rosen, Cody Owen Stine, Megan Talay, and Marques Walls. Music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Charlie Rosen. Danielle Gimbal, copyist. Produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Charlie Rosen, and Kurt Deutsch. CD version to be released June 14.

Hair: The Musical 50th Anniversary London Cast Recording
(Silva Screen - new import CD)
2017 London cast recording. Score by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot. "Aquarius," "Donna / Hashish," "Sodomy," "Colored Spade," "Manchester, England," "I'm Black," "Ain't Got No," "I Believe In Love," "Ain't Got No Grass / Air," "I Got Life," "Going Down," "Hair," "My Conviction," "Easy To Be Hard," "Don't Put It Down!," "Frank Mills," "Be-In 'Hare Krishna'," "Where Do I Go," "Black Boys," "White Boys," "Walking In Space," "Give Up All Desires / Role Call," "Three-Five-Zero-Zero," "What A Piece Of Work Is Man / How Dare They Try," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius Goodnights / Reprise: Ain't Got No," "The Flesh Failures / Let The Sunshine In," "Hippie Life," "Reprise: Let The Sun Shine In." Released digitally in 2018: on mp3 and at iTunes.

Max von Essen: Call Me Old Fashioned: The Broadway Standard
(LML Music - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Solo album by Tony-nominated Max von Essen. "Everything Old Is New Again / I'm Old Fashioned," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Fly Me To The Moon," "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You," "On This Night," "Show Me," "She Loves Me," "Shimmy Like They Do In Paree," "Trolley Song / Gotta Have Me Go With You," "They Say It's Wonderful," "Almost Like Being In Love," "An American In Paris Medley," "Stairway to Paradise."

The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (second edition)
(Allworth - Paperback Book)
Updated and expanded version of Charles Grippo's 2002 book. Crowdfunding Your Production, New Opportunities to Raise Money, Self-Production, Licensing and Producing Plays, Devised Theater and Collaborations, Creating Jukebox Musicals, Organizing a Theater Company, Theatrical Insurance, Maintaining a Harassment-Free Environment, Negotiating Contracts, Essential Rules Every Board Member Must Know, Managing a Not-for-Profit Theater Company, Navigating Taxes, Using Third-Party Intellectual Property, and much more. 288 pages.

Stacy Sullivan: Tornado Alley
(LML Music - new on CD)
"Who Do You Belong to?," "Since You've Asked," "Wild is the Wind," "Shelter," "Confound Me," "Stormy Weather," "Landslide / I Get Along Without You Very Well," "This Land is Your Land / I Think It's Going to Rain Today / Blowing' in the Wind," "Ice on the Hudson," "You Must Believe in Spring," "Good Things Happen Slowly," "How Little We Know," "A Team," "Here Comes the Sun." Previously released on mp3 and at iTunes.

Week of March 26, 2019

Ben Bagley's Kurt Weill Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered. Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Fernay, Ira Gershwin, Yvette Guilbert, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, and Ogden Nash. Paula Laurence, Ann Miller, John Reardon, Chita Rivera, Arthur Siege, and Jo Sullivan. arrangements and orchestrations by Dennis Deal. Added bonus material: Lotte Lenya’s 1930 recording of "Alabama Song," performed with The Three Admirals and conducted by Theo Mackeben and his Jazz Orchestra; 1930 recording of selections from The Threepenny Opera in German with Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Erich Ponto, Erika Helmke, with the Theo Mackeben and Lewis Ruth Band. This all brings up the running time to close to seventy-five minutes. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected to ship by last week in March. At Kritzerland.com.

Ben Platt: Sing To Me Instead
(Atlantic - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut solo album from Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) with original music. "Bad Habit," "Ease My Mind," "Temporary Love," "Grow As We Go," "Honest Man," "Hurt Me Once," "New," "Better," "Share Your Address," "In Case You Don't Live Forever," "Older," "Run Away."

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical OLC digital
(Stage Entertainment/Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Features Adrienne Warren, who will also play Tina Turner in the upcoming Broadway production. "Etherland," "Nutbush City Limits," "Don't Turn Around," "Shake a Tailfeather," "The Hunter," "Matchbox," "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "A Fool in Love," "Let's Stay Together," "Better Be Good to Me," "Higher," "River Deep - Mountain High," "Be Tender with Me Baby," "Proud Mary," "I Don't Wanna Fight," "Private Dancer," "Disco Inferno," "Open Arms," "I Can't Stand the Rain," "Tonight," "What's Love Got to Do with It," "We Don't Need Another Hero," "(Simply) The Best," "Finale, Nutbush City Limits / Proud Mary." Customers who pre-order the digital album will immediately receive a free download of the single track "River Deep - Mountain High." Recorded in February 2019 at Angel Studios and produced by Nicholas Skilbeck and Kurt Deutsch, and co-produced by Tom Kelly.

Week of March 19, 2019

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations digital
(Ume - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, and Ephraim Sykes with Saint Aubyn, Shawn Bowers, E. Clayton Cornelious, Taylor Symone Jackson, Jahi Kearse, Jarvis B. Manning Jr., Joshua Morgan, Rashidra Scott, Nasia Thomas, Christian Thompson, Candice Marie Woods, Esther Antoine, Marcus Paul James, Jelani Remy, and Curtis Wiley. Arrangements by Kenny Seymour. "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Run Away Child, Running Wild," "Gloria," "In the Still of the Night / Speedo," "Shout," "I Want A Love I Can See," "My Girl," "Get Ready," "Supremes Medley: You Can't Hurry Love / Come See About Me / Baby Love," "Since I Lost My Baby," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "Don't Look Back / You're My Everything," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "I Wish It Would Rain," "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," "I Can't Get Next To You," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "War," "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)," "For Once In My Life," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 1), "Cloud Nine," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Pt. 2), "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," "I Can't Get Next To You" (Finale). Single track "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" is available for streaming and immediate download with album pre-order. CD format expected 4/19/19.

America in the Round: Capital, Race, and Nation at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)
(Univ. of Iowa Press - Paperback Book)
By Donatella Galella. Behind the scenes look at Tony Award winning DC regional theatre company Arena Stage. A "... critical history that reveals how far Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage could go with its budget and racially liberal politics, and how Arena both disputed and duplicated systems of power." Sources include archival materials such as letters and photographs, and interviews with artists and administrators, with close-ups of major productions from The Great White Hope to Oklahoma!. 314 pages.

Broadway Investing: How to Make Theater and Yes, Even Make Money
(new Kindle book)
By Ken Davenport. The myths of Broadway investing; How to get started investing in Broadway for less than you think; Who to talk to and where to find Broadway investment opportunities; How to mitigate your risk and increase your chance for profitability; All the perks you should get when you invest and how to get even more. 139 pages.

Company 2018 London cast
(Warner Music Group - new on CD at Amazon)
Recording of Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone, Jonathan Bailey, Alex Gaumond, Daisy Maywood, Mel Giedroyc, George Blagden, Ashley Campbell, Richard Fleeshman, Richard Henders, Ben Lewis, Jennifer Saayeng, Matthew Seadon-Young, Gavin Spokes, Michael Colbourne, Francesca Ellis, Ewan Gillies, Grant Neal and Jaimie Pruden. "Overture," "Company," "The Little Things You Do Together," "Sorry-Grateful," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Have I Got a Guy for You," "Someone Is Waiting," "Another Hundred People," "Getting Married Today," "Marry Me a Little," "Entr'Acte," "Side by Side by Side," "Poor Baby," "Tick Tock," "Barcelona," "Music Interlude," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Being Alive," "Curtain Call," "Exit Music." Recorded 11/25-26/2018. "Making of" documentary of the recording session also expected. Digital version was released previously on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at Amazon UK.

Documentary Now! Season 3, including "Original Cast Album: Co-Op"
(Amazon Prime/digital season at iTunes)
Season 3 of F/X series "Documentary Now!," which includes "Original Cast Album: Co-Op" episode, a parody of D.A. Pennebaker 1971 documentary following the making of the Company original cast album, with Taran Killam, John Mulaney, James Urbaniak, Alex Brightman, Richard Kind, Paula Pell, and Renee Elise Goldsberry. Written by John Mulaney and Seth Meyers. Released 2/27/19.

Mary Poppins Returns
(Walt Disney Pictures - new 4K Blu-ray with DVD and digital HD)
2018 musical film. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke. Songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Blu-ray extra features: sing-along mode option, "The Practically Perfect Making of Mary Poppins Returns," "Seeing Things from a Different Point of View: The Musical Numbers of Mary Poppins Returns," "Back to Cherry Tree Lane: Dick Van Dyke Returns," "Practically Perfect Bloopers," delete scenes "Leaving Topsy's" and "Trip a Little Light Fantastic," deleted song "The Anthropomorphic Zoo." Exclusive included with digital code – audio commentary.[Amazon link should start working again soon.]

They Made Us Happy: Betty Comden & Adolph Green's Musicals & Movies
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition released 2/1/19)
By Andy Propst. The first book to tell the full story of the careers, lives, and work of legendary writers Comden & Green. A trip through almost the entirety of the twentieth century, from their acclaimed appearances as part of the sketch troupe the Revuers through their bi-coastal lives as a pair of Broadway and Hollywood's top writers, including their produced work as well as projects that that never made it to the stage or the screen. 288 pages.

Week of March 12, 2019

Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir
(Univ Press of Florida - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition released 2/25/19)
By Bettijane Sills. Elizabeth McPherson, contributor. personal look at the art and practice of George Balanchine by Sills, who appeared as child actor on Broadway before New York City Ballet in 1961, working her way up to soloist. 176 pages.

Dancing with Merce Cunningham
(Univ Press of Florida - Paperback Book)
By Marianne Preger-Simon (member of Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1950 until 1958). Memoir of a talented dancer's lifelong friendship with one of the choreographic geniuses of our time. An intimate look at the early years of one of the most influential companies in modern American dance and the brilliance of its visionary leader. 216 pages.

Documentary Now! Season 3, including "Original Cast Album: Co-Op"
(digital season at iTunes)
Season 3 of F/X series "Documentary Now!," which includes "Original Cast Album: Co-Op" episode, a parody of D.A. Pennebaker 1971 documentary following the making of the Company original cast album. Documentary Now! episode features Taran Killam, John Mulaney, James Urbaniak, Alex Brightman, Richard Kind, Paula Pell, and Renee Elise Goldsberry. Written by John Mulaney and Seth Meyers. Released 2/27/19.

Ray Bolger: More than a Scarecrow
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition released 2/1/19)
By Holly Van Leuven. Biography of Ray Bolger, through access to Bolger's papers and many never-before-published photographs. 256 pages. Kindle edition released 2/1/19.

Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions - new edition
(Rowman & Littlefield - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Updated (first time in) paperback version of Mark Eden Horowitz' (senior music specialist in the music division of the Library of Congress) earlier book, published in 2003 and 2nd edition in 2010. Collection of interviews with Stephen Sondheim, in which Sondheim discusses the art of musical composition, lyric writing, the collaborative process of musical theater, and how he thinks about his own work. The entire scope of Sondheim’s career is covered here, in which Sondheim’s greatest works are discussed, and Sondheim even provides thoughts about the film adaptations of his works. The book features an entire chapter on Bounce, the previous incarnation of his latest musical, Road Show. Includes all of the interviews—verbatim—and a revised introduction and a postlude with an additional conversation. 288 pages.

Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood
(Crown Archetype - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Memoir by Andrew Rannells (Falsettos, The Book of Mormon). The Audible edition is narrated by Rannells. 272 pages.

A Very Very Very Dark Matter
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
Play by Martin McDonagh. Premiered at Bridge Theatre, London, in October 2018. 96 page. Released 12/4/18.

Week of March 5, 2019

Company new libretto
(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book)
Libretto for the musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. Features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, color production photographs from the 2018 West End revival, and an introduction by David Benedict. Currently at Amazon UK and Nick Hern Books. 112 pages.

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical Experience
(ABKO - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Off-Broadway cast recording (Les Poisson Rouge). Off-Broadway cast included Alex Boniello, Matthew Griffin, Brian Muller, Patricia Richardson, Constantine Rousouli, Jessie Shelton, Carrie St. Louis, Lauren Zakrin, and Stefanie Brown. Includes songs by Boyz II Men, Christina Aguilera, REM, *NYSYNC, and Britney Spears.

Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way
(Routledge - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Amy S. Osatinski. Examines the history and production practices of Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), the theatrical producing arm of the studio branch of the Walt Disney Corporation. Case studies of three productions (The Lion King, Tarzan, and Newsies). Topics include the history of Disney Theatrical, its impact on the revitalization of Times Square, and its ability to open up a new audience base for Broadway theatre. 220 pages. Kindle edition released 2/7/19.

The Inheritance
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
New play by Matthew Lopez (The Whipping Man, The Legend of Georgia McBride). Premiered at the New Vic in London in March 2018 (Transferring to the Noel Coward Theatre in September 2018). 320 pages. Had been announced for 2018.

Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical
(Mars Wrigley - new free digital album)
Score by music by Drew Gasparini and Nathaniel Lawlor. Michael C. Hall and original cast recording of one-time only Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical Super Bowl commercial."This Might Have Been a Bad Idea," "Advertising Ruins Everything," "This Definitely Was a Bad Idea," "Four Minutes of Michael C. Hall Eating Skittles." At CDBaby.com.

Stacy Sullivan: Tornado Alley digital
(LML Music - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
"Who Do You Belong to?," "Since You've Asked," "Wild is the Wind," "Shelter," "Confound Me," "Stormy Weather," "Landslide / I Get Along Without You Very Well," "This Land is Your Land / I Think It's Going to Rain Today / Blowing' in the Wind," "Ice on the Hudson," "You Must Believe in Spring," "Good Things Happen Slowly," "How Little We Know," "A Team," "Here Comes the Sun." CD format expected 4/5/19.

Week of February 26, 2019

A Doll's House, Part 2
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Lucas Hnath. 2017 Broadway play. 96 pages.

Heathers West End cast digital
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy score. Carrie Hope Fletcher, Jodie Steele, Sophie Isaacs, T'Shan Williams, Jamie Muscato, Dominic Andersen, Christopher Chung, Rebecca Lock, Nathan Amzi, Jon Boydon, Jenny O'Leary. "Beautiful," "Candy Store," "Fight for Me," "Freeze Your Brain," "Big Fun," "Dead Girl Walking," "The Me Inside of Me," "You’re Welcome," "Never Shut Up Again," "Our Love Is God," "My Dead Gay Son," "Seventeen," "Shine a Light," "Lifeboat," "Shine a Light (Reprise)," "I Say No," "Kindergarten Boyfriend," "Yo Girl," "Meant to Be Yours," "Dead Girl Walking (Reprise)," "I Am Damaged," "Seventeen (Reprise)." Customers who pre-order will immediately receive the first track, "I Say No."

Hit Her with the Skates: A New Musical About Life, Love, and the Roller Rink
(E 29 Music - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Christine Rea and Rick Briskin. Studio cast includes Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young, Roy Bennett, Rick Briskin, Madeline Fansler, Christine Rea, Amy Toporek, and Sky Seals. Produced by Rick Briskin. "Skating Nation," "A Simpler Time," "Could It Be," "Believe," "Shazizzle," "Crushin' on You," "Russ's Challenge," "Someday," "Forward Motion," "You're the One." Played at Hamilton Stage in New Jersey in 2017. Released 1/11/19. Free download at CDBaby.com.

Lullabies of Broadway
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
CD version of Mimi Bessette's 1990 recording. "Lullaby of Broadway / Never Never Land," "Jenny Rebecca," "Blueberry Eyes," "Castle on a Cloud," "My Broth of a Boy," "Edelweiss," "New Words," "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep / Lullaby of Broadway (Reprise)."

Lullabies of Broadway, Act II
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Mimi Bessette (Bonnie & Clyde) presents a second edition of Broadway songs arranged as soothing lullabies. "The Rainbow Connection," "Clusters of Crocus / Come to My Garden," "Morning Glow," "I Can't Wait," "Everything Changes," "Hushabye Mountain," "Beauty and the Beast," "Come Down from the Tree," "The Colors of My Life," "Sylvia's Lullaby," "Moonshine Lullaby," "No One Is Alone," "Till There Was You," "Finding Wonderland," "More I Cannot Wish You," "Come to My Garden (Reprise)." Released on mp3 and at iTunes 12/14/18.

Mary Knapp: Disco Eclipse
(795491 Records DK2 - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Solo album from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 performer/accordionist Mary Knapp. "Disco Eclipse," "Civilians," "Northern Boulevard," "You My Love," "Rolling on the Floor," "Fault Line," "Bloody Murder," "Toot Suite," "Rainy Day," "Funky Dub Interlude (Dub)," "Playground Politics," "Sway," "Bzzzness" (duet with Grace McLean, and an ode to "War and Peace"), "Tread Softly Epilogue." Released 2/1/19.

On The Town / Broadway Melody
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
CD debut of two British studio cast recordings of the iconic Hollywood movie musicals, On The Town (1959) and the Broadway Melody series. This studio recreation of On the Town represented the first time the iconic film's songs had been preserved on record. Conducted by Geoff Love, the recording features Dennis Lotis, Lionel Blair and Shane Rimmer. Plus the studio cast recording of songs from the various Broadway Melody films, conducted and arranged by Tony Osborne, with Bruce Forsyth, David Hughes, Millicent Martin and Gerry Dorsey (Engelbert Humperdinck) re-creating the classic songs of Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown and Cole Porter. Recorded in stereophonic sound. 28 tracks total.

Pretty Woman: The Musical: Piano/Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
16 selections in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part from this Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance score for the 2018 Broadway musical. Includes: "Anywhere but Here," "Don't Forget to Dance," "Freedom," "I Can't Go Back," "Long Way Home," "Luckiest Girl in the World," "Never Give up on a Dream," "On a Night like Tonight," "Rodeo Drive," "Something About Her," "This Is My Life," "Together Forever," "Welcome to Hollywood," "Welcome to Our World (More Champagne)," "You and I," "You're Beautiful." 136 pages.

Rent soundtrack of the Fox Live television event
(Masterworks Broadway - new on 2 CDs)
Soundtrack from the January 27, 2019, television program. Cast includes Vanessa Hudgens, Brandon Victor Dixon, Mario, Tinashe, Kiersey Clemons, Jordan Fisher, Brennin Hunt, Valentina, and Keala Settle. "Tune Up #1," "Voice Mail #1," "Tune Up #2," "Rent," "You Okay Honey?," "Tune Up #3," "One Song Glory," "Light My Candle," "Today 4 U," "You'll See," "Voice Mail #2," "Tango: Maureen," "Life Support," "Out Tonight," "Another Day," "Will I?," "On the Street," "Santa Fe," "I'll Cover You," "We're Okay," "Christmas Bells," "Over the Moon," "La Vie Bohème," "I Should Tell You," "La Vie Bohème B," "Seasons of Love," "Happy New Year A," "Voice Mail #3," "Happy New Year B," "Take Me Or Leave Me," "Without You," "Voice Mail #4," "Contact," "I'll Cover You (Reprise)," "Halloween," "Goodbye Love," "What You Own," "Voice Mail #5," "Finale," "Your Eyes," "Finale B," "Curtain Call," "Seasons of Love (Finale)," "Seasons of Love (Radio Edit)." Released February 1 on mp3 and at iTunes

Week of February 19, 2019

Bella: An American Tall Tale digital
(Yellow Sound Label - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by Kirsten Childs. Marinda Anderson, Yurel Echezarreta, Brandon Gill, Olli Haaskivi, Ashley D. Kelley, Kevin Massey, Jo’Nathan Michael, Kenita R. Miller, Paolo Montalban, Clifton Oliver, Gabrielle Reyes and NaTasha Yvette Willams. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Broadway Bound
(Kino Lorber Studio Classics - on DVD)
Neil Simon play adapted for film. Corey Parker, Anne Bancroft, Jerry Orbach, Hume Cronyn, Jonathan Silverman, Michele Lee, Pat McCormick, and Jack Carter. Directed by Paul Bogart. This special edition includes both the original 90-minute cut and the 94-minute extended cut.

The Clockmaker's Daughter
(Auburn Jam Music - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Studio cast recording of Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn score. Christine Allado, Ramin Karimloo, Fra Fee, Matthew Croke, Lauren James Ray. "The Turning Of The Key," "You're Still Here," "A Modest Modiste," "Impossible," "A Story Of My Own," "Spindlewood," "Where You'll Be," "Keep It To Yourself," "A Story Of My Own," "Finale Act I - Raise A Glass," "Market Day," "If You Could See My Heart," "Fear & Whispers," "If You Could See My Heart," "A Town Meeting," "Clockwork," "Finale Act II." Also at AuburnJam.co.uk. Released 2/14/19.

Mythic - A New Musical OLC
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Pop/rock musical comedy score by Oran Eldor and Marcus Stevens. Currently playing at Charing Cross Theatre in London. Cast includes Daniella Bowen, Courtney Brogan Smalley, Eloise Davies, Ben Lancaster, Jade Marvin, Michael Mather, Genevieve McCarthy, Tim Oxbrow, Jamie Ross, Leo Sene, Ben Welch and Georgie Westall. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Digital version released on mp3 and at iTunes 2/8/19.

Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Edited by Peggy McKowen and Ed Herendee. Gidion's Knot (Johnna Adams ), The Niceties (Eleanor Burgess ), Memoirs of a Forgotten Man (D.W Gregory), Dead and Breathing (Chisa Hutchinson ), 20th Century Blues (Susan Miller). Introduction by Lynn Nottage. Each of the plays is followed by a playwright interview conducted by Sharon J. Anderson that contextualizes and develops the works within the wider context of the annual festival. 344 pages.

Week of February 12, 2019

The Evolution of Mann
(Yellow Sound Label - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Douglas J. Cohen and Dan Elish. Max Crumm, Allie Trimm, and Leslie Hiatt. "Overture," "The Year of the Weddings," "She's My Wife," "The Tale of the Otter," "Hard," "Settling Down," "It's Only a First Date," "What's the Matter With Henry?," "The Right Time to Propose," "Low Expectations," "The Green Light," "The Unromantic Things," "Keeping My Eye on the Ball," "Bows." Bonus Track: "It's Only a First Date." Produced by Nancy Manocherian's The Cell in association with the two creators. Orchestrations by Matt Aument. Musical supervision by Vadim Feichtner.

Mythic - A New Musical OLC digital
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Pop/rock musical comedy score by Oran Eldor and Marcus Stevens. Currently playing at Charing Cross Theatre in London. Cast includes Daniella Bowen, Courtney Brogan Smalley, Eloise Davies, Ben Lancaster, Jade Marvin, Michael Mather, Genevieve McCarthy, Tim Oxbrow, Jamie Ross, Leo Sene, Ben Welch and Georgie Westall. "Overture," "It's a Myth," "Sweet Summer Days," "My Own Place in the Pantheon," "Enter Aphrodite," "Summer All the Time," "Mess Around," "Down, Down into the Dark," "Dark Damaged Soul," "What Mothers Have to Do," "Mount Olympus / Rebellious Children," "Persephone in Bloom," "You'd Be Surprised," "Not a Chance in Hell," "Look to the Sky," "Beauty in the Darkness," "Ew!," "Irreversible," "I Will Be Your Home," "I Return to You." Released 2/8/19. CD to be released 2/22/19.

"Richmond Rewrites"
(Soundcat Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Ethan Slater (SpongeBob SquarePants) performs single from the score of his musical in development, Write Me In. Released 1/30/19.

Theatre Goes Wrong: A Mischief Theatre Play Collection
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of the Olivier Award winning Mischief Theatre. Includes The Nativity Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery. 336 pages. Released date currently unknown.

Three Points of Contact
(Very Intense Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Concept album for musical with score by Ryan Scott Oliver (35mm: A Musical Exhibition). Kerstin Anderson, Ben Crawford, Gavin Creel, Katie Rose Clarke, Jenn Colella, Ben Fankhauser, Drew Gehling, Cory Jeacoma, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Taylor Iman Jones, Jo Lampert, Lindsay Mendez, Bonnie Milligan, Eric William Morris, Solea Pfeiffer, Isaac Cole Powell, Ethan Slater, Wesley Taylor, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Ryan Scott Oliver, Emily Rogers, Colton Ryan, Ryan Vasquez, Jessica Vosk, and Daniel Yearwood. Released 2/8/19.

Week of February 5, 2019

The Incomparable Rex: Rex Harrison: The Last of the High Comedians
(Dean Street Press - Kindle Edition)
Kindle version of Patrick Garland's 1999 memoir about Rex Harrison and working with him as director on the 1991 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. This edition features a new introduction by Simon Callow.

John Pizzarelli Trio: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole
(Ghostlight Deluxe - new on CD/ on mp3/at iTunes)
New album with john Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals, Mike Karn on double bass, and Konrad Paszkudzki on piano. "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "A Hundred Years from Now," "The Very Thought of You," "(I Would Do) Anything for You," "I'm Such a Hungry Man," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Body and Soul," "Nat King Cool," "When I Fall in Love," "Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat)," "Hit That Jive, Jack!," "Could-'Ja," "Red Sails in the Sunset," "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66." Produced by John Pizzarelli and co-produced by Jessica Molaskey.

"River Deep - Mountain High"
(Ghostlight Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich from upcoming cast recording. Adrienne Warren and The Tina Turner Musical original West End cast. Tina - The Tina Turner Musical expected on Broadway Fall 2019.

They Met in Argentina
(Warner Archive - on DVD)
1941 film with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Maureen O'Hara, James Ellison, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Barrat, Diosa Costello. Also at WBShop.com.

Unbreakable original cast recording
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD at Amazon/on mp3/at iTunes)
"A Musical Chronology of the LGBTQ Experience in America." Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Features the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Focuses on a curated selection of stories throughout American LGBTQ history from 1900 through the present day. "Unbreakable," "Gay Word," "Go to War," "Already Dead," "Just a Woman," "The Room Next Door," "Executive Order," "All People," "Purple Menace / The Happy Homosexual," "41," "Survivors," "Sylvia," "Gay Word: Reprise," "Good Things Take Time." 36-page booklet with full lyrics, performance photos, a synopsis, and liner notes from show producer Bruce Cohen. Produced by Leslie Ann Jones, with Andrew Lippa executive producer. Unbreakable will be presented by ten more choruses across the country in the 2019-2020 season. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

The Ultimate Musical Theater College Audition Guide: Advice from the People Who Make the Decisions
(Oxford Univ Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Amy Rogers Schwartzreich. No-nonsense guide to the musical theatre audition. Written for high school students and their parents, teachers, and mentors, the book demystifies what can be an overwhelming process with step-by-step explanations of audition checkpoints. Also, advice from more than 10 top-tier program directors and faculty, as well as examples from students, parents, and experts currently working on Broadway. 224 pages.

Wicked 15th Anniversary Edition
(Verve/UMe - new on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
Includes the original cast recording of Stephen Schwartz score plus bonus tracks recorded live during the October 2018 NBC special A Very Wicked Halloween: The Wizard and I" (Ariana Grande), "What Is This Feeling?" (Pentatonix), "As Long As You're Mine" (Adam Lambert and Ledisi), and "For Good (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel with a chorus of former Elphabas and Glindas).

Week of January 29, 2019

Company 2018 London cast digital
(Warner Music Group - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Recording of Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone, Jonathan Bailey, Alex Gaumond, Daisy Maywood, Mel Giedroyc, George Blagden, Ashley Campbell, Richard Fleeshman, Richard Henders, Ben Lewis, Jennifer Saayeng, Matthew Seadon-Young, Gavin Spokes, Michael Colbourne, Francesca Ellis, Ewan Gillies, Grant Neal and Jaimie Pruden. "Overture," "Company," "The Little Things You Do Together," "Sorry-Grateful," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Have I Got a Guy for You," "Someone Is Waiting," "Another Hundred People," "Getting Married Today," "Marry Me a Little," "Entr'Acte," "Side by Side by Side," "Poor Baby," "Tick Tock," "Barcelona," "Music Interlude," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Being Alive," "Curtain Call," "Exit Music." Recorded 11/25-26/2018. "Making of" documentary of the recording session also expected, plus the cast recording in CD format.

Contemporary Plays by African Women
(Methuen - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi (Egypt), Not That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume (Nigeria), I Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo (Zimbabwe), Silent Voices by Adong Judith (Uganda), Unsettled by JC Niala (Kenya), Mbuzeni by Koleka Putuma (South Africa), Bonganyi by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh (Cameroon). For each play, also a biography of the playwright, the writer's own artistic statement, a production history of the play and a critical contextualisation of the theatrical landscape from which each woman is writing. 344 pages.

Rent soundtrack of the Fox Live television event
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Soundtrack from the January 27, 2019, television program. Cast includes Vanessa Hudgens, Brandon Victor Dixon, Mario, Tinashe, Kiersey Clemons, Jordan Fisher, Brennin Hunt, Valentina, and Keala Settle. "Tune Up #1," "Voice Mail #1," "Tune Up #2," "Rent," "You Okay Honey?," "Tune Up #3," "One Song Glory," "Light My Candle," "Today 4 U," "You'll See," "Voice Mail #2," "Tango: Maureen," "Life Support," "Out Tonight," "Another Day," "Will I?," "On the Street," "Santa Fe," "I'll Cover You," "We're Okay," "Christmas Bells," "Over the Moon," "La Vie Bohème," "I Should Tell You," "La Vie Bohème B," "Seasons of Love," "Happy New Year A," "Voice Mail #3," "Happy New Year B," "Take Me Or Leave Me," "Without You," "Voice Mail #4," "Contact," "I'll Cover You (Reprise)," "Halloween," "Goodbye Love," "What You Own," "Voice Mail #5," "Finale," "Your Eyes," "Finale B," "Curtain Call," "Seasons of Love (Finale)," "Seasons of Love (Radio Edit)." 2-CD set expected March 1.

Sea Wall
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Simon Stephens (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, On the Shore of the Wide World. The Public Theatre is presenting the New York premiere February 2019. 24 pages.

The Wife
(Sony Pictures - new on Blu-ray/DVD)
2018 film based on the novel by Meg Wolitzer. Starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce.

The Wrong Side of the Room: A Life in Music Theater
(BookBaby - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Norman Matthews. Autobiography of magazine editor, Broadway and film dancer, pianist, composer, and playwright that promises to be "... steeped in dark humor, celebrity gossip, and backstage intrigue." 324 pages. Released 10/26/18.

Week of January 22, 2019

Be More Chill karaoke version
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Tracks without the lead vocals from the original cast recording of the score by Joe Iconis. "More Than Survive," "I Love Play Rehearsal," "The Squip Song," "Two-Player Game," "A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into," "Michael in the Bathroom," and "The Pitiful Children." Released in coordinaton with a Be More Chill karaoke contest.

Broadway and the Blacklist
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By K. Kevyne Baar. Explores theatre during the era of McCarthyism: the Theatre Guild; the short life and death of the Federal Theatre Project; the investigations of the motion picture and television industries, and of Broadway, by the HUAC; and the role of the three major performing arts unions. Includes many photos from the author's personal collection, and appendices provide a discussion of McCarthy's role, the memos of investigator Dolores Faconti Scott, a list of prominent witnesses in the HUAC hearings, and reactions by the unions in the decades following the blacklist. 200 pages.

Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses original Off-Broadway cast
(Broadway Records - new on CD at Amazon)
New rock musical written by Peter Galperin. Constantine Maroulis, Molly Pope, Wayne Wilcox, Ryan Knowles and Kacie Sheik, and a four-piece rock band. "Overture," "Master of the Masterplan I," "Straight Towards the Sun (Preprise)," "The View from My Imagination," "Fresh Cut Flowers," "Masterplan II," "We're Impressed," "You and I," "When the World Isn't Watching," "Masterplan III," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide," "We Like What We Like," "You'll Do It My Way," "Masterplan IV," "Don't You Dare," "There's No One Else," "You Can't See," "Lost All Sense of Direction," "You Better Listen," "Masterplan V," "Voice of the People," "Not Afraid of the Future," "There's No One Else (Reprise)," "Masterplan VI," "Straight Towards the Sun." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Emma
(Broadway Records - new on CD at Amazon/on mp3)
Score by Paul Gordon. Kelli Barrett, Caitlin Brooke, Lauren "Coco" Cohn, Adam Daveline, Richert Easley, Timothy Gulan, Brian Herndon, Pamela Winslow Kashani, Dani Marcus, Don Richard, Sharon Rietkerk, and Will Reynolds. "Queen Anne's Lace," "I Made the Match Myself," "Relations," "A Gentleman's Daughter," "The Portrait," "The Argument," "Should We Ever Meet," "Have a Piece of Cake," "Mr. Robert Martin," "Home," "The Recital," "Pride and Sense," "So This Is How Love Feels," "Humiliation," "Emma," "Stranger Things Have Happened," "The Epiphany," "Badly Done," "Emma (Reprise)," "Finale." Also at BroadwayRecords.com. The full musical is available at StreamingMusicals.com.

Follies
(Arts Music/Warner Classics/National Theatre - new on mp3/at iTunes)
2017 National Theatre cast album. Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Janie Dee, Peter Forbes, and Tracie Bennett. "Prologue," "Beautiful Girls," "Don't Look At Me," "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Rain on the Roof / Ah, Paris! / Broadway Baby (Medley)," "The Road You Didn't Take," "In Buddy's Eyes," "Who's That Woman?," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "The Right Girl," "One More Kiss," "Could I Leave You," "Loveland," "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through (Medley)," "Buddy's Blues," "Losing My Mind," "The Story of Lucy and Jessie," "Live, Laugh, Love," "End of Show." Recorded in January 2018. Released 1/18/19. CD format expected sometime in the future.

Goldstein original Off-Broadway cast
(Broadway Records - new on CD at Amazon/on mp3)
Score by Michael Roberts. Farah Alvin, Julie Benko, Amie Bermowitz, Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Zal Owen, Sarah Beth Pfeifer and Jim Stanek. "They Are Here," "Up Ahead," "I'm Still Me," "Honest As the Day Is Long," "When We Look Back," "Tell Me All," "Boys," "Visiting Your Mother," "Beloved," "Standing Beside You," "Have You Met My Parents," "For the Best," "Sherri's Reprise." Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Indecent OBC
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Score composed by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva, plus period songs that were heard throughout the production. Featuring Mimi Lieber, Katrina Lenk, Max Gordon Moore, Tom Nelis, Steven Rattazzi, Richard Topol and Adina Verson, and musicians Matt Darriau (clarinet, bass clarinet, tin whistle), Lisa Gutkin (violin, mandolin, wood block), and Aaron Halva (accordion, baritone ukulele, piano, percussion). Katrina Lenk is also featured on viola. "Opening: Ghost Waltz," "Ale Brider," "Suitcase Song: Ich hob' nach einen koffer in Berlin," "Tour, Torah, and Ellis Island," "Welcome to Amerike: Vot can you makh?," "God of Vengeance on the Bowery," "The English Debut," "Rifkele and Manke Secret Kiss," "Ain't We Got Fun? / Ain't We Got Anguish?," "Sarah Onstage," "Broadway and the Arrest," "Dorothee and Reina Secret Kiss," "Lemml's Welcome to Eugene O'Neill," "Old Devil Sea," "Sunrise Over Staten Island / Lemml Goes Home," "Bei Mir Bistu Shein," "Letter from Poland," "Stars Lament / Ghost Waltz," "From Dust to the Attic Freyleks," "Attic Rain," "Wiegela," "Finale: Old Asch / Rifkele and Manke in the Rain." Produced by Michael Croiter, Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva. Daryl Roth, Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Cody Lassen served as Executive Producers. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Mutiny! OLC
(Stage Door Records - new import CD at Amazon)
1985 musical written by David Essex and Richard Crane. Digitally remastered. Cast includes David Essex as Fletcher Christian, Frank Finlay, Sinitta, Simon Packham, Anthony Johncock, Patrick Clancy, Nicola Blackman, Frank Olegario, "New World," "Friends," "The Storm," "Failed Cape Horn," "Saucy Sal," "The Lash ," "Welcome," "Wardance," "Tahiti," "Breadfruit / Will You Come Back?," "Hell," "Freedom," "Falling Angels Riding," "Bligh's Speech," "I'll Go No More a Roving." Also at StageDoorRecords.com, shipping a week earlier.

Songs for a New World
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Jason Robert Brown. 2018 City Center Encores! Off-Center cast recording. Cast includes Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, and Solea Pfeiffer. Disc 1: "Opening: The New World," "On the Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492," "Just One Step," "I'm Not Afraid of Anything," "The River Won't Flow," "'A new world calls me in the darkness...' (Transition)," "Stars and the Moon," "She Cries," "The Steam Train." Disc 2: "The World Was Dancing," "Surabaya-Santa," "Christmas Lullaby," "King of the World," "I'd Give It All for You," "'A new world promised it would teach me...' (Transition)," "The Flagmaker, 1775," "Flying Home," "'It's about one moment' (Transition)," "Hear My Song." Produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Jason Robert Brown, with Stacey Mindich serving as executive producer.

Pretty Woman: The Musical OBC vinyl
(Atlantic - new 2-LP set)
Original Broadway cast recording of Bryan Adams score. Cast includes Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, Orfeh, Eric Anderson, Ezra Knight, and Jason Danieley. "Welcome to Hollywood," "Anywhere But Here," "Something About Her (Preamble)," "Something About Her," "Luckiest Girl in The World," "Rodeo Drive," "Anywhere But Here (Reprise)," "On A Night Like Tonight," "Don't Forget to Dance," "Freedom," "You're Beautiful," "Welcome to Our World (More Champagne)," "This Is My Life," "Never Give Up on A Dream," "You and I," "I Can't Go Back," "Freedom (Reprise)," "Long Way Home," "Together Forever," "You and I (Edit)." Special 2-LP red vinyl edition. Disc: 1: "Welcome to Hollywood," "Anywhere but Here," "Something About Her (Preamble)," "Something About Her," "Luckiest Girl in the World." Disc: 2: "Rodeo Drive," "Anywhere but Here (Reprise)," "On a Night Like Tonight," "Don't Forget to Dance," "Freedom," "You're Beautiful." Disc: 3: "Welcome to Our World (More Champagne)," "This Is My Life," "Never Give Up on a Dream," "You and I." Disc: 4: "Can't Go Back," "Freedom (Reprise)," "Long Way Home," "Together Forever," "You and I (Edit)." Released 1/18/19. Released on CD, mp3 and at iTunes earlier.

Week of January 15, 2019

Ben Bagley's Frank Loesser Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Additional music by Burton Lane, Arthur Schwartz, Victor Schertzinger, Matty Melnick. Performers include Jo Sullivan Loesser, Emily Loesser, Blossom Dearie, Johnny Desmond, Rhonda Fleming, Madeline Kahn, Bibi Osterwald, Gloria Swanson, and Margaret Whiting. Arrangements by Dick Hyman. Includes bonuses from the first CD release. Limited to 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Rodgers and Hart Revisited
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered. First of five Rodgers and Hart albums. Performers include Dorothy Loudon, Danny Meehan, Charlotte Rae, and Cy Young. Additional material performed by Ann Hampton Callaway, Sandy Stewart, and Arthur Siegel. Arrangements by Norman Paris. Includes bonuses from the first CD release. Limited to 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Rodgers and Hart Revisited Volume II
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Remastered. Second of five Rodgers and Hart albums. Performers include Dorothy Loudon, Blossom Dearie, Gloria De Haven, Bibi Osterwald, Charles Rydell, and Bobby Short. Arrangements by Norman Paris. Includes bonuses from the first CD release. Limited to 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.

Dorothy: A Pastoral Comedy
(Naxos Opera - new on CD)
Alfred Cellier comic opera. Libretto by B. C. Stephenson. Premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London on September 25, 1886. This cast includes Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones, Edward Robinson, Patrick Relph, Michael Vincent Jones, Sebastian Maclaine. With Victorian Opera Chorus and Victorian Opera Orchestra. Richard Bonynge, conductor. Recorded at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK. Libretto available at www.naxos.com/libretti/660447. Released 1/11/19.

Chimerica and Other Plays
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Lucy Kirkwood. Includes Chimerica, Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, and NSFW. 400 pages.

Dramatic Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of the National Theatre
(Profile Books - Hardcover Book)
Daniel Rosenthal, editor. Brings together for the first time eight hundred of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain's most beloved theatre. From Laurence Olivier's gracious rejection letters to Peter Hall's combative memos; from Helen Mirren's impassioned defence of theatrical innovation to a Tory politician's brutal telegram damning a play; from fantastical good luck missives to long conspiratorial letters. This collection of correspondence offers a fascinating and celebratory look at the world of theatre and beyond. 416 pages.

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Three-part play cycle by Richard Nelson: Hungry, What Did You Expect?, and Women of a Certain Age. 320 pages.

The Little Foxes L.A. Theatre Works
(LA Theatre Works - new on CD)
Audio recording of L.A. Theatre Works 2018 production of Lillian Hellman's play, featuring Tim DeKay, Jared Harris, Jamie Harris, Joanne Whalley, Molly C. Quinn, Will Brittain, Heidi Dippold, Larry Powell, Albie Selznick, and Karen Malina White. Directed by Rosalind Ayres.

Thom Pain (based on nothing): With Other Monologues for Theatre
(Theatre Communications Group - Kindle Edition)
Play by Will Eno, in a revised TCG edition, plus nine monologues.

Week of January 8, 2019

All the Possibilities: Broadway Sings Wartofsky
(Yellow Sound Label - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut album of songs Michael Wartofsky. Farah Alvin, Kate Baldwin, Darius de Haas, Annie Golden, Aisha Jackson, Marcus Paul James, Michael Roberts McKee, Daniel Quadrino, Shayna Steele, Katie Thompson, Allie Trimm, and Alysha Umphress. Produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven. "In a Dream," "My Kiss," "All the Possibilities," "No One Quite Like You," "I've Got a Crush," "Without Your Love," "Just Between Us," "Real Thing," "Halfway," "Lament of the Real Estate Agent," "Never Far from Home." Music Direction by Eric Stern. Released 1/4/19.

Band Geeks: A New Musical
(Yellow Sound Label- new EP on mp3/at iTunes)
Studio recording of six songs from the score by Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Mark Allen. Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez, Jared Gertner, Patti Murin, Alex Gemignani, Jill Abramovitz, Jason Michael Snow, F. Michael Haynie, Jacey Powers, Michael Millan, and Matt Braver. The musical premiered in 2010 at Goodspeed Musicals and has been produced regionally since. "Band Geeks," "Twirler Girl," "Lost in the Brass," "If I Had a Stage," "One Look at You," "Get It Together," "Back of the Bus." Released 1/4/19.

Dear Evan Hansen Deluxe
(Atlantic Records - new on CD)
Original cast recording plus cut songs and tracks sung by current cast, including Taylor Trensch. "Anybody Have a Map?," "Waving Through A Window," "For Forever," "Sincerely, Me," "Requiem," "If I Could Tell Her," "Disappear," "You Will Be Found," "To Break In a Glove," "Only Us," "Good For You," "Words Fail," "So Big / So Small," "Finale." Bonus Tracks: "Obvious" (Taylor Trensch) "Hiding In Your Hands" (Mallory Bechtel) "Part Of Me" (Dear Evan Hansen August 2018 Broadway Cast) "In The Bedroom Down The Hall" (Demo, Rachel Bay Jones & Jennifer Laura Thompson) "Disappear" (acoustic, Taylor Trensch and Alex Boniello) "Waving Through A Window" (Katy Perry). Released 11/3/18 on mp3 and at iTunes.

An Enchanted Evening on Broadway with Earl Wrightson / Ballads of a Soldier of Fortune
(Sepia Records - new import CD)
First time on CD, two albums from Broadway baritone Earl Wrightson (Firebrand of Florence, The New Moon, who also appeared on TV ("Earl Wrightson at Home" and "The American Musical Theatre") and radio. Songs from the worlds of musical comedy, film and operetta. 26 tracks. Released 10/5/18.

Gisele MacKenzie sings "Dominique" and Other Favorites
(Sepia Records - import CD)
28 of Gisele MacKenzie's recordings from 1955 to 1962 including "Dominique", popular standards - "Unchained Melody," "Blue Tango," "C'est Si Bon" and " The Song from Moulin Rouge," and her single releases, many of them making their debut appearance on CD such as "Mr. Telephone," "Dance If You Want To Dance," "The Star You Wished Upon Last Night," "Oh, Pain! Oh, Agony!," "The Waltz That Broke My Heart," "This I Know," "Never Go 'Way," "They're Playing Our Song," "You Dream Of Me" and "In Milano." 28 tracks. Released 6/8/18.

Lullabies of Broadway, Act II
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Mimi Bessette (Bonnie & Clyde) presents a second edition of Broadway songs arranged as soothing lullabies. "The Rainbow Connection," "Clusters of Crocus / Come to My Garden," "Morning Glow," "I Can't Wait," "Everything Changes," "Hushabye Mountain," "Beauty and the Beast," "Come Down from the Tree," "The Colors of My Life," "Sylvia's Lullaby," "Moonshine Lullaby," "No One Is Alone," "Till There Was You," "Finding Wonderland," "More I Cannot Wish You," "Come to My Garden (Reprise)." Released 12/14/18.

Mary Poppins Returns: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
(Easy Piano Songbook) Score by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Includes new original songs from the soundtrack: "Can You Imagine That," "A Cover Is Not the Book," "Nowhere to Go But Up," "The Place Where Lost Things Go," "The Royal Doulton Music Hall," "Trip a Little Light Fantastic," "Turning Turtle," and more. Includes an 8-page section of color artwork from the film. 72 pages. Released 12/19/18.

"One Last Time (44 Remix)"
(Atlantic Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Final #Hamildrop, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with featuring Christopher Jackson, BeBe Winans, and Barack Obama. Released 12/21/18.

The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Play by Athol Fugard. Produced in 2015 at Signature Theater. 72 pages.

Practically Poppins in Every Way: A Magical Carpetbag of Countless Wonders
(Disney Editions Deluxe - Hardcover Book)
By Jeff Kurti. Culled from the collections of the Walt Disney Archives, the Walt Disney Archives Photo Library, the Walt Disney Animation Studios Animation Research Library, the Disney Publishing Archives, Disney Theatrical Group, and the Walt Disney Imagineering Art Library. A document of the development behind Mary Poppins on page, screen, stage, and even theme park attractions. Selected from hundreds of thousands of documents, illustrations, conceptual materials, sketches, drawings, paintings, and photographs this illustrated celebration of all things 'Poppins' features meticulously reproduced art with lavish production values in a beautiful large-format volume that is destined to become a spectacular keepsake for fans of Mary Poppins in all her varied incarnations as well as for film fans, stage aficionados, art enthusiastsand Disney fans everywhere. Published 11/6/18.

The Prom
(Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)
Original Broadway cast recording of score by Matthew Sklar (music) and and Chad Beguelin (lyrics). Cast includes Courtenay Collins, Beth Leavel, Michael Potts, Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Brooks Ashmanskas, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Angie Schworer, Nathan Johnson. "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," "Zazz," "The Lady's Improving," "Love Thy Neighbor," "Alyssa Greene," "Barry Is Going to Prom," "Unruly Heart," "It's Time to Dance." Released on mp3 and at iTunes on 12/14/18.

Rage
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Heisenberg). Premiered at the Thalia Theatre, Hamburg in Autumn 2016, had its UK premiere at the Royal Welsh School of Music 2018.