Complete information on all known upcoming releases of theatre related audio and video recordings can be found on our Upcoming Releases page. Recordings released last week and earlier can be viewed here. This recap is available by email. Join the e-blast list on the front page of Talkin' Broadway, below the menu (on phones, at the bottom of the front page) to receive the recaps each week.
Books Now Available:
Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production
(Focal Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin. "investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional theatrical production in the United States and explores labor practices that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable." 352 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, May 3:
Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared
(new on CD/vinyl)
From the live show. Songs made famous by jazz canaries once they spread their wings - that's Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, and others. Champian Fulton, Jane Monheit, Carmen Bradford, Olivia Chindamo, Vanessa Perea, and Gretje Angell. Liner notes by Ricky Ricardi.
Gutenberg! The Musical!
(Center Stage Records/Yellow Sound Label - new digital album)
OBC recording of score by Scott Brown (music/lyrics) and Anthony King (lyrics). Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells. Recorded 1/29/24. Arrangements, and orchestrations are by T.O. Sterrett. Produced and mixed by Michael Croiter. BroadwayRecords.com. CD to be released 5/17/24.
Newly Listed Recordings:
May 17:
Water for Elephants
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
OBC recording of score by PigPen Theatre Co. (book by Rick Elice). Two singles, "Wild" and "Silver Stars," now available. Cast includes Grant Gustin, Isabelle McCalla, Gregg Edelman, Paul Alexander Nolan, Stan Brown, Joe De Paul, Sara Gettelfinger, and Wade McCollum. Produced by Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Ian Kagey.
June 23:
The Great Gatsby
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new digital album)
OBC recording of score by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen (book by Kait Kerrigan). Cast includes Jeremy Jordan, Eva Noblezada, Noah J. Ricketts, Samantha Pauly, Sara Chase, John Zdrojeski, Paul Whitty, and Eric Anderson. CD to be released 8/2/24.
July 12:
The Wiz
(Immersive/Interscope - new album)
2024 Broadway revival cast recording of score by Charlie Smalls (and others). Cast includes Nichelle Lewis, Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Melody A. Betts, Kyle Ramar Freeman, Phillip Johnson Richardson, and Avery Wilson.
Newly Listed Books:
May 16:
Christopher Oscar Peña: Three Plays: How To Make An American Son; The Strangers; A Cautionary Tail
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Edited by Mark Armstrong. Introduced by Hugh Dancy. The work of Latinx American playwright and screenwriter Christopher Oscar Peña. 456 pages.
May 30:
Jocelyn Bioh: Three Plays: Merry Wives; Nollywood Dreams; School Girls, Or, The African Mean Girls Play
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
First collection of plays from American contemporary playwright Jocelyn Bioh. 216 pages.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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