This week's New/Upcoming Release of CDs, Books, & DVDs Recap - updated 8/19/08

August 18

Regional Reviews: Mineapolis/St. Paul
Little House on the Prairie
Swing!

August 17

Off Broadway Reviews
Désir

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
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The Grecian Formula
Green Eyes
Untitled Masterpiece

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Half a Sixpence
Home

August 16

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Fluency
Johnny Law

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Private Lives

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
West Side Story

August 15

Off Broadway Reviews New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
The Naked Elephant in the Middle of the Room
Tim Gunn's Podcast

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Amadeus
Connie Champagne Sings the Dusty Springfrield Songbook
The Pajama Game

August 14

The Two of Clubs
Hilary Kole, Scott Barbarino & the Bev-Naps

August 12

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
On Insomnia and Midnight
We Three

August 11

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
American 20XX
Becoming Britney
The Johnny
Perez Hilton Saves the Universe

The Siegel Colun
Hair, Return to August: Osage County and
What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends

August 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Absinthe

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Gem! A Truly Outrageous Parody!
Love Is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy

August 9

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
The “Gay No More” Telethon
Nudists in Love

August 8

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Droswy Chaperone
A New Brain
What You Will

August 7

Off Broadway Reviews
Hair

Sound Advice
Pamela Luss, Yvonne Roome and Don Discenza

August 6

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Nine

August 5

Off Broadway Reviews
Buffalo Gal

Regional Reviews: Berkshire Theatre Festival
A Man For All Seasons

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Eartha Kitt

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Rooms: A Rock Romance

August 4

Off Broadway Reviews
Animals Out of Paper

The Siegel Colunn
Damn Yankees, [title of show] and Kicking a Dead Horse

The Two of Clubs
Summertime in the City Clubs

August 2

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Annie Get Your Gun July 30

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Dream a Little Dream

July 29

On the Scene
Damn Yankees Opening Night

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Gerald's Method
Hillary and Monica: The Winter of Her Discontent
A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Doubt
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Winter's Tale

July 27

Off Broadway Reviews
Opa!

July 26

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Footloose the Musical

Regional Reviews: Massachusetts
The Violet Hour

July 25

Restaurant Revue
Benjamin Steak House and Toloache

July 24

Book Review
Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire

Off Broadway Reviews
The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
The Government Inspector
Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Regional Reviews: Seattle
A Streetcar Named Desire

Off Broadway Reviews
Some Americans Abroad

Sound Advice
Sheera Ben-David, Theo Bleckmann, Anna Maria Flechero

July 23

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Miracle Worker

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Titans

July 22

On the Scene
Hair Cast in Concert

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Dream a Little Dream

July 21

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Andrea McArdle
A Chorus Line
Roslyn Kind

July 20

Off Broadway Reviews
Around the World in 80 Days

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Couldn't Say
Kidnapping Laura Linney

July 19

Off Broadway Reviews
Exit Cuckoo

July 18

Sound Advice
Passing Strange, Craig Pomranz, Sylvia Bennett and BJ Crosby

July 17

Broadway Reviews
[title of show]

July 16

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Cherry Hill
Eighty-1

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage
The Little Hours

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
True West

July 15

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Björn Again - The ABBA Experience
Midlife! The Crisis Musical

July 14

Off Broadway Reviews
Kicking a Dead Horse

Regional Reviews: The Berkshires
The Book Club Play

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Jerry Springer: The Opera

July 13

Off Broadway Reviews
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
The Strangerer

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Mame

July 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Damn Yankees
East 14

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
King Lear

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!

Sound Advice
Songwriter Spotlight

July 9

Off Broadway Reviews
Life in a Marital Institution

July 7

Regional Reviews: Massachusetts
The Ladies Man

July 6

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Busy World in Hushed
Snapshots
Tuna Does Vegas

July 3

The Siegel Column
Cirque, Bash'd, Palace of the End and reasons to be pretty

Sound Advice
Annie, Anne and Andrew

July 2

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Superior Donuts

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Rabbit Hole

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Peter Pan

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Stuff Happens

June 29

Broadway Reviews
A Chorus Line Revisited

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Kid From Brooklyn

June 28

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
Hairspray
'Tis Pity She's a Whore

June 27

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

June 26

Sound Advice
Gay Pride

June 24

The Siegel Column
Hamlet, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Arias with a Twist

June 23

Off Broadway Reviews
Bash'd

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Namaste Man

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Imaginary Invalid
This Beautiful City

June 20

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Sadgrrl13

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris
Out of This World
Pericles

June 19

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Kid From Brooklyn

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Producers

Sound Advice
In the Heights, Arabian Nights and Song For Pickles

June 18

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
High Fidelity

June 17

Off Broadway Reviews
Hamlet

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
After a Hundred Years

June 16

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Morning's at Seven

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Mystery of Irma Vep

June 15

The 2008 Tony Awards

June 14

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Jekyll and Hyde
The Lady With All the Answers

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Jamaica

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Avenue Q

June 12

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Little Shop of Horrors
Movin' Out

Sound Advice
Adding Machine, Broadway Musicals of 1962 and Sir Robert Charles Griggs

June 11

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Musical of Musicals
Octopus
Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

June 10

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Robber Bridegroom
The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Snapshots
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Nixon's Nixon

June 9

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Caretaker

June 6

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Bust

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Brooklyn Boy
Bug
Figaro

June 5

Off Broadway Reviews
Occupant

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Gin Game

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Amadeus

Sound Advice
A Catered Affair, Kerry Butler, Melissa Errico, Othella Dallas

June 4

Off Broadway Reviews
Body Awareness

Regional Reviews: Central Florida
Assassins

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Our Town in Old City

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Measure for Pleasure

June 3

Off Broadway Reviews
Saved

June 2

Off Broadway Reviews
Len, Asleep in Vinyl
reasons to be pretty

June 1

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
With and Without

May 31

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Visit

May 30

Regional Reviews: Central Florida
The Orlando Fringe Theatre Festival: Part Two

May 29

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Pavilion

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Bulrusher
Spamalot
The Ugly One

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third

Sound Advice
South Pacific, Kelli O'Hara, Adrift in Macao, West Side Story karaoke, Jo West

May 28

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Avenue Q

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
The Happiness Lecture
Les Miserables

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Ladies of the Camillias
No Child
Peddling Rainbows

May 27

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Avenue Q

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Internationalist

May 23

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Shout! The Mod Musical

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Darkness to Light
A Murder, A Mystery, and A Wedding

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Aida

May 22

Book Review
Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record

Off Broadway Reviews
Prisoner of the Crown

Sound Advice
Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch, Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen,
Don Cherry & Willie Nelson, David Thorne Scott & Mark Shilansky

May 21

Off Broadway Reviews
Port Authority

Regional Reviews: Central Florida
Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival

May 20

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Julius Caesar

The Two of Clubs
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., plus Rachel York, The Gatlin Brothers,
the music of Wally Harper/Sherman Yellen, Sharon McNight, and Marcus Simeone

May 19

Off Broadway
Good Boys and True

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Women Who Steal

May 18

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Carousel

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The School For Scandal

May 16

Off Broadway Reviews
Inner Voices: Solo Musicals

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
A Seagull in the Hamptons

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
A Marriage Minuet

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Coriolanus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter

May 15

Sound Advice
Recorded Live

May 14

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Ballad of Joseph K
Cabaret
Ordinary Nation

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Ordinary Nation

May 13

Off Broadway Reviews
White Widow

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
French Twist

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Sail Away

May 12

Off Broadway Reviews
Stories by Heart

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Shenandoah

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Rabbit Hole

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Antony and Cleopatra

May 11

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Boleros for the Disenchanted

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Coco
Curse of the Starving Class
A Midsummer Night's Dream

May 9

Off Broadway Reviews
No, No Nanette

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Comedy of Errors

May 8

Off Broadway Reviews
Rafta, Rafta

May 7

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Pest Control

May 6

Broadway Reviews
Glory Days

May 5

Concert
Camelot with Lonny Price

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Bug

May 4

Broadway Reviews
Boeing-Boeing

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Great American Trailer Park Musical

May 3

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Brighton Beach Memoirs
High School Musical
The Monkey Room

Regional Reviews: Seattle
My Fair Lady

May 2

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Lady
Saturday Night at the Palace

May 1

Broadway Reviews
Les Liasons Dangereuses

Sound Advice
Maureen McGovern, Julian Yeo, Gelber & Manning and Damn Yankees karaoke

April 30

Broadway Reviews
Thurgood

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Go, Dog. Go!
Look Mom, I'm Swell!

April 29

Off Broadway Reviews
Alice in Wonderland
The Sound and the Fury

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Blackbird

Regional: Washington, D.C.
The 2008 Helen Hayes Awards

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
42nd Street
Forever Plaid
Gem of the Ocean

April 28

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Sedition

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Jersey Boys
Men With Clubs

April 27

Off Broadway Reviews
Bordertown
The Castle

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tragedy: A Tragedy
The Trojan Women

April 24

Broadway Reviews
Cry-Baby

Sound Advice
Carol Hall, Karen Akers, KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler,
Melody Breyer-Grell, Kurt Weill Project

April 23

Off Broadway Reviews
Honor

April 22

Book Review
A Moon For the Misbegotten on the American Stage

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Kiss Me, Kate

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Camelot

April 21

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Caroline, or Change
A Streetcar Named Desire
Thrill Me

April 19

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Color Purple

April 17

Broadway Reviews
A Catered Affair

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
A Life in the Theatre
Lip Service

Sound Advice
Honk!, David Yazbek, The Bobs

April 16

Off Broadway Reviews
From Up Here

What's New on the Rialto
Interview with Matt Cavenaugh: A Catered Affair

April 15

Regional Reviews: Chicago
In a Dark, Dark House
Nine

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Happy Time
Lord of the Flies

April 14

Off Broadway Reviews
The New Century

April 12

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Scene

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Government Inspector
Souvenir
The Student Gypsy

April 11

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Man in Room 306
Rounding Third

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Footloose

April 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Candide

Sound Advice
Karen Mason, Wesla Whitfield, D.C. Anderson
Jazzy Fairy Tales and Nancy Stearns

April 9

Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Diary of Anne Frank

Regional Reviews: St. Paul
The Lady With All the Answers

April 8

Broadway Reviews
Macbeth

On the Scene
Gypsy Opening Night

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Late Henry Moss
Mary's Wedding

April 7

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
bare: The Musical

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Great Expectations
The Immigrant

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Fully Committed

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Death of a Salesman
A View From the Bridge

April 6

Off Broadway Reviews
Little Flower of East Orange
Marcy in the Galaxy

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Baby
Thoroughly Modern Millie

April 5

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Coronado
Fences
Shadowlands

April 4

Regional: Southern Florida
A Life in the Theatre: Executive Artistic Director

April 3

Broadway Reviews
South Pacific

Sound Advice
Ring of Fire, Linda Ciofalo, Deborah Shulman, Birds on Broadway

April 2

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Glass Menagerie

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Cabaret

April 1

Off Broadway Reviews
Something You Did