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Books Now Available:
Fifty Key Stage Musicals
(Routledge - new Hardcover/Paperback Book)
Robert W Schneider and Shannon Agnew, editors. This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world. Chapters: 1. The Black Crook by Sebastian Trainor; 2. HMS Pinafore by Rupert Holmes; 3. The Merry Widow by Andrew Child; 4. Shuffle Along by Jerrell L. Henderson; 5. Show Boat by Benjamin Nissen; 6. Of Thee I Sing by Laura Frankos; 7. Anything Goes by Scott Miller; 8. Porgy and Bess by Isaiah Wooden; 9. The Cradle Will Rock by Johanna Pinzler; 10. Pal Joey by Laurence Maslon. 304 pages.
Offstage Observations: Inside Tales of the Not-So-Legitimate Theatre
(Applause Books - Hardcover Book)
By Steven Suskin. Foreword by Ted Chapin. The author introduces Broadway, once upon a time ... taking the reader through a decade's worth of adventures, working his way from a menial pencil sharpener for producer David Merrick toward a career as a full-fledged manager, producer, and drama critic. The book follows the author's progress from the wintry night after his sixteenth birthday, when he unexpectedly finds himself alone on the empty stage of a Broadway theatre, peering out at the silent, empty auditorium lit only by a solitary ghost light to the matinee eight summers later when he finds himself accidentally and uncomfortably acting in a Broadway musical, bombarded by roars of laughter from a houseful of playgoers. 424 pages.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, 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.
Carol Sloane: Live at Birdland
(Club44 Records - new on CD/digital)
Marks the veteran vocalist's 60th anniversary as a recording artist, and her first album in over a decade. Accompanied by all-star jazz trio Mike Renzi on piano, Jay Leonhart on bass, and Scott Hamilton on sax. "Havin' Myself a Time," "Blue Turning Grey Over You," "I Don't Want to Walk Without You," "As Long As I Live," "Glad to Be Unhappy/ I Got a Right to Sing the Blues," "If I Should Lose You," "You Were Meant for Me," "The Very Thought of You," "You're Driving Me Crazy," "Two for the Road," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," "I'll Always Leave the Door a Little Open." Recorded in 2019. Produced by Joel Moss and Mark D. Sendroff. Liner notes by James Gavin. Sloane: A Jazz Singer, the documentary feature film profiling Carol Sloane's remarkable career and the creation of this album, is currently in production.
Flying Over Sunset
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD)
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. Released digitally earlier.
Late Bloomin' Jazzman
(Café Pacific Music - new on CD/digital)
Vocalist and songwriter Mark Winkler with David Benoit, Jamieson Trotter, Rich Eames and Jon Mayer on piano, John Clayton and Gabe Davis on bass, Christian Euman on drums, Grant Geissman on guitar, Bob Sheppard on sax, Brian Swartz and Nolan Shaheed on trumpet, and Kevin Winard on percussion. "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Don't Be Blue," "When All the Lights in the Sign Worked," "Late Bloomin' Jazzman," "In Another Way," "Bossa Nova Days," "Old Devil Moon," "I Always Had a Thing For You," "Before You Leave," "Old Enough," "Marlena's Memories," "If Gershwin Had Lived." Produced by Barbara Brighton.
Rachel John: From My Lips to God's Ear
(Westway Music - new album)
Olivier-nominated West End performer (Hamilton). "Blessed Assurance (This is My Story)," "Ive Found a Friend in Jesus (The Lily of the Valley)," "And Can It Be? (Amazing Love)," "How Great Thou Art," "Have You Been to Jesus? (Are You Washed?) / There Is a Fountain," "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross / I Stand Amazed (How Marvellous)," "The Love of God is Greater Far / Oh How He Loves Me (I Have a Friend a Precious Friend)," "Jesus Shall Lead Me (Where He Shall Lead Me) / I Will Guide Thee with Mine Eye / Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah." WestwayMusic.com.
RECORDINGS Newly Added:
April 29:
Terron Brooks: The Soul Of Broadway Deluxe Album
(Sony Music - new on CD/digital)
NAACP Award nominated singer-songwriter, actor and writer Terron Brooks. "Music of the Night," "Impossible Dream," "Something's Coming," "What About Love" (duet with Keala Settle), "Summertime," "One Song Glory," "Tomorrow," "Not While I'm Around," "Just My Imagination," "Circle of Life / Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Bonus Tracks: "Waving Through a Window," "History Has Its Eyes on You," "Something's Coming" (single version)," "Tomorrow" (single version)."
May 6:
The Drifters Girl
(new album)
Cast recording from the Olivier Award-nominated jukebox biomusical about famed vocal group The Drifters and their manager. Cast includes Beverley Knight, Adam J. Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry, and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. Produced by orchestrator and arranger Chris Egan. "Opening Medley (Hello Happiness, Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies, There Goes My First Love)," "Money Honey," "Follow Me," "Whatcha Gonna Do," "Fools Fall in Love," "Nobody But Me," "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," "Stand By Me," "Sweets for My Sweet," "I Don't Wanna Go On Without You / Stand By Me," "Saturday Night at the Movies," "There Goes My Baby," "When My Little Girl Is Smiling," "Under the Boardwalk," "In the Land of Make Believe," "Harlem Child," "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies," "There Goes My First Love," "Come On Over To My Place," "There Goes My Baby - Reprise," "You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book."
No release date:
Mrs. Doubtfire
(new album)
Broadway cast recording of Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick score. Rob McClure, Jenn Gambatese, Peter Bartlett, Charity Angél Dawson, Mark Evans, J. Harrison Ghee, Analise Scarpaci, Jake Ryan Flynn, Avery Sell, and Brad Oscar. Release date TBA.
A Strange Loop OBC
(Ghostlight Records/Yellow Sound Label - new album)
2022 Broadway cast recording of score by Michael R. Jackson. Jaquel Spivey, Antwayn Hopper, L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, James Jackson, Jr., John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey. Produced by Michael Croiter and Michael R. Jackson, with Kurt Deutsch and Barbara Whitman as executive producers. To be recorded 4/10/22. Expected this season.
BOOKS Newly Added:
June 28:
The Long Revolution: Writings from the Frontlines of a New American Theatre
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Zelda Fichandler Todd London, editor. Gathers sixty years of essays, speeches, and manifestos by the founding mother of the resident professional theatre movement. Topics such as: The Institution as Art-Work, the Profit in NonProfit, Race and a Deepening Aesthetic, and Creativity and the Public Mind. Also includes intimate portraits of artists with whom Fichandler frequently collaborated and director's notes from the major productions that defined her vision. 320 pages.
June 30:
The Jukebox Musical: An Interpretive History
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback Book)
By Kevin Byrne and Emily Fuchs. Comprehensive guide to the unique genre of the jukebox musical, delving into its history to explain why these musicals have quickly become beloved for multiple generations of theatergoers and practitioners. 176 pages.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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