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Books Now Available:

Plays for the Plague Year
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Collection of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks. Presented at Public Theater in 2023. 112 pages.

Music to Be Released This Friday, August 30:

Patti Lupone: A Life In Notes
(Center Stage Records - new on 2 CDs)
Disc One: "A Song for You," "Come On-a My House," "Summertime, Summertime," "Ebb Tide," "We Kiss in a Shadow / Teen Angel / Town Without Pity," "I Wish It So," "Some People," "Lilac Wine," "Alfie," "Saratoga Summer Song," "The Man That Got Away," "Those Were the Days"; Disc Two: "On Broadway," "Don’t Cry for Me Argentina," "I Dreamed a Dream," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Stars," "Anything Goes," "I Didn’t Know What Time it Was," "Make You Feel My Love," "Ready to Begin Again (Manya’s Song)," "Forever Young," "In My Life / Those Were the Days." Music director Joseph Thalken on piano, Brad Phillips on strings. Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman. Produced by Michael Croiter. Executive produced by Patti LuPone, Van Dean and Staci Levine. Digital format released 7/19/24.

Sycamore Trees
(PS Classics - new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Ricky Ian Gordon (book by Gordon and Nina Mankin). Farah Alvin, Marc Kudisch, Judy Kuhn, Jessica Molaskey, Matthew Risch, Diane Sutherland, and Tony Yazbeck. The musical debuted at DC's Signature Theatre in 2010. Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. Fred Lassen conducts the eight-piece orchestra, with Andrew Resnick at the piano. The album was produced by Tommy Krasker and Bart Migal, with audio restoration by Migal. Special limited edition of 250 CDs will follow on Friday, September 20. PSClassics.com.

Teeth
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
Playwrights Horizons cast recording of score by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson. Courtney Bassett, Phoenix Best, Will Connolly, Jason Gotay, Jenna Rose Husli, Jared Loftin, Alyse Alan Louise, Steven Pasquale, Lexi Rhoades, Wren Rivera, Helen J Shen. Digital version previously released.

Newly Listed Books:

September 3:

Running the Room: Conversations with Women Theatre Directors
(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Rosemary Waugh. Explores, through a series of conversations with many of the leading talents working on British stages, what it takes to succeed in the field, and how each director approaches the work in their own way. Contributions from Natalie Abrahami, Annabel Arden, Milli Bhatia, Carrie Cracknell, Tinuke Craig, Marianne Elliott, Nadia Fall, Yaël Farber, Vicky Featherstone, Jamie Fletcher, Sarah Frankcom, Emma Frankland, Rebecca Frecknall, Debbie Hannan, Tamara Harvey, Natalie Ibu, Ola Ince, Lynette Linton, Nancy Medina, Katie Mitchell, Rachel O'Riordan, Emma Rice, Indhu Rubasingham, Jenny Sealey. 272 pages.

November 19:

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
(Atria Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audio CD)
Author Richard Schloch makes the case that Sondheim's greatness–beyond the clever lyrics and adventurous music–rests in his ability to tell stories that relate to us all. From Louise's desire for freedom to Sweeney Todd's thirst for revenge, we as an audience relate easily to Sondheim's characters. Follows the arc of Sondheim's career and includes stories about productions and iconic performers, deep readings of his music and lyrics, and insights into his creative process. 304 pages.

Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
By Thomas Z. Shepard and Gayden Wren. Foreword by John Kander. Producer Thomas Z. Shepard's writes about his childhood as a piano prodigy, and of the making of fifty plus years' worth of show albums, featuring stories of his work with Broadway people including Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, Sheldon Harnick, Barbara Cook, Placido Domingo, Gregory Hines, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many more. 408 pages.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.