Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 1/23/24

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Digital Music Now Available:

How to Dance in Ohio
(Center Stage records - new digital album)
OBC recording of score by Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik. Featuring Desmond Luis Edwards, Amelia Fei, Madison Kopec, Liam Pearce, Imani Russell, Conor Tague, Ashley Wool, Caesar Samayoa, Haven Burton, Darlesia Cearcy, Carlos L. Encinias, Nick Gaswirth, Melina Kalomas and Christina Sastre. "Today Is, Pt. 1," "Today Is, Pt. 2," "Under Control," "The How-to's," "How to Dance in Ohio," "Unlikely Animals," "Butterflies," "Slow Dancing," "Getting Ready for the Dance," "Waves and Wires," "Drift," "Terminally Human," "So Much in Common," "Chevy Silverado," "Reincarnation," "Nothing at All," "Building Momentum," "Building Momentum (Reprise)," "Finale." Produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr. and co-produced by Jacob Yandura, Bruce Coughlin and, for P3 Productions, Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez and Fiona Howe Rudin. Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin. CD version expected February 2024. Released 1/19/24.

Books Now Available:

Tell it to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By David Savran. A look at how the Broadway musical travels the world, influencing and even transforming local practices and traditions. Focuses on recent musicals but also looks back through the twentieth century to plot the evolution of musical theatre in South Korea and Germany. Appears to have been released early. 312 pages.

Thrill Maker: The Story of My Musical "Thrill Me"
(Offstage Drama Publishing - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
By Stephen Dolginoff. The author looks back over the last 30 years and writes about how his musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story became a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee and went on to have over two hundred productions spanning twenty-five countries and seventeen languages. 312 pages.

Music to Be Released This Friday, January 26:

Harmony
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
2022 Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. Cast includes Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman, Steven Telsey, Jessie Davidson, and Ana Hoffman. "Overture," "Harmony," "And What Do You See?," "This Is Our Time," "Your Son Is Becoming a Singer," "Every Single Day," "How Can I Serve You Madam?," "The Wedding," "Home," "We're Goin' Loco!," "Hungarian Rhapsody #20," "Come to the Fatherland!," "Where You Go," "In This World," "Threnody," "Stars in the Night." Digital released 8/31/23.

Newly Listed Books:

April 18:

Song of the Season: Outstanding Broadway Songs since 1891
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Thomas Hischak. Charts the progress of American showtunes alongside popular music forms as songs evolved from the waltz and ragtime to jazz, rock, rap and hip-hop. Factual analysis and historical context combine to offer a rich picture of the American songbook from Irving Berlin to Elton John. 440 pages.