Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 1/30/24
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CDs Now Available:
Mein Freund Bunbury
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
1964 German musical adaptation of The Importance of Being Ernest. Original cast recording of score by Gerd Natschinski (music) and Jurgen Degenhart (lyrics). Release date approximate. Kritzerland.com.
T.3: Option Up
(Arts Music - new on CD)
Vocal trio featuring Liam Fennecken, Jim Hogan and Brendan Jacob Smith. "Dilly Dilly," "Carry on Wayward Son," "When I Knew You," "Giiirl," "Bring Him Home," "Disney Medley" (with Shoshana Bean, Morgan James, and Aisha Jackson). Produced by John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. Digital released 12/8/23.
Tammy Grimes
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
Featuring songs by Rodgers and Hart, E.Y. Harburg and Sammy Fain, Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Burton Lane, and more. "Upstairs at the Downstairs Waltz," "Julius Monk Introduction," "Fit as a Fiddle," "We'll Be the Same," "The Springtime Cometh," "Take Him," "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block," "Molly Malone," "Limehouse Blues," "From Alpha to Omega," "What Shall I Do?," "I Loved Him But He Didn't Love Me," "Shoein' the Mare," "Blame It on My Youth," "Something Sort of Grandish," "Billboard," "Doodle Doo Doo." Limited to 500 copies only. Release date approximate. Kritzerland.com.
Digital Music Now Available:
Steven Pasquale: Some Other Time
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Steven Pasquale with John Pizzarelli (voice and guitar). "When I Fall in Love," "Young at Heart," "This Nearly Was Mine," "Ill Be Seeing You," "Stardust," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," "Smile," "Nature Boy," "The Impossible Dream," "Some Other Time." Released 1/26/24. Vinyl edition expected in the future.
Newly Listed Recordings:
April 12:
Days of Wine and Roses
(new album)
Original Off-Broadway (and Broadway) cast recording of score by Adam Guettel (book by Craig Lucas). Sharon Catherine Brown, Bill English, Olivia Hernandez, Brian d'Arcy James, Byron Jennings, David Jennings, Ted Koch, Ella Dane Morgan, Kelli O'Hara. "There Go I," "Evanesce," "Sammen I Himmeln," "As The Water Loves The Stone," "Are You Blue," "Underdeath," "First Breath," "435," "Morton Salt Girl," "Forgiveness," "Turlycue," "Forgiveness (Reprise)," "Lila Hangs The Moon," "There Go I (Reprise)." Recorded week of 7/24/23. Digital released 12/15/23.
Date TBA:
Gutenberg! The Musical!
(Center Stage Records/Yellow Sound Label - new album)
OBC recording of score by Scott Brown (music/lyrics) and Anthony King (lyrics). Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells. Recorded 1/29/24. Arrangements, and orchestrations are by T.O. Sterrett. Produced and mixed by Michael Croiter. To be released Spring 2024.
Newly Listed Books:
April 23:
Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance
(The Kent State Univ Press - Paperback Book)
By John Vacha. In-depth account of Cleveland's Playhouse Square (originally the State, Ohio, Hanna, Allen, and Palace theaters) history, beginning with the 1921 opening, through the darkening of four of their marquees by the end of the 1960s, the renovation and renaissance from the 1970s, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustrated and featuring interviews with the central figures involved in saving the Square. 240 pages.
