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CDs Now Available:
The Littlest Revue
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Music and Lyrics mostly by Ogden Nash and Vernon Duke. Sketches and additional music and lyrics by John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Charles Strouse, Sammy Cahn, Nat Hiken and Billy Friedberg, George Baxt, Allan Manings and Bob Van Scoyk, Eudora Welty, Mike Stewart, Michael Brown, and Bud McCreery. Joel Grey, Tammy Grimes, Charlotte Rae, Larry Storch (not on the album), and George Marcy. To ship by the last week fo December. Limited to 500 copies. At Kritzerland.com.
Marilyn Michaels: Let There Be Night
(new on 2 CDs)
Tracks range from the Great American Songbook to classical Mozart, re-imagined in a jazz vein, and topped off by the last cut: the Sergio Mendes hit "So Many Stars," featuring 32 of Michaels' iconic voice impressions including Joan Rivers, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, and the characters from The Wizard of Oz. Marilyn Michaels holiday package includes "Let There Be Night CD, bonus sample CD of upcoming musical comedy (while supplies last), personally autographed photo. Arrangements by Mark Berman and Barry Levitt, with liner notes by James Gavin. Available at MarilynMichaels.com.
DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:
Estella Scrooge
(Broadway Records - new album on mp3/at iTunes)
Original soundstage recording from world premiere streaming musical. Music and lyrics by Paul Gordon. Betsy Wolfe, Clifton Duncan, Lauren Patten, Patrick Page, Carolee Carmello, and Danny Burstein. "Bleak House," "Never Look Down," "Mail Call," "Almost a Family," "Not on My Watch," "Trickle Down," "Barbie Doll," "Do You Believe?," "Wall Street Baby Superstar," "Great Expectations," "Minor Character," "An Art to Christmas," "Gardens and Stars," "Its Okay With Me," "Best and Worst of Times," "Its a Beautiful Night," "Best and Worst of Times (Reprise)," "Great Expectations (Reprise)," "Life," "An Art to Christmas (Reprise)," "Never Look Down (Reprise)," "Almost a Family (Reprise)," "Its a Far, Far Better Thing," "Harthouse."
"We Begin Again"
( Broadway Records / National Theatre / The Guardian - new digital single/at iTunes)
Song by James Graham ( Ink, Finding Neverland) and Jim Fortune from a short musical film of the same name. Cast of hundreds includes stars of the West End and television Anita Dobson ("EastEnders"), Zubin Varla (Jesus Christ Superstar), Susan Wokoma ("Enola Holmes"), and Noah Thomas (Everybody's Talking About Jamie). Released 12/17/20.
BLU-RAY/DVDs Now Available:
Mister Roberts
(Warner Archive - on Blu-ray)
1955 film based on novel by by Thomas Heggen and 1948 play by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon. Special Features: commentary by Jack Lemmon; original theatrical trailer (HD). 121 minutes.
The Shop Around the Corner
(Warner Archive - on Blu-ray)
1940 romantic comedy film based on 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László. Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
Young Man With a Horn
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1950 musical drama directed by Michael Curtiz. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael. 112 minutes.
Books Now Available:
Disney Goes Classical songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook of songs from the album Disney Goes Classical. Classical versions of iconic Disney themes, arranged for solo piano, and piano/vocal/guitar where appropriate. "Almost There," "The Bare Necessities," "Beauty and the Beast," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?," "Colors of the Wind," "Go the Distance," "How Far I'll Go," "I See the Light," "Let It Go," "Overture from Mary Poppins," "Part of Your World," "Reflection," "When She Loved Me," "When You Wish Upon a Star," "A Whole New World." 72 pages.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play
(Plume - Paperback Book)
Movie tie-in version of August Wilson's play, to be presented on Netflix beginning 12/4/20. 112 pages.
Moulin Rouge! songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Vocal selections from Moulin Rouge! the musical. Includes "Backstage Romance," "Chandelier," "Come What May," "Crazy Rolling," "Elephant Love Medley," "Firework," "Nature Boy," "Only Girl in a Material World," "Shut Up and Raise Your Glass," "The Sparkling Diamond," "Sympathy for the Duke," "El Tango de Roxanne," "Your Song." 120 pages.
Muse of Fire: Reflections on Theatre
(Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Raymond-Jean Frontain, editor. Collection of Terrence McNally's meditations on the need of the playwright to first change hearts in order to change minds and thereby foster a more compassionate community ... originally written to be delivered on both highly formal occasions (academic commencement exercises, award ceremonies, memorial services) and as off-the-cuff comments at highly informal gatherings. 200 pages.
Onstage with Martha Graham
(Univ Press of Florida - Paperback Book)
By Stuart Hodes. Memoir of a dancer who got his start with Martha Graham. A rare firsthand view of the dance world in the 1940s and through the end of the twentieth century. He danced as Graham's partner in Appalachian Spring, Deaths and Entrances, Every Soul Is a Circus, and Errand into the Maze. Hodes shares his delight in dance as both hard work and a fantastic adventure. 288 pages.
MUSIC to be released this Friday, December 25:
Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert: All The Girls
(PS Classics - new on mp3/at iTunes)
Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert's personal celebration of womanhood in all its complexities and varied expressions. Adapted from the show of the same name. Songs by Stephen Sondheim, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Fred Ebb & John Kander, a medley from musicals featuring iconic female duets, art songs, cabaret material, and settings of poems written expressly for them by the show's music director, Joseph Thalken (who expanded the orchestrations from four to ten pieces for this recording). "You Are My Best Friend," "Lovely Lies," "What Did You Do to Your Face," "Everybody Says Don't," "There Are Delicacies," "I Have Loved Hours at Sea," "Marilyn Miller," ""Shows we could have starred in together" medley - Rebecca & Sally," "A QUOI Bon Dire," "War Song," "Isn't This Better?," "Millwork," "Not Funny," "Be Careful." CD format to be released 1/15/21.
Books/Plays RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:
Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily
(Cambridge Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Kathryn G. Bosher. Edith Hall and Clemente Marconi, editors. Examines the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian context. Each chapter explores a different category of theatrical evidence, from the literary (fragments of Epicharmus and cult traditions) to the artistic (phylax vases) and the archaeological (theater buildings). 300 pages.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
(Scala Arts Publishers Inc. - Paperback Book)
By Pamela Hawthorne. Souvenir guidebook about The Theatre Royal Drury Lane of Londons Covent Garden, the oldest theater in the world in continuous use. From actor-manager David Garrick to Andrew Lloyd Webber, who has now restored the theater to its Georgian glory. From iconic shows to the first pantomimes, from rituals and superstitions to royal fisticuffs, from performers, composers and playwrights to backstage crew, the rich and colorful history of Londons oldest theater is brought to life. New photography following comprehensive restoration programme. Glimpses behind the scenes of areas not accessible to the public. Published to coincide with reopening of Theatre Royal tours. 48 pages.
OTHER NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Added, no release date:
Paul Gemignani: Life and Lessons from Broadway and Beyond
(Applause Books - new book)
Fall 2021.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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