This week's New/Upcoming Release of CDs, Books, & DVDs Recap - updated 7/22/08
July 10
Off Broadway Reviews
Damn Yankees
East 14
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
King Lear
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
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
History Boys
March 31
Regional Reviews: Seattle
Little Women
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Ward 57
What's New on the Rialto
A White House Cantata
March 28
Off Broadway Reviews
Juno
Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Mask
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Housekeeper
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Flight
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Good Thief
March 27
Broadway Reviews
Gypsy
Sound Advice
Bad Girls, Dwayne Britton, Gone Missing, Elli Fordyce
March 26
Concerts & Cabaret
Liz McCartney
Off Broadway Reviews
The Drunken City
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Christine Ebersole
Endgame
Regional Reviews: St. Paul
Ella
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Stunning
March 25
Off Broadway Reviews
The Four of Us
Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
A Number
March 24
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Blackbird
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Macbeth
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Jersey Boys
Metamorphoses
Puntila and His Hired Man Matti
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Argonautika
March 20
Off Broadway Reviews
Boom
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Doubt
Sound Advice
Studio Casts: Late Nite Comic, Dreamland, Mid-Life!,
Annie Get Your Gun and The New Picasso
March 19
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Engaging Shaw
My Fair Lady
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Orlando
Southern Comforts
Tir Na Nog
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Wicked
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Reduced Shakespeare Company
March 18
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Incorruptible
Mrs. Mannerly
Summer of '42
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Doubt
March 17
On the Scene
Broadway By the Year: 1947
In the Heights Opening Night
Sunday in the Park With George Opening Night
The Siegel Column
Take Me Along, Adding Machine and Fugitive Songs
March 16
Off Broadway Reviews
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You
March 14
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Bluest Eye
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Guest Artist
Letting Go
March 13
Off Broadway Reviews
The Seagull
Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
9 Parts of Desire
Sound Advice
The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Elizabeth Ward Land,
Joanna Ampil and Steve Dooks
Spotlight On
Alan Menken
The Two of Clubs
Tovah Feldshuh, Nashville and Craig Carnelia
March 11
Off Broadway Reviews
Conversations in Tusculum
Ghosts
March 10
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Steel Magnolias
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Monty Python's Spamalot
Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
March 9
Broadway Reviews
In the Heights
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Melancholy Play: a contemporary farce
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Boston Marriage
Sonny's Blues
Wishful Drinking
Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Two Sisters and a Piano
March 7
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
High School Musical
Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Ying Tong: A Walk With the Goons
March 6
Broadway Reviews
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Regional Preview: Southern Florida
Cloudcuckooland
Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Vigil
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Scene
Regional Reviews: St. Louis
'night Mother
Restaurant Revue
Rothmann's Steakhouse and Grill
Nizza
Sound Advice
Diane Schuur, Sally Martin, Andrew Heller and Diana McCorry
March 5
Off Broadway Reviews
Parlour Song
Secrets of a Soccer Mom
Regional Review: Washington, D.C.
Major Barbara
March 4
Off Broadway Reviews
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Liberty City
March 3
Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Daphne Does Dim Sum
Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Imaginary Invalid
March 2
Off Broadway Reviews
The Night of the Iguana
Paradise Park
Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Little Women
March 1
Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Blood Knot
In This House
Satellites
