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Books Now Available:
Carl Moellenberg's Story: Broadway and Spirituality as a Path to Survival
(Imagine and Wonder - Hardcover Book)
By Carl Moellenberg. John Shableski, editor. The author's "journey of many transformations: from Midwestern boy most interested in music to a fast-paced Wall Street career; from investment banking to a 12 time Tony Award winner on Broadway; from overcoming several death-defying crises by finding healing, inspiration from a higher being, and deeper spirituality." 224 pages.
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
(TCG - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Stephen Adly Guirgis. 120 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, December 9:
Carousel soundtrack
(Del Ray Records - new vinyl)
1956 soundtrack of Rodgers & Hammerstein score. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Rounseville, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner "Introduction," "Main Title: The Carousel Waltz," "You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan," "(When I Marry) Mr. Snow," "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over Ballet," "Soliloquy," "Blow High, Blow Low," "When The Children Are Asleep," "A Real Nice Clambake," "Stonecutters Cut It On Stone," "What's The Use Of Wond'rin," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "Louise's Ballet," "If I Loved You (reprise)," "You'll Never Walk Alone (Finale)," "Carousel Waltz" (album version). Restored sleeve artwork & pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
Disenchanted soundtrack
(Walt Disney Records - new on CD/digital)
Soundtrack from 2022 film. Songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Griffin Newman, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Gabriella Baldacchino, Patrick Dempsey, Ann Harada, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael McCorry Rose, Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, Alan Menken, Kolton Stewart. "Andalasia," "Even More Enchanted," "The Magic of Andalasia," "Fairytale Life (The Wish)," "Fairytale Life (After the Spell)," "Perfect," "Badder," "Love Power," "Love Power (Reprise)," "Even More Enchanted (Finale)," "Disenchanted Score Suite," "Hard Times for Heroes (Demo)," "Something Different This Year (Demo)," "Love Power (End Credit Version)."
Penelope, or How The Odyssey Was Really Written
(JAY Records - new on CD)
York Theatre original cast recording of score by Peter Kellogg and Stephen Weiner. Britney Nicole Simpson, Philippe Arroyo, Leah Hocking, Cooper Howell, Ben Jacoby, David LaMarr, Jacob Alexander Simon, George Slotin, Sean Thompson, and Maria Wirries. "Prologue," "She's Gonna Be Mine," "The Letter from Aeolia," "The Man That I Married," "Pigs!," "Faint," "Penelope #1," "When I'm King," "No One Will Ever Know," "Penelope #2," "The Letter from Hell," "She's Gonna Be Mine (Reprise)," "Penelope #3," "Home Again," "We Need a Plan," "The Mills of the Gods," "Something in His Touch," "This Moment Is All," "Penelope #4," "Until You Shine," "I'm Not Sure I Remember How," "All Along," "Finale." Orchestrations and musical direction by David Hancock Turner. Digital version released December 2.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Columbia Records Group - new digital album)
From the 2022 stop-motion musical film from Netflix. Original songs and score from Alexandre Desplat with lyrics by Guillermo Del Toro. The characters are voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Cristoph Waltz, and more. "Better Tomorrows" (Ewan McGregor), "Carlo's Theme," "Going to Town," "The Pine Cone," "My Son" (David Bradley), "Spazzatura," "Geppetto's Creature," "Sebastian J Cricket," "A Wooden Boy," "Everything Is New to Me" (Gregory Mann & David Bradley), "Pinocchio," "We Were a King Once" (Christoph Waltz), "Paint Battle," "The Sphinx," "Memory of Carlo," "Fatherland March" (Gregory Mann), "The Circus," "Pinocchio Has Left," "Ciao Papa" (Gregory Mann), "To Catania," "Pinocchio Soldier," "The Late Lamented" (Tim Blake Nelson), "Big Lies," "The Dogfish," "Shoot the Puppet," "Big Baby Il Duce March" (Gregory Mann), "The Mine," "My Bubblegum" (Gregory Mann), "Saving Geppetto," "Pinocchio's Choice." CD released 12/16/22.
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
(Masterworks - new on CD)
Soundtrack from Netflix film inspired by the musical. Music and lyrics By Tim Minchin. Original score music by Christopher Nightingale. The film stars Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham. "And So the Great Day Arrived," "The Biggest Burp," "Bruce," "When I Grow Up," "The Most Dangerous Feat," "I'm Here," "The Smell of Rebellion," "The Newt - Stretchy Ears," "Quiet," "Telekinesis," "My House The Truth - Chokey Destruction," "Day of Reckoning," "Magnus Returns," "Revolting Children," "Still Holding My Hand." Released digitally 11/18/22.
Newly Listed Recordings:
January 13, 2023:
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.
February 24, 2023:
KPOP OBC
(Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)
2022 original Broadway cast. Music, lyrics, and arrangements by Helen Park, and music and lyrics by Max Vernon. Featuring K-pop group f(x) - Luna, Julia Abueva, BoHyung (from K-pop group SPICA and half of the duo KEEMBO), Major Curda, Jinwoo Jung, Jiho Kang, Amy Keum, James Kho, Marina Kondo, Eddy Lee, Joshua Lee, Jully Lee, Lina Rose Lee, Timothy H. Lee, Abraham Lim, Min (from K-pop group Miss A), Kate Mina Lin, Aubie Merrylees, Patrick Park, Zachary Noah Piser, Kevin Woo (from K-pop group U-KISS), and John Yi. Produced by Harvey Mason Jr.
March 14, 2023:
Anything Goes
(Liberator - new DVD/Blu-ray)
Filmed live at the Barbican in London. Score by Cole Porter. Directed by Kathleen Marshall. Sutton Foster, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot. Two hours and 19 minutes.
Newly Listed Books:
December 30, 2022:
The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre (Routledge Companions)
(Routledge - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Laura MacDonald, Ryan Donovan, editors. Comprehensive guide expands the study of musical theatre to include the ways we practice and experience musicals, their engagement with technology, and their navigation of international commercial marketplaces. The first collection to include global musical theatre in each chapter, reflecting the musical's status as the world's most popular theatrical form. Brings together practice and scholarship, featuring essays by leading and emerging scholars alongside luminaries such as Chinese musical theatre composer San Bao, Tony Award-winning star André De Shields, and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus. 602 pages.
February 7, 2023:
When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical that Changed the World
(Sourcebooks - Paperback Book)
By Caseen Gaines. In-depth look into the rise of the 1921 Broadway hit, Shuffle Along, the first all-Black musical to succeed on Broadway, with a score by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. Book by F. E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles. The story of how Sissle and Blake, along with comedians Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles, overcame poverty, racism, and violence to harness the energy of the Harlem Renaissance. 512 pages.
February 23, 2023:
Master of the House: The Theatres of Cameron Mackintosh
(Unicorn Publishing Group - Hardcover Book)
Michael Coveney. Charts the histories of Cameron Mackintosh's eight refurbished and rebuilt iconic London buildings: their origins, their stories, the iconic shows and productions, the stars and the glamour. Lavishly illustrated with images from the Delfont Mackintosh archive, also contains original architect plans and drawings, specially commissioned photographs of the refurbishment, show posters and other theatre ephemera, and many sweeping panoramas of the exquisitely finished spaces. 320 pages.
