Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 11/7/23

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Digital Music Now Available:

"Get Up" from Witches
(Broadway Records - new digital single)
From score by Dave Malloy (book by Lucy Kirkwood). National Theatre cast. Jersey Blu Georgia, Asanda Abbie Masike, Chloe Raphael. Released 11/5/23.

Rachel Tucker: You're Already Home ...
(Westway Music - new digital album)
New album from Northern Irish West End and Broadway actress-singer Rachel Tucker. "It's Time," "He's My Boy," "Party of One," "Following the River," "I'm Gonna Be Strong," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "I'm Home," "All Right Now," "Happier Than Ever," "It All Fades Away" (with Jason Robert Brown), "Before You Go" (with Sam Young), "Everything Changes," "Whole of the Moon." CD format to be released 11/10/23.


Books Now Available:

My Name Is Barbra
(Viking - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Barbra Streisand's memoir detailing her life from growing up in Brooklyn to the early days of her career, including her breakout performance in the musical and film versions of Funny Girl, and the years after. Audiobook narrated by the author. 992 pages.

Purple Rising: Celebrating 40 Years of the Magic, Power, and Artistry of The Color Purple
(Atria Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By Lise Funderburg. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece "The Color Purple," as well as the acclaimed 1985 film from Steven Spielberg, the Tony-winning Broadway musical, and the all-new film adaptation. An exploration of the novel’s enduring legacy, featuring contributions from Alice Walker, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Danny Glover, and more. Oral histories and fresh anecdotes based on more than fifty original interviews, as well as vibrant, never-before-seen images. Oral histories and fresh anecdotes based on more than fifty original interviews, as well as vibrant, never-before-seen images.


Music to Be Released by This Friday:

Xena: Warrior Musical
(Theatre Barn Records - new digital album)
By S.C. Lucier and Meghan Rose. All star studio cast album. Jenn Colella, L Morgan Lee, Taylor Iman Jones, and Wren Rivera. Was produced at 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn.


Newly Listed Books:

Tell it to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By David Savran. A look at how the Broadway musical travels the world, influencing and even transforming local practices and traditions. Focuses on recent musicals but also looks back through the twentieth century to plot the evolution of musical theatre in South Korea and Germany. 312 pages.