Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 10/1/24

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Digital Music Now Available:

It's All Your Fault, Tyler Price!
(new EP)
Concept album for show by Ben Decter and Kristin Hanggi.

Music to Be Released This Friday:

Peter Lake: Still Standing
(Emitha Studios - new on CD/digital)
Opera tenor / musical theatre performer Peter Lake. "Out There," "Anthem," "What Do I Need with Love," "Music of the Night," "Maria," "Being Alive," "Bring Him Home," "I Am Aldolpho," "Send in the Clowns." EmithaStudios.com

Newly Listed Recordings:

October 18:

Jane Monheit
(Club44 Records - new on CD/digital)
Rick Montalbano on drums, Max Haymer on piano, Karl McComas Reichl on bass, Kevin Winard and Tiki Pasillas on percussion, and Joel Frahm on saxophone, in addition to The Nashville Recording Orchestra. Produced by Jane Monheit and Rick Montalbano, with Joel Lindsey serving as executive producer. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (already available), "Young and Foolish," "Whatever Lola Wants" (already available), "My Brazil," "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," "In a World of My Own," "Not a Day Goes By," "Too Close for Comfort," "New Beginning," "And So It Goes."

October 25:

Karen Mason and All That Jazz!
(Zevely Records and King Kozmo Music - new on CD/digital)
"All That Jazz," "Wilkommen," "My Coloring Book," "Maybe This Time," "I'm One of the Smart Ones," "Go Back Home," "Colored Lights," "Theme from New York, New York / All I Need Is One Good Break," "Ring Them Bells," "Married / Sorry I Asked," "But the World Goes ‘Round," "Love and Love Alone," "Cabaret," "A Quiet Thing."

November 8:

Starlight Express
(The Other Songs Records - new digital album)
New Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre cast recording of score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. "Overture/Entry of Trains," "Rolling Stock," "Crazy," "I Am Me," "Whistle at Me," "Freight is Great," "Hydrogen," "AC/DC," "Pumping Iron," "Make Up My Heart," "Momma's Blues," "Starlight Express," "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D," "Wide Smile," "The Race," "I Am the Starlight," "The Final Race," "One Rock 'N' Roll Too Many," "I Do," "Light at the End of the Tunnel," "Megamix."

Release date TBA:

The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul
(Brainstorm Live Entertainment - new album)
Concept album for score by Christie Baugher. Heidi Blickenstaff, Jewell Wilson Bridges, Jessica and Santino Fontana, Grace McLean, Shannon O'Boyle, Tiffany Topol, Alysha Umphress, and others. Kickstarter campaign to launch 11/8/24.

Newly Listed Books:

October 15:

Sonny Boy: A Memoir
(Penguin Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook
Memoir by Al Pacino. His life and career. 384 pages.

November 30:

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
(Brookline Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Peter Schmitz. Collection of short, focused narratives on the history of theater in Philadelphia and the visitors to the city's theaters. Chapters: Only in Philadelphia; The Wicked Stage; Playhouses; Local Heroes; Visiting Stars; Disputes, Deaths, and Disasters; The Tryout Town; The Manning Street Theater. Images and illustrations. 328 pages.