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Now Available:

Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfeld's Last Star
(Univ of Kentucky Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Christopher S. Connelly. Biography on Broadway, film, and radio star Helen Morgan. 394 pages.

The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot: Deck and Guidebook
(RP Studio - card deck)
From spiritual practitioner, tarot card reader, and former Broadway publicist Emily McGill. Deluxe, one-of-a kind deck that "casts" Broadway icons in traditional tarot roles, complete with the art of Al Hirschfeld. 78 cards (3 X 5 inches), guidebook (4 3/4 X 6 inches, 120 pages), inner card box, and magnetic closure keepsake outer box. Fully illustrated guidebook which includes images of each card, alongside card descriptions and suggested interpretations, as well as sample card spreads to guide your practice. Official Al Hirschfeld art and foundation support.

I Danced on Broadway: Memoir of a Career on Stage
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Lee Wilson, who shares stories from her four decades of dancing on Broadway, with anecdotes about theatre legends including Agnes de Mille, Richard Rodgers, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, and Bernadette Peters. She details the economic, political, and social events that led from the Golden Age to the slump of the early 1970s to the rejuvenation of Broadway with the huge success of A Chorus Line. 120 pages.

Rocky Horror Cookbook: 50 Savory, Sweet, and Seductive Recipes from the Cult Musical
(Running Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Kim Laidlaw. Foreword by Richard O'Brien. Officially licensed cookbook based on The Rocky Horror Show. 50 recipes. Examples: Magenta Mash(ed) Potato Cakes, Thrill Me Chill Me Spicy Gazpacho, Rocky’s Mussels, Riff Raff Ramen, and Slow-Cooked Thigh Ragu. "Don't dream it. Eat it." 136 pages.

Music to Be Released This Friday, September 6:

April & Joanie Sing!
(Southport Records - new on CD)
April Aloisio and Joanie Pallatto duets from 1986-2024. "I Feel Free," "Samba Do Soho," "True," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Brazilian Rats," "Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)," "Two Sparrows," "Little Sparrow (Gorrion)," "Improv Sparrows," "Simone," "ive!," "Bebe," "Have A Merry Christmas," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Fareed Haque: guitars, Mark Walker: drums and percussion, Bradley Parker-Sparrow: piano, Howard Levy: piano and harmonica, Dedé Sampaio: percussion, Cliff Colnot: conductor and arranger, Tomas de Utrera: flamenco guitar, Johnny Frigo: violin, Bob Dorough: vocal and piano, Brad Goode: trumpet, Gerard Aloisio: bass trombone, and King Fleming: piano, among others.

Here We Are
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - baby blue 2-disc LP)
Score by Stephen Sondheim (book by David Ives). Cast includes Francois Battiste, Tracie Bennett, Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Rachel Bay Jones, Denis O'Hare, Steven Pasquale, David Hyde Pierce, and Jeremy Shamos. "Exit Music" now available. Recorded week of January 10, 2024. Produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven and Bill Rosenfield. CD and digital released earlier.

Newly Listed Recordings:

November 1:

Lea Salonga: Sounding Joy
(Center Stage Records - new on CD/digital)
"Christmas Time / The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Sleigh Ride," "River," "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)," "Last Christmas," "Christmas on Broadway," "All I Want for Christmas is You," "Love is Our Christmas Star," "What Child is This / Silent Night," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "This Christmas," "Angels We Have Heard (Glory Be)" (with Clay Aiken). Released in conjunction with Salonga's "Sounding Joy" holiday, which will make stops in San Francisco, San Diego, Northridge, Scottsdale and New York.

Released date TBA:

Three Houses - A Concept Album
(new album)
Score by Dave Malloy. Kickstarter.com.

Other News:

Release date and details added:

SUNSET BLVD: The Album
(The Other Songs Records - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
London cast recording of Sunset Boulevard score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Cast includes Nicole Scherzinger, Tom Francis, Grace Hodgett-Young, David Thaxton. "Overture," "Let Me Take You Back," "Let's Do Lunch," "Betty's Pitch," "The Car Chase," "Surrender," "With One Look," Scene: Did you say you were a writer?, "Salome," "The Greatest Star Of All," "Schwab's Drugstore," "Girl Meets Boy," Scene: Where have you been?, "I Started Work," "What's On This Evening?," "New Ways To Dream," Scene: Today's the day, "New Year's Tango," "The Perfect Year," "This Time Next Year," Scene: Happy New Year, darling, "Entr'acte," "Sunset Boulevard," "There's Been A Call / It Took Her Three Days," "Arrival at Paramount," "Norma In The Studio," "As If We Never Said Goodbye," "Paramount Conversations / Surrender (Reprise)," "Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)," Scene: Who's Betty Schaefer? / I Should Have Stayed There, Scene: The Back Lot, "Too Much In Love To Care," Scene: I made her a star, "New Ways To Dream (Reprise)," "The Phone Call," "What's Going On, Joe?," "No One Ever Leaves A Star," "Max, Where Am I?," "End Credits."

Postponed, further information TBA:

Sycamore Trees
(PS Classics - new 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. PSClassics.com.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.