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Books Now Available:
The ABCs of Acting in Musicals: A Civilian's Guide
(new Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Scott Miller. Second in a series. Includes a brief history of musicals, a brief survey of acting methods, myths about musicals and about acting, useful musical theatre terms, good books and documentaries, plus a wide array of other related topics, like using silence and stillness, the Fourth Wall, realism and naturalism, playing funny, playing sexy, acting traps, audition tips, the nature of reality onstage, and lots more. 80 pages.
DVD/Blu-Ray Now Available:
High, Wide and Handsome
(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)
1937 Paramount musical western film. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Sr., Charles Bickford and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Oscar Hammerstein II and George O'Neil, with lyrics by Hammerstein and music by Jerome Kern. Brand new HD master - from a 4k scan by universal pictures; new audio commentary by film historian Eddy von Mueller; theatrical trailer (newly mastered in 2K); optional English subtitles. One hour 44 minutes.
Music to Be Released This Friday, April 21:
Almost Famous
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new album)
Score by Tom Kitt. Chris Wood, Anika Larsen, Solea Pfeiffer, Drew Gehling, Casey Likes, Rob Colletti, Matt Bittner, Chad Burris, Gerard Canonico, Julia Cassandra, Brandon Contreras, Jakeim Hart, Van Hughes, Jana Djenne Jackson, Katie Ladner, Danny Lindgren, Erica Mansfield, Alisa Melendez, Emily Schultheis, Daniel Sovich, Libby Winters, and Matthew C. Yee.
John Pizzarelli: Stage & Screen
(Palmetto - new on CD/digital)
"Too Close For Comfort," "I Love Betsy," "I Want To Be Happy," "Tea For Two," "Just In Time," "Some Other Time," "Where Or When," "Oklahoma Suite," "Time After Time," "You're All The World To Me," "As Time Goes By," "Coffee In A Cardboard Cup."
Newly Listed Recordings:
May 9:
Chip Deffaa's Broadway and Vaudeville Legends
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/digital)
Twenty-six rare performances from Chip Deffaa's collection, including some never before released on CD, by such early-20th century Broadway and vaudeville stars as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, George M. Cohan, Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth, Bert Williams, Sophie Tucker, Irving Berlin, Harry Lauder, Ted Lewis, Elsie Janis, Will Rogers. Audio restoration by Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain. Expected to ship in the second week of May.
June 2:
Camelot
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
2023 Broadway revival cast recording of score by Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). Cast includes Andrew Burnap, Phillipa Soo, Jordan Donica, Dakin Matthews, Taylor Trensch, Marilee Talkington, Camden McKinnon, Anthony Michael Lopez, Fergie Philippe, and Danny Wolohan. Music director Kimberly Grigsby conducts a 30-piece orchestra. Original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang and original dance and choral arrangements by Trude Rittmann. Recording is produced by David Caddick and David Lai. CD format expected June 30. BroadwayRecords.com
Newly Listed Books:
April 24:
Some Like It Hot: Vocal Selections from the New Musical Comedy
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. 17 songs from the show arranged with vocal line and piano accompaniment. Titles include: "At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee," "Baby, Let's Get Good," "A Darker Shade of Blue," "Fly, Mariposa, Fly," "He Lied When He Said Hello," "I'm California Bound," "Let's Be Bad," "Let's Dance the World Away," "Poor Little Millionaire," "Ride Out the Storm," "Some like It Hot," "Take It up a Step," "Vamp!," "What Are You Thirsty For?," "You Can't Have Me (If You Don't Have Him)," "You Coulda Knocked Me over with a Feather," "Zee Bap." 144 pages.
