Sound Advice
Schedule of New & Upcoming CD, DVD & Book Releases
Updated 10/21/25
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"I'll Be There"
(new digital single)
Song from The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul, score by Christie Baugher. Sung by Julie Benko.
My 80-year-old Boyfriend
(Joy Machine Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Christian Duhamel. Performed by Charissa Bertels. Bonus tracks feature arrangements and guitar by Benjamin Schueur and orchestrations by Simon Nathan, with additional recording at RiverRock Studios in Minneapolis. Released 10/17/25.
The Jerusalem Syndrome
(JAY Records - new on CD)
Original Off-Broadway (2023 York Theatre Company) cast recording of score by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.Farah Alvin, Dana Costello, Scott Cote, Andrea Fleming, James D. Gish, Alan H. Green, Danielle Lee James, John Jellison, Josh Lamon, Garrett Long, Karen Murphy, Jeffrey Schecter, Jennifer Smith, Chandler Sinks, Pablo Torres, Curtis Wiley, Lenny Wolpe, and Laura Woyasz. Digital version released 3/10/25.
October 24, 2025
Beautiful Little Fool
(new album)
Concept album made prior to world premiere at Southwark Playhouse in January 2026. Score by Hannah Corneau (book by Hannah Corneau). Jessie Mueller, Ryan Vasquez, and Hannah Corneau. Recorded at Renaissance Recording in New York, engineered and mixed by Ian Kagey, and mastered by Oscar Zambrano. Orchestrations and music direction are by Adam Rothenberg. Produced by Mark Cortale, Ross Baum and Corneau.
Bronco Billy - The Musical
(Yellow Sound Label - new digital album)
OLC cast recording of score by Chip Rosenbloom and John Torres, with Michele Brourman's additional lyrics. Recorded live in performance at London's Charing Cross Theatre.
Darrius de Haas: Let Me Carry You This Christmas
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - new digital album)
Produced by de Haas, Stewart Lerman, James Frazee, and Sean Flahaven. Musicians include Tedd Firth and Matthew Whitaker on piano/keyboard, George Farmer on bass, Mark McLean on drums, and Larry Saltzman and Armand Hirsch on guitar. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by James Frazee at Hobo Sound in Weekhawken, New Jersey. "Let Me Carry You (Interlude 1)," "We Need a Little Christmas Medley (Deck The Halls / Children Go Where I Send Thee)," "Snowbound" (with Tedd Firth), "Cool Yule," "Silent Night" (with George Farmer), "Who Would Imagine a King," "Let Me Carry You This Christmas" (with Matthew Whitaker), "The First Noel / In The Bleak Midwinter" (with Matthew Whitaker), "Cold," "Let Me Carry You (Interlude 2)," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (with Armand Hirsch). Vinyl version to be released 12/5/25.
Phillip Officer: You Fascinate Me So
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Vocalist Phillip Officer's first album in over 20 years. He reinterprets the repertoire of Mabel Mercer through a contemporary lens, offering new versions of both cherished standards and captivating rarities. "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" released 10/3/25.
We Live in Cairo
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Off-Broadway (New York Theatre Workshop) cast recording of score by Daniel and Patrick Lazour. Ali Louis Bourzgui, Nadina Hassan, Michael Karadsheh, Drew Elhamalawy, Rotana Tarabzouni, and John El-Jor.Pre-save.
October 28, 2025
Al Jolson: Public-Domain Classics (Plus A Few Rare Surprises)
(Historic Broadway Records - digital album)
The majority of these performances, selected by Chip Deffaa from his collection, have never before been on any album. Jolson sings songs he made famous when he reigned as Broadway's king, a century or so ago, from "April Showers," to "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula," to "Who Cares?," to "Swanee." Release date approximate.
November 3, 2025
The Hang
(TayRay Records - digital/vinyl)
Jazz opera with music by Matt Ray, lyrics by Taylor Mac. with Taylor Mac, Kenneth Ard, El Beh, Ryan Chittaphong, Kat Edmonson, Queen Esther, Wesley Oliver, Synead Cidney Nichols, Trebien Pollard, Matt Ray, Jonathan Beshay, Greg Glassman, J. Walter Hawkes, Jessica Lurie, Joel Mateo, Lisa Parrott, and Gary Wang
November 7, 2025
Deathless
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Studio recording of score by Zack Zadek. Jeremy Jordan, Maia Reficco, Nicolette Robinson, singer-songwriter Kevin Atwater, and singer-songwriter Sara Kays. Orchestrations and additional production by Justin Goldner and Zadek. Produced by Doug Schadt, executive producers Jonathan Brielle and Kurt Deutsch.
November 11, 2025
Barbra Streisand: The Music: Her Albums & Singles - Revised & Updated
(Fayetteville Mafia Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Full color, oversized book that contains all of Barbra Streisand's albums from her first to her most recent with in depth analysis of every song and cover. A complete discography filled with photos. 350 pages. Updated for 2025.
Hell's Kitchen: Behind the Dream
(Plume - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Alicia Keys and Lise Funderburg. Behind-the-scenes look into Alicia Keys' hit Broadway musical, Hell's Kitchen, featuring never-before-seen photographs, exclusive interviews, and insights from Keys herself. 240 pages.
History Hiding Around Broadway: Backstage Lore, Secrets & Surprises from New Yorks Famed Theater District
(Running Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Teale Dvornik. Foreword by James Monroe Iglehart. Teale Dvornik has been leading Broadway fans on tours of the theater district since 2017. In her book she takes readers on her one-of-a-kind tour of Broadway, "stopping" at each of the 41 theaters to tell us fun facts, lesser-known history, ghost tales, and interesting stories about actors, performances, stage flukes, blunders, and more, involving the biggest names and productions in theater history. 200 pages.
November 14, 2025
The Griswold's Broadway Vacation
(Joy Machine Records - new digital recording)
Concept album for score by Steve Rosen and David Rossmer. Kerry Butler, Jennifer Cody, Santino Fontana, Alan H. Green, Andy Grotelueschen, Nathan Levy, Livvy Marcus. Nine Tracks.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill - Rufus Wainwright with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra
(Rock and Roll Credit Card Inc - new on CD/vinyl)
Tribute album delves into the songbook of composer Kurt Weill. "September Song," "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," "Die Muschel von Margate," "Matrosen Song," "It Never Was You," "Youkali," "Fürchte Dich Nicht," "The Saga of Jenny," "Je ne taime pas," "Will You Remember Me?," "Zuhälterballade" (with Viola Odette Harlow^, "Surabaya Johnny," "Mack the Knife," "Lost in the Stars" (with Metropole Orkest^, "Surabaya Johnny" (Live at Café Carlyle).
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
(Center Stage Records - new on CD)
OBC recording of score by Gilbert & Sullivan. Cast includes Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce, Nicholas Barasch, Preston Truman Boyd, and Samantha Williams. Orchestrations by Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters. Arrangements by Rupert Holmes and Joseph Joubert. Produced by Michael Croiter. Digital released earlier. CenterStageRecords.com
November 18, 2025
Chip Deffaa: Down In Honky Tonk Town
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/digital)
Chip Deffaa sings Broadway, vaudeville, and oldtime jazz numbers he loves, joined by guest stars Lee Roy Reams, Jon Peterson, Jerry Vivino, Ingrid Lucia, Beth Bartley, Keith Anderson, Santa Claire Hirsch, Miss Maybell, Charlie Judkins, Jesse Gellert, and more. Release date approximate.
Eggs I Have Laid
(Univ of Minnesota Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Back in print; first published in 1955. By Meredith Willson. Foreword by Mark Cabaniss. Willson chronicles the failures that he faced as he made his place in show business during the pivotal early 1950s, when radio was being overtaken by television, bringing to life his encounters with zeitgeist stars, from collaborators Tallulah Bankhead and Fred Allen to Orson Welles and Carmen Miranda. Includes such curiosities as an eight-page "platonic dialogue" about quitting smoking and the lyrics to a love song with the occupancy limits of the New York Fire Code as its central metaphor. 192 pages.
The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature: The 50th Anniversary Two-Volume Collector's Edition
(Weldon Owen - Hardcover Book)
By Linus O'Brien and Richard O'Brien. Two-volume set features the original theatrical script with rare images of the original cast, and an oral history of the Rocky Horror Picture Show phenomenon featuring never-before-seen archival material from its creator (and original Riff-Raff), Richard O'Brien. With never-before-seen set photography and design sketches from O'Briens, personal collection, and oral history with new interviews with cast, crew, and historians. 352 pages.
November 21, 2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman
(Center Stage Records - new on CD)
Soundtrack from 2026 film adaptation of musical by Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb. Directed and screenplay by Bill Condon. Cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh. "Overture," "Prologue," "Her Name Is Aurora," "I Will Dance Alone," "Her Name Is Aurora (Gala)," "An Everyday Man," "She's a Woman," "Where You Are," "Dear One / Querido," "I Do Miracles," "Soon I Feel It," "A Visit," "Gimme Love," "Never You," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Her Name Is Aurora (Finale)," "Anything For Him (Instrumental)," "Only in the Movies," "Dear One (End Credits)," "The One Hot Spot In Town," "Over The Wall / Desiderio," "Carnival," "Armando Leaves," "Come Out (Bonus Track)." Digital released 10/3/25. Vinyl 12/19/25.
Wicked: For Good
(Republic Records - new on CD/vinyl/digital)
2025 soundtrack. Score by Stephen Schwartz. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, and Michelle Yeoh. "Every Day More Wicked," "Thank Goodness/I Couldn't Be Happier," "No Place Like Home," "Wicked Witch of the East," "Wonderful," "I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)," "As Long As You're Mine," "No Good Deed," "March of the Witch Hunters," "Girl in the Bubble," "For Good."
November 28, 2025
Just in Time
(Atlantic - new on CD)
OBC recording. Cast includes Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence, Michele Pawk. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big," "Just in Time," "Beyond the Sea," "First Real Love," "Imitation Medley," "Splish Splash," "Who's Sorry Now," "That's All," "Queen of the Hop," "The Good Life," "Lazy River," "Mack the Knife," "Dream Lover," "Not For Me," "Multiplication," "Irresistible You," "Things," "Rainin'," "If I Were a Carpenter," "Once in a Lifetime / That's All," "The Curtain Falls," "Curtain Call Medley," "I Am" (bonus), "Rock Island Line," "Eighteen Yellow Roses" (bonus), "Orange Furniture Store" (bonus). Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Bill Sherman, Andrew Resnick, and Alex Timbers. Co-produced, recorded, and mixed by Derik Lee, with Robert Ahrens serving as executive producer. Digital released earlier.
December 5, 2025
Glenn Crytzer and His Quartet: The Songbook Sessions Vol. 1
(new digital album)
First release of 250-song anthology of American Songbook standards and lesser-known gems recorded over 25 weeks in 2020. Volume 1 singles released every Friday beginning 10/3/25. "Whispering," "Lena from Palestine," "Aunt Hagar's Blues," "Margie," "Avalon," "Look for the Silver Lining," "Singin' the Blues," "In Apple Blossom Time," I'll see you in C-U-B-A," "San." Recorded Live, 11/8/2020. Volume 2 rollout beings 12/12/25. glenncrytzer.bandcamp.com/
December 12, 2025
Evita
(The Other Songs Records - new on CD/digital/blue marble vinyl)
2025 UK revival production cast recording of score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Rachel Zegler, Diego Andres Rodriguez, James Olivas, Aaron Lee Lambert , and Bella Brown.
January 27, 2026
Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner
(Regalo Press - Hardcover Book)
By Marc Shaiman, who looks back on five decades of Broadway triumphs, Hollywood hijinks, and unforgettable collaborations. Spending his teenage years in community theater, starting a decades-long collaboration with Bette Midler in the '70s, surviving the AIDS crisis of the '80s, his award-winning film music career in the Hollywood of the '90s, right up to the highs (and lows) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on. 288 pages.
January 30, 2026
Melissa Errico with Tedd Firth: I Can Dream Can't I?
(new album)
"When in Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)" (available now), "I Can Dream, Cant I?," "I Didnt Know About You," "Therell Be Another Spring," "But Beautiful," "Dancing on the Ceiling," "Remind Me," "Like a Lover," "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," "All in Fun," "Listen Here," "Both Sides Now," "After You, Who?." New track released every other week, and a special three-song holiday bundle prior to the complete release.
March 10, 2026
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
(Grand Central Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
Autobiography by Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, in which she " opens her heart, mind and memories, sharing secrets we never knew." 320 pages.
April 7, 2026
The Book of Joel
(powerHouse Books - Hardcover Book)
By Joel Grey. The visual life story of Joel Grey: actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer. This sprawling yet intimate scrapbook-style volume uncovers a kaleidoscope of both famous and previously unseen photographs, family snapshots, playbills, posters, and ephemera from Grey's personal archive, revealing an encyclopedic and all-absorbing visual romp through one of the last living greats of American entertainment. Excavated from Grey's personal archives and the treasure trove of his New York Public Library collection. Also included: intimate essays contributed by Eddie Redmayne Tony Kushner. 176 pages.
June 18, 2026
Mexodus
(Audible Originals - Audible Audiobook)
Musical originally performed at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, and directed by David Mendizábal.
Release date unknown
All the World's a Stage
(Joy Machine Records - new album)
Keen Company cast recording of musical by Adam Gwon. Eliza Pagelle, Jon-Michael Reese, Matt Rodin, and Elizabeth Stanley. Produced by Neal Avron, Andrea Grody, Gwon, and Michelle Noh. Andrea Grody is music directing and leading the band. Orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Recorded October 7-8. Early 2026 release expected.
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
(Center Stage Records - new album)
Original cast recording of show based on the book series by Dav Pilkey, with a book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila and music by Brad Alexander. L.R. Davidson, Jeremy Fuentes, Michael Thomas Holmes, Jamie LaVerdiere, Brian Owen, Sonia Roman, Dan Rosales, Malynne Smith and Markia Nicole Smith. Music direction by Matt Castle. Vocal arrangements by Brad Alexander and Matt Castle. Orchestrations by Brad Alexander.
Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band
(new double album)
First recording from this band, which "puts both modern and classic showtunes on display, sung by the best and brightest of Broadway's young generation of leading performers, in the timeless tradition of Big Band. A full sized Jazz orchestra composed of 17 musicians play Rosen's re-imagined arrangements of an eclectic mix of tunes from Broadway's past, present, and beyond."
Complete Lyrics of Sheldon Harnick
(new book)
Empire: The Musical
(Yellow Sound Label - new album)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull. Produced by Michael Croiter. Recorded at PowerStation at BerkleeNYC. Release date TBA.
The Fantasticks
(JAY Records - new album)
Studio album recording of score by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. Brad Oscar, Telly Leung, Elizabeth Teeter, Lewis Cleale, and Ron Raines.
Harbinger Records upcoming releases: material from Eubie Blake; download only demos of Hugh Martin and Sheldon Harnick; Steve Ross' back catalog for download;
Lizard Boy
(new album)
Live recording of 2023 Prospect Theatre cast. Score by Justin Huertas. Cast features Huertas, Kiki deLohr, and William A. Williams. Release date TBA.
Love Life
(Capriccio - new album)
Live recording of Opera North of Leeds concert recording of score by Kurt Weill (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics). Book by Lerner. The first "complete" recording. To be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and subsequently released on CD. James Holmes, conductor. Quirijn de Lang, Stephanie Corley, Justin Hopkins, Themba Mvula, Will Hopkins, Joshua Da Costa, Andrew Randall, Masimba Ushe, Holly Saw, Max Westwell, Tilly Baker, Louie Stow, Felicity Moore, Amber Midgley, and Lottie Gray. Release date TBA
Next to Normal
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
OLC recording of score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. "Prelude," "Just Another Day," "Everything Else," "Who's Crazy / My Psychopharmacologist and I," "Perfect For You," "I Miss the Mountains," "It's Gonna Be Good," "He's Not Here," "You Don't Know," "I Am the One," "Superboy and the Invisible Girl," "I'm Alive," "Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I'm Falling," "I Dreamed a Dance," "There's a World," "I've Been," "Didn't I See This Movie?," "A Light in the Dark," "Entr'acte," "Wish I Was Here," "Song of Forgetting," "Hey #1," "Seconds and Years," "Better Than Before," "Aftershocks," "Hey #2," "You Don't Know," "How Could I Ever Forget?," "It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)," "Why Stay?/ A Promise," "I'm Alive (Reprise)," "The Break," "Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)," "Maybe (Next to Normal)," "Hey #3 / Perfect for You (Reprise)," "So Anyway," "I Am the One (Reprise)," "Light." Production was shown on PBS Great Performances and will be shown in U.K. cinemas Fall 2025. Digital released earlier.
The Nutty Professor
(new album)
Studio recording of score by Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes. Based on the recent Ogunquit Playhouse staging of the musical based on the Jerry Lewis movie.. Cast TBA. 2024 release expected.
Paradise Square OBC
(new on CD/digital)
Broadway cast recording of score Jason Howland (music), Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare (lyrics), with additional music by Larry Kirwan, inspired by the songs of Stephen Foster. Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Jacob Fishel, Kevin Dennis and Matt Bogart. Produced by Jason Howland and Billy Jay Stein. Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC during the weeks of April 18 and April 25.
The Queen of Versailles
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new album)
OBC cast recording of score by Stephen Schwartz (book by Lindsey Ferrentino). Cast includes Kristin Chenoweth, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen DeRosa, Greg Hildreth, Tatum Grace Hopkins, Isabelle Keating, and Nina White. "Caviar Dreams" track available now.
Ragtime
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - new album)
2025 Broadway revival cast recording of score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Cast includes Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, Colin Donnell, Nichelle Lewis, Ben Levi Ross, Shaina Taub, Anna Grace Barlow, John Clay III, Rodd Cyrus, Nick Barrington and Tabitha Lawing. Produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, Flaherty, and Ahrens. Release date TBA.
Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
(Yellow Sound Label - new album)
Off-Broadway cast recording. Nikita Burshteyn (Newsies), Anna Kostakis, Carlos Lopez (Man of La Mancha), Michael Marotta (Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical), Judy McLane (Mamma Mia!), Michael Notardonato, Ari Raskin, Troy Valjean Rucker (August Rush), Zach Schanne (Pippin), and Viet Vo (Viet Gone). Lyrics by Mark Saltzman and music adapted from classic Italian melodies. Recorded 2/18/20. Late March release expected.
The Sound of Music
(Disney - new in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)
For its 60th anniversary, a newly restored and remastered version of the 1965 musical film, score by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's book. Directed by Robert Wise. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer lead the cast. Screenings of the restored version will also be presented globally.
Tammy Faye
(new album)
Music by Elton John; lyrics by Jake Shears. Cast from Almeida Theatre debut production. Details TBA.
This Side of the World
(new album)
East West Players cast recording of score by Paulo K Tiról.
Welcome to the Big Dipper
(new album)
York Theatre Company cast recording of score by Jimmy Roberts (book by Catherine Filloux and John Daggett), with additional lyrics by John Daggett. Jennifer Byrne, Robert Cuccioli, Darius Harper, Jillian Louis, Christian Magby, Mia Pinero, Jayae Riley, Jr., Pablo Torres, Debra M. Walton, and Michael Yeshion.