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Digital Music Now Available:

Ann Hampton Callaway: I Believe in America
(CD Baby - new digital single)
Music, lyrics and vocals by Ann Hampton Callaway. New revised version produced and arranged by Trey Henry and Paul Viapiano.

Tomorrow, the Island Dies
(new digital album)
Complete studio cast album of score by Ryan Scott Oliver. Jason Gotay, Mason Olshavsky, Victoria Huston-Elem, Jisel Soleil Ayon, Shelby Acosta, Kim Onah, Charlie Fusari, Miranda Luze, Ethan Carlson, Nathan David Smith, Emma Carlile, Isa Rodriguez, Tristan Caldwell, Caitlin Doak, Nicole Deluca, Jack B. Murphy, Michael Jayne Walker, and Grace Ellis Solomon. Produced by Oliver, Joshua Zecher-Ross, Very Intense Productions, and AT New Works

Welcome to Dangerville
(new digital album)
Pickleville Playhouse cast recording of score by Derek Davis and Logan Kyle. Tori Adler, Jordan Todd Brown, Jessica Cerreta, Adrian Graff, Jaycee Harris, Sutton Kaylor, Nathan Kremin, Katja Roberts. Josh Musselman on piano.

Books Now Available:

The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime
(Crown - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Shirley MacLaine. Extensive photo collection revealing both intimate family memories and images with some of the most significant figures from entertainment and politics. MacLaine reflects on each photo, exploring ambition, love, friendship, motherhood, art, political activism, curiosity, and more. 272 pages.

Music to Be Released This Friday:

Karen Mason and All That Jazz!
(Zevely Records and King Kozmo Music - new on CD/digital)
"All That Jazz," "Wilkommen," "My Coloring Book," "Maybe This Time," "I'm One of the Smart Ones," "Go Back Home," "Colored Lights," "Theme from New York, New York / All I Need Is One Good Break," "Ring Them Bells," "Married / Sorry I Asked," "But the World Goes ‘Round," "Love and Love Alone," "Cabaret," "A Quiet Thing."

Little Piece of You – An Atypical Musical
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording of score by Kjersti Long and Jeremy Long (book by Melissa Leilani Larson). Kjersti Long, Jane Beeson, Chantry Johnson, and Malia Mackay. Produced by Jeremy Long. Features additional lyrics by Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga, Wendy Parr, Paul Moak and Hunter Wolfe. CD to be released November 29, 2024. CenterStageRecords.com

Playing with Fire
(Center Stage Records - new on CD/digital)
Concept recording of score by JC Chasez and Jimmy Harry. 16 tracks. Performances by Chasez, Cardamon Rozzi, and Lily Elise. 16 tracks. BroadwayRecords.com.

SUNSET BLVD: The Album
(The Other Songs Records - new digital album)
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."

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.