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CDs Now Available:
Pentatonix: The Greatest Christmas Hits
(RCA Records - new on two CDs/digital)
23 Pentatonix holiday classics plus eight brand new songs. Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. 31 tracks. Booklet included. Released 10/20/23.
Digital Music Now Available:
Lisa Dawn Miller: My Favorite Time of Year
(new EP)
Lisa Dawn Miller collection of original holiday songs and a nod to her father, legendary songwriter, Ron Miller. "My Favorite Time of Year," "We'll Always Have Christmas Eve," "A Miracle," "It's Christmas," "A Christmas Truce," "A New Year," "Someday at Christmas."
Books Now Available:
Beyond Ridiculous: Making Gay Theatre with Charles Busch in 1980s New York
(Univ of Iowa Press - Paperback Book)
By Kenneth Elliott. Tells the story of Theatre-in-Limbo, a downtown band of actors formed in 1984 by director Kenneth Elliott and playwright and drag legend Charles Busch. Elliott narrates the company's Cinderella tale of fun, heartbreak, and dishy drama. 226 pages.
Hamnet
(Methuen Drama - Kindle Edition)
Play by Maggie O'Farrell, based on her novel. Currently at the Garrick Theatre, London. Paperback version released 6/29/23.
Judy Garland: Splendor and Downfall of a Legend by Bertrand Tessier
(BearManor - new book)
French biography by Bertrand Tessier first published by Archipel (Paris) in 2019. With 200 photos, many published for the first time. Translated by Lawrence Schulman, who has also provided a foreword. 308 pages. Released 3/17/23.
Poster Child: The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd
(Cameron Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By David Edward Byrd and Robert von Goeben. Foreword by Marc Myers. Afterword by Jolino Beserra. Graphic artist David Edward Byrd pioneered the iconic visual styles that have come to define rock 'n' roll graphics through his poster, concert, and album art designs. He also created the iconic imagery for many Broadway shows, including Follies, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors, and more. 176 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, October 27:
Evergreens : Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records
(Legacy Recordings - new on 2 CDs/Vinyl)
Celebrates Barbra Streisand's 60th anniversary as a Columbia Records artist. Features 22 songs hand selected by Barbra as some of her favorite pieces throughout her career (many are deep tracks). None have appeared on previous Streisand compilation albums before. Disc 1: "I'll Tell the Man in the Street," "Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)," "Absent Minded Me," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Where or When," "Ma Première Chanson," "I Don't Know Where I Stand," "I Never Meant to Hurt You," "Letters That Cross in the Mail," "Answer Me," "Tomorrow," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "Two People," "Some Enchanted Evening," "I Believe," "Isn't It a Pity?," "Moon River," "Here's to Life," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) - Barbra Streisand with Anthony Newley," "Lady Liberty," "Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born")." Disc: 2: "Two People," "Some Enchanted Evening," "I Believe (Previously Unreleased)," "Isn't It a Pity?," "Moon River," "Here's to Life (Orchestra Version)," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) with Anthony Newley," "Lady Liberty," "Evergreen (Love Theme from a Star Is Born)" (2023).
Guys and Dolls
(Broadway Records - new on CD)
2023 London cast recording of score by Frank Loesser. Cast includes Daniel Mays, Cedric Neal, Andrew Richardson, Celinde Schoenmaker, and Marisha Wallace. Produced by Michael J. Moritz Jr., Charlie Rosen and Tom Brady, and co-produced by Van Dean and Emily Loesser. Executive produced by Accidental Jacket, Matt Britten and Andrew Paradis. Digital released 9/29/23.
Robert Bannon: Rewind
(new album)
Recorded at Green Room 42. To include "Every Single Day" from Harmony, a "Mega Manilow Medley," "Once Before I Go," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," and "What You Own."
Yentl: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
(Legacy Recordings - new on CD/digital)
Soundtrack songs by Michel Legrand (music) and Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics). Disc 1 features the original Yentl soundtrack; and Disc 2 features 15 additional tracks: demos Barbra recorded in her living room on a stereo cassette deck to get the movie made, while also providing her narration. Demo recordings feature Barbra accompanied only by Michel Legrand on piano.
Newly Listed Recordings:
November 21:
Babes in Toyland
(Kino Lorber - new blu-ray)
1986 made-for-TV musical film based on the 1903 Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough operetta. Score by Leslie Bricusse, with portions of the original operetta. Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan, Keanu Reeves. 96 minutes.
December 1:
Dianne Fraser: You and I - The Words and Music of Leslie Bricusse
(new on CD/digital)
Debut album. Details TBA.
Newly Listed Books:
November 24:
Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre: Pedagogy of the Oppressors
(Palgrave Macmillan - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By James F. Wilson. Explores the shifting representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, the author shines the spotlight on both well-known and nearly-forgotten plays. 230 pages.
