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CDs Now Available:
Matteo Ferrari: Maramao
(PS Classics - on CD/digital)
Singer and actor Matteo Ferrari's debut album of selections from Italy's golden age of popular song. "Ti parlerò d'amore," "Tu, musica divina," "Vivere," "Lontano," "Lili Marlen," "Mamma," "A Zonzo," "Cerco una ragazza," "Parlami d'amore, Mariù," "Tornerai" (with Sara D'Angelo), "Vergiß mein nicht," "Mille lire al mese," "Il pinguino innamorato," "Ma l'amore no." Released 1/14/22.
DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle
(Broadway Records / Theatre Barn Records - new digital album)
Original concept album. Score by Tyler Tafolla. Desi Oakley, Mariah Rose Faith, Adante Carter, Dillon Klena, Michael Restaino, Bethany Slomka, Matthew Sanderson, Everjohn Feliciano, Megan Kuramoto-Tafolla, Gabbie Adner, Cassie Bowerman and Michael Pinning. Newly mixed and remastered by Michael J Moritz Jr. BroadwayRecords.com. Released 1/28/22.
Books Now Available:
B Is for Broadway: Onstage and Backstage from A to Z
(Doubleday Books for Young Readers - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By John Robert Allman. Illustrated by Peter Emmerich. From "Auditions" to "Ziegfeld" ... rhythmic alphabet book featuring favorite performers, creators, songs, and shows from the Broadway stage ... Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Irving Berlin, Jennifer Holliday, and Billy Porter ... famous New York theaters, beloved shows, and the crew, stylists, and technicians who are vital to each performance. 48 pages.
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
(Bloomsbury Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Isaac Butler. Chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire ... traces how a cohort of American mavericks—including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre—refashioned Stanislavski's ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse. Long after its midcentury heyday, the Method lives on as one of the most influential—and misunderstood—ideas in American culture. 512 pages.
NEWLY LISTED Recordings:
February 11:
Love in Hate Nation
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Joe Iconis. Cast includes Sydney Farley, Amina Faye, Jasmine Forsberg, Lauren Marcus, Kelly McIntyre, Lena Skeele, Emerson Mae Smith, Ryan Vona, and Tatiana Wechsler. Music direction and vocal arrangements by Annastasia Victory. Music supervision and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen. Produced by Joe Iconis, Ian Kagey, and Charlie Rosen. Two River Theater and Kurt Deutsch are executive producers. Recorded August 2, 2021, for a fall release. The musical had its world premiere production at the Two River Theater in 2019. GhostlightRecords.com.
February 18:
Melissa Errico: Out Of The Dark The Film Noir Project
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Song-cycle concert of songs from film noir classics curated by Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik, along with four brand new songs composed by Michel Legrand, David Shire, and the late Peter Foley, with words by Adam Gopnik. "Angel Eyes," "With Every Breath I Take," "Written in the Stars," "The Bad And The Beautiful," "Haunted Heart," "Amour, Amour," "Silent Partner," "Farewell, My Lovely," "Laura," "Blame It On My Youth," "Checkin' My Heart," "On Vit, On Aime," "Solitude," "The Man That Got Away," "Detour Ahead," "Shadows and Light," "Again." Arrangements by musical director/pianist Tedd Firth. GhostlightRecords.com.
March 4:
Secret Places: A Tribute To Michel Legrand
(LML Music - new on CD)
Jazz vocalist Sharon Azrieli. "If There Were No Dreams," "Secret Places," "Les Moulins de Mon Coeur," "Pieces of a Dream," "On My Way to You," "Maybe Someone Dreamed Us," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Retour en Java," "You Must Believe in Spring," "Paris Violin," "Summer Me, Winter Me," "Years of My Youth," "Watch What Happens," "I Will Wait For You." Tamir Hendelman (piano), Alex Frank (bass), Dean Koba (drums), Artyom Manukyan (cello), Lori Bell (flute), Danny Janklow (alto saxophone), Charlie Bisharat (violin), Rickey Woodard (tenor saxophone).
March 15:
Mia Pinero: Growing Up
(new digital album)
Singer/actor Mia Pinero (Broadway West Side Story) debut album. "Stand Tall," "All I've Ever Known," "The Nearness of You," "You're Nearer," "Stop This Train," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "Children Will Listen/ No One is Alone," "Do You Remember," "Growing Up." Mixing and arrangements by Alex Thompson. Co-produced by Mia Pinero and Alex Thompson.
NEWLY LISTED Books/Plays:
May 17:
Broadway Bird
(Feiwel & Friends - Hardcover Book)
By Alex Timbers. Alisa Coburn, illustrator. Picture book about a little bird who dreams of making it big on Broadway. Ages 4-6 years. 40 pages.
No release date:
Chita Rivera memoir
(HarperOne - new book)
By Chita Rivera and Patrick Pacheco. To cover Rivera's early life and long Broadway career. Expected in 2023.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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