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Books Now Available:
20 Seasons: Broadway Musicals of the 21st Century
(Routledge - Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Amy S. Osatinsk. Catalogues, categorizes, and analyzes the 269 musicals that opened on Broadway from the 2000-2001 season through the 2019-2020 season. 228 pages.
Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance
(Univ of Kentucky Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Paul Broussard and Lisa Royère. Follows the American dance legend from her premature birth into a single-parent home in Springfield, Massachusetts, to her first Broadway performance at age fifteen, through her days as a blazing icon in the world of Hollywood, and finally, to her inspiring comeback. From rare documents, letters, and production files; and drawing on the authors' intimate personal relationships with Powell. 352 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, August 11:
Here Lies Love
(Nonesuch - new 2-disc vinyl album)
Original 2010 recording of songs for David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love. Performers include Cyndi Lauper, Steve Earle, Sharon Jones, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Nellie McKay, Martha Wainwright, Róisín Murphy, Santigold, and David Byrne. Disc 1: Side A: "Here Lies Love," "Every Drop of Rain," "You'll Be Taken Care Of," "The Rose of Tacloban," "A Perfect Hand"; Disc 1: Side B: "Eleven Days," "When She Passed By," "Walk Like a Woman," "Don't You Agree?," "Pretty Face," "Ladies in Blue
Rose Marie Sings: The Complete Mercury Recordings & More
(Sepia Records - new on CD)
First ever CD of TV and stage personality Rose Marie issued to celebrate her centenary and released with the support of her family. Featuring recordings from four decades (1938-1966), including previously unreleased tracks. Liner notes by her daughter and photos from the family archives. 29 tracks.
Newly Listed Books:
The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre
(Black Dog & Leventhal - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Coffee table book by Eila Mell and The American Theatre Wing. Foreword by Audra McDonald. Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre Wing's archives, and more than 100 interviews with past and present Tony winners, including actors, producers, writers, and costume designers. 400+ color and black-and-white photographs. 320 pages.
Other New Announcements:
Release date announced, September 8:
Sweeney Todd 2023 revival cast
(Reprise Records - new digital album)
Score by Stephen Sondheim. Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, Jordan Fisher, Gaten Matarazzo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Maria Bilbao, Jamie Jackson, John Rapson, Nicholas Christopher And Jeanna De Waal. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Music supervision by Alex Lacamoire. [Status of a CD release is unknown at this time.]
