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 Available:
The Notebook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal selections for the score by Ingrid Michaelson. 14 songs. 96 pages. Released 10/1/24.
Music to Be Released This Friday, January 31:
House on Fire
(Precious Days Records - new digital album)
Debut recording of musical score by Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland. Performances by Angela Birchett, Michael McCorry Rose, Gabriella Joy Rodriguez, and Tyley Ross, in addition to Cryer and Hyland. Music director, orchestrator, and producer Jody Shelton on piano, Lee Nadel on bass, Joe Choroszewski on drums, Oscar Albis Rodriguez on guitar, and Leigh Stuart on cello.
Newly Listed Recordings:
Strategic Love Play
(Audible Originals - Audible Audiobook)
Play by Miriam Battye, with 2024 Off-Broadway cast Heléne York and Michael Zegan.
Newly Listed Books:
April 15:
The Musicals of Cole Porter: Broadway, Hollywood, Television
(Univ Press of Mississippi - Hardcover Book)
By Bernard F. Dick. A critical study of Porter’s Broadway and movie musicals, and his one foray into live television, from his first failure, See America First (1916) to Silk Stockings (1955). Interspersed with chapters on Porter’s “list songs,” his love songs, and his love of figurative language. Discusses the various literary sources and cultural reference points that inspired the lyrics to Porter’s numbers. 240 pages.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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