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Music to Be Released This Friday, January 10:

Oliver!
(Warner Classics - new on CD/digital)
2024 London Cast recording of score by Lionel Bart. Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Cian Eagle-Service, Shanay Holmes, Billy Jenkins, Simon Lipkin, Isabelle Methven, Katy Secombe, Aaron Sidwell. "Prologue," "Food, Glorious Food," "Oliver!," "Boy for Sale," "That's Your Funeral," "Where Is Love?," "I Shall Scream," "Consider Yourself," "Consider Yourself" (Reprise), "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two," "Sikes & Nancy," "It's a Fine Life," "I'd Do Anything," "Be Back Soon," "Oom-pah-pah," "My Name," "As Long As He Needs Me," "Who Will Buy?," "Reviewing the Situation," "Oliver!" (Reprise), "As Long As He Needs Me" (Reprise), "London Bridge / The Pursuit of Sikes," "Reviewing the Situation" (Reprise), "Finale."

Reefer Madness: New Los Angeles Cast Recording
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD/digital)
Music by Dan Studney and lyrics by Kevin Murphy. Featuring the full cast from its critically acclaimed 25th Anniversary Los Angeles revival, including Nicole Parker, Thomas Dekker, Anthony Norman, Darcy Rose Byrnes, J. Elaine Marcos, and Bryan Daniel Porter. CD will feature two bonus tracks not available on the digital album. Album produced by Michael Croiter, Kevin Murphy, and Dan Studney. reefermadness.com.

Newly Listed Recordings:

January 17:

The Shape of Things: Songs from Joy The Musical
(Joy Machine Records - new digital album)
Concept album for musical about Joy Mangano, with a score by and performed by Annmarie Milazzo. Piano: Andy Einhorn and Sonny Paladino; guitars: Ben Butler; bass: Jeffery Allen; drums and percussion: Rich Mercurio; cello: Yair Evnine. Music supervision by Andy Einhorn. Recorded and mixed at Renaissance Studio, NYC. JoytheMusical.com. Produced by Sonny Paladino.

Newly Listed Books:

January 14:

In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some
(Gallery Books - Hardcover Book/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
Collection personal stories by Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon, Guttenberg! The Musical!). 272 pages.

February 6:

If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress: The Illustrated Memoirs of Broadway Costume Designer Patricia Zipprodt
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Broadway costume designer Patricia Zipprodt (1925-99) tells her own colorful story, with Arnold Wengrow. Foreword by Joel Grey. From plunging into the developing Off-Broadway movement to charting her personal and professional failures and successes collaborating with the biggest artists of the day - Jerome Robbins, Hal Prince, and Bob Fosse, and more. Includes pictures from Zipprodt's own archive including sketches, drawings, and photographs of her work from some of the most significant shows of the 20th century, including Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, and Pippin. Wengrow provides a vivid epilogue about her final battle with cancer. Drawing from her archive at the New York Public Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, he amplifies her recollections with letters, oral histories, and interviews she gave over the years to offer a portrait of an artist consistently working against the grain. 216 pages.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.