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Schedule of New & Upcoming CD, DVD & Book Releases

Updated 9/29/20 | Please note that scheduling changes due to the coronavirus pandemic are being made as soon as we are aware of them. But there may be further changes in release dates in the future, as things play out.

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Broadway Sings Blood Rock: The Musical

(Lasky Records - new EP on mp3/at iTunes)

Songs by Michael Berns (music) and Ralph Pezzullo (lyrics). Andy Mientus, Damon Dauno, Jennifer Dinola, Robert Torti. Six tracks. Released 9/8/20.





John Cameron Mitchell and Friends: New American Dream, Pt.1

(new digital album on mp3)

A "a lockdown-inspired remotely-organized platonic musical orgy" of original songs. Collaboration with Mitchell and more than 40 people in the U.S. and Europe, including Stephen Trask, Justin Craig, Peppermint, Alynda Segarra, Ezra Furman, Julian Koster, Jamie Stewart, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Izae, Theo Hilton, Bitch, Lance Horne, Qya Cristál, Amber Martin, Peter Yanowitz, Billy Hough, and Cassie Watson. Proceeds benefit Burritos Not Bombs, Transgender Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project, and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund.





Islander

(Helen Milne Productions - new album on mp3/at iTunes)

Original cast recordings of score by Finn Anderson. Performed by Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick. Performed in the UK in 2018-2019. Released 9/25/20.





Jagged Little Pill: Our New Musical - vocal selections

(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

23 songs are included in the matching folio to this 2019 Broadway musical inspired by Alanis Morissette's 1995 hit album of the same name. Vocal lines with piano accompaniment are presented for songs from the original album. 180 pages. Released 9/1/20.





Love Me Tonight (Special Edition)

(Kino Lorber - new Blu-ray)

1932 musical comedy film. Songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, Myrna Loy. Directed and produced by Rouben Mamoulian. 88 minutes. Special Features: new 4k master; audio commentary by Miles Kreuger; Maurice chevalier sings "Louise"; Jeanette MacDonald sings "Love Me Tonight" (from the Paramount newsreel series Hollywood on Parade); screenplay excerpts of deleted scenes; production documents and censorship records; theatrical trailer; dual-layered bd50 disc.





The Prince of Egypt: Stage Musical - vocal selections

(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

Songs from the 2017 musical adaptation of the 1998 DreamWorks film of the same name. Score by Stephen Schwartz. "All I Ever Wanted (with Queen's Reprise)," "Always on My Side," "Dance to the Day," "Deliver Us," "Faster," "Footprints on the Sand," "For the Rest of My Life," "Heartless," "Make It Right," "Never in a Million Years," "Through Heaven's Eyes," "When You Believe." 88 pages.





Sole Mates: The Musical

(new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)

Original studio cast recording. Score by Kirk Coombs. "Laundryland," "Hung Out to Dry," "Get Out of My Pants," "Rolled Into You," "Sole Mates."





Willow

(Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label - new digital album on mp3/at iTunes)

Concept album with score by Morgan Smith, Abigail Greenwood, and Sushi Soucy. Rachael Chau, Emma Freeman, Janeen Garcia, Abigail Greenwood, Madelyn Paterna. Released 9/25/20.







October 1, 2020

Peggy: The Life of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent

(Salamander Street Ltd. - Kindle Edition)

Kindle edition of 1998 book about Peggy Ramsay, the influential British play agent (Joe Orton, Eugene Ionesco, John Mortimer, Robert Bolt, Christopher Hampton, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Howard Brenton, David Hare, Willy Russell and Alan Ayckbourn). The author was granted complete freedom of access to all the records and correspondence accumulated over the forty years of her agency's existence, including hundreds of impassioned letters between Peggy and her authors. Released in 1997 and 1998 in hardcover and paperback.







October 2, 2020

Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend

(Univ Press of Kansas - Hardcover Book)

Biography by Earl Hess and Pratibha A. Dabholkar. Offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually wasdancer, choreographer, actor, clown, singer, director, teacher, and mentor. Photographs. 552 pages.





Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant

(Broadway Records - new on mp3)

Collaboration of musical theatre, jazz, Mexican folklore, Tex-Mex, and Latin musicians and performers, with songs and stories about the immigrant experience. Liner notes by Lin-Manuel Miranda.





The Liz Swados Project

(Ghostlight Records - on CD)

World premiere recordings of 14 songs. Tribute to five-time Tony Award nominee, Liz Swados. Starr Busby, Sophia Anne Caruso, Damon Daunno, Amber Gray, Stephanie Hsu, Jo Lampert, Alicia Olatuja, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Grace McLean, and Ali Stroker, in addition to songwriter/performers The Bengsons, Heather Christian, Michael R. Jackson, Taylor Mac, Dave Malloy, Shaina Taub, and the late Michael Friedman, among others. "We Are Not Strangers," "Every Now and Then," "Oh, King Daddy," "The Red Queen," "In This My Green World," "Take Me to Paris," "Souf," "You Gave Me Love," "You Do Not Have To Be Good," "Song of the Child Prostitute," "The Dance," "Salvador," "Isadora," "Lonesome of the Road," "War Gets Old," "A Change Shall Come," "Bird Lament," "Amen," "Things I Didn't Know I Loved." Produced by Lauren Fitzgerald, Kris Kukul and Matt Stine, with Kurt Deutsch and Rosalind Lichter serving as executive producers. Kris Kukul provides orchestrations and arrangements. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.





Secondhand Lions

(Broadway Records - new digital album)

World premiere recording of new score by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date). Book by Rupert Holmes. The musical premiered at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Cast includes Gregg Edelman, James Naughton, Jason Danieley, Kevin Earley, Jenny Powers, and more. Also features a song cut from the show, performed by Stephanie J. Block. Album produced by Zachary and Weiner, Michael Croiter and Dominick Amendum.







October 6, 2020

The Black Emperor of Broadway (The Play That Changed History)

(Vision Films - new on DVD)

2019 film about Charles Gilpin, Eugene O'Neill, and The Emperor Jones. Shaun Parkes, John Carter Hensley, Nick Moran, Liza Weil, Lonnie Farmer. Directed by Arthur Egeli. Written by Ian Bowater, Adrienne Earle Pender.





Chicago

(Flicker Alley/Blackhawk Films - new on Blu-ray)

1927 black and white silent film based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Written by Lenore J. Coffee. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille, directed by Frank Urson (uncredited, Cecil B. DeMille). Phyllis Haver (Roxie Hart), Julia Faye (Velma Kelly), Victor Varconi (Amos Hart), May Robson (Matron Mama Morton), Robert Edeson (Billy Flynn). Restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2006.





The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda

(Archway Editions - Paperback Book)

Play by Ishmael Reed that " critiques the acclaimed historical musical Hamilton through a depiction of a fictionalized version of ... Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is visited by several historical figures missing from the musical in a style similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol ... echoes many critiques made by historians, such as the whitewashing of Alexander Hamilton." Debuted in 2019 at Nuyorican Poets Cafe. 80 pages.





The King and I

(Mill Creek - new Blu-ray)

1999 animated feature film based on the musical with score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Vocal cast includes Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Ian Richardson, Darrell Hammond. I don't know why either.





London Theatres (new edition)

(Frances Lincoln - Hardcover Book)

Fully revised and updated version of 2017 book by drama critic Michael Coveney, with photographs by Peter Dazeley. Stories of the architecture, the people, and the productions which have defined each theatre, with photographs of the public areas, auditorium and backstage, Updated to include ten additional theatres, including the Victoria Palace Theatre, the Sondheim Theatre, the Bridge Theatre and the Noël Coward Theatre. Foreword by Mark Rylance. 288 pages.





My White Best Friend: (And Other Letters Left Unsaid)

(Oberon Books - Paperback Book)

By Jasmine Lee-Jones. Rachel De-Laha, editor. Originally commissioned by The Bunker Theatre as a festival that ran in 2019. 23 letters that engage with a range of topics, from racial tensions, microaggressions and emotional labour, to queer desire, prejudice and otherness. Includes work from Zia Ahmed, Travis Alabanza, Fatimah Asghar, Nathan Bryon, Matilda Ibini, Jammz, Iman Qureshi, Anya Reiss, Somalia Seaton, Nina Segal, Tolani Shoneye, Lena Dunham, Inua Ellams, Rabiah Hussain, Mika Johnson, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Shireen Mula, Ash Sarkar, Jack Thorne and Joel Tan. 280 pages.





Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown

(Plume - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)

Book of lyrics and stories from Hadestown from its author, songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, with a foreword by Steve Earle. 272 pages.







October 9, 2020

Like Blue & Like Young

(Sepia Records - new on CD)

Andre Previn & David Rose and his Orchestra. Twofer album remastered in stereo sound with the addition of David Rose's "One Love" and "Holiday in Strings" as bonus tracks, also in stereo. Also at SepiaRecords.com.





Genevieve: Songs From "Can-Can" and More

(Sepia Records - new on CD)

French singer who toured with Can-Can, Silk Stockings, Irma la Douce, and The Genevieve Show. Songs on CD for first time. "I Love Paris," "Hi Lili Hi Lo," "Pigalle," "Allez-Vous En," "Java," "Hearts of Paris," "C'est Magnifique," "Autumn Leaves," "Mademoiselle de Paris," "Let It Be Me," "I Like You Like That," "Domino," "Never Give Anything Away," "Live and Let Live," "Can-Can," "Coin de Rue," "Mon P'tit Voyou," "Un Coup de Printemps," "Un Jour Tu Verras," "On M'a Vole Tout Ca," "La Nuit Va Commencer," "L'ame Des Poetes," "Rien Ne Pourra Changer," "Complainte de La Butte," "Le Trottoir aux Chansons," "Chanson Pour L'auvergnat," "I'm Never Gonna Kiss You with Johnny Tillotson," "Cherie, Cherie." Also at SepiaRecords.com.





On The Level OLC

(Stage Door Records - new on CD)

Part of Stage Door Records' Cast Album Masters Series. CD debut of 1966 OLC recording of Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar '60s-contemporary score. The show ran at London's Saville Theatre for 118 performances. Cast includes Angela Richards, Barrie Ingham, Gary Bond, Phyllida Law and Sheila White. Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited and is strictly limited to 500 units only. Also at StageDoorRecords.com.





Seth MacFarlane: Great Songs from Stage and Screen

(Republic - new on CD)

"Once Upon A Dream," "I Loved You Once In Silence," "Let's Not Be Sensible," "Ten Minutes Ago," "Ain't Got A Dime To My Name (Ho Ho Ho Ho Hum)," "Love Is Only Love," "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?," "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are," "Two For The Road," "All Er Nothin'," "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," "Mind If I Make Love To You," "Time For Parting." Recorded at the Abbey Road studios. Chuck Berghofer (bass), Peter Erskine (drums), Larry Koonse (guitar), Dan Higgins (alto sax), and Tom Ranier (piano); John Wilson Orchestra. Digital version released 8/28/20.







October 10, 2020

Ann Miller: Her Life and Career

(McFarland Publishing - Paperback Book)

By Peter Shelley. Presents Ann Miller's career in the context of her fascinating life, beginning with child acting and including three Hollywood studio contracts, two retirements for marriage, and appearances in film, stage, variety shows, sitcoms, her comeback in the stage musical Sugar Babies, and appointment as an international spokesperson for MGM in the ailing years of the studio. 185 pages.







October 12, 2020

Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 18901925

(Univ of North Carolina Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

By David Monod. Looks through the apparent carnival of vaudeville performance and asks: what made the theater so popular and transformative? Monod makes the case that vaudeville became so popular because it offered audiences a guide to a modern urban lifestyle. 288 pages.







October 15, 2020

The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2020

(Applause - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

By Lawrence Harbison. Part of Applause Acting Series. Thirty new ten-minute plays. 256 pages.





The Dramatic Moment of Fate: The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre

(MX Publishing - Paperback Book)

Alexandra Kitty curates Sherlock Holmes' theatrical world throughout the decades: from unlikely Off-Broadway musicals to lauded slapstick comedies, to more traditional and gripping portrayals of his iconic stories and new incarnations. 172 pages. Released earlier in Kindle format.





Nichols and May: Interviews

(Univ Press of Mississippi - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

By Robert E. Kapsis. Twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades tell Mike Nichols and Elaine May stories in their own words. 328 pages.





Sistuhs in the Struggle: An Oral History of Black Arts Movement Theater and Performance

(Northwestern Univ Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

By La Donna Forsgren. Documents how black women theater artists and activistsmany of whom worked behind the scenes as directors, designers, producers, stage managers, and artistic directorsdisseminated the black aesthetic and emboldened their communities. Draws on nearly thirty original interviews with well-known artists such as Ntozake Shange and Sonia Sanchez, as well as less-studied figures including distinguished lighting designer Shirley Prendergast, dancer and choreographer Halifu Osumare, and three-time Tony-nominated writer and composer Micki Grant. 296 pages.





The Song Is You: Musical Theatre and the Politics of Bursting into Song and Dance

(Univ of Iowa Press - Paperback Book)

By Bradley Rogers. Are the musical's progressive politics rooted in its embrace of regressive entertainments like burlesque and minstrelsy? Shows how musicals return again and again to this question, and grapple with a guilt that its joyous pleasures are based on exploiting the laboring bodies of its performers. Rogers argues that the discourse of "integration"which claims that songs should advance the plothas functioned to deny the radical work that the musical undertakes every time it transitions into song and dance. Looking at musicals from The Black Crook to Hamilton, Rogers confronts the gendered and racial dynamics that have always under-girded the genre, and asks how we move forward. 270 pages.







October 23, 2020

Disney Goes Classical

(Decca - on CD)

Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. "Mary Poppins Overture," "How Far I'll Go," "A Whole New World," "Can You Feel The Love Tonight," "Almost There," "Go The Distance," "Colors Of The Wind," "When She Loved Me," "The Bare Necessities," "Part Of Your World," "Beauty and the Beast," "I See The Light," "Let It Go," "Reflection," "When You Wish Upon A Star." Expected vinyl on 11/13/20. Released earlier on mp3 and at iTunes.





Laura Benanti

(Sony Masterworks - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)

Debut solo album with Sony Masterworks for Tony Award winning Laura Benanti. "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk," "Someone You Loved," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Sucker," "The Boy From...," "Go Slow," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "Lose You to Love Me," "Wives and Lovers," "The Party's Over."





Luba Mason: Triangle

(new on CD/on mp3)

"Bach, Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe," "Haled's Song About Love," "Ticket to Ride," "Waters of March," "Ceresne," "In Walked Bud," "Inolvidable," "Toxicity," "Say It," "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." Recorded live at the legendary Power Station studios with Joe Locke on vibes and James Genus on acoustic and electric bass.







October 27, 2020

American Utopia

(Bloomsbury - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)

Features the words and lyrics from David Byrne's recording and subsequent theatrical concert, with artwork by Maira Kalman (who designed the art for the Broadway show's curtain). Edited and designed by Alex Kalman/What Studio?. 160 pages.





Jagged Little Pill: The Stories Behind the Iconic Album and Groundbreaking Musical

(Grand Central Publishing - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)

Chronicle of the Grammy-winning 1995 Alanis Morissette album and the new Broadway musical it inspired. Photos (Matthew Murphy) and interviews from Morissette, bookwriter Diablo Cody, creative team members, and cast members, as well as a full annotated libretto and an exploration of the album's cultural significance. 224 pages.





A Tale of Transformation: Twenty-Five Years of Beauty and the Beast On Stage

(Disney Editions - Hardcover Book)

By Jeff Kurtti. Fully illustrated with concept art, costume designs, behind-the-scenes photography, and other rarities and never-before published visuals, along with text by renowned Disney author historian Jeff Kurtti. Also features a dozen guest essays by creative talents and performers who have been a part of, or been deeply influenced by this landmark cultural work. Disney Editions Deluxe series. 160 pages.





Three Sisters

(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book)

Cordelia Lynn's version, from a literal translation by Helen Rappaport, first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, in April 2019, in a production directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Kindle Edition released earlier. 96 pages.







October 29, 2020

Lucy Prebble Plays 1: The Sugar Syndrome; Enron; The Effect; A Very Expensive Poison

(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)

384 pages.







October 30, 2020

Prince of Egypt OLC

(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)

Stephen Schwartz score for current West End musical. 43-member cast includes Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado, Alexia Khadime, Joe Dixon, Debbie Kurup, Gary Wilmot, Mercedesz Csampai, Adam Pearce, Tanisha Spring, Silas Wyatt-Barke, Simbi Akande, and Casey Al-Shaqsy. The score includes 10 new songs and five from the DreamWorks animated film. "Deliver Us," "Faster," "One Weak Link," "Footprints on the Sand," "Seti's Return," "Dance to the Day," "All I Ever Wanted," "Make it Right," "Moses in the Desert," "Through Heaven's Eyes," "Faster (Reprise)," "Never in a Million Years," "Act I Finale," "Return to Egypt," "Always on Your Side," "Simcha," "Deliver Us (Reprise)," "The Plagues," "For the Rest of My Life," "Heartless," "When You Believe," "Never in a Million Years (Reprise)," "Act II Finale." CD format will be released later this year. Produced by Dominick Amendum and Stephen Schwartz, with Kurt Deutsch serving as Executive Producer. Previously released on mp3 and at at iTunes.







November 1, 2020

Circle in the Square Theatre: A Comprehensive History

(McFarland and Co. - Paperback Book)

By Sheila Hickey Garvey. Records the seven-decade history of this distinguished theatre from its nightclub origins to its current status as a Tony Award-winning Broadway institution. Based on years of research as well as interviews conducted with Circle in the Square's major contributing artists. 412 pages.







November 3, 2020

Drama Menu at a Distance: 80 Socially Distanced or Online Theatre Games

(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book)

By Glyn Trefor-Jones. Exercises to energise, excite and inspire your group, alongside some firm favourites, redesigned to be played within the necessary constraints. Kindle Edition released 9/10/20. 112 pages.







November 6, 2020

Sweet Mystery: The Musical Works of Rida Johnson Young

(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)

By Ellen M. Peck. Part of Broadway Legacies series. Study of the musical theater works of Rida Johnson Young (ca. 1869-1926), one of the most prolific female playwrights of her time, as well as a lyricist and librettist in the musical theater. She wrote more than thirty full-length plays, operettas, and musical comedies, 500 songs, and four novels, including Naughty Marietta, Lady Luxury, The Red Petticoat, and When Love is Young. 192 pages. Using archival materials such as original typescripts, correspondence, and reviews, the book contextualizes her work in the early twentieth century professional theater and provides a window into the standard practices of writing and production of the era. Illustrated. 192 pages.







November 10, 2020

Jagged Little Pill OBC vinyl

(Atlantic - new vinyl 2-LP vinyl set)

Jane Bruce, Anthony Cipriano, Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Logan Hart, Derek Klena, Max Kumangai, Sean Allan Krill, Ezra Menas, Lauren Patten, Nora Schell, Elizabeth Stanley. "Overture," "See Right Through You," "All I Really Want," "Hand in My Pocket," "Smiling," "Ironic," "So Unsexy," "Perfect," "Lancers Party (So Pure)," "That I Would Be Good," "Wake Up," "Forgiven," "Entr'Acte (Hand's Clean)," "Not The Doctor," "Head Over Feet," "Unprodigal Daughter," "Predator," "You Oughta Know," "Uninvited," "Mary Jane," "No," "Thank U," "You Learn." Released previously on CD, mp3 and at iTunes.





Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

(Simon & Schuster - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD/Audible Edition)

By Michael Riedel. Account of recent Broadway historyspanning from the debut of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Sunset Boulevard to Disney's The Lion King. Drawing upon more than 150 insider interviews, Riedel walks us through the Broadway we know and love today: an industry awash in big hits and bigger money, while also being an industry split between its adherence to old artforms and the allure of popular culture. 352 pages.





What the Constitution Means to Me (TCG Edition)

(Theatre Communications Group - Kindle Edition)

Broadway play by Heidi Schreck. 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist. 96 pages. Paperback version to be released later.







November 12, 2020

American Theatre Ensembles Volume 1: Post-1970: Theatre X, Mabou Mines, Goat Island, Lookingglass Theatre, Elevator Repair Service, and SITI Company

(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)

By Mike Vanden Heuvel. First volume in series, covering the years 1970-1995. Overview of ensemble-based creation within the general historical and cultural contexts of the period, followed by a detailed study of the evolution of ensemble-based work. Contributors examine matters such as influence, funding, production and legacies, as well as the forms of collective devising and creation, while presenting close readings of the companies' most prominent works. 264 pages. American Theatre Ensembles Volume 2: Post-1995 to be released 2/11/21.







November 13, 2020

Christmas in Hollywood

(Stage Door Records - new import 2-CD set)

"Festive songs from the silver screen and yuletide favourites as sung by iconic Hollywood stars from the golden age of cinema and television." Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Doris Day, Deanna Durbin, Shirley Temple, Dick Powell, Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Red Buttons, Tab Hunter, Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney, Gordon MacRae, Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald and many more. Also spotlights recordings by Hollywood's "ghost singers," with featured songs performed by Marni Nixon, Norma Zimmer and Bill Lee. Plus the complete 1959 stereo album "We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 15 Great Christmas Favorites sung by Warner Bros. Stars," with songs by stars of popular television shows including Roger Moore, Connie Stevens, Dorothy Provine, Eddie Cole and others.





Petula Clark: Christmas in London

(Stage Door Records - new on CD)

All of Petula Clark's festive recordings from the 1950s - a selection of traditional carols alongside a sprinkling of original Christmas songs. Includes two previously unreleased radio performances, unheard since their original broadcast.







November 15, 2020

Pulling Harvey Out of Her Hat: The Amazing Story of Mary Coyle Chase

(Limelight Editions - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)

By Mimi Pockross. 194 pages.







November 17, 2020

Rachel Bloom: I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

(Grand Central Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook on CD)

Collection of personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more. Told in her unique voice (sometimes singing voice). 256 pages.





A Strange Loop: A Musical

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize winning musical. 120 pages.





This Is Not My Memoir

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)

By André Gregory and Todd London. The audible audiobook version is narrated by André Gregory. Tells the life story of André Gregory, iconic theatre director, writer, and actor. Gregory shares memories from a life lived for art, including stories from the making of My Dinner with André. Includes fantastic and fantastical stories that take the reader from wartime Paris to golden-age Hollywood, from avant-garde theaters to monasteries in India. Along the way we meet Jerzy Grotowski, Helene Weigel, Gregory Peck, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Wallace Shawn, and many other larger-than-life personalities. A collaboration between Gregory and Todd London. 224 pages.







November 18, 2020

Judy Whitmore: My Favorite Things

(Arden House Music - new album)

Debut album. Recorded at Capitol Studios with collaborators John Sawoski and Michael Patterson. "Can't We Be Friends," "I Could Write a Book," "I Should Care," "It Had to Be You," "The Lies of Handsome Men," "How About You / Manhattan / Autumn in New York," "The Last Time I Saw Paris / the River Seine," "'S Wonderful," "My Favorite Year," "Love Is Here to Stay," "I Get Along without You Very Well," "Two for the Road."







November 23, 2020

Time to Act: An Intimate Photographic Portrait of Actors Backstage

(Lanoo Publishers - Hardcover Book)

By Simon Annand. Foreword by Cate Blanchett. Victoria Broackes, contributor. In meditative portraits, often shot in the intimate space of the dressing room, Annand captures the focus and tension of world-class actors right before they go on the stage. Including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal and Judi Dench. 256 pages. Donation to The Theatre Artists Fund for every copy sold.







November 24, 2020

David Suchet: Behind the Lens: My Life

(Constable - Hardcover Book)

Autobiography (with photos) by stage and film actor David Suchet. Discusses his London upbringing and love of the city, his Jewish roots and how they have influenced his career, the importance of his faith, how he really feels about fame, his love of photography and music, and his processes as an actor. He looks back on his fifty-year career, including reflections on how the industry has changed, his personal highs and lows, and how he wants to be remembered. 320 pages.







November 27, 2020

Ryan Shaw: Imagining Marvin

(Broadway Records - new album)

Multi Grammy-nominated actor/singer (Motown, Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park) tribute to Marvin Gaye. Produced by Ryan Shaw and Shedrick Mitchel.







December 1, 2020

Dance Adventures: True Stories About Dancing Abroad

(Mtm Coaching and Consulting - new Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)

Megan Tayler Morrison, editor. Foreword by Tanja "La Alemana" Kensinger. Stories from renowned performers, dance educators, and other avid dance adventurers ... about epic dance adventures across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa highlight various dance traditions, as well as unique aspects of each country's geography, history, demographics and educational systems. 306 pages.





Henrik Ibsen: Nine Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

(BBC - audiobook)

Adaptations of Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Brand, and John Gabriel Borkman, A Doll's House (relocated to 1879 India in Tanika Gupta's dramatisation), Ghosts (adapted by Richard Eyre with the Almeida Theatre cast), Hedda Gabler, The Lady from the Sea, and An Enemy of the People. Casts include David Threlfall, Nicholas Farrell, Helen Baxendale, Indira Varma, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter.





Mlima's Tale

(TCG - new paperback book)

Play by Lynn Nottage. 96 pages.





The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes

(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)

By Gyles Brandreth. Ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes ... covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard and Mamet, from Richard Burbage to Richard Briers, from Nell Gwynn to Daniel Day-Lewis, from Sarah Bernhardt to Judi Dench. 832 pages.





What the Constitution Means to Me (TCG Edition)

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

Broadway play by Heidi Schreck. 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist. 96 pages. Kindle Edition released earlier.







December 15, 2020

I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby: Dorothy Fields and Her Life in the American Musical Theater

(Applause - Hardcover Book)

By Kristin Stultz Pressley. Biography of legendary Broadway/film librettist/lyricst Dorothy Fields (Annie Get Your Gun, Redhead, Sweet Charity). 208 pages.







December 22, 2020

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.







February 2, 2021

The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

Plays by Larissa FastHorse. 160 pages.







February 11, 2021

American Theatre Ensembles Volume 2: Post-1995: Rude Mechs, The Builders Association, Pig Iron, Radiohole, The Civilians, and 600 Highwaymen

(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)



By Mike Vanden Heuvel. Second volume in series, covering the years 1996-2018. Overview of ensemble-based creation within the general historical and cultural contexts of the period, followed by a detailed study of the evolution of ensemble-based work. Contributors examine matters such as influence, funding, production and legacies, as well as the forms of collective devising and creation, while presenting close readings of the companies' most prominent works. Volume 1, American Theatre Ensembles: Post 1970, covering the years 1970-1995, released earlier. 288 pages.





February 23, 2021

Tom Stoppard: A Life

(Knopf - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)

Biography of writer Tom Stoppard by Hermione Lee, with his cooperation and access to a trove of hitherto unseen material. 896 pages.







March 9, 2021

White Noise

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

Play by Suzan-Lori Parks. Produced at Public Theatre in 2019. 128 pages.







April 13, 2021

The Phantom of the Opera Collection

(Titan Comics - Hardcover Book/Kindle & comiXology Edition)

Fully authorized graphic novel adaptation by Cavan Scott, illustrated by José María Beroy, of the Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe original libretto.







April 15, 2021

Ever After: Forty Years of Musical Theater and Beyond, 19772019

(Applause - Hardcover Book)

By Barry Singer (The New York Times). Second edition, updated to include 2004-2019. 560 pages.







June 18, 2021

Sing Street OBC

(Masterworks Broadway - new on CD)

Score by Gary Clark and John Carney. Cast includes Max Bartos, Brendan C. Callahan, Billy Carter, Zara Devlin, Gus Halper, Jakeim Hart, Martin Moran, Anne L. Nathan, Johnny Newcomb, Brenock O'Connor, Gian Perez, Sam Poon, Skyler Volpe, Amy Warren, Anthony Genovesi. "Just Can't Get Enough," "Riddle of the Model," "Up," "A Beautiful Sea," "Girls," "Faith of Our Fathers," "Dream for You," "Drive It Like You Stole It," "Up (Down Version)," "Brown Shoes," "To Find You," "Go Now." Previously released on mp3 and at Itunes.







August 3, 2021

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park With George

(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)

By James Lapine. Chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George. Through Lapine's recollections, conversations between Lapine, Sondheim, and the original cast and crew of the production, and a treasure trove of personal photographs, sketches, script notes, and sheet music from the making of the show. 400 pages.







Release date unknown

1969: The Second Man

(DK Records - new album on mp3)

Concept album of score by Jacob Brandt (the musical played Next Door at NYTW in 2018). "Prologue," "Million Headed Witness," "Take Off," "Zero Gravity," "Moon Facts And Fictions," "Stuff Up Here," "When You Were Gone," "The Call," "Used Cadillacs," "Gonna Be First/Landing," "Communion," "It Should've Been Me," "Epilogue (Walking)." Brandt on vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, ukulele, synth; Paris Ellsworth on violin; Robin Buyer on bass; Seth Eliser on drums; Jonah Scott on lead electric guitar on "Zero Gravity" & "The Call;" and Mateus Falci on synth on "Moon Facts and Fictions." Produced by Jacob Brandt and Robin Buyer. Engineered and recorded by Robin Buyer at Virtue and Vice Studios and Pulse Music. Mixed by Robin Buyer and mastered by Ryan Schwabe, with additional engineering by Mateus Falci.





Anyone Can Whistle

(JAY Records - new on 2-CDs).

Studio cast recording of Stephen Sondheim score. Maria Friedman, John Barrowman, Arthur Laurents, Julia McKenzie. National Symphony orchestra conducted by John Owen Edwards. Promised for 2020.





August Wilson: The Kiln in Which He was Fired

(37 INK - new book)

[Tentative title.] Biography of August Wilson by Patti Hartigan.





Book of comedic essays by Laura Benanti

(St. Martin's Press - new book)

Release date unknown.





Broadbend, Arkansas

(Broadway Records - on CD)

Original cast recording of score by Ted Shen (music and lyrics), Ellen Fitzhugh (lyrics), Harrison David Rivers (lyrics), and Ted Shen (lyrics). Justin Cunningham and Danyel Fulton. Released 7/17/20 on mp3 and at iTunes.





Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band

(new double album)

First recording from this band, which "puts both modern and classic showtunes on display, sung by the best and brightest of Broadway's young generation of leading performers, in the timeless tradition of Big Band. A full sized Jazz orchestra composed of 17 musicians play Rosen's re-imagined arrangements of an eclectic mix of tunes from Broadway's past, present, and beyond."





Complete Lyrics of Sheldon Harnick

(new book)





Cynthia Erivo studio album

(Verve Records)

Expected in 2019.





Diana: A True Musical Story

(Ume - new on CD)

Original Broadway cast recording of score by David Bryan. To be recorded first week of April. Cast includes Jeanna de Waal, Roe Hartrampf, Erin Davie, Judy Kaye. Ian Eisendrath, musical Supervisor and arranger, will produce. Expected release summer 2020.





Girl from the North Country

(Sony - new album)

OBC recording of score by Bob Dylan. Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Jennifer Blood, Law Terrel Dunford, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Marc Kudisch, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Matt McGrath, Tom Nelis, Colton Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, John Schiappa, Austin Scott, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern, Chiara Trentalange, Bob Walton, Chelsea Lee Williams, and Mare Winningham.





Harbinger Records upcoming releases: material from Eubie Blake; download only demos of Hugh Martin and Sheldon Harnick; Steve Ross' back catalog for download; Naughty Marietta, 1981 Smithsonian Institution recording first time on CD; Rose-Marie unissued 1981 Smithsonian recording with Ron Raines;



Hillary and Clinton (TCG Edition)

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

2019 Broadway play by Lucas Hnath. 120 pages.





If I Forget and Other Plays

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

Plays by Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen). Includes If I Forget, The Language of Trees and The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin. 280 pages.





Josh Groban: Harmony

(new album)







Larry Kramer authorized biography

(Henry Holt & Co. - new book)

By Bill Goldstein. To include interviews with Kramer and his husband David Webster, along with friends, colleagues, and "foes" plus material from Kramer's archives at Yale University.





Lewiston / Clarkston

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

Two interrelated plays by Samuel D. Hunter.





Lillias White album

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Linda Vista

(TCG - Paperback Book)

Play by Tracy Letts, produced on Broadway by Second Stage in 2019. 190 pages.





Lovesong

(JAY Records - new album)

First complete recording of 1972 musical with score by Michael Valenti. Studio cast includes Jenn Gambatese, Lauren Molina, Matt Bogart, Jeff Kready.





Merrily We Roll Along (TCG Edition)

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical, published again after over 20 years out of print. 120 pages.





The Minutes

(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)

Play by Tracy Letts. Debuted at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in November 2017. Finalist for 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 96 pages.

Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn

(Yellow Sound Label - new album)

Off-Broadway cast recording. Nikita Burshteyn (Newsies), Anna Kostakis, Carlos Lopez (Man of La Mancha), Michael Marotta (Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical), Judy McLane (Mamma Mia!), Michael Notardonato, Ari Raskin, Troy Valjean Rucker (August Rush), Zach Schanne (Pippin), and Viet Vo (Viet Gone). Lyrics by Mark Saltzman and music adapted from classic Italian melodies. Recorded 2/18/20. Late March release expected.





Smile

(new book)

Playwright Sarah Ruhl's pen memoir about life with Bell's Palsy.





The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape

(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)

With notes by Professor Knowlson. Samuel Beckett directed Krapp's Last Tape on four separate occasions: this volume offers a facsimile of his 1969 Schiller-Theater notebook. 320 pages.





The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: The Shorter Plays

(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)

With notes by Professor Gontarski. Completes this series of notebooks, with Play, Come and Go, Eh Joe, Footfalls, That Time and What Where. 512 pages.



