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DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
Bryan Adams Sings Pretty Woman the Musical
(new video)
On YouTube.com.
Flying Over Sunset
(Sony Masterworks - new digital album)
2021 Broadway musical score by Tom Kitt and Michael Korie. Carmen Cusack, Tony Yazbeck, Harry Hadden-Paton, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Nehal Joshi, Emily Pynenburg, Michele Ragusa, Robert Sella, Laura Shoop, and Atticus Ware. CD format to be released 3/11/21. Released 2/18/22.
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. Released 2/18/22.
Patti Murin: "The Right Thing"
(Broadway Records - new digital single)
Song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; arranged by Luke Williams; engineered, mixed and mastered by Yasuhiko Fukuoka and produced by Robbie Rozelle. From the forthcoming debut album from Patti Murin and Colin Donnell, produced by Robbie Rozelle. Released 2/18/22.BroadwayRecords.com.
BOOKS Now Available:
25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth, and Black Theater
(Methuen Drama - New Book)
Featuring plays by by Katori Hall, Antoinette Nwandu, Roger Q. Mason, Dominique Morisseau, Francisca Da Silveira, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, Charly Evon Simpson, and Angelica Cheri. Edited and curated by Kelley Nicole Girod. 200 pages. Hardcover and Kindle versions released 2/10/22; paperback 3/10/22.
BLU-RAY/DVD Now Available:
West Side Story: Breaking Barriers
(Wownow Entertainment - new DVD)
2021 documentary. Part of Literary Heroes Documentary Series. 72 minutes.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, February 25:
Spencer Day: Broadway by Day
(Provident - new on CD)
Jazz singer/songwriter Spencer Day with guests Jane Monheit and Dave Koz. "One," "Bali Ha'i," "Maybe," "Getting to Know You," "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You," "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "It Only Takes a Moment," "If I Loved You," "Who Will Buy?," "Losing My Mind," "On the Street Where You Live," "What I Did for Love."
NEWLY LISTED Upcoming Recordings:
March 15:
West Side Story
(Disney/Buena Vista - new 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD)
2021 film of the Broadway musical. Directed by Steven Spielberg; screenplay by Tony Kushner. Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Rita Moreno, and others. Choreography by Justin Peck. Music director Gustavo Dudamel. Arrangements by David Newman (incorporating alterations originally made to Bernstein's Broadway score by Johnny Green for the 1961 film). Jeanine Tesori vocal coach. Matt Sullivan music supervisor. Bonus features: 13-part The Stories of West Side Story. Film to be released 3/2/22 on Disney+ service.
March 18:
Kristina Koller: Get Out of Town
(new album)
Jazz-centric celebration of Cole Porter songs. With Fima Chupakhin(piano), James Robbins (bass) and Juan Chiavassa (drums).
April 8:
42nd Street
(JAY Records - new on 2 CDs)
"First complete recording" of the original version of the score by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) with the original orchestrations by Philip J. Lang. Studio recording completed October 19, 1996. Cast includes Marti Stevens, Jamie Ross, Cathy Wydner, Michael Gruber, Kim Criswell, Caroline O'Connor. With the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna. JAYRecords.com.
April 26:
Singin' in the Rain 70th Anniversary Edition
(Warner Bros - 4K Blu-ray 4-disc set)
1952 musical film. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Writers: Adolph Green, Betty Comden. Produced by Arthur Freed. Cast includes Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse. Many extras.
May 1:
My Cousin Cole: Pitter, patter... Porter!
(new album)
Songs by Cole Porter. Molly Mary Mahoney, vocals, with Joshua Hegg, piano and arrangements. and John Mahoney, saxophones. "True Love," "Pitter, Patter," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "All of You," "Use Your Imagination," "Night and Day," "In the Still of the Night," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," "Experiment." BandCamp.com.
May 31:
1776 50th Anniversary Director's Cut
(Sony Pictures - new 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital 3-disc set)
1972 film version of the Broadway musical. Score by Sherman Edwards. Screenplay by Peter Stone, from his book. Directed by Peter H. Cast includes William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Ron Holgate, Blythe Danner, William Duell. Hunt 165-minute Director's Cut and the 167-minute Extended Cut. 1972 theatrical version (in HD with original mono audio) and 1992 laserdisc version (in SD with stereo audio). Includes optional archival commentary featuring director Peter H. Hunt, commentary with Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, and Ken Howard; commentary with Peter H. Hunt and Peter Stone; deleted and alternate scenes with director commentary; nine screen tests; teaser and theatrical trailers.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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