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CDs Now Available:
Sondheim Unplugged - The NYC Sessions Volume Two
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2 CDs/digital)
Second volume of the New York revue. Disc One: "Marry Me a Little" (Nicholas Rodriguez), "Can That Boy Foxtrot!" (Sally Mayes), "Anyone Can Whistle" (Telly Leung), "Smile, Girls" (Lucia Spina), "Our Time" (Jim Walton), "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (Jacob Hoffman), "Could I Leave You?" (Dee Hoty), "Happiness" (Ereni Sevasti), "If You Can Find Me, I'm Here" (Courter Simmons), "Dawn" (Lisa Sabin), "Buddy's Blues" (Rob Maitner), "Green Finch & Linnet Bird" (Sarah Rice), "There's Always a Woman" (Natalie Arneson & Donna Vivino), "With So Little to Be Sure Of" (TOliver Reid), "Some People" (Teri Ralston), "Losing My Mind" (Natalie Douglas), "Lovely" (Natalie Arneson), "Every Day a Little Death" (Victoria Cook & Erica Spyres), "Giants in the Sky" (Hunter Ryan Herdlicka), "Everybody Loves Louis" (Julie Reyburn), "Sand" (Leenya Rideout), "Finishing the Hat" (Evan Harrington), "Being Alive" (Karen Mason). Disc Two: "Sunday in the Park with George" (Christina Bianco), "More" (Courter Simmons), "Little Lamb" (Alexa Green), "Johanna" (Evan Harrington), "Agony II" (Jeff Kready & Tally Sessions), "Not a Day Goes By" (Leenya Rideout), "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" (Jacob Hoffman), "Too Many Mornings / All Things Bright and Beautiful" (Eric Michael Gillett & Melanie Vaughan), "Pretty Lady" (Rob Maitner, Julie Reyburn & Lucia Spina), "Franklin Shepard, Inc." (Manu Narayan), "Children Will Listen" (Emily Skinner), "Hello, Little Girl" (Danielle Ferland), "Another Hundred People" (Marquee Five), "I Wish I Could Forget You" (George Dvorsky), "Silly People" (George Lee Andrews), "Moments in the Woods" (Kelli Rabke), "It Wasn't Meant to Happen" (Stearns Matthews), "The Last Midnight" (Kristy Cates), "The Miller's Son" (Gabrielle Stravelli), "Take Me to the World" (Julie Reyburn), "Goodbye For Now" (Sarah Rice).
DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
A Chorus Line
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatrical - new digital album)
First-ever Spanish language recording of the score by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban. Cast from Antonio Banderas, Teatro del Soho CaixaBank (Malaga, Spain), and John Breglio's 2019 production starring Banderas as Zach. Directed by Banderas and Baayork Lee. Bonus track: Laura Benanti with the Malaga cast singing "What I Did for Love" in Spanish. Music direction by Arturo Díez-Boscovich. Spanish lyric translation by Roser Batalia. Spanish libretto translation by Ignacio García May. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, Bill Byers and Hershy Kay. "Espero Conseguirlo (Opening: I Hope I Get It)," "La Linea (The Line)," "Yo Lo Sé Hacer (I Can Do That)," "En El Ballet (At The Ballet)," "Cantar (Sing!)," "Montaje 1 (Montage Pt. 1): Hola Doce (Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love)," "Montaje 2 (Montage Pt. 2): Nada (Nothing)," "Montaje 3 (Montage Pt. 3): Madre (Mother)," "Montaje 4 (Montage Pt. 4): Pásamela (Gimme The Ball)," "Baile, Diez. Look, Tres (Dance: Ten; Looks: Three)," "Música Y Espejos (The Music And The Mirror)," "One (Ensayos) (One)," "Lo Que Hice Por Amor (What I Did For Love)," "One (Saludos) (Reprise/Finale)." "Bonus: "What I Did For Love" (featuring Laura Benanti).
Books Now Available:
A Bit of Me: From Basildon to Broadway, and back
(Ebury Digital/Penguin - Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Memoir by West End/Broadway and TV performer Denise Van Outen (Chicago, Tell Me on a Sunday, Legally Blonde).
Facing the Music: a Broadway memoir
(Regan Arts - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Broadway Musical Director and arranger David Loud. From his "wildly entertaining and deeply poignant trek through the wilderness of his childhood and the edge-of-your-seat drama of a career on, in, under, and around Broadway for decades ... He reveals his struggle against the ravages of Parkinson's and triumphs repeatedly ... The extraordinary cast of characters in his life also includes John Kander, Fred Ebb, Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Roger Rees, Marin Mazzie, Scott Ellis, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Garth Drabinsky, and Barbara Cook, among others ... a remarkable love letter to music." 288 pages.
Lord Knows, At Least I Was There: Working with Stephen Sondheim
(Moreclacke Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By pianist Paul Ford, whom Stephen Sondheim called the "indefatigable master of the musical theatre." Foreword by Mandy Patinkin. Ford looks back on the performances and personalities that defined the American musical theatre in the waning years of the twentieth century. Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Donna Murphy, Elaine Stritch, Victor Garber, Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, Stockard Channing, Donna McKechnie, Lauren Bacall, Chita Rivera, Liza Minnelli, Martin Charnin, Liv Ullman, Teresa Stratas, Charles Strouse, Harve Presnell, Nancy Walker, James Lapine, Madonna, Mario Cantone, Warren Beatty, Julie Harris, Michael Cerveris, Debra Monk, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and more are recalled in this account of his life and work both on and off-Broadway. He also provides a portrait of his conflicted childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by a self-destructive period of alcoholism. 234 pages.
Sondheim in Our Time and His
(Oxford Univ Press - Kindle Edition/Paperback)
W. Anthony Sheppard, editor. Offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the works and career of Stephen Sondheim. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context that impacted the creation and reception of Sondheim's musicals. Several explore in detail how Sondheim's shows have been dramatically revised and adapted over time. Multiple chapters invite the reader to rethink Sondheim's works from a distinctly contemporary critical perspective and to consider how these musicals are being reenvisioned today. Some chapters focus on individual musicals, and others explore a specific topic as manifested throughout his entire career. Brings together Sondheim's past with the present, thriving existence of his musicals. Afterword by Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Kindle Edition released earlier. 456 pages.
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
(Grand Central Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Audiobook)
By Stephen Galloway. the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. New research included exclusive access to previously unpublished correspondence and interviews with their friends and family. 416 pages.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, March 25:
Gary Brumburgh Goes Full Circle Where Broadway Meets Jazz
(Cafe Pacific Records - new album)
Vocalist Gary Brumburgh revisits his early career as a musical theater artist with fresh jazz interpretations of songs from iconic shows. Includes "Everybodys Gotta Be Somewhere," "Celebration," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Happy Talk," "Soon Its Gonna Rain," "Love I Hear," "Far From the Home I Love."
Liam Forde: Great To Be Here
(Ballyhoo Music - new album)
New York-based pop/jazz vocalist Liam Forde debut album of original pop/jazz songs. Produced by Zach Eldridge and engineered by Geoff Countryman. "When My World's in Tune," "I Don't Know," "Bijou," "Plaza Hotel," "Paris When It's Grey" (feat. Vladimir Médail), "Pajamas," "Mrs. Dudley," "Geraniums," "Tomatoes in August," "Gratitude Song."
Recordings RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
April 7:
Chip Deffaa's My Man: Songs of gay love, lust, loss, and longing
(Garret Mountain Records - CD/Digital)
I Love My Baby" (Seth Sikes), "Everybody Loves My Baby" (Jon Peterson, "A Good Man to Have Around" (Barrett Foa), "The Extra Man" (Alec Deland), "The Man I Love" ( Jon Peterson and Magnus Tonning Riis), "My Man" (Seth Sikes), "Werent We Fools?" (Alec Deland), "Leading Lady Valentine" (Jay Rogers), "Im a Bad Bad Man" (Sidney Myer), "I Wonder Where My Sweet Sweet Daddys Gone" (Michael Kasper), "Ah Ha!" (Chip Deffaa), "Medley: Lets Misbehave / Anything Goes / LetS Do It" (Keith Anderson, Suzanne Dressler, Adam Barta), "The One That I Love Loves Me" (Dylan Adams), "I Like You Best of All" (Chip Deffaa, Keith Anderson), "Just Some Guy" (Luka Fric), "Paul" (Chad Anthony Miller), "Julian" (Bobby Belfry), "Everything in the Whole Wide World" (Jarrod Cafaro), "The Only [Straight] Boy in the Room" (Santa Claire Hirsch), "Love For Sale" (Jon Peterson, Luis Villabon, Keith Anderson, Will Alvarado), "Happy Birthday to Me" (Barrett Foa and A.J Irvin), "Marys Bar" (Keith Anderson), "I Am What I Am" (Lee Roy Reams), "The Best of Times" (Lee Roy Reams). Music director/pianist Richard Danley and violinist Andy Stein. Produced by Chip Deffaa. Recording engineer: Slau Halatyn. Graphic design by Frank Avellino.
April 25:
Ben Bagley's Rodgers & Hart Revisited Volume V
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The fifth and final in the Rodgers and Hart Revisited series. Dorothy Loudon, Mary Cleere Haran, Ann Hampton Callaway, Arthur Siegel, Susan Stroman, and Sandy Stewart. Arrangements mostly by Arthur Siegel and Robert Marks. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected the last week of April. Kritzerland.com.
Ben Bagley's Shoestring '57
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music by Leopold Antelme, David Baker, Jim Mahoney, Shelly Mowell, Claibe Richardson, Harvey Schmidt, Philip Springer, Charles Strouse, G. Wood. Lyrics by Lee Adams, Anthony Chalmers, Tom Jones, Carolyn Leigh, Paul Rosner, G. Wood. Performers Beatrice Arthur, Fay De Witt, Dody Goodman, Dorothy Greener, John Bartis, Bill McCutcheon, and G. Wood. Remastered. Limited to 500 copies only. Expected the last week of April. Kritzerland.com.
April 28:
Fanny Brice The Real Funny Girl: Rare Performances Curated by Chip Deffaa
(Garret Mountain Records - new CD/digital)
Rare, and in some cases, never-before-released, recordings of Brice from Deffaa's personal collection. Remastered by Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain. Dedicated to Marilyn Michaels.
May 18:
George M. Cohan: Rare Performances Curated by Chip Deffaa
(Garret Mountain Records - on CD/digital)
Historic recordings by Cohan–singing, speaking, rehearsing a play–from Deffaa's personal collection, plus two modern bonus tracks of Cohan numbers performed by Jon Peterson and Deffaa. Remastered by Slau Halatyn and Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain. Dedicated to Cohan family members Mary Ross, Joel Ronkin, and Jennifer Ross.
Books/Plays RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
April 19:
Randy Rainbow: Playing with Myself
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation Randy Rainbow: "the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes."
April 21:
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Ryan Calais Cameron. Premiered at the New Diorama Theatre in 2021, now at the Royal Court in London. 80 pages. Kindle Edition previously released.
April 25:
Cock
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Mike Bartlett. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2009. This new and revised edition was published to coincide with the current West End production. 104 pages.
May 9:
Don't Miss This: A Decade of Eccentric Performing Arts
(Vaudevisuals Press - Hardcover Book)
By Jim R. Moore. Pictorial paean to the stars of today's circus, sideshow, burlesque, and new vaudeville scenes. More then 200 photographs taken between 2010 and 2020 plus accompanying essays that chronicle the last decade of eccentric performing arts. 382 pages.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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