Week of December 21, 2021

Dawn Derow: My Ship: Songs from 1941
(Zoho Music - new on CD)
From Dawn Derow's MAC Award-winning cabaret show. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)," "Let's Get Away from It All," "Skylark," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree/Hut Sut Song," "Why Don't We Do This More Often?," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)/I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)," "Blues in the Night," "Baby Mine," "The Saga of Jenny," "My Ship," "At Last," "White Christmas," "(There Will Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover."

Week of December 14, 2021

1984: A New Play Created by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's stage adaptation of George Orwell's book, which played the Hudson Theatre in 2017.

Actors' and Performers' Yearbook 2022: Essential Contacts for Stage, Screen and Radio
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Foreword by Joan Iyiola and Polly Bennett. New version of this annual book includes newly commissioned interviews conducted by Polly Bennett and Joan Iyiola (co-founders of The Mono Box) with theatre industry professionals including Cherrelle Skeete, Hazel Holder, Ned Bennett and Tom Ross Williams; a new foreword by Polly Bennett; updated listings covering training and working in theatre, film, radio, TV and comedy, it contains invaluable resources such as a casting calendar and articles on a range of topics from your social media profile to what drama schools are looking for to financial and tax issues. 488 pages.

Booze Over Broadway: 50 Cocktails for Theatre Lovers
(Tiller Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Michael Goff. Recipes include Hello, Daquiri!, The Best Little Whiskey Sour in Texas, Don't Cry for Me, Appletini, I Don't Know How to Love Gin, Bloody, Bloody, Mary Jackson, Once on this (Long) Island Iced Tea, Brandy Alexander Hamilton, If I Were a Rich Man(hattan), and more. 160 pages.

Caroline, or Change
(Broadway Records/Roundabout Records - new digital album)
New Broadway (Roundabout Theatre Company) cast recording of score by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Tony Kushner (lyrics). Produced by Elliot Scheiner, Nigel Lilley, Jeanine Tesori, and Van Dean. Edited and mixed by Lawrence Manchester. Sharon D Clarke, Gabriel Amoroso, Alexander Bello, John Cariani, Joy Hermalyn, Arica Jackson, Tamika Lawrence, Caissie Levy, Adam Makké, Kevin S. McAllister, Harper Miles, N’Kenge, Nya, Richard Alexander Phillips, Jayden Theophile, Nasia Thomas, Jaden Myles Waldman, Samantha Williams, Stuart Zagnit, and Chip Zien. 2-CD format to be released 1/14/22. BroadwayRecords.com.

Pathetic Little Dreamer
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Debut EP from performer/songwriter Analise Scarpaci (Mrs. Doubtfire). Pop mix of seven original songs. "Pathetic Little Dreamer," "Charlie ," "I Don't Write Love Songs," "My Little Voice," "Drive ," "Seventh Stage of Grief," "End of the Day." Produced and mixed by Michael J Moritz Jr. Musicians include Adam DeAscentis on bass, Jakob Reinhardt on guitar, Tom Jorgenson on drums, and Damon Grant on percussion. Michael J Moritz Jr serves as music director as well as piano and synths. Engineered by Jakob Reinhardt. Mastered by Greg Reierson and Rareform Mastering. Released 12/10/21.

Week of December 7, 2021

All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
(Ballantine Books - new Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Autobiography by Mel Brooks. "... offers fans insight into the inspiration behind the ideas for his outstanding collection of boundary-breaking work, and offers details about the many close friendships and collaborations Brooks had, including those with Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, Alfred Hitchcock, and the great love of his life, Anne Bancroft. Filled with tales of struggle, achievement, and camaraderie (and dozens of photographs), readers will gain a more personal and deeper under of the incredible body of work behind one of the most accomplished and beloved entertainers in history." Audiobook is narrated by the author. 480 pages. Released 11/30/21.

Annie Live!
(Sony Masterworks - new digital album)
Soundtrack for televised event on NBC. Score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess and Megan Hilty, with Celina Smith as Annie and Taraji P. Henson. Digital booklet included. "Overture," "Maybe," "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Tomorrow," "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover," "Little Girls," "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here," "N.Y.C.," "Sign," "Easy Street," "We Got Annie," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," "Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise)," "Something Was Missing," "I Don't Need Anything But You," "Maybe (Warbucks' Reprise)," "A New Deal for Christmas," "Tomorrow (Finale)." Released 12/3/21. CD version to be released 1/21/21.

Bette Davis Black and White
(Univ of Chicago Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Julia A. Stern. Analyzes four of Davis’s best-known pictures— Jezebel (1938), The Little Foxes (1941), In This Our Life (1942), and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)—against the history of American race relations. Stern also weaves in memories of her own experiences as a young viewer, coming into racial consciousness watching Davis's films on television in an all-white suburb of Chicago.

Broadway Revival: What If Gershwin Had Lived?
(new Kindle Edition)
By Laura Frankos (showtunetriva). "David Greenbaum ... hijacks his brother Nate’s time machine, the SlingShot, and jumps to 1934 to save George Gershwin from the brain tumor that killed him at age thirty-eight ... How much influence can one actor-songwriter have on the Great White Way, armed with a suitcase of modern medicine and advance knowledge of nearly 150 years of musical theatre history?" Physical format to be released in February 2022.

Dear Evan Hansen
(Universal - new on DVD/Blu-ray)
2021 film version of the Broadway musical. Score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Screenplay by Steven Levenson. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Blu-ray bonus content: digital copy; Songs to Be Seen; Looking Through the Lens: The Making of Dear Evan Hansen; Sincerely, Ben Platt; Stars In Our Eyes. 138 minutes.

The Lights of Broadway Showcards™
(collectable trading cards)
2021 sets available, as well as previous sets. TheLightsofBroadway.nyc.

Marie Osmond: Unexpected
(BFD - new on CD/digital)
"Nessun Dorma," "Unexpected Song," "What a Wonderful World," "Lascia Ch’io Pianga," "Children Will Listen," "The Flower Duet," "Somewhere," "The Prayer," "On My Own," "Pie Jesu," "Climb Every Mountain," "Nella Fantasia," "Over the Rainbow," "Ombra Mai Fu," "If I Loved You," "Song to the Moon," "But the World Goes 'Round."

Place & Time: Songs by EllaRose Chary & Brandon James Gwinn
(new digital album)
Songs by Richard Rodgers award-winning songwriting team EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn. Features Broadway artists from under-represented segments of the community singing about emotions that all can relate to. The songs are fun, flirty, emotional and nostalgic; sung by characters who are revved-up, spiced-up and sometimes fed up. Tituss Burgess, Amber Gray, Telly Leung, Daisy Eagan, and more. Recorded in New York City, at John Kilgore Sound and Recording, with engineers M.P. Kuo and Jabbath Roa and at MPK Recording and Teddy Kitty Studios. Co-produced by Kimberly Hyacinthe. 13 tracks. Released 11/28/21.

Ride the Cyclone
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
World premiere cast recording of score by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell. Cast includes Lillian Castillo, Chaz Duffy, Scott Redmond, Jacob Richmond, Emily Rohm, Tiffany Tatreau, Kholby Wardell, and Brooke Maxwell. Kevin McCollum and Morris Berchard, executive producers. "Karnak's Dream of Life," "Welcome…," "The Uranium Suite," "Jane Doe's Entrance," "What the World Needs," "Meet Noel Gruber," "Noel's Lament [Explicit]," "Every Story's Got a Lesson," "This Song Is Awesome," "Meet Ricky Potts," "Space Age Bachelor Man," "Meet Jane Doe," "The Ballad of Jane Doe," "The New Birthday Song," "Jawbreaker," "Sugar Cloud," "It's Not a Game/It's Just a Ride," "Still Here?," "Be Safe, Be Good (for Rachel)," "A World Inside," "Karnak's Theme," "Noel's Lament." Digital version released 4/28/21.

Tom Solomon: Musicals, Vol. 1
(digital album)
New album from West End actor and "BBC Voice of Musical Theatre" Tom Solomon. "Anthem" (from Chess), "Maria," "The Music of the Night," "Love Changes Everything," "Some Enchanted Evening," "Bring Him Home," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "I Am What I Am

West Side Story new soundtrack
(Hollywood Records - new on CD)
Soundtrack for 2021 musical film based on the 1957 musical. Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Film cast includes Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Iris Menas, Mike Iveson, Jamila Velazquez, Annelise Cepero, Yassmin Alers, Jamie Harris, Curtiss Cook. "Prologue," "La Borinqueña" (Sharks Version), "Jet Song," "Something’s Coming," "The Dance at the Gym: Blues, Promenade," "The Dance at the Gym: Mambo," "The Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha, Meeting Scene, Jump," "Maria," "Balcony Scene (Tonight)," "Transition to Scherzo / Scherzo," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "One Hand, One Heart," "Cool," "Tonight (Quintet)", "The Rumble," "I Feel Pretty," "Somewhere" (performed by Rita Moreno), "A Boy Like That / I Have a Love," "Finale," "End Credits." Digital release 12/3/21.

Week of November 30, 2021

Edmund Bagnell: The Road
(new digital EP)
Singing violinst Edmund Bagnell. "The Water," "That's All," "No One Is Alone," "Salut D'amour," "Carolina In My Mind," "The Road."

Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
(Universe - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Hudovernik. More than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America's first "It" girls—silent film-era starlets. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them. 272 pages.

Kimberly Hawkey: A New Noel
(new digital album)
Vocalist Kimberly Hawkey sings songs by Morris & River. "Coming Home," "Deep Snow," "Our Small Traditions," "Slushy Mushy Christmas," "Through the Ruins," "A New Noel," "Grandpa's Chair," "Shopping Mall Santa," "A Secret Reason," "The Loving Voices," "In My Pocket."

Making Broadway Dance
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Liza Gennaro. Examines choreography for musical theatre through the lens of dance studies, script analysis, movement research and dramaturgical inquiry ... the choreographic systems of some of Broadway's most influential dance-makers including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse, Savion Glover, Sergio Trujillo, Steven Hoggett and Camille Brown. 232 pages.

Once Upon a Time Step: Songs from the Ron Lytle Musical Fairy Tales
(new on CD/digital)
16 songs from 11 of composer and lyricist Lytle's one-act musicals (The King's New Klothes, That's Our Snow White!, The Bluegrass Musicians Of Bremen Flats, It Must Be Pinocchio, The Great and Glorious Mr. Toad and more), and from Lytle’s latest full-length holiday musical, Christmas in Oz. Performers include Will Arundell, Jessica Coker, John Erreca, Jordyn Foley, Juanita Harris, Tania Johnson, Alonso Melgoza, Michael Mendelsohn, Marah Sotelo, Oscar Tomosada, and Chris Vettel.

Sondheim Unplugged - The NYC Sessions Volume 1
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2-CD set/digital)
First in three-volume set. "Something's Coming" – (Marquee Five), "Broadway Baby" (Michelle Dowdy), "What Can You Lose?" (Nicholas Rodriguez), "The Right Girl" (Aaron Ramey), "The Boy From" (Lucia Spina), "Sooner or Later" (Brian Charles Rooney), "Someone Is Waiting / Pretty Women" (Alton Fitzgerald White), "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" (Jim Brochu), "I Remember" (Lina Koutrakos), "The Glamorous Life" (Blaine Krauss), "Ariadne" (Eric Michael Gillett), "Gee, Officer Krupke" (Jacob Hoffman), "Multitudes of Amys" (John Treacy Egan), "In Buddy's Eyes" (Teri Ralston), "Old Friends / Like it Was" (Donna Vivino), "Good Thing Going / Growing Up" (Michael Winther), "By the Sea" (Liz McCartney), "Send in the Clowns" (Sally Mayes), "Children and Art" (Danielle Ferland), "Being Alive" (Christina Bianco, Carole J Bufford and Scott Coulter), "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" (Marquee Five), "Agony I" (Tally Sessions and Jeff Kready), "What More Do I Need?" (Lucia Spina), "No One Is Alone" (Blaine Krauss), "Changing / Beautiful" (Melanie Vaughan and Courter Simmons), "Let Me Entertain You / Broadway" (Kate Loprest), "Unworthy of Your Love" (Annie Golden and Michael Winther), "Live Alone and Like It" (Karen Mason), "There Won't Be Trumpets" (Gabrielle Stravelli), "Your Eyes Are Blue" (Stearns Matthews), "The Story of Lucy and Jessie" (Victoria Cook), "Talent" (Hunter Ryan Herdlicka), "Not While I'm Around" (Julie Reyburn), "Not While I'm Around" (Julie Reyburn), "The Road You Didn't Take" (Eric Michael Gillett), "On the Steps of the Palace" (Erica Spyres), "Maria" (Brian Charles Rooney), "The Ladies Who Lunch" (Alice Ripley), "Someone in a Tree" (Jacob Hoffman), "Rain on the Roof" (Stearns Matthews and Natalie Arneson), "I'm Still Here" (Marta Sanders), "Color and Light" (Claybourne Elder and Christina Bianco), "Sunday" (Charlie Levy). Produced by Phil Geoffrey Bond. Music director Joseph Goodrich on piano. YellowSoundLabel.com.

tick, tick... BOOM!
(Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack from 2021 Netflix film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical. Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Mj Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens. "30/90," "Boho Days," "Green Green Dress," "No More," "Johnny Can't Decide," "Sunday," "Play Game," "Therapy," "Swimming," "Come to Your Senses," "Real Life," "Why," "Louder Than Words," "Come to Your Senses" (end credit version); Bonus tracks: "Green Green Dress" (Garfield & Shipp), "Out Of My Dreams" (Veronica Jackson cover), "Only Takes a Few" (The Mountain Goats). 180 gram vinyl LP to be released 6/3/22. Digital version released earlier.

West Side Story new soundtrack
(Hollywood Records - new digital album)
Soundtrack for 2021 musical film based on the 1957 musical. Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Film cast includes Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita Moreno, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Iris Menas, Mike Iveson, Jamila Velazquez, Annelise Cepero, Yassmin Alers, Jamie Harris, Curtiss Cook. "Prologue," "La Borinqueña" (Sharks Version), "Jet Song," "Something’s Coming," "The Dance at the Gym: Blues, Promenade," "The Dance at the Gym: Mambo," "The Dance at the Gym: Cha-Cha, Meeting Scene, Jump," "Maria," "Balcony Scene (Tonight)," "Transition to Scherzo / Scherzo," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "One Hand, One Heart," "Cool," "Tonight (Quintet)", "The Rumble," "I Feel Pretty," "Somewhere" (performed by Rita Moreno), "A Boy Like That / I Have a Love," "Finale," "End Credits." CD release 12/3/21.

Weeks of November 16-23, 2021

The 20th Century Fox Years Volume 2 1939-1943
(Sepia Records - on 2 CDs)
Compilation of rarities taken from studio discs produced in conjunction with films produced between 1939 and 1943. Featured are performances by Jane Withers, John Payne, Basil Rathbone, Al Jolson, Don Ameche, Vivian Blaine, Carole Landis, Rudy Vallee, Charlotte Greenwood etc. 60 tracks total. SepiaRecords.com. Released 11/19/21.

The Art of Bob Mackie
(Simon & Schuster - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Frank Vlastnik, Laura Ross. Foreword by Carol Burnett. Afterword by Cher. Comprehensive and authorized showcase of legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie’s fabulous life and work, featuring hundreds of photos and dozens of never-before-seen sketches from his personal collection. 304 pages. Released 11/16/21.

The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2021
(Applause - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Lawrence Harbison. Thirty new ten-minute plays. This volume is ideal for theatre enthusiasts looking for new and compelling short pieces from some of the finest playwrights of our time. 304 pages. Released 11/15/21.

Bing Crosby: Guest Star Time 1935-1953
(Sepia Records - on 2 CDs)
Some of Bing Crosby's guest appearances over a 20-year period, including Armed Forces Radio Service, Allied Expeditionary Forces broadcast in London with Glenn Miller, and his American Band of the AEF in 1944. 66 tracks total. Remastered from a "very battered" 16" transcription disc. SepiaRecords.com. Released 11/19/21.

Encanto
(Disney - new on CD/digital)
Soundtrack from 2021 animated film with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda an score by Germaine Franco. Cast includes Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, John Leguizamo, Maluma, Olga Merediz, Sebastián Yatra. Released 11/19/21. CD is Target exclusive.

Everything is Choreography: The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Kevin Winkler (Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical). Broadway Legacies series. First full scale book about the career of the director-choreographer Tommy Tune (Grand Hotel, My One and Only, Nine, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, The Will Rogers Follies). "Celebrates and examines with a critical eye his major projects, and summons for readers a glorious period of dance, performance, and theatrical imagination." 288 pages. Released 11/15/21.

Freedom Riders - The Civil Rights Musical
(Broadway Records/Theatre Barn Records - digital album)
World premiere recording of Richard Allen and Taran Gray's score for award-winning NYMF musical. Cast includes Brynn Williams, Anthony Chatmon II, Deon’te Goodman, Payson Lewis, Jennifer Sun Bell, Kevin “Blax” Burroughs, Aja Downing, Eboni Muse, Patrick Ortiz, Scott Redmond, Erin Vaderhyde, Joy Yandell. Released 11/19/21. BroadwayRecords.com.

A Jazzy Interlude with Josie Falbo
(JF Records - new 4-song EP)
Josie Falbo's new holiday EP. New arrangements by Marshall Vente and Carey Deadman ("The Christmas Song," "A Child Is Born" and "The Christmas Waltz"), and a new cover version of "Christmas Eve Is Coming Soon," by Chicago based composer/songwriter, Richard Knight, Jr. Musicians: Scott Mason, Bob Rummage, Carey Deadman, Kirk Garrison, Jim Gailoretto, Steve Eisen, Andy Baker, Alejo Poveda, Jeremy Kahn, Chuck Webb, Carey Deadman, Mark Lekas, Rich Trelease, Chris Sargent and Marshall Vente. JosieFalbo.net.

Hadestown songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal selections for score by Anais Mitchell. "All I've Ever Known," "Epic III," "Flowers," "Hey, Little Songbird," "Livin' It up on Top," "Our Lady of the Underground," "Wait for Me," "Way down Hadestown I," "We Raise Our Cups," "Wedding Song," "When the Chips Are Down," "Why We Build the Wall."

Lee Mead: In Concert, Recorded at the London Palladium
(Westway - new DVD/CD)
Concert performance by British actor/singer Lee Mead (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Lisa Howard: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
(Fatlab Music - new digital album)
Collection of holiday favorites performed by Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, Escape to Margaritaville, ... Spelling Bee. Arrangements by Michael Shaieb. "It's the Most Wonderful Time Of the Year," "Santa Tell Me," "Sleigh Ride" (with Derrick Baskin), "The House Where I Grew Up at Christmas," "All I Want for Christmas Is You," "I'll Be Home for Christmas/Home for the Holidays," "Christmas Wrapping" (with Derrick Baskin), "We Need a Little Christmas," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Last Christmas," "River," "Under the Mistletoe" (with Derrick Baskin), "What Christmas Means to Me," "Holly Jolly Christmas/Here Comes Santa Claus." Produced by Michael Shaieb and Brent Lord. Released 11/20/21.

Lullaby of Broadway
(Warner Archive - Blu-ray)
1951 musical comedy film. Directed by David Butler. Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Gladys George, Florence Bates, Anne Triola. "Lullaby of Broadway," "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Just One of Those Things," "Somebody Loves Me," "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight," "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town," "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," "You're Dependable," "We'd Like to Go on a Trip."

M. Butterfly
(Shout! Factory - new Blu-ray)
1993 film with screenplay by David Henry Hwang based on his play. Directed by David Cronenberg. Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson. Bonus content: audio commentary by William Beard, author of The Artist As Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg; interview with David Cronenberg; theatrical trailer. 101 minutes. Released 11/16/21

Mary Martin on Air 1939-1950
(Stage Door Records - new on 2-CD set)
Collection representing a landmark archival discovery of Mary Martin broadcast recordings from 1939-1950. Almost all of the performances featured on this collection have gone unheard since their original transmission. Includes selections from Mary's many broadcasts for the "Good News" and "Kraft Music Hall" shows for which she was resident vocalist; Mary's first radio broadcast of her signature song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," introduced by Rudy Vallee; popular standards of the era; songs from Mary's own back catalogue of stage and film productions; and her unique interpretations of operatic arias in the style of swing. collaboration with The Mary Martin Collection & Archive at The Doss Heritage and Culture Center in Weatherford, Texas and uses Mary's own private 78rpm transcription records housed at the Center. Extensive sleeve notes by George Dansker, plus a complete listing of broadcast dates for the featured performances. 51 tracks. StageDoorRecords.com.

Sierra Boggess & Julian Ovenden: Together at a Distance
(Craft Recordings - new digital album)
Classic and contemporary broadway duets recorded remotely during the pandemic. "Make Believe," "All I Ask Of You," "Stranger In Paradise," "The Heather On The Hill," "Too Many Mornings," "Tonight," "All The Wasted Time," "Too Much In Love To Care," "How Could I Ever Know," "Till There Was You," "I Have Dreamed," "With One Look," "They Were You," "A Heart Full Of Love." Orchestrations by Nigel Wright, Julian Ovenden and Pete Letanka. Produced by Nigel Wright and Nick Pugh, with engineering by Pugh. Mixed at Chiltern Music Studios, Buckinghamshire, UK. Released 11/19/21.

Some Lovers
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording of score by Burt Bacharach (music) and Steven Sater (lyrics/book). Colton Ryan/Molly Gordon, Betsy Wolfe/Tracie Thoms, Ethan Slater/Lilli Cooper, Jonathan Groff/Lea Michele, Katrina Lenk/Ari’el Stachel, Conrad Ricamora/Ashley Park, Christy Altomare/Derek Klena, Ramin Karimloo, Jennifer Holliday, Kristin Chenoweth, Santino Fontana/Laura Osnes, and Graham Phillips/Auli'i Cravalho. Produced by Michael Croiter and Ben Hartman. "Molly," "Some Lovers," "Aren't We? / Another Start," "Love Me for an Hour," "Living with a Ghost," "Hold Me," "A Thousand Things That Were You," "Ready to be Done with You / A Thousand Things That Were You (Reprise)," "Welcome to My World," "Every Other Hour," "Just Walk Away," "Hush," "This Christmas." Co-producers Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater, Cody Lassen. Co-executive producers Maxwell Beer, Brad Blume, Louis Hobson, Elisabeth Siegel, John Styles, Jr., Joanna Topetzes, and Deena Zucker. Released earlier digitallyBroadwayRecords.com.

Stephanie J. Block: "O Holy Night"
(Club44 Records - new digital single)
Produced by Christian Hushaw, Jace Fay, Kayla Johnston, and Stephanie J. Block. Arranged by Corbin Phillips, Jace Fay, and Christian Hushaw. Music by Adolphe Adam and English lyrics by John Sullivan Dwight. Released 11/12/21.

tick, tick... BOOM!
(Masterworks - new digital album)
Soundtrack from 2021 Netflix film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical. Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Mj Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens. "30/90," "Boho Days," "Green Green Dress," "No More," "Johnny Can't Decide," "Sunday," "Play Game," "Therapy," "Swimming," "Come to Your Senses," "Real Life," "Why," "Louder Than Words," "Come to Your Senses" (end credit version); Bonus tracks: "Green Green Dress" (Garfield & Shipp), "Out Of My Dreams" (Veronica Jackson cover), "Only Takes a Few" (The Mountain Goats). CD to be released 12/3/21. 180 gram vinyl LP to be released 6/22/22.

Todd Almond: A Pony for Christmas
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
New folk-pop holiday album by songwriter and performer Todd Almond (Girl from the North Country). Weaves personal original compositions with new versions of traditional carols and reworkings of pop songs. "Maybe This Christmas," "Ponies," "O Holy Night," "Welcome Home," "A Pony for Christmas," "Hounds of Love / Cloudbusting / Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)," "Little Drummer Boy," "Kind and Generous," "Moon Over Nebraska," "The First Noel / Angels We Have Heard on High," "River," "Christmas Eve," "I'll Be Home for Christmas." Produced by Todd Almond and Peter Sachon. Released 11/19/21.

West Side Story, Gypsy, and the Art of Broadway Orchestration
(Routledge - Hardcover Book)
By Paul Laird. Routledge Research in Music series. Draws on extensive archival research with original manuscripts to provide a detailed account of the process of orchestration for West Side Story and Gypsy, and their context in the history of Broadway orchestration. Breaking down how the two composers, Leonard Bernstein and Jules Styne, collaborated with orchestrators Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal, and Robert Ginzler to better understand both these two iconic shows and the importance of orchestration within musical theatre in general. 248 pages. Released 11/19/21.

West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film
(Abrams - Hardcover Book)
By Laurent Bouzereau. Featuring never-before-seen unit photography, storyboards, costume and concept designs, and behind-the-scenes photos. The author was embedded with the film's cast and crew and conducted original interviews with director and producer Steven Spielberg, screenwriter and executive producer Tony Kushner, Tony Award–winning choreographer Justin Peck, and the cast to bring together a firsthand oral history documenting every stage of the film's production. 256 pages. Released 11/16/21.

West Side Story A Novelization
(Gallery Books - re-released book)
By Irving Shulman. 19960s novelization of West Side Story (musical based on a conception by Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins), Updated version with a new cover to coincide with 2021 film version. 160 pages.

The Wizard of Oz soundtrack
(Mondo - new 3-LP vinyl)
Expanded, deluxe edition of the 1956 soundtrack for the 1939 film. Packaging designed and constructed by Alan Hynes. Pop-up, accordion style jacket creates a rainbow diorama of the titular Oz, complete with subtle easter eggs littered throughout. Remastered for vinyl, featuring 53 tracks from the film itself (including the full original soundtrack, outtakes, extended versions, and alternate versions never before released on vinyl) and pressed on 3x 180 gram colored vinyl from RTI. Limited to 3,000 copies. Produced in conjunction with WaterTower Music. Mondoshop.com. Released date may be 11/24/21.

Week of November 9, 2021

Karen Mason: Let the Music Play
(Zevely Records - new digital album)
"Let the Music Play," "On Broadway/Broadway Baby," "Steppin' Out with My Baby," "He Touched Me," "Time," "Talking to the Moon," "For Good," "MrMonotony," "Don't Rain on My Parade," "When You Wish Upon a Star," "Is There Anybody Out There," "Jerusalem," "We Can Be Kind," "From a Distance," "In My Life," "We Never Ran Out of Love (We Just Ran Out of Time)." Special guests Stephen Schwartz and David Friedman on piano on some tracks. Arrangements by Christopher Denny and Barry Kleinbort, in addition to contributions from Dick Gallagher, and Brian Lasser. Produced by Paul Rolnick.

Randy Rainbow: A Little Brains, A Little Talent
(Broadway Records - on CD)
Randy Rainbow's first full-length studio album. Broadway standards, popular parodies, two brand new original songs ("Pink Glasses", written by Alan Menken and Randy Rainbow, and "Randy Rainbow for President!" written by Marc Shaiman and Randy Rainbow). Also features guest stars Tituss Burgess, Josh Gad, Sean Hayes, Patti LuPone, and Bernadette Peters. Produced by Michael J Moritz Jr. and Randy Rainbow. Orchestrated by Michael J Moritz Jr. Arranged by Jesse Kissel. Executive produced by Van Dean, Brian Spector and Jesse Kissel. BroadwayRecords.com.

Respect
(new on Blu-ray/DVD)
2021 Netflix film following the rise of Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. Directed by Liesl Tommy. Screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson. Jennifer Hudson, Leroy McClain, Forest Whitaker, Tate Donovan, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess.

Theatre Cats: The Old Producer's Book of Dramatical Cats
(Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Scott Miller. Illustrated by Zachary Farmer. While T.S. Eliot observed and made fun of the habits and behavior of everyday people, through the comic and insightful metaphor of some very human-like cats, this collection targets more specific but just as wickedly true-to-life cat types ... quirky, eccentric, fascinating cat types who make musical theatre, through the lens of some very artsy cats, the good, the bad, and the finicky. Released 10/31/21.

Week of November 2, 2021

Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Howard Dietz, Ted Fetter, Ira Gershwin, John Latouche, and Ogden Nash. Tammy Grimes, Anthony Perkins, Blossom Dearie, Gloria De Haven, Jack Haskell, and, in true Ben fashion, Rex Reed and Joan Rivers. The wonderful arrangements and orchestrations are by Norman Paris. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. 500 copies only. To be released by the first week in November 2021. Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Vincent Youmans Revisited
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music by Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Harold Adamson, Ann Caldwell, Sidney Clare, B.G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin, Mack Gordon, Clifford Grey, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Edward Heyman, Bryan Hooker, Gus Kahn, Bud McCreery, Billy Rose. Dorothy Loudon, Cab Calloway, Mary McCarty, Gloria DeHaven, Blossom Dearie, Charles Rydell, and the most surprising choice, the brilliant actress, Maureen Stapleton. The fifteen songs from the original LP release, plus seven additional songs with performances by Ann Hampton Callaway and Mary Cleere Haran. 500 copies only. To be released by the first week in November 2021. Kritzerland.com.

Noël Coward on (and in) Theatre
(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Noel Coward. Edited with commentary by Barry Day. "The book Noël Coward wanted, promised, threatened to write--and never did." Shows how Coward's opinions were as sharp and entertaining as his plays and his lyrics. Including essays, interviews, diary entries, verse showing his views on his fellow playwrights, critics, producers, acting methods, and actors. Compiled, edited, and annotated by Barry Day, Coward authority and editor of The Noel Coward Reader and The Letters of Noel Coward. Barry Day narrates the audiobook issue. 480 pages.

She Persisted: One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women over Forty
(Applause - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Lawrence Harbison, editor. Preface by Jacquelyn Reingold. Introduction by Theresa Rebeck. Collection of monologues from plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty. 240 pages.

When the Lights Are Bright Again: Letters and images of loss, hope, and resilience from the theater community
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
By Andrew Norlen. Photographs by Matthew Murphy. Immortalizes the stories, struggles, and successes of an industry that was the first to be shut down and one of the last to return. Weaves more than 200 letters from Broadway theater veterans, devout theatergoers, teenage dreamers aching for their day in the spotlight, long-time ushers, designers, creatives, and countless other arts workers with a brand-new, breathtaking photo series by Broadway photographer Matthew Murphy. For every copy purchased, a portion of the profits will directly benefit The Actors Fund. 240 pages.

Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
By Alexis Greene. The story of American playwright, director, and artistic director Emily Mann ... her family life; her coming-of-age in Chicago during the exuberant, rebellious, and often violent 1960s; how sexual violence touched her personally; and how she fell in love with theater and began learning her craft at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while a student at Radcliffe ... her evolution as a professional director and playwright at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, on and off Broadway, at regional theaters including the McCarter. 352 pages.

Week of October 26, 2021

Affair of the Heart: British Theatre from 1992 to 2020
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Michael Billington (formerly of The Guardian). Selected theatre reviews from 1992 to 2020 ... starting each chapter is a brief commentary on the developments of that era and the social, political and cultural context within which this theatre was being produced. Also included are key obituaries and letters in response to reviews written. 344 pages.

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Symphonic Suites
(Decca - new on CD/digital)
Three newly orchestrated suites from Evita, The Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. 81-piece orchestra. To be recorded live performance at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Dear Evan Hansen: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Piano/vocal/guitar songbook. 11 songs from the movie soundtrack. "The Anonymous Ones" and "A Little Closer," written exclusively for the film. All songs are arranged for piano, voice, and guitar with chord symbols, guitar chord frames, and full lyrics. The melody is included in the piano part. Full song list: The Anonymous Ones," "For Forever," "If I Could Tell Her," "A Little Closer," "Only Us," "Requiem," "Sincerely, Me," "So Big/So Small," "Waving Through a Window," "Words Fail," "You Will Be Found."

Goosebumps: The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original studio cast recording. Score by Danny Abosch (music/lyrics) and John Manclay (book/lyrics). Based on the book by R.L. Stine. Krystina Alabado, Alex Brightman, Noah Galvin, Alex Gibson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Will Roland, Stephanie Styles. "Goosebumps," "A Super Scary Play," "The Legend," "Watch Your Step," "Babbling Brooke," "The Story of The Phantom," "Stay Away," "Entr'acte," "Is Somebody Down There?," "Understudy Buddy," "Whodunit?," "The Trapdoor," "My Home Sweet Home," "Opening Night," "One Last Goal," "The Performance," "My Story," "The Phantom Unmasked," "Goosebumps (Reprise)."

Half a Sixpence
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
1967 London studio cast recording of score by David Heneker. Colin Farrell, Angela Richards, Michael Wisher. Includes songs from the original London, Broadway and film versions. Music direction by Ray Cook, who conducts the Westminster Sinfonia and Theatre Chorus. Digitally remastered from the Saga master tapes. In depth sleeve notes by theatre director and David Heneker archivist Stewart Nicholls. Limited edition release of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

Songs from Hex: The Studio Sessions
(Broadway Records - new 3-song EP)
Music by Jim Fortune and lyrics by Rufus Norris. Rosalie Craig, Kat Ronney. "Probly," "Sixteen," and "In the Middle." From the upcoming National Theatre production. Released 10/25/21. BroadwayRecords.com.

Week of October 19, 2021

Billy Porter: "Children"
(Republic Records - digital single)
Billy Porter song inspired by his life, co-written by MNEK and Jade Thirwall of Little Mix. Released 10/15/21.

Billy Porter: Unprotected: A Memoir
(Abrams Press - Hardcover Book/Audible Audiobook/Kindle Edition)
"The life story of a singular artist and survivor in his own words ... the story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack ... the story of a teenager discovering himself, learning his voice and his craft amidst deep trauma. And it is the story of a young man whose unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now; a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide." 288 pages.

Kristin Chenoweth: Happiness Is ...Christmas!
(Concord Records - new on CD/digital)
"Happiness (Is Christmas) / Christmas Time Is Here (Medley)," "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?," "Merry Christmas, Darling," "(Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag / Jingle Bell Rock (Medley)," "The Stories That You Told," "The Little Road To Bethlehem," "Merry Christmas Baby," "Christmas Lullaby," "We Are Lights," "Santa, I've Got A Bone To Pick With You!," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)."

Lying in the Middle: Musical Theater and Belief at the Heart of America (Music in American Life)
(Univ of Illinois Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Jake Johnson. How musical theater between the coasts inhabits the middle spaces between professional and amateur, urban and rural, fact and fiction, fantasy and reality, and truth and falsehood. 192 pages.

On Broadway
(Kino Lorber - new DVD)
Documentary features all-star cast telling the inside story of the last time Broadway theater came back from the brink. Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, and Ian McKellen, and others take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows. Archival clips of iconic performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin. Directed by Oren Jacoby. Executive produced by Pat Schoenfeld, Stephanie P. MccLelland, No Guarantee Theatricals, John Breglio, Betsy West, Barbara H. Freitag, and Riki Kane-Larimer and produced by Jacoby and Holly Siegel. Special Features: Give My Regards to Broadway (2020 short documentary featuring interviews with John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Brian Stokes Mitchell and more); trailer. Debuted in New York City 8/20/21. 84 minutes.

Voctave: The Spirit of the Season Deluxe Edition
(Club44 Records - new on CD/digital)
11-member a capella group. Produced by Jamey Ray, who also provides arrangements. "Spirit of the Season," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Carol of the Bells of Notre Dame," "All is Well," "Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season / It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Merry Christmas, Darling," "Childhood Favorites: Frosty the Snowman / Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town / Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer," "Mary, Did You Know? featuring Mark Lowry," "The Christmas Song," "Where are You Christmas?," "The Man with the Bag," "O Come, O Come Emmanuel / The First Noel / I Wonder as I Wander," "Go Tell it on the Mountain," "O Holy Night," "This is My Wish / Let There Be Peace on Earth."

Week of October 12, 2021

Candide
(Lso Live - new on 2 CDs/digital)
2018 concerts featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop, with Leonardo Capalbo, Jane Archibald, Anne Sofie von Otter, and Sir Thomas Allen, London Symphony Chorus and Guildhall School Young Artists. Music by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, and Stephen Sondheim.

Jackie Burns: Any Less Alone
(digital single)
Original song by Jack Burns (Wicked).

June Bisantz: 7 Shades of Snow
(Arabesque Recordings - new digital album)
June Bisantz sings songs written by Arnold Miller and Connie Pearce for June Christy in 1961. With The Jon Burr Sextet. "The Merriest," "Ring a Merry Bell," "Hang Them on the Tree," "Seven Shades of Snow," "Sorry to See You Go," "Winter's Got Spring Up Its Sleeve." Released 7/30/21.

Nothing More
(new digital album)
Songs by Scott Alan. Arrangements and orchestration by Ben Cohn. Lance Bass, Blake Bowden, Claybourne Elder, Alan Feehily, Mark Feehily, Taylor Frey, Sam Harris, Matt Henry, Duncan James, Mary Lambert, Raymond J. Lee, Kyle Dean Massey, Johannes Nymark, Brody Ray, Joe Aaron Reid, Noah Skaalum, Daniel Torres, Ian H Watkins. "Something Is Missing," "We're Gonna Be Dads," "Alex Vivian," "Best for You," "Kid," "Alex's Lullaby," "I'm in Love with You," "The Routine," "It's All Up to You," "For Always," "Don't Grow," "Daddy's Little Girl." Released 9/24/21.

Smile: The Story of a Face
(Simon & Schuster - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Playwright Sarah Ruhl's memoir about life with Bell's Palsy. Audiobook narrated by the author. 256 pages.

Some Lovers
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording of score by Burt Bacharach (music) and Steven Sater (lyrics/book). Colton Ryan/Molly Gordon, Betsy Wolfe/Tracie Thoms, Ethan Slater/Lilli Cooper, Jonathan Groff/Lea Michele, Katrina Lenk/Ari’el Stachel, Conrad Ricamora/Ashley Park, Christy Altomare/Derek Klena, Ramin Karimloo, Jennifer Holliday, Kristin Chenoweth, Santino Fontana/Laura Osnes, and Graham Phillips/Auli'i Cravalho. Produced by Michael Croiter and Ben Hartman. "Molly," "Some Lovers," "Aren't We? / Another Start," "Love Me for an Hour," "Living with a Ghost," "Hold Me," "A Thousand Things That Were You," "Ready to be Done with You / A Thousand Things That Were You (Reprise)," "Welcome to My World," "Every Other Hour," "Just Walk Away," "Hush," "This Christmas." Co-producers Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater, Cody Lassen. Co-executive producers Maxwell Beer, Brad Blume, Louis Hobson, Elisabeth Siegel, John Styles, Jr., Joanna Topetzes, and Deena Zucker. Released 9/30/21. CD release expected 11/26/21. BroadwayRecords.com.

Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording of score for original musical (book by David Stern) which incorporates over two dozen of Stephen Schwartz’s songs from musicals including Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, The Baker’s Wife, Rags, Working, Children of Eden, and Enchanted. Additional music and lyrics by David Crane, Seth Friedman, Marta Kauffman, Alan Menken, and Charles Strouse. John Cardoza, Mariand Torres, Michael McCorry Rose, Monica Ramirez, Ryan K. Bailer, and Olivia Hernandez. Arrangements and orchestrations by Steve Orich. Directed by Daniel C. Levine, music supervision by Bryan Perri, choreography by Sara Brians. "Opening / Snapshots," "New Kid in the Neighborhood," "No Time at All / Popular," "Lion Tamer / I'm Not That Girl," "Graduation Day," "Dear Old State / Two's Company / All for the Best," "If We Never Meet Again," "Nothing to Do With Love," "Endless Delights," "Lion Tamer (Reprise)," "Meadowlark," "Sue's Goodbye," "That's How You Know," "Moving in With Susan," "Chanson," "The Spark of Creation," "All Good Gifts / Parents' day," "Fathers and Sons / The Hardest Part of Love," "Code of Silence," "Cacophony," "Finale." Produced by Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri and Stephen Schwartz. Released 9/30/21. BroadwayRecords.com.

A Very Darren Crissmas
( Decca - new on CD/digital/upcoming vinyl)
Darren Criss with Adam Lambert, Evan Rachel Wood, Lainey Wilson. "Happy Holidays / The Holiday Season," "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (Hippo The Hero)," "(Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag," "St. Patrick’s Day," "River," "Welcome Home," "All Those Christmas Cliches," "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)," "Somewhere In My Memory," "Drunk On Christmas," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "New Year." Released 10/8/21.

Week of October 5, 2021

The Audrey Hepburn 7-Film Collection
(Paramount - 7-disc blu-ray set)
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Paris When it Sizzles, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace.

A History of the Theatre Costume Business: Creators of Character
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Triffin I. Morris and Gregory DL Morris. Rachel E. Pollock. Comprehensive book on the subject, as related by award-winning actors and designers, and firsthand by the drapers, tailors, and craftspeople who make the clothes that dazzle on stage. ".. shows that there is as much drama behind the scenes as there is in the performance: famous actors relate their intimate experiences in the fitting room, the glories of gorgeous costumes, and the mortification when things go wrong, while the costume makers explain how famous shows were created with toil, tears, and sweat, and sometimes even a little blood." 220 pages.

Her Sound, Vol. 2
(new digital album)
Song cycle written by Ethan Carlson. The second album of a three-part concept album to be released throughout 2021 ("Her Sound Vol. 1 released 1/15/21). Alysha Umphress, Jewelle Blackman, Krystina Alabado, Kuhoo Verma, Jo Lampert, Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Kerri George, Bethany Perkins, Lexi Rabadi, and Miranda Luze, Nicole DeLuca, Devina Sabnis, Lera Zamaraeva. "This Is Jezebel," "Ruth & Naomi," "Samson ," "Salome," "The Shulamite Girl," "UTDPT," "Rainfall (The Flood)." Engineered by John Kilgore and mastered by Alan Silverman. Orchestrations by Solomon Hoffman, music direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross with Ashley Baier (percussion), Felix Herbst (violin), Andrew Zinsmeister (guitar), and Allison Seidner (cello). Released 9/17/21.

Home Truths: A Memoir
(Harper Collins - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Memoir by Australian playwright David Williamson (The Removalists, The Club, Don's Party, Emerald City and Travelling North and fifty others). The story of the man behind the work: how a childhood defined by marital discord sparked a lifelong fascination with the power of drama to explore emotional conflict; how a mechanical engineering student became our most successful playwright; the anxiety that plagued him as he crafted his plays; the joy of connecting with an audience and the enduring sting of the critics; and the great love story that defined his personal life. He also writes about the plethora of odd, interesting, caustic and brilliant people - actors, directors, writers, theatre critics, politicians - who have intersected with his life and work.

The Lehman Trilogy
(Broadway Records - digital album)
The score by Nick Powell from the play. As performed in the production by Candida Caldicot. Produced by The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions. Released 9/21/21. BroadwayRecords.com.

A Perfect Little Death: SUF/SOND
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Created by Eleri Ward, melding the sounds of Stephen Sondheim and Sufjan Stevens. "Johanna (Reprise)," "Every Day a Little Death," "Pretty Women," "Children Will Listen," "Loving You," "Finishing the Hat," "Send in the Clowns," "Losing My Mind," "In Buddy's Eyes," "Take Me to the World," "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "Being Alive," "Sunday." Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Arrangements by Eleri Ward. Released 10/1/21. Previously released in digital format.

Stranger Sings!
(TuneCore - new digital album)
Original Off-Broadway (Players Theatre) cast recording of score by Jonathan Hogue. A "love letter to Stranger Things."Jalen Bunch, Jason Daniel Chacon, Dean Cestari, Patrick Howard, Caroline Huerta, Savannah-Lee Mumford, Ariana Perlson, Garrett Poladian, and Adele Simms. "Welcome to Hawkins," "Forever," "The Adventure Song," "The Dad I Never Had," "In These Woods," "Crazy," "Getting Closer," "Stranger," "Where There's A Will," "Nice," "Barb's Turn," "Final Battle," "The Dad I Never Had (Reprise)," "Upside Down / Welcome to Hawkins (Reprise)" Michael Kaish (conductor/keyboard), Max Caine (guitar), Marty Isenberg (bass), and Brett Beiersdorfer (drums).

Week of September 28, 2021

The Art of VIVO
(Abrams - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Ramin Zahed and Alex Laxamoire. Official behind–the–scenes companion book to VIVO, the first-ever musical from Sony Pictures Animation. (Vivo will be directed by Kirk DeMicco and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords, from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes and DeMicco, and a story based on the original idea by Peter Barsocchini, with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who voices the title character. With the voices of Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos González, Michael Rooker, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicole Byer, and Gloria Estefan.) Exclusive concept art, character designs, storyboards and commentary from the award-winning filmmaking team. 224 pages.

Diana: The Musical
(UMe - new on CD)
Original Broadway cast recording for musical to premiere October 1 on Netflix November 2 on Broadway. Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro. Music and lyrics by David Bryan. Cast includes Jeanna De Waal, Erin Davie, Judy Kaye, Roe Hartrampf, Zach Adkins, Tessa Alves, Ashley Andrews, Austen Danielle Bohmer, Bruce Dow, Holly Ann Butler, Stephen Carrasco, Richard Gatta, Lauren E. J. Hamilton, Emma Hearn, Shaye B. Hopkins, André Jordan, Gareth Keegan, Nathan Lucrezio, Tomás Matos, Chris Medlin, Laura Stracko and Bethany Ann Tesarck.. "Prologue," "Underestimated," "The Worst Job in England," "This Is How Your People Dance," "Snap, Click," "Whatever Love Means Anyway," "I Will," "The World Fell in Love" (released early), "Happiness / Simply Breathe," "She Moves in The Most Modern Ways," "Diana (The Rage)," "As I Love You," "I Miss You Most on Sundays," "Pretty, Pretty Girl," "Here Comes James Hewitt," "Him and Her (And Him and Her) / Just Dance," "Secrets and Lies," "The Main Event," "Whatever Love Means Anyway," "Pretty, Pretty Girl," "The Words Came Pouring Out," "The Dress," "An Officer's Wife," "If (Light Of The World)." Co-produced by David Bryan and Ian Eisendrath. Previously released in digital format.

George Gershwin de Broadway au Metropolitan Opera
(Fremeaux Heritage - on 3 CDs)
Classic jazz interpretations of the works of George Gershwin. Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and others.

Incidental: Music for the Stage
(new album)
From Royal & Derngate Theatre. Original compositions by 12 of the most prominent British composers working today to write original music for the stage. Inspired by some of the most famous plays and novels in the English Language, featuring spoken performances by many of the stage's most acclaimed actors. It will raise vital funds to support Royal & Derngate's reopening, helping the venue to recover from the devastating impact of the pandemic and to continue to produce their ground-breaking filmtrax.bandcamp.com/album/incidental-music-for-the-stage.

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein OLC
(Notefornote Entertainment - 2-LP vinyl)
OLC cast recording recorded live over several performances. Score by Mel Brooks ("Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin). Ross Noble, Lesley Joseph, Dianne Pilkington, Patrick Clancy. "Overture," "The Brain," "Please Don't Touch Me," "Together Again," "Roll in the Hay," "He Vas My Boyfriend," "It Could Work," "Hang Him Till He's Dead," "The Experiment," "He Vas My Boyfriend Reprise," "Welcome to Transylvania," "Transylvania Mania," "He's Loose," "Listen to Your Heart," "Surprise," "Someone," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Deep Love," "Hang the Doctor," "Deep Love Reprise and Finale," "Finale - Together Again," "The Bows," "Exit Music." Previously released on CD and in digital format.

Photograph 51
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Anna Ziegler. Introduction by Mandy Greenfield. Premiered in the West End in 2015. 96 pages.

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love For Sale
(Interscope - new album on CD/digital)
"It's De-Lovely," "Night And Day," "Love For Sale," "Do I Love You," "I Concentrate On You," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "So In Love," "Let's Do It," "Just One Of Those Things," "Dream Dancing."

Week of September 21, 2021

Ben Bagley’s Cole Porter Revisited Volume IV
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Katharine Hepburn, Dolores Gray, Helen Gallagher, Kaye Ballard, Patrice Munsel, Blossom Dearie, Ann Hampton Callaway, Sandy Stewart, and Arthur Siegel. Songs from Seven Lively Arts, Red, Hot, and Blue, Les Girls, Out of This World, Fifty Million Frenchman, You Never Know, Let’s Face It, Gay Divorce, Can-Can and more, including songs from unproduced shows and songs cut from various shows. Arrangements and orchestrations by Dennis Deal. Remastered. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. To ship the third week of September. Limited to 500 copies. Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Desylva, Brown, and Henderson Revisited Volume II
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Songs by B.G. Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson. Dorothy Loudon, Margaret Whiting, Mary Cleere Haran, Sandy Stewart, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Arthur Siegel. Musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris. Remastered. To ship the third week of September. Limited to 500 copies. Kritzerland.com.

Carmen Ruby Floyd: Broadway, Jazz Me!
(new digital album)
Debut album from Broadway performer Carmen Ruby Floyd (The Lion King, Porgy and Bess, Hello, Dolly!) "Summertime," "Dat's Love - Habanera," "Bali Hai," "People," "Hello, Dolly!," "My Funny Valentine," "Stranger in Paradise," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "On a Clear Day." Released 7/1/21.

Dear Evan Hansen
(Interscope - new on CD/digital)
Original motion picture soundtrack for 2021 film based on the musical. Score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Cast includes Amy Adams, DeMarius Copes, Kaitlyn Dever, Nik Dodani, Hadiya Eshe, Liz Kate, Danny Pino, Larry Murphy, Ben Platt, Isaac Powell, Colton Ryan, Amandla Stenberg. "Waving Through A Window," "For Forever," "Sincerely, Me," "Requiem," "If I Could Tell Her," "The Anonymous Ones," "You Will Be Found," "Only Us," "Words Fail," "So Big / So Small," "A Little Closer," "You Will Be Found," "The Anonymous Ones," "Only Us," "A Little Closer," "Waving Through A Window."

Diana: The Musical
(UMe - new digital album)
Original Broadway cast recording for musical to premiere October 1 on Netflix November 2 on Broadway. Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro. Music and lyrics by David Bryan. Cast includes Jeanna De Waal, Erin Davie, Judy Kaye, Roe Hartrampf, Zach Adkins, Tessa Alves, Ashley Andrews, Austen Danielle Bohmer, Bruce Dow, Holly Ann Butler, Stephen Carrasco, Richard Gatta, Lauren E. J. Hamilton, Emma Hearn, Shaye B. Hopkins, André Jordan, Gareth Keegan, Nathan Lucrezio, Tomás Matos, Chris Medlin, Laura Stracko and Bethany Ann Tesarck.. "Prologue," "Underestimated," "The Worst Job in England," "This Is How Your People Dance," "Snap, Click," "Whatever Love Means Anyway," "I Will," "The World Fell in Love" (released early), "Happiness / Simply Breathe," "She Moves in The Most Modern Ways," "Diana (The Rage)," "As I Love You," "I Miss You Most on Sundays," "Pretty, Pretty Girl," "Here Comes James Hewitt," "Him and Her (And Him and Her) / Just Dance," "Secrets and Lies," "The Main Event," "Whatever Love Means Anyway," "Pretty, Pretty Girl," "The Words Came Pouring Out," "The Dress," "An Officer's Wife," "If (Light Of The World)." Co-produced by David Bryan and Ian Eisendrath. Album in CD format to be released 10/1/21.

"Didos (Dido’s Lament / White Flag Medley)"
(Decca - digital single)
Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond perform a song from Only an Octave Apart (reopening at St. Ann's Warehousethis month). With Thomas Bartlett (piano), Dana Lyn (violin), Claudia Chopek (violin), Nadia Sirota (viola), Gabriel Cabezas (cello), Doug Wieselman (guitar/reeds), Parker Ramsay (harp), Alex Sopp (flute), Spencer Murphy (bass). Full album to be released in January 2022. Released 9/17/21.

Dreamland
Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
Studio cast recording of score by Chris Miller (music) and Nathan Tysen (lyrics). Christian Borle, Jessica Vosk, Sarah Charles Lewis, Michael McElroy and more. "Action News," "New Dawn," "Laboratory Loop," "Follow The Stars," "Weatherman," "Area 51," "Show Me The Stage," "Until The Day," "Two Steps Ahead," "Aurora," "23,360," "Dreamland," "Totally Safe," "Aurora (Reprise 1)," "Kodiak," "Sweet Dreams," "Aurora (Reprise 2)," "Contact," "Last Day On Earth," "New Dawn (Finale)."

Ever After: Forty Years of Musical Theater and Beyond, 1977-2019
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Barry Singer (The New York Times). Second edition, updated to include 2004-2019. 560 pages. Released 9/15/21.

Jeremy Jordan: "Grow for Me"
(Ghostlight Records - new digital single)
Jeremy Jordan performs song by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken from Little Shop of Horrors, returning to the Westside Theatre tonight. Released 9/17/21.

Namedropping in The Wings: A light-hearted account of an extraordinary backstage career encapsulating thirty years of theatre history
(Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By David Collison. The stage manager and sound designer draws on his thirty years of theatre history with personal anecdotes, with many illustrious names dropped. Released 2/22/21.

Show Time Volume 3: The EP Collection
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Compiles all 16 EPs which formed the "Show Time" Series as recorded and released by RCA Victor in 1953. Includes selections from The Little Shows, Girl Crazy, Porgy and Bess, Kiss Me, Kate, and Anything Goes. Featured performers include Carol Bruce, Sheila Bond, Edith Adams, Lisa Kirk, Cab Calloway, Helen Thigpen, Leslie Scott, George Britton, Helena Bliss, Helen Gallagher and Jack Cassidy. Most of the tracks have never been released on CD. Comprehensive sleeve note by Broadway historian George Dansker, including a complete sessionography of recording dates. Limited to 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

Unknown Soldier
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of Michael Friedman / Daniel Goldstein score. From the premiere Playwrights Horizons production. James Crichton, Zoe Glick, Emilie Kouatchou, Erik Lochtefeld, Jay McKenzie, Jessica Naimy, Estelle Parsons, Margo Seibert, Thom Sesma, and Perry Sherman. Music director and conductor Julie McBride on piano, Hiroko Taguchi on violin, Deborah Assael on cello, Ben Kono on reeds, Mike Thurber on bass, Mike Dobson on percussion, and Jim Hershman on guitar.Orchestrations by Michael Friedman. Music supervisor Marco Paguia. "The Great War," "The Worst Town in New York," "This is A… ," "The First Time," "Where in the World," "The People Stare," "A Husband Takes Care of Things," "Worst Town (Reprise)," "Milkshake," "Do You Wonder," "Andrew's Story ," "The Memory Song," "I Give Away Children," "The Clock," "Penelope," "The Ending." Produced by Dean Sharenow, and co-produced by Daniel Goldstein, with Hunter Arnold, The Civilians, and Kurt Deutsch serving at executive producers. At GhostlightRecords.com.

Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor
(Univ of Michigan Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Christin Essin. Illuminates the work of New York City's theater technicians, shining a light on the essential contributions of unionized stagehands, carpenters, electricians, sound engineers, properties artisans, wardrobe crews, makeup artists, and child guardians. Based on the author's (a former theater technician herself) archival research and interviews with more than 100 backstage technicians, members of the New York locals of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. 286 pages. [Kindle edition released 9/20/21, other formats may be pending.]

Week of September 14, 2021

Covers from Away
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
The Newfoundland and Labrador artists who inspired the original sound of Come from Away, including The Navigators, Alan Doyle, Rachel Cousins and The Dardanelles) perform songs from the score by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. "I Am Here," "Wherever We Are," "Heave Away," "Stop The World," "Costume Party," "Lead Us Out of the Night," "Screech In," "Me and the Sky," "Prayer of St Francis / Mi'kmaq Honor Song," "Blankets and Bedding," "Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere," "Screech Out," "Themes from Come From Away," "Welcome To The Rock," "Themes from Come From Away."

Cynthia Erivo: Ch. 1 vs. 1
(Verve - on CD/digital/2-disc vinyl)
Track list to come.

Little Shop of Horrors
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Grammy Award nominated 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. GhostlightRecords.com. Previously released in digital format.

Maxine Linehan: What Would Petula Do?
(Honey Bun Records - new digital album)
Maxine Linehan's Tribute to Petula Clark concert, recorded live at Théâtre Du Châtelet. "I Know a Place," "Couldn't Live Without Your Love/You're the One," "Don't Sleep in the Subway," "Call Me," "Ceuz Qui Ont Un Cœur (anyone Who Had a Heart)," "You're My Destiny," "W.W.P.D.?," "La Nuit N'en Finit Plus (needles and Pins)," "Color My World," "Walk Through the World," "Old Devil Moon," "The Sound of Music," "Tell Me It's Not True," "With One Look," "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," "This is My Song," "I Love Paris," "Downtown." Released 9/10/21.

Music of Broadway for Cello and Piano
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
Acclaimed Broadway cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf performs songs by Alan Menken, Jason Robert Brown, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and more. "The Light in the Piazza," "Beauty and the Beast - Fantasy for Cello and Piano," "Hushabye Mountain / Feed The Birds," "Can't We Be Friends?," "Send in the Clowns," "Nightingale Lullaby," "Richard Rodgers Waltz Medley," "Maria," "All Things In Time." Released 9/3/21.

Undiminished Glamour: The Musical Theatre Life of Stephanie Lawrence
(Kindle Edition)
By Rob Merlevede. Biography of the late West End actress Stephanie Lawrence (Evita, Marilyn! The Musical, Starlight Express).

Week of September 7, 2021

Animals
(Audiobook on CD)
Williamstown Theatre Festival world premiere production of Stacy Osei-Kuffour play. Directed by Whitney White. Madeline Brewer, Jason Butler Harner, William Jackson Harper, Aja Naomi King. Previously released as Audible Audiobook.

Because of Him
(Universal Studios - new Blu-ray)
1946 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallis. Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone. Songs include "Lover," "Danny Boy," "Good Bye!."

Can't Help Singing
(Universal Studios - new Blu-ray)
1944 musical Western film. Directed by Frank Ryan. Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, Thomas Gomez, David Bruce, Clara Blandick. Score by Jerome Kern with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg. Songs include "Can't Help Singing," "Elbow Room," "Any Moment Now," "Swing Your Sweetheart," "More and More," "Californ-I-Ay."

Confessions of an Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star
(Merle, Inc. - Kindle Edition)
Meredith Patterson (42nd Street, White Christmas) takes you through intimate, personal, joyous and often painful stories of her rise to Broadway ... whatever it took to support herself while battling self doubt, cut-throat competition while trying to stay as human as possible in an often-vicious industry. It is the story of her rise to Broadway, but also how tragedy made her come back down to earth and place her life's work.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie
(digital album)
Soundtrack from new film based on the musical. Score by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae. Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Lancashire, Sharon Horgan, Beck Hill, Chaka Khan, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Feeling & Holly Johnson, Todrick Hall. "Don't Even Know It," "Everything," "Wall in My Head," "Spotlight," "This Was Me," "Work of Art," "Werk Girl," "Over the Top," "Everybody’s Talking About Jamie," "It Means Beautiful," "He's My Boy," "My Man Your Boy," "While You're Still Young," "Out of the Darkness (A Place Where We Belong)," "When the Time Comes," "ETAJ."

For the Love of Mary
(Universal Studios - new Blu-ray)
1948 film directed by Frederick De Cordova. Deanna Durbin (her last film), Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn. Songs include "On the Wings of a Song," "Moonlight Bay," "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," "Largo al factotum," "In the Gloaming."

In the Heights
(Warner Bros - Blu-ray/DVD/DVD+Digital)
2021 film. By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Cast includes Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy Smits. Bonus material: Paciencia y Fe features Making In The Heights; Making In The Heights; When You're Home; Hundreds of Stories; Alza La Bandera/Raise the Flag; Wepa!; That Music in the Air; Who Keeps our Legacies?. Sing-a-longs: "In The Heights," "96,000." Released 8/31/21.

Monotony: The Musical
(new digital album)
Original (pod)cast recording (soundtrack) featuring 18 songs from the podcast musical created by Sarah Luery and Jared Chance Taylor. Alden Bettencourt, Jon Gibson, Tod Macofsky, David Castillo, Alixandree Antoine, Kelsey Ann Sutton, Evan Allgood, Ahamed Weinberg, Pat Regan, Karen Trachtenberg. Released 9/3/21.

A Streetcar Named Desire
(Audible Audiobook)
Play by Tennessee Williams in 2020 Williamstown Theatre Festival production. Joel Reuben Ganz, Joe Goldammer, Carla Gugino, Carmen M. Herlihy, Sullivan Jones, Brian Lucas, Audra McDonald, Stacey Raymond, Cesar J. Rosado, Ariel Shafir. Directed by Robert O’Hara.

Vamp Until Ready
(Rattling Good Yarns Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Fourth novel by James Magruder (Triumph of Love book and Head Over Heels book adaptation). Novel set at the Hangar Theatre in 1980s Ithaca, New York. 216 pages. Released 9/1/21.

Week of August 31, 2021

Barber Shop Chronicles
(Paperback Book - Methuen Drama)
Play by Inua Ellams. First produced by the National Theatre, Fuel and Leeds Playhouse in 2017. 96 pages.

Chris Standring: Wonderful World
(Ultimate Vibe - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
Jazz trio album. Chris Standring with Randy Brecker, Kathrin Shorr, Peter Erskine, Chuck Berghofer and Harvey Mason. "How Insensitive," "Night & Day," "Autumn in New York," "Estate," "What a Wonderful World," "Green Dolphin Street," "Alfie," "Falling in Love with Love," "Sunrise," "Maxine," "My Foolish Heart."

Cinderella
(Epic - new on CD/digital)
Soundtrack from 2021 Amazon Original film. Various writers. Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Ben Bailey Smith, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter. "Rhythm Nation / You Gotta Be," "Million To One," "The New Barry," "Somebody To Love," "Material Girl," "Shot at the Crown," "Am I Wrong," "Million To One (Reprise)," "Shining Star," "Whatta Man / Seven Nation Army," "Perfect," "Perfect (Reprise)," "Dream Girl," "Shoe Made of Glass," "Million To One / Could Have Been Me (Reprise)," "Let's Get Loud," "Million To One (Remix)," "Dream Girl (Nile Rodgers Remix)," "Score Suite."

Paramount Presents: Bugsy Malone
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
1976 musical comedy film. Directed by Alan Parker. Starring Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Donald Waugh. Score by Paul Williams. 93 minutes.

Week of August 17-24, 2021

Selections from Destry Rides Again
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Debut CD release of the RCA-Victor Destry Rides Again studio cast recording of Harold Rome's score. Produced by Chick Crumpacker and conducted by Norman Leyden. Lead vocals by Louise O'Brien and Jack Haskell. Recorded one week after the OBC album was recorded by Decca. Digitally remastered from stereo reel to reel tape. Plus bonus tracks featuring pop covers from the score. 24 tracks total. Booklet features liner notes by George Dansker. Limited Edition pressing of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

The Emperor Waltz
(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)
1948 musical film directed by Billy Wilder; written by Wilder and Charles Brackett. Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine. Music/songwriters include Victor Young, Johnny Burke, Richard Heuberger, Johann Strauss II, Jimmy Van Heusen. "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" was by Fritz Rotter and Ralph Erwin, and Arthur Pryor. 106 minutes.

A History of Cleveland's Playhouse Square
(The History Press - Paperback Book)
By Michael R. Routa. Part of "Landmarks" series. 144 pages.

Girl From The North Country OBC
(Sony Legacy - on CD and digital )
Broadway cast. Songs by Bob Dylan. Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, Luba Mason, Matt McGrath, Tom Nelis, Colton, Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, Austin Scott, Kimber Elayn Sprawl, and Mare Winningham. With The Marouthas, including Marco Paguia (musical director), Andy Stack (associate musical director), Martha McDonnell, and Mary Ann McSweeney; featuring Dean Sharenow and Erik Della Penna. "Sign On the Window," "Went to See the Gypsy," "Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)," "Slow Train / License to Kill," "Ballad of a Thin Man (Instrumental)," "I Want You," "Blind Willie McTell (Instrumental)," "Like a Rolling Stone / Make You Feel My Love," "Like a Rolling Stone (Reprise) / I Want You (Reprise)," "What Can I Do For You?," "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Jokerman," "Sweetheart Like You / True Love Tends to Forget," "Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Instrumental)," "Girl from the North Country," "Ballad of a Thin Man (Radio)," "Hurricane / All Along the Watchtower / Idiot Wind," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Instrumental)," "Duquesne Whistle / Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) / Is Your Love In Vain? / License to Kill (Reprise)," "Lay Lady Lay (Instrumental) / Jokerman (Reprise)," "Clair de Lune (Instrumental)," "Forever Young," "Pressing On." Recorded at Reservoir Studios and Steel Cut Audio in New York City. Produced by Dean Sharenow, Simon Hale, and Conor McPherson.

Kerry Moffit and Turning Circles: What Goes Around Comes Around
(new on CD)
Debut album from composer/arranger/trumpeter Kerry Moffit.

My Marcello
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording of score by Rosabella Gregory (music) and Dina Gregory (lyrics) for who with book by Corey Brunish. Features Santino Fontana, Laura Osnes, Terrence Mann, Elizabeth Stanley, Derek Klena, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, and Robert Cuccioli. BroadwayRecords.com.

Original Cast Album: Company
(Criterion - new Blu-ray/DVD)
1970 D.A. Pennebaker documentary. New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by Chris Hegedus and Nate Pennebaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. New audio commentary by Stephen Sondheim. Audio commentary from 2001 featuring D. A. Pennebaker, Elaine Stritch, and Harold Prince. New conversation among Sondheim, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, and critic Frank Rich. New interview with Tunick on the art of orchestrating, conducted by Ted Chapin. Never-before-heard audio excerpts from interviews with Stritch and Prince, conducted by D. A. Pennebaker and Hegedus in 2000. Original Cast Album: Co-Op, a 2019 episode of the TV series "Documentary Now!," featuring director Alexander Buono, writer-actor John Mulaney, Rénee Elise Goldsberry, Richard Kind, Alex Brightman, and Paula Pell, composer Eli Bolin. Plus: essay by author Mark Harris. New cover by Raphael Geroni. At Criterion.com.

Pick a Pocket or Two: A History of British Musical Theatre
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Ethan Mordden. The full history of the British musical, from The Beggar's Opera (1728) to the present, with an interest in isolating the unique qualities of the form and its influence on the American model. Covers not only the shows and their authors but the personalities as well. 248 pages.

Robin Spielberg: Give My Regards to Broadway
(playMountain Music - on CD/digital)
Pianist Robin Spielberg's 21st album. "The Impossible Dream," "Maria," "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "I'd Do Anything," "Dulcinea," "Far From the Home I Love," "Where Is Love," "Happiness," "They Say It's Wonderful," "Ten Minutes Ago," "I'll Know," "I Have Dreamed," "If I Loved You," "Heart," "Can't Help Lovin Dat Man," "If I Were a Bell," "Tomorrow," "Somewhere," "My Best Girl."

Thoroughly Modern Millie
(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)
1967 musical film. Directed by George Roy Hill. Starring Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie. New 4k restoration of the roadshow edition of the film completed by Universal Pictures; New audio commentary by author/critic Lee Gambin and art historian Ian McAnally; two theatrical trailers (newly restored in 2K); optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. 138 minutes.

True Believer (Songs from Experience Marianas)
(digital album)
From immersive rock musical conceived by Rob Rokicki (music and lyrics) and Sarah Beth Pfeifer. Katie Lee Hill, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, Ryan Knowles, Juliana Conte, Arturo Hernandez, James Silverstein, and Bridget Doyle.

Week of August 10, 2021

Ben Platt: Reverie
(Atlantic - new on CD/digital)
Second album by Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen). "king of the world, pt. 1," "childhood bedroom," "happy to be sad," "I wanna love you but I don’t," "leave my mind," "dance with you," "king of the world, pt. 2," "carefully," "chasing you," "come back," "dark times," "imagine," "king of the world, pt. 3."

The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole
(Aurora Metro Books - Paperback Book)
Play by Cleo Sylvestre. 48 pages.

Paramount Presents: Nashville
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
1975 musical comedy-drama. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Geraldine Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Michael Murphy, Lily Tomlin. Songs by Ronee Blakley, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, and Richard Baskin. Newly remastered Blu-ray, from a 4K film scan of the original elements. Includes 24 music tracks, commentary by Robert Altman, trailers. 161 minutes.

Tom Kitt: Reflect
(Sony Masterworks - new album on CD/digital)
Debut album. Music by Tom Kitt. "The King of Our Destruction" (written with and performed by Javier Muñoz), "When?" (written with and performed by Lauren Patten), "Reach Deep" (written with and performed by Jenn Colella), "Come to Me" (performed by Jerry Dixon), "This Too Shall Pass" (performed by Tom Kitt and Julia Kitt), "My Curtain Call" (written with and performed by Michael McElroy), "Finally Found" (written with and performed by Mandy Gonzalez), "Fly Away" (performed with Michael Kitt), "I Didn't Get to Say Goodbye" (co-writer and performance by Adrienne Warren), "Sweep Your Own Snow" (co-writer and performance by Pearl Sun), "I Need Them to See Me" (performed by Heidi Blickenstaff), "She Has Hope" (written with Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker, performed by Brian d'Arcy James), "Breathe" (written with and performed by Elizabeth Stanley).

Twinkle's Fairy Pet Day the Musical
(new digital album)
Original Off-Broadway cast album of score by Randy Klein (music) and Matthew Hardy (lyrics). Recorded in 2016. Rachel Peterson, Michelle ZurSchmiede, Trysten Reynolds, Cynthia Nesbit, and Matthew Hardy. Produced and mixed by Randy Klein and Matthew Hardy with mastering by Duff Harris. Released 7/22/21.

Week of August 3, 2021

Barbra Streisand: Release Me 2
(Sony Legacy - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
Follow-up to Barbra Streisand's 2012 album, Release Me. Previously unreleased tracks from Barbra’s vault, including duets with Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog. With songs by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Barry Gibb, Paul Williams, Randy Newman, Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harold Arlen, and Carole King. "Be Aware," "You Light Up My Life," "I'd Want It To Be You," "Sweet Forgiveness," "Living Without You," "One Day" (A Prayer)," "Rainbow Connection" (with Kermit the Frog)," "Right As The Rain," "If Only You Were Mine" (with Barry Gibb)," "Once You've Been In Love." Bonus track "When The Lovin’ Goes Out of the Lovin'" available only at Target.

Edge Of The World
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Concept album for score by Ethan Slater and Nick Blaemire. Norbert Leo Butz, Lilli Cooper, Ethan Slater and Nick Blaemire. "Edge of the World (Prelude)," "Alaska, Here We Come!," "Wolfpack," "Make a Fire," "laemire," "Every Day," "Rocks and Things," "Real and Simple," "Olivia's Song," "Alaska, Here We Come! (Flashback)," "Gripping It," "Passage," "Edge of the World," "Raised by Wolves." Produced by Bonnie Comley and Stewart Lane. Mastered by Hans Dekline. Ethan Slater on guitar, Marco Paguia on piano, Michael Dobson on drums, Christian Ankrum on bass, and Ankrum, horns, strings and more.BroadwayRecords.com.

For Tonight, a New Musical
(new digital album)
Original U.K. concept album. Score by Shenelle Salcido and Spencer Williams. Simon Gordon, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Dale Evans, Erin Caldwell, Jade Davies, Luke McCall, Jake Halsey-Jones, Soophia Foroughi, Glain Rhys, and John Ieuan Jones. Orchestrations by Shenelle Salcido and Joseph Purdue. Released 7/30/21. www.fortonightmusical.com. Released 7/20/21.

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park With George
(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By James Lapine. Chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George. Through Lapine's recollections, conversations between Lapine, Sondheim, and the original cast and crew of the production, and a treasure trove of personal photographs, sketches, script notes, and sheet music from the making of the show. 400 pages.

Simon Stephens Plays 5: Wastwater; Birdland; Blindsided; Song From Far Away; Heisenberg
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Wastwater, Birdland, Blindsided, Song From Far Away, and Heisenberg. 408 pages. Released 7/29/21.

Week of July 20, 2021

An American in Paris
(Liberator Films - new on Blu-ray/DVD)
2018 London production of Broadway musical. Filmed live at the Dominion Theatre. George and Ira Gershwin score. Book by Craig Lucas. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Featuring Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope. Filmed in collaboration with BroadwayHD. 155 minutes.

Ben Bagley's Cole Porter, Volume III
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Songs from Fifty Million Frenchman, Gay Divorce, Nymph Errant, Wake Up and Dream, Let's Face It and more, including songs from unproduced films and songs cut from various shows. Elaine Stritch, Dolores Gray, Lynn Redgrave, Helen Gallagher, Georgia Engel, and Arthur Siegel. Arrangements and orchestrations by Dennis Deal. Remastered. Cover art by Harvey Schmidt. Limited to 500 copies. Expected by the third week of July. At Kritzerland.com.

Bye Bye Birdie
(Sony - Blu-ray)
1963 film based on the 1960 stage musical. Songs by Charles Strouse (music) and Lee Adams (lyrics); musical score by Johnny Green. Screenplay by Irving Brecher, adapted from Michael Stewart's book. Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Paul Lynde, Jesse Pearson, Ed Sullivan. 112 minutes.

Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By James Fisher. This second edition covers theatrical practice and practitioners as well as the dramatic literature of the United States of America from 1930 to the present. Includes a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on plays, playwrights, directors, designers, actors, critics, producers, theaters, and terminology. 1272 pages.

Lillias White: Get Yourself Some Happy
(Old Mill Road Recording - new on CD/digital)
Lillias White's (Fela!, The Life) first solo album. "When You Wish Upon a Star," "Accentuate the Positive," "Happy Together," "A Brand New Me," "Put On a Happy Face," "The Twist," "A Little Imagination," "You're My Best Friend," "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "Yes," "That's All," "Make Someone Happy," "It's Not Where You Start," "Get Happy."

Marieann Meringolo: I Am Blessed
(Blue Jazz - new digital single)
Released 7/12/21.

My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913
(Univ Press of Mississippi - Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Michael G. Garber. Focuses on ten ballads to show how the style of the Great American Songbook evolved. Unveils the complicated, often-hidden origins of these enduring, pioneering works. Includes colorful stories that amplify the rising of an American folk art composed by innovators both famous and obscure. From previously underexamined sources, Garber demonstrates how these songs shaped the music industry and the lives of ordinary Americans. Famous composers like Irving Berlin and little-known figures as Maybelle Watson, who had to sue to get credit and royalties for creating the central content of the lyric for "My Melancholy Baby," and Frank Williams, who contributed to the seminal "Some of These Days" but was forgotten for decades. 336 pages.

Pal Joey
(Sony Pictures - on Blu-ray)
1957 film adapted from the Broadway musical. Songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak. Directed by George Sidney. Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley from John O'Hara's book.

The Sap of Life
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
First time on CD. Off-Broadway cast recording of score by David Shire (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics). Remastered from a reel-to-reel tape. Booklet includes new liner notes by Richard Maltby, Jr. and rare photographs and memorabilia. Also include is premiere of David Shire's "Sonata for Cocktail Piano," played by Shire when it was written. Limited to 500 copies. Expected to ship by third week in July. At Kritzerland.com.

Schmigadoon! Episode 1
(Milan Records - new digital album)
Soundtrack from episode one of Apple+ TV series "Schmigadoon!" with score by Cinco Paul and Christopher Willis. Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Cinco Paul, Martin Short, Cecily Strong, Aaron Tveit, Christopher Willis. "Schmigadoon! Main Title," "Schmigadoon!," "You Can't Tame Me," "Corn Puddin'," "Leprechaun Song," "Just one kick and apparently magic?," "See you at seven," "It's like a trick bridge or something." Released 7/16/21.

Schmigadoon! Episode 2
(Milan Records - new digital album)
Soundtrack from episode one of Apple+ TV series "Schmigadoon!" with score by Cinco Paul and Christopher Willis. Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Dove Cameron, Cinco Paul, Cecily Strong, Aaron Tveit, Christopher Willis. "Lovers' Spat," "Somewhere Love Is Waiting for You," "Enjoy the Ride (Part I)," "Enjoy the Ride (Part II)," "Cecily Strong & Aaron Tveit," "Have you been crying?," "It's the Picnic Basket Auction!." Released 7/16/21.

Sweet Charity
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
First time on CD reissue of SAGA Records' 1967 London studio cast recording of Cy Coleman/Dorothy Fields score. Mary Preston, June Hunt, Canna Kendall, Valentine Palmer, Craig Hunter, John Parker and David Weldon Williams. Westminster Sinfonia and Theatre Chorus directed by Frank Raymond. This is the only recorded version to feature an additional cut verse in Charity's song "You Should See Yourself." Also included on the CD release is an extended version of the "Rich Man's Frug" which was recorded during the album sessions but went unreleased. Digitally remastered from the original studio master tapes. Limited edition of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1949 musical film. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Produced by Arthur Freed. Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold. Some songs by Roger Edens, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. 93 minutes.

Week of July 13, 2021

The 20th Century Fox Years: Volume 1 (1936-1938)
(Sepia Records - 2-CD set)
Hollywood stars perform songs from Fox musicals between 1936-1938. Remastered from studio playback discs sans dialogue etc. First time available. Judy Garland, Tony Martin, Shirley Temple, Dolores Del Rio, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Betty Grable, Jane Withers, and more. 56 tracks. At SepiaRecords.com.

Annette
(Sony - new on CD/vinyl)
Soundtrack by art-pop duo Sparks from the forthcoming musical film, based on their original story. Lyrics co-written by Sparks and Leos Carax, performed by Sparks and the cast of Annette (which includes : Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg) and produced by Sparks.

Gulliver's Travels & Mr. Bug Goes To Town
(Sepia Records - 2-CD set)
Soundtrack from Gulliver's TravelsFirst time on CD. Soundtrack, studio recordings, and never released before songs from Fleischer Studios animated feature films: 1939 Gulliver's Travels (music/songwriters include Victor Young, Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Al Neiburg, Winston Sharples, Sammy Timberg) and 1941 Mr. Bug Goes To Town (music/songwriters include Leigh Harline, Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Timberg). 55 tracks total. At SepiaRecords.com.

The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration
(Sepia Records - on CD)
Collection spanning the entire career or Mario Lanza, radio and studio recordings. Four of the songs are making their first appearance on a commercial CD. Rarities include live performances of duets from The Student Prince and Verdi's Otello. 23 tracks. At SepiaRecords.com.

Scarface, The Al Capone Musical
(digital album)
Original demos for musical. Features standards re-arranged in hip-hop, jazz and opera, by David Serero. Cast includes David Serero, Malou Beauvoir, Lisa Bouchelle, Marcy Richardson, Lisa Monde, Frank L. Humphrey III, Rae Duzz, and Joseph Robertson. "Introduction," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "Thriller," "Crazy in Love," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Eye of a Tiger," "The Mother P.I.M.P," "Minnie the Moocher," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," "Livin' on a Prayer," "Mack the Knife." Released 3/16/21.

Week of July 6, 2021

42nd Street
(Liberator Films - new on Blu-ray/DVD)
British production shown on PBS Great Performances in 2019. Revival of Gower Champion's original production. Cast includes Bonnie Langford, Tom Lister, Clare Halse, and Philip Bertioli. Musical staging and new choreography by Randy Skinner. Directed by Mark Bramble. 133 minutes.

Cinderella: The Musical
(Polydor Records - new on CD/vinyl/digital)
Original London cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber/David Zippel score. cast includes Carrie Hope Fletcher, Jonny Fines, Ruthie Henshall, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt. 38 tracks. Digital version released 6/25/21.

Hamilton Day-to-Day calendar
(Universe Publishing - Daily Calendar)
Showcases lyrics from the Broadway musical, excerpts from Alexander Hamilton's own speeches and writing, as well as historical dates and events. Tear-off pages; day/date reference on each page; official major world holidays; recyclable plastic easel backer for desk or tabletop display; blank back of page, for notes, lists, to-dos, and other reminders.

Isata Kanneh-Mason: Summertime
(Decca - new on CD)
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason's second album, a journey through the musical landscape of 20th century America. "Wild: Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess - Summertime," "Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes - 1. I Got Rhythm," "Barber: Nocturne, Op. 33," "Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 - I. Allegro energico," "Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 - II. Allegro vivace e leggero," "Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 - III. Adagio mesto," "Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 - IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito," "Gershwin: The Man I Love," "Gershwin: 3 Preludes - 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso," "Gershwin: 3 Preludes - 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato," "Gershwin: 3 Preludes - 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso," "Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114," "Copland: The Cat and the Mouse," "Coleridge-Taylor: Impromptu No. 2 in B Minor," "Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River," "Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula," "Coleridge-Taylor: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child."

Hirschfeld: The Biography
(Skyhorse - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Ellen Stern. The first portrait of the renowned artist's life ... through interviews with Hirschfeld himself, his friends and family, and his famous subjects, as well as through letters, scrapbooks, and home movies. [Appears to be the same book that was announced under Sarah Crichton Books in 2017, but never appeared.]336 pages.

Week of June 29, 2021

Broadway by the Year Lost on 43rd Street: 1949, 1953, 1960
(Footlight Records - on CD)
Previously unreleased concert recordings of Scott Siegel's shows at Town Hall. Originally produced by Peter Pinne. Debbie Gravitte, Davis Gaines, Noah Racey, Martin Vidnovic, Karen Ziemba, Marla Schaffel, Brent Barrett, Tovah Feldshuh, Eddie Korbich, Marc Kudich, Liz Larsen. Arrangements by Scott Coulter. Footlight.com.

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of Robert Leach's 2019 hardcover book. Chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day, restoring to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people, and ethnic minorities, as well as the regional theatres of Wales and Scotland. Highly-illustrated chapters trace the development of theatre through major plays from each period; evaluations of playwrights; contemporary dramatic theory; acting and acting companies; dance and music; the theatre buildings themselves; and the audience, while also highlighting enduring features of British theatre, from comic gags to the use of props. 1534 pages.

Show Time Series EP Collection Vol. 2
(Stage Door Records - on CD)
Compiles all 16 EPs which formed the "Show Time" Series as recorded and released by RCA Victor in 1953. Most of the tracks have never been released on CD. comprehensive sleeve note by Broadway historian George Dansker, including a complete sessionography of recording dates. Limited series of 500 units only. Order, see track list, and more at StageDoorRecords.com.

Tonight's the Night
(Kritzerland - new CD/Blu-ray/folio)
World premiere musical written and directed by Bruce Kimmel. Starring Eric Petersen and Hartley Powers. Blu-ray extras: audio commentary with writer/director Bruce Kimmel, actress Hartley Powers, and editor Marshall Harvey; Outside the Box – all twelve episodes of the critically acclaimed musical web series; Revenge – original streaming thriller; The Annual Kimmel Movie Marathon Trailer – faux movie trailer for the Kimmel Movie Marathon unseen for forty-one years; Dirty Harry Strikes Back – faux trailer made for The Creature Wasn't Nice. Cast recording also includes incidental music for Bruce Kimmel's online streaming thriller Revenge and his scores for Doug Haverty's plays In My Mind's Eye and Top of the Tree, and more. At Kritzerland.com/.

Week of June 22, 2021

1820 the Musical
(new digital album)
Score by Doug Lowe, Kendra Lowe Holt, and Kayliann Lowe Juarez for "new contemporary musical about Emma and Joseph Smith's faith, love, and trial forged in the religious fervor of 19th century America." The musical's book is by George Nelson.

American Vaudeville
(West Virginia Univ Press - Paperback Book)
By Geoffrey Hilsabeck. Foreword by Luc Sante. Tells the story of what was once the most popular form of entertainment in the country using lists, creation myths, thumbnail biographies, dreams, and obituaries. Hilsabeck "dreams vaudeville back into existence," drawing on photographs, letters, joke books, reviews, newspaper stories, anecdotes, and other material gathered from numerous archives, as well as from memoirs by vaudeville performers like Buster Keaton, Eva Tanguay, and Eddie Cantor. Some of this research is presented as—is, a letter from a now forgotten vaudeville performer to her booking agent, for example— and some is worked up into brief scenes and biographies; and some is put to even more imaginative uses, finding new life in dialogues and prose poems. 160 pages.

Blue Song: St. Louis in the Life and Work of Tennessee Williams
(Univ of Missouri Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Henry I. Schvey. While it has been written that Tennessee Williams had a dislike of St. Louis, the city where he lived the longest, Schvey reveals how the city was indispensable to Williams' formation and development both as a person and artist, and that he remained emotionally tethered to St. Louis for a host of reasons for the rest of his life. 224 pages.

Coming from Inside the House (A Virtual SubCulture Concert)
(Craft Recordings - new on vinyl)
Jason Robert Brown's spring 2020 virtual April 27, 2020, SubCulture concert featuring Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean. "Sanctuary" (Georgia Stitt, Molly Cate Brown, Susannah Brown), "Melinda," "The Hardest Hill" (Shoshana Bean), "I Love Betsy," "Still Hurting" (Ariana Grande), "All Things In Time," Bonus track "Nothing's Bigger Than Kong" (world premiere recording of song commissioned for but ultimately not included in the 2018 Broadway musical King Kong). Brown piano and keyboards, with Todd Reynolds, Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Gary Sieger, Randy Landau and Jamie Eblen. Recorded, edited and mixed by Jeffrey Lesser, and produced by Lesser and Jason Robert Brown. Mastered by Oscar Zambrano. Marc Kaplan, executive producer. Released previously on mp3 and at iTunes.

Hamilton: An American Musical 2021 calendar
(Universe Publishing - wall calendar)
Features include: bonus spread for September–December 2021; generous grids for adding appointments and reminders; major official world holidays; opens to 12 inches x 24 inches. 24 pages.

In The Light
(Broadway Records - new on CD and digital)
Highlights from the world premiere studio cast recording of score by Michael Mott. Orchestrations by Kim Scharnberg and arrangements by Mott and Joshua Zecher-Ross. Cast features Jeremy Jordan, Solea Pfeiffer, Ciara Renée, Antonio Cipriano, Bobby Conte Thornton, Anne Fraser Thomas, Aisha Jackson, Zachary James. At BroadwayRecords.com.

Naughty Marietta
(Harbinger Records/Musical Theater Project - new on CD/digital)
Reissue of the Smithsonian Institution's 1981 recording of Victor Herbert/Rida Johnson Young score. First time on CD. Featuring Judith Blazer and Leslie Harrington. Conducted by James R. Morris. "Overture," "Opening Chorus," "Mysterious Melody," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," "Taisez-Vous," "Song From the Fountain," "Naughty Marietta," "It Never, Never Can Be Love," "If I Were Anybody Else but Me," "'Neath the Southern Moon," "Italian Street Song," "Act I Finale," "Dance of the Marionettes," "You Marry a Marionette," "Loves of New Orleans," "The Sweet Bye and Bye," "Prelude to Live for Today," "Live for Today," "I'm Falling in Love With Someone," "It's Pretty Soft for Simon," "Finale Ultimo." At MusicalTheaterProject.org.

The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Plays by Larissa FastHorse. 160 pages.

Week of June 15, 2021

Aubrey Logan: Standard
(Mwo Records - new on CD/digital)
New album from jazz musician/singer Aubrey Logan. "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Here's that Rainy Day," "Save Your Love for Me," "Largo Al Factotum," "The Way We Were," "The Beat Goes On," "Doxology/Before the Throne of God Above," "Done Pretending," "Louboutins 2.0," "Macarthur Park," "Dreams," "Fascinating Rhythm."

In the Heights: Finding Home
(Random House - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Jeremy McCarter. Gives readers an inside look at In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway debut, written with Quiara Alegría Hudes, and now a feature film. Untold stories, perceptive essays, and the lyrics to Miranda’s songs, complete with his annotations. Also, newly commissioned portraits and never-before-seen photos from backstage, the movie set, and productions around the world. 288 pages.

Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero
(Harper - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Audiobook)
By Amanda Kloots and Anna Kloots. The story of Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots' love and fairy-tale marriage, of the disease that quickly upended it, of the fight for Nick’s survival, of her grief and how she came to terms with his death, of keeping Nick's memory alive for Elvis and the world. Includes 16 pages of color photos exclusive to the book.Audio versions narrated by Amanda Kloots. 336 pages.

The Magical Mice of Broadway
(BookBaby - Hardcover Book)
By Mark A. Robinson; illustrated by Sandra K. Simpson. A fairytale about Broadway during COVID, imagining an alternative reality for what happened on the Great White Way when performances halted on some of our favorite Broadway musicals. 30 pages.

Rumi: The Musical
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere concept recording. Score by Dana Al Fardan And Nadim Naaman. Ramin Karimloo, Nadim Naaman and West End cast. At BroadwayRecords.com.

That's Entertainment: A Biography of Broadway Composer Arthur Schwartz
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Tighe E. Zimmers. First full-length biography of composer Arthur Schwartz. Covers his work on Broadway and in Hollywood with lyricists Howard Dietz, Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer Leo Robin. Describes his creative process and includes behind-the-scenes stories of each of his major musicals. 294 pages.

Virginia Cavaliere: "Breathe" medley
(digital single)
Virginia Cavaliere (In the Heights sings "Breathe" (Lin-Manuel Miranda)/"Breathin" (Ariana Grande)/"Breathe" (Michelle Branch). Released 6/10/21.

Beulah Bondi: A Life on Stage and Screen
(McFarland - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Axel Nissen. The life and career of film, stage (Street Scene) and television actress Beulah Bondi. 253 pages.

Broadway Goes to War: American Theater during World War II
(Univ Press of Kentucky - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry. Analysis of how American theater actively addressed and debated timely and controversial topics during World War II, including how productions such as Watch on the Rhine (1941), The Moon is Down (1942), Tomorrow the World (1943), and A Bell for Adano (1944) encouraged public discussion of the war's impact on daily life and raised critical topics about the conflict well before other forms of popular media. 300 pages.

In The Heights original motion picture soundtrack
(Atlantic Records - on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Cast includes Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy Smits. Film arrangements and score by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. "In The Heights" (available now), "Benny's Dispatch," "Breathe" (performed by Rubén Blades and Doreen Montalvo), "No Me Diga," "It Won't Be Long Now," "96,000," "Piragua," "When You're Home," "The Club," "Blackout," "Paciencia Y Fe," "Alabanza," "Carnaval Del Barrio," "When The Sun Goes Down," "Champagne," "Finale," "Home All Summer" (performed by Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace and Marc Anthony).

Rags: Revised Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal selections for Charles Strouse / Stephen Schwartz score. "Bella's Song (Pretty Girl)," "Blame It on the Summer Night," "Brand New World," "Children of the Wind," "Edge of a Knife," "If We Never Meet Again," "Little Lady," "Meet an Italian," "Rags," "Three Sunny Rooms," "Uptown," "Wanting," "Yankee Boy." 80 pages. Released 5/1/21/

June 1, 2021

50 Women in Theatre
(Supernova Books - Paperback Book)
Marsha Norman, Daryl Roth Cheryl Robson, editors. Introduction by Dr. Susan Croft. An overview of post-war theatre and 25 exclusive interviews with leading women theatre-makers. 208 pages. Released 5/25/21.

The Best American Short Plays 2018–2019
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
John Patrick Bray, editor. List of titles hopefully coming soon. 352 pages.

Bittersummer: A New Musical
(Broadway Records - new album)
Concept recording of score by Annalise Emerick and The Brother Brothers. Part of the Averno Universe series. Queer stories, queer writers, all-queer characters and cast. Produced by Morgan Smith and Michael J Moritz Jr. Cast includes Janeen Garcia, Jasmine Aurora Thomas, Rachael Chau, Richard Eyler, and Emma Freeman. More information at BroadwayRecords.com.

Colombe
(Kritzerland - new on 2 CDs)
Music and libretto adaptation by Jean-Michel Damase from the play Madame Colombe by Jean Anouilh and his ballet Piège De Lumière. With companion piece: Damase's ballet, Piège de Lumière, written in 1952 and premiered at the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in Paris. Remastered rom reel-to-reel tapes of a October 6, 1967, radio broadcast in Paris. The ballet was also taken from reel-to-reel tapes and has also been spruced up. Limited to 500 copies only. To ship by the end of May. At Kritzerland.com.

The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals
(Rowman & Littlefield - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Newest in Dan Dietz' series of musicals by the decade. covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade, including The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I. Each entry features: Plot summary; Cast members; Creative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producers; Opening and closing dates; Number of performances; Critical commentary; Musical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs. Appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. 622 pages. Released 5/25/21.

Drama
(Phaidon Press - Hardcover Book)
By David Rockwell and Bruce Mau. Sam Lubell, editor. David Rockwell's fascination with theater has long informed his built work, which includes hotels, restaurants, and cultural institutions. Explores the core principles that Rockwell uses to enhance the impact of his architecture, with contributions from experts across the creative world. A new insight into the work of an important contemporary architect and a compelling case for the virtues of interdisciplinary collaboration. 312 pages. Released 5/26/21

Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
(Sourcebooks - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible AudioBook)
By Caseen Gaines. The story of New York in the roaring twenties and the very first Broadway show with an all-black cast and creative team to succeed?and the indelible mark on our popular culture. Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle sowed the seeds of the Harlem jazz scene and paved the way for people of color on stage and screen with West Side Story, Black Panther, and Hamilton. 352 pages. Released 5/21/21.

From Here To Eternity
(Liberator Films - new on DVD)
Premiere West End production. Music and lyrics by Stuart Brayson and Tim Rice and book by Bill Oakes. Cast includes Darius Campbell, Robert Lonsdale, Rebecca Thornhill, Siubhan Harrison, and Ryan Sampson. NTSC format (Region 2/PAL format released in 2014). 145 minutes. Released 5/25/21.

Judy Wexler: Back to the Garden
(Jewel City Jazz - new on CD/digital)
Judy Wexler recasts iconic songs of the 1960s as jazz/pop anthems. "Get Together," "Up on the Roof," "American Tune," "Big Yellow Taxi," "The Times They are A'Changin'," "Since You've Asked," "For What It's Worth" (available now), "Everybody's Talkin'," "Forever Young," "Who Knows Where the Times Goes."

Kinky Boots
(Liberator Films - new Blu-ray)
Live recording of the West End production. Score by Cyndi Lauper. Killian Donnelly and Olivier winner Matt Henry as Charlie and Lola, alongside Natalie McQueen, Sean Needham, Cordelia Farnworth, and Antony Reed. Directed by Brett Sullivan, based on Jerry Mitchell's original direction and choreography. 122 minutes. 5/25/21.

Lights of Old Broadway
(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)
1925 film adaptation of the play The Merry Wives of Gotham by Laurence Eyre. Directed by Monta Bell. Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel. 2K master derived from from the Library of Congress' 2018 35mm preservation of the film, which includes footage colored via three different techniques: two-strip Technicolor, the Handschiegl process, and color tinting. Special Features: audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide; new orchestral score composed, arranged, and conducted by Robert Israel. 72 minutes. 5/25/21.

A Perfect Little Death: SUF/SOND
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Created by Eleri Ward, melding the sounds of Stephen Sondheim and Sufjan Stevens. "Johanna (Reprise)," "Every Day a Little Death," "Pretty Women," "Children Will Listen," "Loving You," "Finishing the Hat," "Send in the Clowns," "Losing My Mind," "In Buddy's Eyes," "Take Me to the World," "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "Being Alive," "Sunday." Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Arrangements by Eleri Ward. GhostlightRecords.com.

Osmond Chapman Orchestra: There's More Where That Came From
(Club44 Records - new on CD)
Debut album of the Osmond Chapman Orchestra, led by vocalist David Osmond and bandleader, producer and saxophonist Caleb Chapman. "The Way You Look Tonight," "Ring of Fire," "There's More Where That Came From," "We Might as Well Fall in Love," "For Once in My Life," "Over the Rainbow," "Smile," "I Need a Real Good Thing," "When I Was Your Man," "Fly Me to the Moon," "You Don't Know Me."

"So May We Start"
(Milan - digital single)
Single from the soundtrack from upcoming film Annette. Music by Sparks; lyrics by Sparks and Leos Carax. Vocals by Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg and Sparks’ Ron Mael and Russell Mael. Released 5/28/21.

The Wind in the Willows
(Liberator Films - new on DVD)
West End production of the new musical by Julian Fellowes and George Stiles & Anthony Drewe. Rufus Hound, Simon Lipkin, Craig Mather, Neil McDermott, Denise Welch, and Gary Wilmot. Released 5/25/21.

May 25, 2021

Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway
(Univ Press of Kentucky - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Updated edition of 2000 book by Eve Golden about the most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. The first wife of legendary producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Held was the brains and inspiration behind his Follies. Together, they brought the Paris scene to New York, complete with lavish costumes and sets and a chorus of stunningly beautiful women, dubbed "The Anna Held Girls." She concealed her Jewish background and her daughter from a previous marriage, and suffered through her two husbands' gambling problems and Ziegfeld's conspicuous affairs with showgirls. She entertained troops and delivered medical supplies, and was once briefly captured by the German army. Through access to previously unseen family records and photographs. 244 pages.

Chip Deffaa's Say It with Music: The Irving Berlin Saga
(Garret Mountain Music - new on CD and digital)
Cast album of biographical show with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Written and arranged by Chip Deffaa. Cast includes Michael Townsend Wright, Jed Peterson, Santa Claire Hirsch, Katherine Paulsen, Keith Anderson, Danielle Tolep, Dee Julien, Caroline McFee, Jon Peterson, Ryan Muska, Analise Scarpaci as soloist , Chip Deffaa as Eddie Cantor, Jacqueline Parker. Musical director/pianist: Richard Danley. Released 4/30/21.

Petula Clark: In Copenhagen 1958-1960
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
From the archives of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, dating from 1958 to 1960. A part of Petula Clark's career that to date has remained relatively unknown and unreported outside of Scandinavia. This specially compiled album features 23 recordings all of which are previously unissued on CD and unheard since their original broadcasts. Digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Selections from four Petula Clark television specials recorded and broadcast exclusively in Denmark over a two-year period. Musical accompaniment by Bent Fabric and His Quartet. Highlights include "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," "Over the Rainbow," "I"ll Be Seeing You" and "Among My Souvenirs". Strictly limited to 500 units only.

Stone Crossed, A New Musical
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
Studio concept recording of score by Philip David Stern. Cast includes Krystina Alabado, Alex Boniello, Gabi Campo, Antonio Cipriano, Will Connolly, Telly Leung, Elle McLemore, Celia Rose Gooding, Jon Rua, Samantha Williams. At BroadwayRecords.com.

May 18, 2021

The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man to 1491
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Dominic McHugh. The author uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and production files to reveal Meredith Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that lead him to compose The Music Man at the age of 55. McHugh also gives an in-depth look at the reception of The Music Man and examines the strengths and weaknesses of Willson's other three musicals, with his sustained commitment to innovation and novelty. Packed with new revelations about the processes involved in writing these works, as well as the trials and tribulations of working in the commercial theatre. Part of OUP's Broadway Legacies series. 280 pages.

Breathe: A New Musical
(Broadway Records - new album)
Kelli O'Hara and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Patti Murin, Colin Donnell, Denée Benton, Rubén J. Carbajal, Matt Doyle, Max Clayton, Daniel Yearwood, T. Oliver Reid and Josh Davis. Five suites, each featuring a score by different composers Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich; Rob Rokicki and Rebecca Murillo; Daniel Mertzlufft and Kate Leonard; Doug Besterman and Sharon Vaughn; and Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar. The musical premieres on Overture+ on May 14, 2021. Released 5/14/21.

Modern Theatres 1950 - 2020
(Routledge - Paperback Book)
David Staples, editor. An investigation of theatres, concert halls, and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. Explores in detail thirty of the most significant theatres, concert halls, opera houses, and dance spaces that opened between 1950 and 2010. Each theatre is reviewed and assessed by experts in theatre buildings, such as architects, acousticians, consultants, and theatre practitioners, and illustrated with full-color photographs and comparative plans and sections. A further twenty theatres that opened between 2011 and 2020 are concisely reviewed and illustrated. 512 pages. Kindle Edition released earlier.

Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
(Applause Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Robert L. Freedman, editor. Bookwriter Freedman goes through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of 2014 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Describes the challenging and rewarding growing pains. 72 pages.

May 4-11, 2021

Alice Faye: The 20th Century Fox Years Volume 1: 1934-1939
(Sepia Records - new on 2 CDs)
Collection of songs from Alice Faye's early films culled from studio discs and digitally remastered (sans dialogue, applause, special effects or tap sounds). Co-stars include Dick Powell, Don Ameche, Buddy Clark, Tony Martin, Louis Prima, Jimmy Durante, Ann Sothern. 61 tracks. Also at SepiaRecords.com.

The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays, 2020
(Applause Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Lawrence Harbison, editor. Approximately 100 men's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays ... by both well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, Theresa Rebeck, Rob Ackerman, Len Jenkin, Stephen Belber, and Tim Blake Nelson, and future stars such as David MacGregor, Reina Hardy, Chris Daftsios, Frank Basloe, and Will Arbery. 184 pages.

The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020
(Applause Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Lawrence Harbison, editor. Approximately 100 women’s monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays ... by both well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, Saviana Stanescu, and Len Jenkin and future stars such as Lia Romeo, Steven Hayet, Lori Fischer, Will Arbery, and Carey Crim. 184 pages.

Betty Grable: The 20th Century Fox Years Volume 1: 1940-1944
(Sepia Records - new on 2 CDs)
Collection of songs from Betty Grable's early days at 20th Century Fox. (sans dialogue, applause or tap sounds). The music is sourced from playback discs, studio discs, etc, all digitally remastered. Co-stars include Don Ameche, The Nicholas Brothers, Robert Cummings, Phil Regan, Carmen Miranda, Helen Forrest with Harry James. 60 tracks. Also at SepiaRecords.com.

April 27, 2021

Boston's Theater District (Images of America)
(Arcadia Publishing - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Dale Stinchcomb. 128 pages.

Curtain Call Mixes
(Silent Voice Publishing - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Lewis Flinn's hand-selected compendium of curtain call cues From Broadway productions of The Little Dog Laughed and Lysistrata Jones; Off-Broadway productions of Mondo Drama, Mr. & Mrs. Fitch (Second Stage), The New York Idea (MCC), The Busy World Is Hushed (Playwright's Horizons), Show People (Second Stage), Die Mommie Die, The Third Story, and The Divine Sister; and regional productions of The Imaginary Invalid (The Cleveland Playhouse), Jerusalem (The Cleveland Playhouse), and A Comedy of Errors (Hartford Stage).

Fangirls
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere cast recording of score by Yve Blake, based on the Australian stage musical. Yve Blake, Chika Ikogwe, Kimberley Hodgson, James Majoos, Sharon Millerchip, Ayesha Madon, and Blake Appelqvist. Produced and mixed by David Muratore. Vocal arrangements by Alice Chance. Zara Stanton is music director and provides additional vocal arrangements.

Gershwin in Pittsburgh (Images of America)
(Arcadia Publishing - Paperback Book)
By Gregory Suriano. chronicles the surprisingly consequential connections between George Gershwin and the city of Pittsburgh. Theatrical venues such as the Nixon and Alvin Theatres and colleagues like Ned Wayburn, Oscar Levant, George S. Kaufman, Dolores Costello, Fritz Reiner, and Pandro S. Berman are all spotlighted. Most revealing are the visits Gershwin personally made to the city, as accompanist to vaudeville star Nora Bayes, during his Rhapsody in Blue tours with the Paul Whiteman and Leo Reisman orchestras, and for his 1933 guest appearance with the Pittsburgh Symphony. 128 pages.

A History of Theater on Cape Cod
(The History Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Sue Mellen. Foreword by Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll. From the beginning of theater on the Cape in 1916 when a group of artists and writers in Provincetown mounted a production of a one-act play, Bound East for Cardiff, by a little-known playwright, Eugene O'Neill. It grew into the constantly expanding theater universe it is today. The theatrical descendants of O'Neill and the Provincetown Players continue to present classical drama, contemporary hits and new, experimental works to audiences that have come to expect the best. A tour of the theaters from Provincetown to Falmouth, revealing the rich past behind a unique cultural treasure. 144 pages.

Little Black Book
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
World premiere recording. Score for the new rock musical by Billy Recce about the life and times of Heidi Fleiss. Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Mandy Gonzalez, Jessica Vosk, Brittney Johnson, Diana DeGarmo, Vonzell Solomon, Kuhoo Verma, Samantha Pauly, Natalie Weiss and Lillias White. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes.

Mame: 1969 London Studio Cast
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
Jerry Herman score. Ahead of the show's London opening, the Major Minor label recorded a studio cast album produced by Norman Newell at Abbey Road Studios. Recorded on January 5th 1969, the all-British cast featured Beryl Reid as Mame, with Joan Turner was cast as Vera Charles, Pat Whitmore, Charles Young and Fred Lucas. Digitally remastered from stereo tape. Bonus tracks: Joan Turner's rare 1954 sides of "The Homecoming Waltz" and "The Shadow Waltz" (from the BBC TV serial The Teckman Biography) recorded for the Philips label with Wally Stott and his Orchestra. Limited edition release of 500 units only. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein OLC
(Notefornote Entertainment - on mp3 and at iTunes)
Live recording made over several performances. Score by Mel Brooks ("Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin). Ross Noble, Lesley Joseph, Dianne Pilkington, Patrick Clancy. "Overture," "The Brain," "Please Don't Touch Me," "Together Again," "Roll in the Hay," "He Vas My Boyfriend," "It Could Work," "Hang Him Till He's Dead," "The Experiment," "He Vas My Boyfriend Reprise," "Welcome to Transylvania," "Transylvania Mania," "He's Loose," "Listen to Your Heart," "Surprise," "Someone," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Deep Love," "Hang the Doctor," "Deep Love Reprise and Finale," "Finale - Together Again," "The Bows," "Exit Music." Released 8/10/18.

The Rebecca Kilgore Trio, Vol. 1
(HeavyWood Music - new digital album on mp3)
Rebecca Kilgore with pianist Randy Porter and bassist Tom Wakeling. "Dear Bix," "Day In - Day Out," "Somebody Just Like You," "Run, Little Raindrop, Run," "Azure-Té / Azure," "Talking to Myself About You," "Old Soft Shoe," "I Wanna Get Married," "Like the Brightest Star," "That Sunday That Summer," "The Gentleman Is a Dope," "Because We're Kids," "There's a Small Hotel."

Ride the Cyclone
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere cast recording of score by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell. Cast includes Lillian Castillo, Chaz Duffy, Scott Redmond, Jacob Richmond, Emily Rohm, Tiffany Tatreau, Kholby Wardell, and Brooke Maxwell. Kevin McCollum and Morris Berchard, executive producers. Released 4/28/21.

The Shakespeare Codex
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. New Discworld stage adaptation written to commemorate Terry Pratchett's life and works based loosely on The Science of Discworld II: the Globe, Lords & Ladies, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. 80 pages. Released 4/22/21.

"Tomorrow"
(Mercia Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Terron Brooks (The Lion King). From upcoming album The Soul of Broadway.

April 13, 2021

Life at Hamilton: Sometimes You Throw Away Your Shot, Only to Find Your Story
(Waterside Productions - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Mike Anthony. This Broadway bartender takes the reader along on his journey, recounting his extraordinary experiences as Hamilton: An American Musical rocketed into Broadway history, from its unparalleled opening night, through the 2016 election, to its COVID-19 intermission. Including heartfelt and often humorous encounters with the show's patrons, including some of the most famous celebrities in the world, and its biggest (and littlest) Hamilfans. A testament to the potent power of theater to connect, to inspire, and to heal. 296 pages. Published 11/30/20.

In Pieces
(Broadway Records - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Highlights from new musical by Joey Contreras. Released 4/16/21. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Joanie Pallatto: My Original Plan
(Southport Records - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Jazz singer Joanie Pallatto with Fareed Haque on guitar. Produced by Fareed Haque and Joanie Pallatto. "Open Your Eyes," "Do Butterflies Cry?," "The Blank Page," "The Confessional," "My Original Plan," "Jon's Place," "About A Song," "Rest," "The Photograph," "Almost 65," "A Simple Time," "They Sentenced Us To Paradise," "This Winter," "Lucky To Belong To You."

John Pizzarelli: Better Days Ahead (Solo Guitar Takes on Pat Metheny)
(Ghostlight Deluxe - new on mp3/at iTunes)
John Pizzarelli's first solo guitar album. A celebration of composer and guitarist Pat Metheny. "Better Days Ahead," "Spring Ain't Here," "April Wind/Phase Dance," "September Fifteenth," "James," "Antonia," "(It's Just) Talk," "Letter From Home," "If I Could," "Last Train Home," "From This Place," "The Bat," "Farmer's Trust." Pre-order the album and received the "James" track immediately. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played
(Hachette Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Tovah Feldshuh. "Memoir that shares the highs and lows of a remarkable career that has spanned five decades, and shares the lessons that she has learned, often the hard way, about how to live a life in the spotlight, strive for excellence, and still get along with your mother." 320 pages.

Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn
(Harbinger Records - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Debut album of young jazz singer Anaïs Reno, winner of the Julie Wilson Award the 2019 Mabel Mercer Foundation competition. "Caravan," "Mood Indigo," "Still in Love," "Chelsea Bridge / A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing," "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So," "It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight," "Day Dream," "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues," "All Roads Lead Back to You," "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)," "Lush Life," "Take the 'A' Train."

The Producers
(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)
1967 film written and directed by Mel Brooks. Cast includes Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Christopher Hewett, Kenneth Mars, Lee Meredith, Renée Taylor, Bill Macey. 4K restoration; new audio commentary by Michael Schlesinger; The Making of The Producers (63:51); playhouse outtake; sketch gallery; Peter Sellers' statement read by Paul Mazursky; radio spot; theatrical trailer; dual-layered BD50 disc. 88 minutes.

The Reason to Sing: A Guide to Acting While Singing
(Routledge - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia (Working, Is There Life After High School?, Sweet Smell of Success). Step-by-step guide to making singing performances more truthful, vivid, and full of life. Utilizes detailed descriptions of sessions the author has had with his notable students and lays out a new and proven approach to help you build your skills, your confidence, and your career. 182 pages. [Paperback appears to be delayed, but can be pre-ordered.]

And This is My Friend Sandy: Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, London Theatre and Gay Culture
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Deborah Philips. Situates the production of Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend and the Players' Theatre in the context of a post-war London and reads The Boy Friend, and Wilson's later work, as exercises in contemporary camp. Argues for Wilson as a significant and transitional figure both for musical theatre and for modes of homosexuality in the context of the pre-Wolfenden 1950s. Released 3/25/21.

April 6, 2021

American Musicals in Context: From the American Revolution to the 21st Century
(Greenwood - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Thomas A. Greenfield. A fresh look at history-based musicals, helping readers to understand the American story through one of the country's most celebrated art forms: the musical. Provides the synopsis, critical and audience reception, and historical context and analysis for each of 20 musicals selected for the unique and illuminating way they present America's story on the stage. Released 3/31/21.

Consider Your Ass Kissed
(Briton Publishing - new Paperback Book)
Memoir by Ruta Lee. Personal stories and anecdotes on subjects including her starring roles in films such as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Funny Face; working with Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Johnny Carson, Fred Astaire, Robin Williams, Howard Keel, Bob Crane, Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, and more; the iconic ladies she called friends, Rona Barrett, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Sally Fields, Gypsy Rose Lee (no relation), and Debbie Reynolds; numerous television appearances; The Thalians Mental Health Center. 274 pages.

Hymn
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition to be released 4/28/21)
Play by Lolita Chakrabarti. Published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Almeida Theatre in February 2021, starring Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani. 64 pages. Released 3/31/21.

Little Black Book
(Broadway Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording. Score for the new rock musical by Billy Recce about the life and times of Heidi Fleiss. Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Mandy Gonzalez, Jessica Vosk, Brittney Johnson, Diana DeGarmo, Vonzell Solomon, Kuhoo Verma, Samantha Pauly, Natalie Weiss and Lillias White. CD format to be released 4/30/21. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

My Broken Language: A Memoir
(One World - Hardcover book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
By Quiara Alegría Hudes (Water By the Spoonful, In the Heights). Weaves together Hudes’s love of books with the stories of her family, and the lessons of North Philly with those of Yale. 336 pages.

Something Wonderful: Peggy Lee Sings The Great American Songbook
(Omnivore Recordings/Peggy Lee Associates - on 2 CDs)
40 tracks from 1951-52's "The Peggy Lee Show," most tracks previously unissued. Standards from Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Hoagy Carmichael, and more. Liner notes by journalist Joe Marchese. Deluxe digi-pak packaging. Compiled to accompany the 2020 PBS documentary, Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee.

My West Side Story: A Memoir
(Lyons Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Audiobook)
By George Chakiris. "I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the time, the joyful path of my life was paved one night in 1949 when Jerome Robbins sat Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents down in his apartment and announced, 'I have an idea.'" Audio versions narrated by George Chakiris, George Newbern. 232 pages. Released 3/1/21.

Week of March 30, 2021

Amanda McBroom: "Send in the Clowns"
(Gecko Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Released 2/21/21.

Amélie OLC
(Craft Recordings - new on CD)
Score by Daniel Messé (music and lyrics) and Nathan Tysen (lyrics). Audrey Brisson, Sophie Crawford, Faoileann Cunningham, Rachel Dawson, Oliver Grant, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy, Kate Robson-Stuart, Josh Sneesby, Jez Unwin, Johnson Willis. "The Flight of the Blue Fly," "World's Best Papa," "Post Mortem," "The Sound of Going Round In Circles," "The Commute Home," "When the Booth Goes Bright," "The Bottle Drops," "Girl with the Glass," "How To Tell Time," "Tour De France," "Goodbye, Amélie," "Half Asleep," "Backyard," "Sister's Pickle," "Halfway," "Window Seat," "Thin Air," "There's No Place Like Gnome," "Times Are Hard for Dreamers," "Blue Arrow Suite," "The Late Nino Quincampoix," "A Better Haircut," "Stay," "Halfway (Reprise / Original London Cast Recording)," "Where Do We Go From Here?." Previously released on mp3 and at iTunes.

Ben Bagley's Cole Porter Revisited
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Arrangements and orchestrations by Norman Paris. Cast includes Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, Bibi Osterwald, and David Allen. Remastered. Cover by Harvey Schmidt. Limited release of 500 copies only. Expected to ship by the first week of April. At Kritzerland.com.

Ben Bagley's Unpublished Cole Porter Volume II
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Cast includes Karen Morrow, Edward Earle, Laura Kenyon, Alice Playten, Blossom Dearie, Carmen Alvarez, Charles Rydell, Kaye Ballard. Arrangements by Judd Woldin. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected to ship by the first week in April. At Kritzerland.com.

A Bright Ray of Darkness
(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Novel by Ethan Hawke about a young man "performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying--and narcissistic--Falstaff's of all time." 256 pages. Audiobook narrated by Ethan Hawke. Released 2/2/21.

Grumpy Old Men
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
World premiere recording of score by Neil Berg (music) and Nick Meglin (lyrics). Cast includes Ed Dixon, Mark Jacoby, with Leslie Stevens and featuring Sally Struthers and Hal Linden, plus Brenda Braxton, Doug Eskew, Kevin Massey, Laura Woyasz, John Battagliese, Blake Hammond, Eric Jon Mahlum. Released 3/26/21.

North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard's Work
(Hachette Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD)
By Michael Blanding. Presents the twinning narratives of renegade scholar Dennis McCarthy, called “the Steve Jobs of the Shakespeare community,” and Sir Thomas North, an Elizabethan courtier whom McCarthy believes to be the undiscovered source for Shakespeare’s plays. 480 pages.

Paradise Blue
(Audible Audiobook)
Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Dominique Morisseau's play. Kristolyn Lloyd, André Holland, Keith Randolph Smith, Simone Missick.

Swingin' with the Music of Broadway
(SWTM Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Laura Osnes, John Tartaglia, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, and Jewelle Blackman, Brittney Johnson, Pablo Rossil, and the SWTM band. "Overture/Give My Regards to Broadway," "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," "The Schuyler Sisters," "Put on Your Sunday Clothes," "If I Were a Bell," "If I Loved You," "Master of the House," "King Herod's Song," "Popular," "Til There Was You," "Finale." Limited number in CD format at SwinginMusic.com. Released 3/27/21.

Walking with Ghosts: A Memoir
(Grove Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By Gabriel Byrne. "Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and reflections on stardom in Hollywood and Broadway, Byrne also courageously recounts his battle with addiction and the ambivalence of fame." Audio versions narrated by the author. 196 pages. Released 1/12/21.

We Play Ourselves
(Random House - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Novel by playwright Jen Silverman (The Roommate) about a queer, feminist novelist. 336 pages. Released 2/9/21.

Zachary James and Charity Wicks: On Broadway
(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Bass-baritone singer/actor Zachary James (The Addams Family) with pianist Charity Wicks, live from Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia. "On Broadway," "A New Town Is a Blue Town," "Sixteen Tons," "Something's Coming," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "Coram Boy," "There is Nothin' Like a Dame," "Some Enchanted Evening," "This Nearly Was Mine," "If I Loved You," "If Ever I Would Leave You," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "No One Is Alone," "Move Toward the Darkness," "Over the Rainbow." Released 3/19/21.

Week of March 23, 2021

After You
(Broadway Records - on mp3/at iTunes)
Original studio album recording of score from the musical (debuted in the West End in 2020) by Alex Parker and Katie Lam. Cast includes Alexia Khadime and Bradley Jaden. "Better," "First Drink," "Easy," "Constellations," "Touch Me," "Easy (Reprise)," "The Voice Inside My Head," "See The World," "After You."

Bob Marks' 88 Keys to Successful Singing Performances: Audition Advice From One of America's Top Vocal Coaches
(Thomas Noble Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Bob Marks, who has spent more than 90,000 hours coaching singers, including cast members of nearly every current Broadway musical, cabaret performers, students winning positions at prestigious university programs, and actors of all ages. Marks addresses how to: build confidence and presence; care for your voice and use it effectively; select music which enhances your unique style; put your best musical foot forward in any situation. 186 pages. Released 12/1/20.

Cinderella
(BBC/Opus Arte - on DVD)
Re-release of the 1969 Royal Ballet production. Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpman. Choreography and production, Frederick Ashton. Music, Sergei Prokofiev. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. John Lanchbery, conductor. Previously released by Kultur.

Faust
(Opus Arte - new Blu-ray/DVD)
2019 Royal Opera production of Charles Gounod's opera. Directed by Oliver Mears. Michael Fabiano, Erwin Schrott, Irina Lungu, GermánE. Alcántara, Stéphane Degout, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Carole Wilson. Royal Opera Chorus. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Dan Ettinger, conductor. Extras: "Why the Royal Opera love performing Faust"; Erwin Schrott and Dan Ettinger discuss the character Méphistophélès in Faust.

Le nozze di Figaro
(Unitel Edition - new Blu-ray)
2014 Theater an der Wien production of Mozart's opera. Bo Skovhus, Christine Schäfer, Mari Eriksmoen, Andrè Schuen, Elisabeth Kulman, Ildikó Raimondi, Peter Kálmán, Mauro Peter, Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. Concentus Musicus Wien. Bonus: documentary: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Between Obsession and Perfection (Le nozze di Figaro). 242 minutes.

Once on This Island
(Broadway Records - new 2-LP vinyl album)
2017 revival cast recording of Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty score. Cast includes Lea Salonga, Alex Newell, Merle Dandridge, and Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Phillip Boykin, Darlesia Cearcy, Rodrick Covington, Emerson Davis, Alysha Deslorieux, Tyler Hardwick, Cassondra James, David Jennings, Grasan Kingsberry, Loren Lott, Kenita R. Miller, Isaac Powell, T. Oliver Reid, Aurelia Williams, and Mia Williamson. New orchestrations by new orchestrations by original orchestrator Michael Starobin and AnnMarie Milazzo. Album produced by Elliott Scheiner, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Hunter Arnold, and Ken Davenport. On orange vinyl. At BroadayRecords.com.

Paris and the Musical: The City of Light on Stage and Screen
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Olaf Jubin. Explores how the famous city has been portrayed on stage and screen, and investigates why the city has been of such importance to the genre and tracks how it has developed as a trope over the 20th and 21st centuries. From An American in Paris, Gigi, Les Misérables, Moulin Rouge! and The Phantom of the Opera to Bless the Bride, Can-Can, Irma la Douce and Marguerite. 414 pages.

R&H Goes Pop!
(Craft Recordings - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Contemporary takes on timeless Rodgers & Hammerstein classics. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (Jeremy Jordan), "Shall We Dance?" (Ariana DeBose), "Some Enchanted Evening" (Andy Mientus), "It Feels Good" (Lilli Cooper), "Something Wonderful" (Gavin Creel), "Lonely Room" (Rebecca Naomi Jones), "This Nearly Was Mine" (Ryan McCartan), "The Next Ten Minutes Ago" (Jeremy Jordan & Laura Osnes), A mashup of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Ten Minutes Ago" and Jason Robert Brown's "The Next Ten Minutes", "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Ali Stroker), "Younger Than Springtime" (Derek Klena), "Something Good" (Katrina Lenk), "We Kiss in a Shadow" (Jelani Alladin & Matt Doyle), "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (Santino Fontana), "Do-Re-Mi" (Ashley Park), "The Sweetest Sounds" (Kyle Selig). Produced by Concord Theatricals (Dana Siegel, Haydyn Meythaler and Kinsley Suer). Mixed and mastered by Seth Presant and Paul Blakemore.

Rebecca DuMaine and the Dave Miller Trio: Someday, Someday
(Summit - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
"Just Friends," "Alone Again (Naturally)," "Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat," "The Gentleman is a Dope," "Someday, Someday," "Both Sides Now," "Time to Get Unstuck (Happy Little New Song)," "As Long As I Live," "On a Clear Day," "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan," "Cry Me a River," "La Vie En Rose/Au Privave," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams." Released 1/12/21.

The Sound Inside
(Theatre Communications Group - Audible Audiobook)
2019 Broadway play by Adam Rapp. Narrated by Mary-Louise Parker and Will Hochman. Released 3/18/21. 96 pages. Released earlier in Kindle Edition and Paperback format.

And This is My Friend Sandy: Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, London Theatre and Gay Culture
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)
By Deborah Philips. Situates the production of Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend and the Players' Theatre in the context of a post-war London and reads The Boy Friend, and Wilson's later work, as exercises in contemporary camp. Argues for Wilson as a significant and transitional figure both for musical theatre and for modes of homosexuality in the context of the pre-Wolfenden 1950s.

Week of March 16, 2021

Angela's Ring
(Tiger Turn - new on mp3/at iTunes)
New jazz opera based on the European debt crisis, co-composed by bassist Kabir Sehgal and pianist Marie Incontrera. Cast includes including Lucy Schaufer, David Gordon, Brandon Snook, Erik Bagger, Marnie Breckinridge. Leveraged Jazz Orchestra and guest soloists including Aaron Diehl (piano), Grace Kelly (saxophone), Manuel Valera (piano), Oran Etkin (clarinet), Edmar Casteñada (harp), and Papo Vazquez (trombone).

Bernstein Reimagined
(McG Jazz/Manchester Craftsmen's Guild - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. "Times Square Ballet" (On the Town), "Dream With Me" (Peter Pan), "Dance of the Great Lover" (On the Town), "Lonely Town" (On the Town), "Morning Sun" (Trouble in Tahiti), "Waltz" (Divertimento for Orchestra), "Meditation #1" (Mass), "Chichester Psalms I Postlude" (A Quiet Place), "Symphonic Suite" (On The Waterfront). Arrangements by Jay Ashby, Darryl Brenzel, Scott Silbert, Mike Tomaro, and Steve Williams. Released 1/29/21.

Damn Yankees
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1958 film based on the Broadway musical. Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen. Score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Cast includes Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston. New 1080p HD master sourced from 4K scan of preservation separation masters.

David Suchet: Behind the Lens: My Life
(Constable - Hardcover Book)
Autobiography (with photos) by stage and film actor David Suchet. Discusses his London upbringing and love of the city, his Jewish roots and how they have influenced his career, the importance of his faith, how he really feels about fame, his love of photography and music, and his processes as an actor. He looks back on his fifty-year career, including reflections on how the industry has changed, his personal highs and lows, and how he wants to be remembered. 320 pages.

Show Time Series: EP Collection Vol 1
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
The first volume of Stage Door Records' "Show Time" Series EP collection. To be issued across three albums, the collection compiles all 16 EPs which formed the "Show Time" Series as recorded and released by RCA Victor in 1953 ... a recording initiative by RCA Victor to recreate highlights from a diverse selection of Broadway musicals, revues and operettas from the first half of the 20th century. The series featured a host of Broadway star performers, many of whom introduced their songs in the original stage productions ... and some of Broadway's finest musical directors (including Jay Blackton and Lehman Engel). Volume 1 includes selections from Oklahoma!, Carousel, Showboat, The Cat and the Fiddle, Babes in Arms and Jumbo. Featured performers include John Raitt, Patricia Northrup, Doretta Morrow, Helena Bliss, Carol Bruce, Patricia Neway, Stephen Douglass, William Tabbert, Lisa Kirk, Sheila Bond and Jack Cassidy. Most of the tracks have never been released on CD. Each volume in the series is limited to 500 units only. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

Week of March 9, 2021

The Great Caruso
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1951 (somewhat fictionalized) autobiographical musical film from M-G-M starring Mario Lanza. Directed by Richard Thorpe. New 1080p HD master sourced from 4K scan of original nitrate Technicolor negatives. Extras: Documentary Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods; theatrical trailer. 109 minutes.

Jane Monheit: Come What May
(Club44 Records - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
All-new collection of songbook classics. Produced by Jane Monheit, Wayne Haun, and Jamey Tate. "I Believe in You," "When a Woman Loves a Man," "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block," "Lush Life," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Samba Do Avião," "The Nearness of You," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "The Man That Got Away," "My Funny Valentine."

Joshua Henry: Guarantee
(S-Curve Records - new EP on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut album for Joshua Henry (The Wrong Man, Hamilton, The Scottsboro Boys. "Guarantee," "Hold Me," "Possible," "Stand Up." Released 3/3/21.

Mill Girls
(new interactive EP)
Four songs from new musical by Diana Lawrence, Samantha Beach, and Jess McLeod, plus bonus track of historical context by Lowell National Park Ranger Allison Horrocks and UMass-Lowell Professor Robert Forrant. Nikki Renée Daniels, Alysha Deslorieux, Nikhil Saboo, Bri Sudia, and Lucy Godinez. See MillGirlsMusical.com/.

My Fair Lady
(Music on Vinyl - 2-LP vinyl album)
Expanded 1964 original soundtrack. Score by Frederick Loewe and Allan Jay Lerner. All the songs from the film, plus 11 bonus tracks. Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on transparent purple swirled vinyl.

Randy Rainbow: Mr. Joe Biden (Bring My Vaccine)
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
To the tune of The Chordettes' hit single, "Mr. Sandman (Bring Me A Dream)”. Original cover art by Justin "Squigs" Robertson. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

"Yesterday / Time After Time / Shallow"
(Broadway Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Mashup by Andy Karl, Orfeh and Andrew Logan. Produced by Andrew Logan and Pamela Reswick with original arrangement/music direction by Steven Jamail and vocal arrangement by Andy Karl, Orfeh and Andrew Logan. Eric Garcia (guitar), David Kawamura (guitar), Quinton "Q" Robinson (drums) and Pamela Reswick (additional drum programming and keyboards). Released 3/5/21.

Week of March 2, 2021

Chip Deffaa's Irving Berlin: Sweet and Hot
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
Produced by Chip Deffaa. Performers include Seth Sikes, Jerry Dixon, Keith Anderson, Jon Peterson, Steve Ross, Tyquan Malik White, Jeremy Januti, Daryl Sherman. 26 tracks. Released 11/16/20. See our review of this album.

Fiver
(new on mp3/at iTunes)
Concert cast album of score by Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees. Cast includes Luke Bayer, Aoife Clesham, Dan Buckley, Hiba Elchikhe, and Alex James Ellison. Premiered at Southwark Playhouse in 2019.

Insane Animals
(Very Attractive Records - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of score by George Heyworth and Liv Morris. Cast includes Lockie Chapman. Musical arrangements by Victoria Falconer. The musical at HOME, Manchester, in March 2020.

J. Breckenridge: "Y.O.U."
(Red Card Records - new digital single on mp3)
From upcoming album by Josh Breckenridge (Come from Away, The Scottsboro Boys). Produced by James Frazee.

Marguerite
(Broadway Records/Astoria Performing Arts Center - new on CD)
Original cast recording of Michael Cooper/Anton Dudley solo musical score. Starring Cady Huffman. Presented at Astoria Performing Arts Center in November 2019. Traces the life of Marguerite Bourgeoys, the first female saint of Canada. 30 tracks. Released 1/26/20 on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert: All The Girls
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert's personal celebration of womanhood in all its complexities and varied expressions. Adapted from the show of the same name. Songs by Stephen Sondheim, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Fred Ebb & John Kander, a medley from musicals featuring iconic female duets, art songs, cabaret material, and settings of poems written expressly for them by the show's music director, Joseph Thalken (who expanded the orchestrations from four to ten pieces for this recording). "You Are My Best Friend," "Lovely Lies," "What Did You Do to Your Face," "Everybody Says Don't," "There Are Delicacies," "I Have Loved Hours at Sea," "Marilyn Miller," "Shows we could have starred in together" medley - Rebecca & Sally," "A QUOI Bon Dire," "War Song," "Isn't This Better?," "Millwork," "Not Funny," "Be Careful." Released 12/25/20 on mp3 and at iTunes

The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 4
(Dress Circle Publishing - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Latest in series by Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Includes over 30 new interviews, features hundreds of theatre professionals discussing everything that makes Broadway essential. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. 467 pages.

The Wellsongs Project
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
Collection of 16 new songs performed by a cast that includes Kate Baldwin, Christine Andreas, Lisa Howard, Ethan Slater, Jason Gotay, Margo Seibert, Allie Trimm, Lisa Brescia, Bradley Gibson, Halle Hunt, Marissa McGowan, Michael Mendez, Will Reynolds, and Vishal Vaidya. Produced by Michael A. Pizzi with music direction by Brian Cavanagh-Strong. Engineered by James Yost, mixed by Jahn Sood, and mastered by Patrick Derivaz. All proceeds of this album will go towards providing performing arts opportunities for children with special needs. Released 2/12/21 on mp3 and at iTunes Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Week of February 23, 2021

Beggar's Opera
(Opus Arte - new Blu-ray/DVD)
Written by John Gay. New version of the "ballad opera" by Ian Burton and Robert Carse. Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord production.

Kyle Taylor Parker: Broadway Soul, Vol. 2
(Broadway Records - new album on CD)
A follow-up to Parker's Broadway Soul, Vol. 1. New collection of Broadway classics reimagined. Created as a full musical, and featuring Jackie Cox, Shoshana Bean, Blaine Alden Krauss, and Natalie Joy Johnson. An eclectic array of songs from musicals as diverse as Hedwig and the Angry Inch, South Pacific, A Chorus Line, The Wiz, Follies, The Music Man and more, all filtered through the sound of a queer artist of color. Produced, arranged and orchestrated by Sonny Paladino, and co-produced by Rich Mercurio. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released 2/12/21 on mp3 and at iTunes.

Lady Sings the Blues
(Paramount - new blu-ray)
1972 biopic about Billie Holiday. Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, and Scatman Crothers.

Mark Winkler & David Benoit: Old Friends
(Cafe Pacific Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Collection of some of the duo's favorites songs by some of their favorite composers, as well as three original tunes. "I've Got Just About Everything," "Sweet Kentucky Ham," "Better Than Anything," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Two for the Road," "Old Friends / Bookends," "When This Love Affair Is Over," "I Think It's Going to Rain Today," "In a Quiet Place (Kei's Song)," "I Wish I'd Met You," "Dragonfly," "Thirty Years," "Some Other Time."

My Dream Is Yours
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1949 musical romantic comedy film. Starring Jack Carson, Doris Day, and Lee Bowman. Songs mostly by Ralph Blane and Harry Warren. 1080p HD master. Extras: vintage Joe McDoakes comedy short So You Want to be An Actor; The Grass is Always Greener short subject; classic cartoon A Ham in a Role; original theatrical Trailer (HD). 101 minutes.

Nicolas King: Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings
(Club44 - new on CD)
The singer with guests. Musical contributions from Mike Renzi and Charles Calello. Liner notes by Connie Francis. Track list: Liza Minnelli Introduction, "Life Is Just a Bowl Of Cherries/Nice 'N' Easy (Medley)," "God Bless the Child," "Yes Sir, That's My Baby (with Tom Selleck), "How Deep Is the Ocean," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "The Only One," "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together/My Shining Hour (Medley)," "Looks Like They're in Love," "You Must Believe in Spring," "But Beautiful (with Jane Monheit), "Sing," "What Matters Most," "What a Wonderful World (with Norm Lewis), "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back to Me." Previously released on mp3 and at iTunes

On Moonlight Bay
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1951 musical film. Starring Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith. New 1080p HD master from 4K scan of original Technicolor negatives. Extras: Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight vintage short; classic cartoon A Hound for Trouble; original theatrical trailer (HD). 95 minutes.

Show Boat 1951
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1951 film based on the stage musical. Score by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Screenplay by John Lee Mahin, based on musical book by Edna Ferber. Directed by George Sidney. Cast includes Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Agnes Moorehead. New 1080p HD master from 4K scan of original Technicolor negatives. Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 STEREO - English, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Original Mono Theatrical track Extras: commentary by George Sidney; Till the Clouds Roll By - Show Boat (1946) Sequence; "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Bill" Ava Gardner audio-only outtakes; Lux Radio Theater Broadcast (2/11/1952); original theatrical trailer (HD).

Tom Stoppard: A Life
(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Biography of writer Tom Stoppard by Hermione Lee, with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. 896 pages.

Week of February 16, 2021

American Theatre Ensembles Volume 2: Post-1995: Rude Mechs, The Builders Association, Pig Iron, Radiohole, The Civilians, and 600 Highwaymen
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Mike Vanden Heuvel. Second volume in series, covering the years 1996-2018. Overview of ensemble-based creation within the general historical and cultural contexts of the period, followed by a detailed study of the evolution of ensemble-based work. Contributors examine matters such as influence, funding, production and legacies, as well as the forms of collective devising and creation, while presenting close readings of the companies' most prominent works. Volume 1, American Theatre Ensembles: Post 1970, covering the years 1970-1995, released earlier. 288 pages.

Don't Lose Your Head: Life Lessons from the Six Ex-Wives of Henry VIII
(Ulysses Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Harriet Marsden. "An Unofficial Survival Guide for Fans of the Musical Six." Witty book of essential life advice, history, and trivia ... written from the perspectives of each of the different women around Henry VIII. 192 pages.

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story
(DK - Hardcover Book)
Second edition of 2015 book. Foreword by Elaine Paige. From Show Boat and The Wizard of Oz to Les Misérables and Hamilton ... beautifully illustrated book covers the complete history of the genre, from its earliest origins in dance halls and vaudeville, to the record-breaking West End musicals and spectacular Broadway shows of today. The history, plots, and stars of musical theatre and movie musicals; choreography and set and costume design; profiles of successful creators. 360 pages.

San Francisco
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1936 musical film. Black & white. Stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. Title song composed by Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. New 1080p HD master from nitrate preservation elements. 115 minutes.

The Wellsongs Project
(Broadway Records - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Collection of 16 new songs performed by a cast that includes Kate Baldwin, Christine Andreas, Lisa Howard, Ethan Slater, Jason Gotay, Margo Seibert, Allie Trimm, Lisa Brescia, Bradley Gibson, Halle Hunt, Marissa McGowan, Michael Mendez, Will Reynolds, and Vishal Vaidya. Produced by Michael A. Pizzi with music direction by Brian Cavanagh-Strong. Engineered by James Yost, mixed by Jahn Sood, and mastered by Patrick Derivaz. All proceeds of this album will go towards providing performing arts opportunities for children with special needs. CD format to be released March 5, 2021. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released 2/12/21.

Week of February 9, 2021

Cases
(Pioneer Arts - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original studio cast recording of score by Dominic Powell. Maiya Quansah-Breed, Andrew Patrick-Walker, Bobbie Little and Waylon Jacobs. The musical premiered at London's Phoenix Arts Club in 2017. Released 2/12/21.

Desert Song
(Stage Door Records - new import CD)
Music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. CD debut of the Saga Records The Desert Song 1967 London studio cast recording featuring Mary Millar, Robert Colman. Ivor Danvers, Ted Gilbert, Gordon Trayner, Paul Bretton, Betty Winsett, Janet Gale, The Westminster Sinfonia. Under the direction of Ray Cook. Digitally remastered from the original Saga master tapes. Also included, the original 1927 London cast recordings starring Edith Day and Harry Welchman. Originally released across four 78rpm recordings, newly remastered especially for this release. 21 tracks. Limited edition of 500 units only. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.

No Fixed Points: Dance in the Twentieth Century
(Yale Univ Press - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick's 2003 hardcover book, a definitive history of twentieth-century theatrical dance, enhanced with more than 200 photographs. Chronicles one hundred years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern, and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America. Sets dance in broader cultural and historical contexts, examining specific dance works and exploring the contributions of outstanding choreographers, performers, visual artists, impresarios, composers, critics, and other figures. 928 pages.

Six By Sondheim
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
2013 HBO documentary. Intimate and candid look at the life and art of legendary composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim ... told primarily in Sondheim's own words from dozens of interviews spanning decades. Features rarely seen archival performance footage and original staged productions created exclusively for this film with stars including Audra McDonald, Darren Criss, America Ferrera and more. 86 minutes.

Week of February 2, 2021

Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the 21st Century
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Howard Sherman. Shines a light on the play's continued impact in the 21st century and makes a case for the healing powers of Wilder's text to a world confronting multiple crises. Through extensive interviews with more than 100 artists about their own experience of the play and its impact on them professionally and personally—and including background on the play's early years and its pervasiveness in American culture ... shows why this particular work remains so important, essential, and beloved. 280 pages.

Chesterfield Radio Time: Bing Crosby and Guests
(Sepia Records - on 2 CDs)
From the Chesterfield radio series and largely drawn from hits by other artists. Most are new to CD including duets with Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Patti Page. 60 tracks. Also at SepiaRecords.com.

Club 15 From Hollywood Presents The Andrews Sisters
(Sepia Records - on 2 CDs)
Collection of live broadcasts from the Club 15 radio series feature cover versions of the hits of 1948-1950, many new to CD. Allowed the sisters to introduce many of their newly-recorded Decca releases. 69 tracks. Also at SepiaRecords.com.

The Color Purple
(Broadway Records - new 2-disc vinyl set)
2015 revival cast. Score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Cast includes Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, Isaiah Johnson, Joaquina Kalukango, and Kyle Scatliffe. "Opening/Mysterious Ways," "Somebody Gonna Love You," "Our Prayer," "That Fine Mister," "Big Dog," "Mister/Nettie & Lily of the Field," "Dear God - Sofia," "A Tree Named Sofia," "Hell No!," "Brown Betty," "Shug Avery Comin' to Town," "All We Got to Say," "Dear God - Shug," "Too Beautiful for Words," "Push Da Button," "Uh-Oh," "What About Love?," "African Homeland," "The Color Purple," "Celie's Curse," "Miss Celie's Pants," "Any Little Thing," "What About Love? (Reprise)," "I'm Here," "Reunion," "The Color Purple (Reprise)." On purple vinyl.

Eddie Fisher: Songs from Stage & Screen
(Sepia Records - new on CD)
Compilation of 28 popular songs from Broadway musicals and Hollywood movies. All tracks are remastered and many new to CD. 28 tracks, including "Tonight," "Just in Time," "Gigi," "Let Me Entertain You," "The Sound of Music," "Happy Talk," "Small World," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "Till There Was You," "This Nearly Was Mine" (live), "Mack the Knife" (live), "The Sweetest Sounds" (live). Also at SepiaRecords.com.

Hair OBC
(Music on Vinyl - new 2-LP vinyl set)
Complete original Broadway cast recording of score by Galt MacDermot (music), Gerome Ragni and James Rado (lyrics). 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Eight-page booklet with pictures and liner notes; PVC protective sleeve. Complete recording with all 32 tracks available on vinyl for the first time. Donnie Burks, Steve Curry, Lorrie Davis, Ronald Dyson, Sally Eaton, Leata Galloway, Steve Gamet, Walter Harris, Paul Jabara, Diane Keaton, Hiram Keller, Lynn Kellogg, Jonathan Kramer, Marjorie LiPari, Emmaretta Marks, Melba Moore, Mike Moran, Natalie Mosco, Suzannah Norstrand, Shelley Plimpton, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Robert Rubinsky, Lamont Washington. Brian Drutman, Denis McNamara, Norrie Paramor, Andy Wiswell. Originally produced by Brian Drutman, Denis McNamara, Norrie Paramor, and Andy Wiswell.

I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby: Dorothy Fields and Her Life in the American Musical Theater
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Kristin Stultz Pressley. Biography of legendary Broadway/film librettist/lyricst Dorothy Fields (Annie Get Your Gun, Redhead, Sweet Charity). 208 pages.

Looking Back: Buster Keaton's 1951 British Music Hall Tour
(Buster Books - new Kindle Edition)
By David Christopher MacLeod. About a little-known episode in the life of Buster Keaton – his tour of British music halls in the summer of 1951. This 20th anniversary edition has been revised and updated. 112 pages.

Mike Nichols: A Life
(Penguin Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Biography by Mark Harris, "an intimate and evenhanded accounting of success and failure alike; the portrait is not always flattering, but its ultimate impact is to present the full story of one of the most richly interesting, complicated, and consequential figures the worlds of theater and motion pictures have ever seen. " Audiobook narrated by George Newbern.

Staging America: Twenty-First-Century Dramatists
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Paperback version of Christopher Bigsby's 2019 book. 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. Hardcover and Kindle versions released in December 2019.

What the Constitution Means to Me (TCG Edition)
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Broadway play by Heidi Schreck. 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist. 96 pages. Kindle Edition previously released.

Week of January 26, 2021

Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre
(Syracuse Univ Press - new Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
276 pages.

Cicely Tyson Just as I Am: A Memoir
(Harper Collins - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Cicely Tyson's memoir. 432 pages.

The Court Jester
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
1955 Paramount musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker. Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, directors. Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Parker, and John Carradine. Songs by Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye, and Sammy Cahn. Remastered from a 6K film transfer of the original VistaVision negative.

Flap My Wings: Songs From We Live In Cairo
(new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Songs from the Richard Rodgers Award-winning We Live in Cairo by brothers, songwriters, and collaborators Daniel and Patrick Lazour. Features artists from the 2019 at American Repertory Theater cast of the musical as well as major Arab activist-songwriters, including Ramy Essam, Emel Mathlouthi, Rotana, Hadi Eldebeck, Hamed Sinno, Naseem Alatrash, and the brothers themselves.

"From a Distance"
(new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Musical theater actor and SNL regular Robert Bannon sings this song by Julie Gold. From upcoming debut album Unfinished Business. Released 1/14/21.

Good News
(Warner Archive - on Blu-ray)
1947 musical film. Directing debut of Charles Walters and screenwriting debut of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Tormé, Joan McCracken. Filmed in Technicolor. Special features: outtake musical sequence "An Easier Way" (with June Allyson and Patricia Marshall); excerpts from MGM's 1930 version of Good News; vintage MGM radio promo interview with June Allyson; original theatrical trailer (HD).

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
(Cambridge Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Kathryn G. Bosher. Edith Hall and Clemente Marconi, editors. Examines the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian context. Each chapter explores a different category of theatrical evidence, from the literary (fragments of Epicharmus and cult traditions) to the artistic (phylax vases) and the archaeological (theater buildings). 300 pages.

Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Mazel Tov Kocktail!
(Tallman Productions - new on mp3/at iTunes)
"Gimme That," "High Wire," "Keys to the City," "Love You Madly," "Bass: The Final Frontier," "You'd Better Love Me While You May," "Mazel Tov Kocktail," "I Wish You Love," "Springtime," "Joy Spring," "West Wings," "Where or When." Released 1/15/21.

Linzi Hateley: For the First Time
(new on mp3/at iTunes)
Digital release of Linzi Hateley's (Carrie) 1992 debut solo album. "Meadowlark," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way?," "Come Back With the Same Look in Your Eyes," "Time Heals Everything," "Nobody Does It Better," "Is This the World We Created," "Part of Your World," "My Own Space," "The Smile You Left Behind," "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This," "On My Own," "Every Time We Say Goodbye," "Wind Beneath My Wings."

Linzi Hateley: Sooner or Later
(new on mp3/at iTunes)
Digital release of Linzi Hateley's (Carrie) 1994 solo album. "Show Me," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "The Man That Got Away," "Wait a Bit," "Other Lady," "Carrie," "If," "A House Is Not a Home," "Woman in the Moon," "The Rose," "Weekend in New England," "Sooner or Later," "You Gave It Away," "I've Got Rhythm."

Marguerite
(Broadway Records/Astoria Performing Arts Center - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast recording of Michael Cooper/Anton Dudley solo musical score. Starring Cady Huffman. Presented at Astoria Performing Arts Center in November 2019. Traces the life of Marguerite Bourgeoys, the first female saint of Canada. 30 tracks. Also at BroadwayRecords.com.

Nicolas King: Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings
(Club44 - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
The singer with guests. Musical contributions from Mike Renzi and Charles Calello. Liner notes by Connie Francis. Track list: Liza Minnelli Introduction, "Life Is Just a Bowl Of Cherries/Nice 'N' Easy (Medley)," "God Bless the Child," "Yes Sir, That's My Baby (with Tom Selleck), "How Deep Is the Ocean," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "The Only One," "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together/My Shining Hour (Medley)," "Looks Like They're in Love," "You Must Believe in Spring," "But Beautiful (with Jane Monheit), "Sing," "What Matters Most," "What a Wonderful World (with Norm Lewis), "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back to Me." Released 1/22/21. CD format to be released 2/26/21.

The Pajama Game
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1957 musical film adaptation of Broadway show. Produced and directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen. Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Barbara Nichols. Score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; choreography by Bob Fosse. Special Features: deleted musical sequence with Doris Day "The Man Who Invented Love"; original theatrical trailer (HD).

Speedway
(Warner Archives - DVD)
1968 musical film featuring Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon. 94 minutes.

And Then the Doors Opened Again: What Will Happen on Your First Theatre Visit after the Lockdown?
(Onomatopee Projects - Paperback Book)
Theater director David Weber-Krebs asks theater industry practitioners, artists, scholars, curators and spectators to imagine their first post-virus theater visit. 288 pages.

Week of January 19, 2021

Girl Happy
(Warner Archives - on DVD)
1965 musical film featuring Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Gary Crosby, Mary Ann Mobley, Jackie Coogan. 96 minutes.

Jason Robert Brown Collection - Volume 2: 24 Selections from Shows and Albums
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook features 24 selections from Bridges of Madison County, 13: The Musical, Honeymoon in Vegas, and The Last Five Years and the album How We React and How We Recover. Arranged for voice with piano accompaniment. "All Things in Time," "Almost Real," "Always Better," "Another Life," "Anywhere but Here," "Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles," "Being a Geek," "Brand New You," "Fifty Years Long," "Hope," "I Love Betsy," "Invisible," "It All Fades Away," "Jason's Song (Gave It Away)," "A Little More Homework," "Melinda," "Opportunity," "Out of the Sun," "Sanctuary," "Singing You Home," "A Song About Your Gun," "Still Hurting," "Wait 'Til You See What's Next," "What It Means to Be a Friend."

The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
The original one-act edition of the play by Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis which premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012. (The expanded two-act version Won WhatsOnStage, Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk Awards.) 64 pages.

One Night In Miami...
(ABKCO - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes/vinyl)
Soundtrack from 2020 film about a fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a Miami hotel room in February 1964, celebrating Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston. Features performances by Terrence Blanchard, Leslie Odom Jr., L.C. Cooke, Billy Preston, Jeremy Pope. "Rumble, Young Man, Rumble!," "Sam Cooke Comes to Stage / Copacabana Introduction," "Tammy," "Howl For Me Daddy," "Do Us All Proud," "I Believe To My Soul," "Salah Time," "I'm King Of The World!," "Put Me Down Easy - Hampton House," "Put Me Down Easy," "Greazee," "Ain't Yo Stuff Safe Here," "Malcolm Looks Out The Window," "You Send Me," "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons," "Brother, What Is Going On?," "I Wanna Damn Party," "Lonely Teardrops," "Chain Gang," "Good Times," "A Change Is Gonna Come," "Speak Now." Released 1/15/21.

Over and Out (A New Musical)
(Broadway Records - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Score by Sushi Soucy and book by Morgan Smith. Stars Soucy and Janeen Garcia, with additional vocals provided by Nalah Palmer, Smith, and August Greenwood. Produced by Smith, Soucy, and Michael J Moritz Jr. Nalah Palmer provides additional orchestrations. Also at BroadwayRecords.com. Released 1/15/21.

Stages: A Theater Memoir
(Barbara Hogenson Agency - Audible Audiobook)
Audible version of 2019 book by Albert Poland, 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. Released earlier in Paperback format and Kindle Edition.

A Strange Loop: A Musical
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize winning musical. 120 pages.

Treeson: An Eco-Musical
(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original cast album of score by G. Victoria Campbell. Simon Bächtiger, G. Victoria Campbell, Peter Campbell, Aly Carrigan, Daniele Alan-Carter, Diana Chu, Luisa Cortés, Jacob Didas, Sinead Davies, Sarsi Grace, Stephen Ingram, Auguste Jankauskaite, Emett Matthews, Jenny Mollet, Sarah Waddington and Colin Wardale. Orchestrations by Joseph Purdue. A portion of sales will go toward the Rainforest Alliance. Released 1/15/21.

Week of January 12, 2021

David Thorne Scott: Thornewood
(new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Jazz artist David Thorne Scott with Paula Cole, Peter Eldridge, Jason Palmer, Walter Smith III and Sara Caswell. "Rocky Mountain High," "If I Needed You," "Fall Into You," "In the Still Of the Night," "You Are There," "One For My Baby," "The Dark Side," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," "Deciding Where To Land," "The Summer Knows," "Grow," "Rocky Mountain High (outro)." Released 1/4/21.

Just Songs (Unplugged)
(Young People's Chorus of New York City - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
compilation of acoustic solo works with lyrical themes centered around social issues. Original music created by YPC alumni, now emerging songwriters and solo vocalists. "Fearless Angel" (by Nate Sabat), "Grown" (by Jordan Reynoso), "A Matter of Time" (by Nia Drummond), "Less Different Than We Believe" (by Monica Soyemi), "We Are the Colors" (by Nia Soyemi), "Love Everywhere" (by Blaize Adam), "Light to be Found" (by Caroline Kuhn

Marisha Wallace: Tomorrow
(Decca - new on CD)
Singer/actress Marisha Wallace (Aladdin, The Book of Mormon) with covers as well as four new, original tracks. "Somewhere," "Alive," "Tomorrow," "The Show Must Go On," "Rainbow," "Before I Go," "My Declaration," "Faith," "You're The Voice," "Divine," "Purple Rain," "Reflection," "I'm Free," "Angel," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain." Released 1/8/21.Digital release 11/27/20.

Week of January 5, 2021

A Country Christmas Carol, On Air
(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)Studio cast album of score by Albert Evans (music) and Ronald Kaehler (lyrics with Evans). Bart Shatto, Heidi Karol Johnson, Jack Romano, Christy Carlson Romano, Audrey Lavine. Released 12/21/20.

First Snow: Robert Prester & Adriana Samargia
(Commonwealth Ave. Productions - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)
"Joi to the World," "First Snow," "Comfort, Comfort, O My People," "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," "Away in a Manger," "In the Bleak Midwinter," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "Of the Father's Love Begotten," "All I Want for Christmas Is You," "Manger Song of Mary," "Masters in This Hall," "Blue Christmas." Released 12/8/20.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom soundtrack
(Milan - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)Soundtrack from 2020 Netflix film based on the August Wilson play. Original music by Branford Marsalis. "Deep Moaning Blues," "El Train," "Lazy Mama," "Chicago Sun," "Those Dogs of Mine," "Hear Me Talking to You" (Instrumental), "The Story of Memphis Green," "Jump Song," "Leftovers," "Shoe Shopping," "Deep Henderson," "Reverend Gates," "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom," "Levee’s Song," "Sweet Lil’ Baby of Mine," "In the Shadow of Joe Oliver," "Hear Me Talking to You," "Levee and Dussie," "Levee Confronts God," "Sandman," "Baby, Let Me Have It All," "Toledo’s Song," "Chicago at Sunset," "Skip, Skat, Doodle-do." Released 12/18/20.

One Touch of Venus original German cast
(HitSquad Records - new on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash score. July 2019 live recording on double CD from the Staatsoperette Dresden. Featuring Johanna Spantzel and Jannik Harneit. Musical director Peter Christian Fiegel. 10 tracks. Released 1/10/20.

Sense of Occasion: Harold Prince audiobook
(Tantor Audio - Audible Audiobook)
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. Narrated by Michael Butler Murray. Released previously by Applause Books in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions. [See our review of the hardcover version.]