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Music to Be Released This Friday, January 13:
Between The Lines
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original cast album, based on the recent new Off-Broadway production. Score by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson. Arielle Jacobs, Jake David Smith, Vicki Lewis, Hillary Fisher, Jerusha Cavazos, Sean Stack, Will Burton, Julia Murney, John Rapson, Wren Rivera. "Another Chapter," "Between the Lines," "Happily Ever After Hour," "Talkin' to Oliver," "Mr. Darcy and Me," "Inner Thoughts," "Start Again Tomorrow," "In My Perfect World," "Crazy Chemistry," "Butterflies," "I'm Not Through," "A Whole New Story," "Best Day Ever," "Do It For You," "Something to Hold On To," "Leaps and Bounds," "Out of Character," "Allie McAndrews," "Can't Get 'Em Out," "Between the Lines (Reprise)," "Say It in Other Words," "Inner Thoughts (Reprise)." Produced by Michael Croiter and Greg Anthony Rassen. GhostlightRecords.com.
Renee Fleming: Her Greatest Moments at the MET
(Decca - new on 2 CDs)
First-ever, specially remastered collection. Duets with Cecilia Bartoli, Susan Graham, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel and more. 32 tracks.
Newly Listed Recordings:
January 27:
MacGyver The Musical
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
World premiere album. Score by Peter Lurye. Taylor Louderman, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tristin Mays. Album produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr. BroadwayRecords.com.
February 3:
Jim Snidero: Far Far Away
(Savant - new on CD/digial)
Jim Snidero (saxophone), Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar), Orrin Evans (piano), Peter Washington (bass), and Joe Farnsworth (drums). Instrumentals. "Far Far Away," "Infinity," "It Might as Well Be Spring," "Nowhere to Hide," "Obsession," "Pat," "Search for Peace," "Little Falls."
Newly Listed Books:
February 23:
American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover book/Kindle Edition)
By Christopher Bigsby. Examines the careers of seven award-winning playwrights: David Adjmi, Julia Cho, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Will Eno, Martyna Majok, Dominique Morisseau and Anna Ziegler. Covering all their plays, including several as yet unpublished, nothing their critical reception while drawing on their own commentary on their approach to writing and the business of developing a career. 256 pages.
March 30:
Around the Globe: Behind the Scenes at Shakespeare's Theatre
(Cultureshock - Paperback Book)
Ed Behrens, editor. A unique view of the theater's backstage life, props, wardrobe collections and rehearsal spaces through unprecedented access to life behind the scenes. All captured by Angela Moore's photographs. 200 pages.
April 6:
Theatre Spaces 1920-2020: Finding the Fun in Functionalism
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Iain Mackintosh. Foreword by Richard Eyre. Lavishly illustrated hands-on account of the creation of new theatre spaces spanning a century. A compelling history that is part memoir, part impassioned call to rethink the design of our theatre spaces and the future of live theatre. 256 pages.
Release date TBA:
Garland - That's Beyond Entertainment - Reflections on Judy Garland
(BearManor - new book)
By Lawrence Schulman. Regrouping of Schulman's extensive writings on Garland–articles, reviews, liner notes, interviews, program notes, talks, prefaces–written between 1993 and 2023. Foreword by John H. Haley. Afterword by James Fisher. 2023 release expected.
Judy Garland: Splendor and Downfall of a Legend by Bertrand Tessier
(BearManor - new book)
French biography by Bertrand Tessier first published by Archipel (Paris) in 2019. Translated by Lawrence Schulman, who has also provided a foreword. 2023 release expected.
