Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap 5/9/23

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CDs Now Available:

Farah Alvin: On Vinyl
(new on CD/digital)
Broadway actress-singer Farah Alvin album based on her solo shows "On Vinyl" and "B-side." "Help Me," "Take Me To The Pilot," "Easy," "Stairway To Heaven / Crazy On You," "If I Were Your Woman," "Wichita Lineman," "Don't Stop Me Now / Heartbreaker," "You're So Vain / You're No Good / It's Too Late," "Poetry Man," "Solitaire," "As." Arrangements and music direction by Michael Holland. Directed by Marc Tumminelli. To be released 5/11/23 in digital.


Digital Music Now Available:

KPOP OBC
(Masterworks Broadway - new digital)
2022 original Broadway cast. Music, lyrics, and arrangements by Helen Park, and music and lyrics by Max Vernon. Featuring K-pop group f(x) - Luna, Julia Abueva, BoHyung (from K-pop group SPICA and half of the duo KEEMBO), Major Curda, Jinwoo Jung, Jiho Kang, Amy Keum, James Kho, Marina Kondo, Eddy Lee, Joshua Lee, Jully Lee, Lina Rose Lee, Timothy H. Lee, Abraham Lim, Min (from K-pop group Miss A), Kate Mina Lin, Aubie Merrylees, Patrick Park, Zachary Noah Piser, Kevin Woo (from K-pop group U-KISS), and John Yi. Produced by Harvey Mason Jr. CD format to be released 5/12/23.

Schmigadoon! Season 2
(new digital album)
Soundtrack from season two fo the Apple TV+ original series. Cinco Paul, Tituss Burgess, Ericka Hunter, Justine Louise Gera, Martin Short, Aaron Tveit, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Delleva, Alex Gullason, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jane Krakowski, Ann Harada, Jaime Camil, Leggett Chase, Leah Horowitz, Phoenix Best, Cassondra James Kellam. Released 5/3/23.


DVD/Blu-Ray Now Available:

I Could Go On Singing
(Sandpiper Pictures - new Blu-ray)
1963 music-drama film. Directed by Ronald Neame. Stars Judy Garland and Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Gregory Phillips. Music by Mort Lindsey. Includes "I Am the Monarch of the Sea" by Gilbert and Sullivan; "Hello Bluebird" by Cliff Friend; "It Never Was You" by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson; "By Myself" by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz; "I Could Go On Singing" by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg.


Music to Be Released This Friday, May 12:

Kerry Ellis: Kings & Queens
(Westway Music - new digital)
British singer/songwriter/actress Kelly Ellis (Wicked). "Kings & Queens," "Be Tender with Me Baby," "Battlefield" (with Sir Brian May), "I Will Find You," "Mean the World To Me" (with Newton Faulkner), "Big Wide World," "The Only One," "Fire & Rain," "Lemonade," "My All," "Love Wins," "Home Again." Recorded in LA and London. Produced by Mike Stevens. CD format to be released 5/19/23.

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
(Sony - new digital album)
New musical currently playing at London's Fortune Theatre. Book/music/lyrics by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts. Cast includes David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, Zoë Roberts, Geri Allen, Christian Andrews, Seán Carey, and Holly Sumpton. Produced by Steve Sidwell. CD and vinyl to be released 5/19/23.


Newly Listed Recordings:

June 9:

New York, New York OBC
(Wine & Peaches - new digital album)
Cast recording of 2023 Broadway musical. Score by John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lin-Manuel Miranda. To feature the show's complete score, comprising 90 minutes of music, including orchestral interludes. Cast includes Colton Ryan, Anna Uzele, Clyde Alves, John Clay III, Janet Dacal, Ben Davis, Oliver Prose as Alex Mann, Angel Sigala, Emily Skinner. "Morning in New York," "Cheering for Me Now," "Major Chord," "New York in Summer," "Better Than Before," "One of the Smart Ones," "Gold," "Wine and Peaches," "I Love Music," "My Own Music," "I'm What's Happening Now," "New York in the Rain," "A Simple Thing Like That," "Can You Hear Me?," "Happy Endings/Let's Hear It for Me," "New York in the Snow," "Marry Me," "Along Comes Love," "San Juan Supper Club," "A Quiet Thing," "New York at Night," "A Quell' Amor," "Sorry I Asked," "But the World Goes Round," "New York Concerto," "Music, Money, Love," "Light," "New York, New York," "Finale Ultimo." Album produced by Michael Croiter, Sam Davis, Lin-Manuel Miranda; co-produced by Sonia Friedman, Tom Kirdahy, Craig Balsam.