Sound Advice
Schedule of New & Upcoming CD, DVD & Book Releases
Updated 11/18/25
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Ann Kittredge: You Sleigh Me
(Jazzheads, Inc./King Kozmo Music - new digital album)
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Snow," "Wonderful Christmastime," "What the World Needs Now is Love," "What Child is This/Mary Did You Know," "Each Ornament Has a Story," "Sleigh Ride," "Bonus: Wonderful Christmastime: (extended version). Produced and mixed by Paul Rolnick, Zevely Records, Inc. Mastering: Alan Silverman, Arf Digital. Released 9/5/25.
Chip Deffaa: Down In Honky Tonk Town
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/digital)
Chip Deffaa sings Broadway, vaudeville, and oldtime jazz numbers he loves, joined by guest stars Lee Roy Reams, Jon Peterson, Jerry Vivino, Ingrid Lucia, Beth Bartley, Keith Anderson, Santa Claire Hirsch, Miss Maybell, Charlie Judkins, Jesse Gellert, and more. Release date approximate.
Hamilton: 10 Shots
(Atlantic - new on CD/digital/10 colored vinyl versions)
Ten "essential" tracks from Hamilton OBC recording. Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Jonathan Groff. Score by Lin-Manuel Miranda. "Alexander Hamilton," "My Shot," "The Schuyler Sisters," "You'll Be Back," "Satisfied," "Wait for It," "What'd I Miss," "The Room Where It Happens," "One Last Time," "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story." The CD package features original Broadway cast photos.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
(Center Stage Records - new EP)
Score by Drew Gasparini (book by Alex Brightman). Casey Likes, James Monroe Iglehart, Isabella Esler And Jackson Chase. Released 11/14/25.
The Music from Waiting For Godot
(Wellfield Records - new digital album)
Original compositions from and inspired by the new Broadway production. Written and produced by Ben and Max Ringham. "Ask Him, Can't You," "The English Say Cawm'," "Didi, It's the Other Foot," "Tennis of All Sorts," "Waiting and Waiting," "Nothing To Be Done," "He's A Scream," "The Moon, The Interval," "I Heard You Singing," "Back to Back, Like in the Good Old Days," "How Long Have We Been Together All The Time Now," "The Cloud in the Zenith," "Will Night Never Come." Released 11/14/25.
The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature: The 50th Anniversary Two-Volume Collector's Edition
(Weldon Owen - Hardcover Book)
By Linus O'Brien and Richard O'Brien. Two-volume set features the original theatrical script with rare images of the original cast, and an oral history of the Rocky Horror Picture Show phenomenon featuring never-before-seen archival material from its creator (and original Riff-Raff), Richard O'Brien. With never-before-seen set photography and design sketches from O'Briens, personal collection, and oral history with new interviews with cast, crew, and historians. 352 pages.
Wicked: The Complete Screenplay
(Insight Editions - Hardcover Book)
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox's script (with Stephen Schwartz' lyrics) of the first Wicked film and full-color stills. 208 pages.
November 20, 2025
Zombie! The Musical
(new digital album)
Original (Australian) cast recording of score by Laura Murphy. 17 tracks.
November 21, 2025
Ben Forster: Musicals Greatest Hits
(Westway Music - new album)
British actor/singer Ben Forster performs with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. "The Winner Takes It All," "Gethsemane," "For Good," "Bring Him Home," "From Now On," "Tell Me It's Not True" (with Sydnie Christmas), "Losing My Mind," "You Will Be Found," "If I Can't Love Her," "Music of the Night."
Collabro: Live in London
(new digital album)
UK-based musical theatre group, currently including Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matt Pagan, and Thomas J. Redgrave. "As If We Never Said Goodbye," "Beauty and the Beast," "Send in the Clowns," "To Where You Are," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Bring Him Home," "The Impossible Dream," "I Will Wait," "Over the Rainbow," "Falling Slowly," "All of Me," "She Used to Be Mine," "All I Ask," "With You," "My Way," "Lighthouse," "For Good / Defying Gravity," "Stars." Recorded live at Cadogan Hall.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill - Rufus Wainwright with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra
(Rock and Roll Credit Card Inc - new on CD/vinyl)
Tribute album delves into the songbook of composer Kurt Weill. "September Song," "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," "Die Muschel von Margate," "Matrosen Song," "It Never Was You," "Youkali," "Fürchte Dich Nicht," "The Saga of Jenny," "Je ne taime pas," "Will You Remember Me?," "Zuhälterballade" (with Viola Odette Harlow^, "Surabaya Johnny," "Mack the Knife," "Lost in the Stars" (with Metropole Orkest^, "Surabaya Johnny" (Live at Café Carlyle).
Kiss of the Spider Woman
(Center Stage Records - new on CD)
Soundtrack from 2026 film adaptation of musical by Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb. Directed and screenplay by Bill Condon. Cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh. "Overture," "Prologue," "Her Name Is Aurora," "I Will Dance Alone," "Her Name Is Aurora (Gala)," "An Everyday Man," "She's a Woman," "Where You Are," "Dear One / Querido," "I Do Miracles," "Soon I Feel It," "A Visit," "Gimme Love," "Never You," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Her Name Is Aurora (Finale)," "Anything For Him (Instrumental)," "Only in the Movies," "Dear One (End Credits)," "The One Hot Spot In Town," "Over The Wall / Desiderio," "Carnival," "Armando Leaves," "Come Out (Bonus Track)." Digital released 10/3/25. Vinyl 12/19/25.
Wicked: For Good
(Republic Records - new on CD/vinyl/digital)
2025 soundtrack. Score by Stephen Schwartz. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, and Michelle Yeoh. "Every Day More Wicked," "Thank Goodness/I Couldn't Be Happier," "No Place Like Home," "Wicked Witch of the East," "Wonderful," "I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)," "As Long As You're Mine," "No Good Deed," "March of the Witch Hunters," "Girl in the Bubble," "For Good."
November 28, 2025
Hercules
(Disney - new on CD)
OLC recording of score by Alan Menken and David Zippel, from the 1997 animated feature film and new for the stage version. "Prologue," "Gospel Truth I (Mount Olympus)," "Gospel Truth II (Underworld)," "Despina's Lullaby," "Gospel Truth III (Herc was Mortal)," "Today's Gonna Be My Day," "Go the Distance," "Go the Distance Reprise," "One Last Hope," "Forget About It," "Gospel Truth IV (So Not Dead)," "Getting Even," "Zero to Hero," "A Muse Bouche," "I'm Back!," "Getting Even Reprise," "Phil Goes the Distance/Doomed to Be Human," "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)," "I Won't Say (I'm in Love) Reprise," "Great Bolts of Thunder," "To Be Human," "Gospel Truth V (That's Our Tale)," "A Star is Born," "Bonus Track: To Be Human" (Original Alan Menken Demo). Cast includes Luke Brady, Candace Furbert, Sharlene Hector, Brianna Ogunbawo, Malinda Parris, Robyn Rose-Li, Mae Ann Jorolan. Digital released 10/10/25 and vinyl to be released 12/5/25.
Just in Time
(Atlantic - new on CD)
OBC recording. Cast includes Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence, Michele Pawk. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big," "Just in Time," "Beyond the Sea," "First Real Love," "Imitation Medley," "Splish Splash," "Who's Sorry Now," "That's All," "Queen of the Hop," "The Good Life," "Lazy River," "Mack the Knife," "Dream Lover," "Not For Me," "Multiplication," "Irresistible You," "Things," "Rainin'," "If I Were a Carpenter," "Once in a Lifetime / That's All," "The Curtain Falls," "Curtain Call Medley," "I Am" (bonus), "Rock Island Line," "Eighteen Yellow Roses" (bonus), "Orange Furniture Store" (bonus). Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Bill Sherman, Andrew Resnick, and Alex Timbers. Co-produced, recorded, and mixed by Derik Lee, with Robert Ahrens serving as executive producer. Digital released earlier.
December 5, 2025
Glenn Crytzer and His Quartet: The Songbook Sessions Vol. 1
(new digital album)
First release of 250-song anthology of American Songbook standards and lesser-known gems recorded over 25 weeks in 2020. Volume 1 singles released every Friday beginning 10/3/25. "Whispering," "Lena from Palestine," "Aunt Hagar's Blues," "Margie," "Avalon," "Look for the Silver Lining," "Singin' the Blues," "In Apple Blossom Time," I'll see you in C-U-B-A," "San." Recorded Live, 11/8/2020. Volume 2 rollout beings 12/12/25. glenncrytzer.bandcamp.com/
The Last Ship Expanded edition
(A&M - new on 2 CDs/vinyl)
Score by Sting. Includes five new tracks: "Island Of Souls," "Ship of State" (featuring Renee Fleming), "If You Ever See Me Talking to a Sailor" (featuring Frances McNamee), "O'Brien's Hymn," and "Shipyard" (featuring Joe Caffrey, Brian Johnson, and Jo Lawry). Produced by Sting and Rob Mathes, and mixed by Donald Hodgson and Robert "Hitmixer" Orton.
The Lightning Thief OLC
(Center Stage Records - new on CD)
OLC recording of score by Rob Rokicki. Features 15 minutes of musical material not on the original cast recording. Produced by Michael Croiter, Rob Rokicki, and Ben McQuigg. Digital released 11/7/25. CenterStageRecords.com
December 9, 2025
Teeth: A Coming-of-Rage Musical Comedy
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Libretto for musical by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs. 120 pages.
December 12, 2025
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Original cast recording of show based on the book series by Dav Pilkey, with a book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila and music by Brad Alexander. L.R. Davidson, Jeremy Fuentes, Michael Thomas Holmes, Jamie LaVerdiere, Brian Owen, Sonia Roman, Dan Rosales, Malynne Smith and Markia Nicole Smith. Music direction by Matt Castle. Vocal arrangements by Brad Alexander and Matt Castle. Orchestrations by Brad Alexander. CD to be released 1/23/26. CenterStageRecords.com
Evita
(The Other Songs Records - new on CD/blue marble vinyl)
2025 UK revival production cast recording of score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Rachel Zegler, Diego Andres Rodriguez, James Olivas, Aaron Lee Lambert , and Bella Brown. Digital released 10/24/25.
December 15, 2025
Eggs I Have Laid
(Univ of Minnesota Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Back in print; first published in 1955. By Meredith Willson. Foreword by Mark Cabaniss. Willson chronicles the failures that he faced as he made his place in show business during the pivotal early 1950s, when radio was being overtaken by television, bringing to life his encounters with zeitgeist stars, from collaborators Tallulah Bankhead and Fred Allen to Orson Welles and Carmen Miranda. Includes such curiosities as an eight-page "platonic dialogue" about quitting smoking and the lyrics to a love song with the occupancy limits of the New York Fire Code as its central metaphor. 192 pages.
December 16, 2025
The Reason to Sing: A Guide to Acting While Singing 2nd Edition
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia provides musical actors with a step-by-step guide to making their sung performances more truthful, vivid, and full of life. Using a technique developed over decades of teaching the professional community of Broadway actors and students alike, The Reason to Sing lays out a new and proven approach,to help you build your skills, your confidence, and your career. This second edition includes two new chapters: "Writers," in which Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown and Lin-Manuel Miranda join with the author to examine how they make their songs actable. and "Actors," where nine of the authors former students share their wisdom and experience from their years in class to their bustling careers. This group includes Tony Award winners Annaleigh Ashford, Sutton Foster, Aaron Tveit, and Brandon Uranowitz. 200 pages.
What We Did Before Our Moth Days
(Faber & Faber - Paperback Book)
New play by Wallace Shawn. Scheduled to run at Greenwich House Theater in early 2026. 96 pages.
January 13, 2026
Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway
(Apollo Publishers - Hardcover Book)
By Tim Weil, with contributors Neil Patrick Harris and Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Rent audition accompanist, music director, and collaborator Tim Weil shares previously untold stories about some of the shows most iconic moments, accompanied by behind-the-scenes photos. 256 pages.
January 22, 2026
Opening Doors: Reimagining the American Musical
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book)
By John Doyle. Through anecdotes, industry insight and practical advice, Doyle reflects on his 50-year theatrical journey from the Highlands of Scotland to prestigious regional theatres and Broadway. 248 pages.
January 23, 2026
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
(Center Stage Records - new on CD)
Original cast recording of show based on the book series by Dav Pilkey, with a book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila and music by Brad Alexander. L.R. Davidson, Jeremy Fuentes, Michael Thomas Holmes, Jamie LaVerdiere, Brian Owen, Sonia Roman, Dan Rosales, Malynne Smith and Markia Nicole Smith. Music direction by Matt Castle. Vocal arrangements by Brad Alexander and Matt Castle. Orchestrations by Brad Alexander. Digital released 12/12/25. CenterStageRecords.com
January 27, 2026
Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner
(Regalo Press - Hardcover Book)
By Marc Shaiman, who looks back on five decades of Broadway triumphs, Hollywood hijinks, and unforgettable collaborations. Spending his teenage years in community theater, starting a decades-long collaboration with Bette Midler in the '70s, surviving the AIDS crisis of the '80s, his award-winning film music career in the Hollywood of the '90s, right up to the highs (and lows) of creating Broadway musicals from 2000 on. 288 pages.
January 30, 2026
Melissa Errico with Tedd Firth: I Can Dream Can't I?
(new album)
"When in Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)" (available now), "I Can Dream, Cant I?," "I Didnt Know About You," "Therell Be Another Spring," "But Beautiful," "Dancing on the Ceiling," "Remind Me," "Like a Lover," "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," "All in Fun," "Listen Here," "Both Sides Now," "After You, Who?." New track released every other week, and a special three-song holiday bundle prior to the complete release.
March 10, 2026
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
(Grand Central Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
Autobiography by Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, in which she " opens her heart, mind and memories, sharing secrets we never knew." 320 pages.
March 17, 2026
Stephen Sondheim: Art Isnt Easy
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Daniel Okrent. Shines new light on Sondheims tormented emotional life, wavering self-confidence, and alcoholism, drawing on the artists intimate correspondence with such notable figures as Hal Prince, Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Laurents; exclusive interviews with close friends and collaborators, including James Lapine and John Weidman; and Sondheims own oral history, which remained closed until his death. 320 pages.
April 7, 2026
The Book of Joel
(powerHouse Books - Hardcover Book)
By Joel Grey. The visual life story of Joel Grey: actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer. This sprawling yet intimate scrapbook-style volume uncovers a kaleidoscope of both famous and previously unseen photographs, family snapshots, playbills, posters, and ephemera from Grey's personal archive, revealing an encyclopedic and all-absorbing visual romp through one of the last living greats of American entertainment. Excavated from Grey's personal archives and the treasure trove of his New York Public Library collection. Also included: intimate essays contributed by Eddie Redmayne Tony Kushner. 176 pages.
June 18, 2026
Mexodus
(Audible Originals - Audible Audiobook)
Musical originally performed at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, and directed by David Mendizábal.
Release date unknown
All the World's a Stage
(Joy Machine Records - new album)
Keen Company cast recording of musical by Adam Gwon. Eliza Pagelle, Jon-Michael Reese, Matt Rodin, and Elizabeth Stanley. Produced by Neal Avron, Andrea Grody, Gwon, and Michelle Noh. Andrea Grody is music directing and leading the band. Orchestrations by Michael Starobin. Recorded October 7-8. Early 2026 release expected.
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)
Empire: The Musical
(Yellow Sound Label - new album)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull. Produced by Michael Croiter. Recorded at PowerStation at BerkleeNYC. Release date TBA.
The Fantasticks
(JAY Records - new album)
Studio album recording of score by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. Brad Oscar, Telly Leung, Elizabeth Teeter, Lewis Cleale, and Ron Raines.
Harbinger Records upcoming releases: material from Eubie Blake; download only demos of Hugh Martin and Sheldon Harnick; Steve Ross' back catalog for download;
Lizard Boy
(new album)
Live recording of 2023 Prospect Theatre cast. Score by Justin Huertas. Cast features Huertas, Kiki deLohr, and William A. Williams. Release date TBA.
Love Life
(Capriccio - new album)
Live recording of Opera North of Leeds concert recording of score by Kurt Weill (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics). Book by Lerner. The first "complete" recording. To be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and subsequently released on CD. James Holmes, conductor. Quirijn de Lang, Stephanie Corley, Justin Hopkins, Themba Mvula, Will Hopkins, Joshua Da Costa, Andrew Randall, Masimba Ushe, Holly Saw, Max Westwell, Tilly Baker, Louie Stow, Felicity Moore, Amber Midgley, and Lottie Gray. Release date TBA
Next to Normal
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
OLC recording of score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. "Prelude," "Just Another Day," "Everything Else," "Who's Crazy / My Psychopharmacologist and I," "Perfect For You," "I Miss the Mountains," "It's Gonna Be Good," "He's Not Here," "You Don't Know," "I Am the One," "Superboy and the Invisible Girl," "I'm Alive," "Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I'm Falling," "I Dreamed a Dance," "There's a World," "I've Been," "Didn't I See This Movie?," "A Light in the Dark," "Entr'acte," "Wish I Was Here," "Song of Forgetting," "Hey #1," "Seconds and Years," "Better Than Before," "Aftershocks," "Hey #2," "You Don't Know," "How Could I Ever Forget?," "It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)," "Why Stay?/ A Promise," "I'm Alive (Reprise)," "The Break," "Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)," "Maybe (Next to Normal)," "Hey #3 / Perfect for You (Reprise)," "So Anyway," "I Am the One (Reprise)," "Light." Production was shown on PBS Great Performances and will be shown in U.K. cinemas Fall 2025. Digital released earlier.
The Nutty Professor
(new album)
Studio recording of score by Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes. Based on the recent Ogunquit Playhouse staging of the musical based on the Jerry Lewis movie.. Cast TBA. 2024 release expected.
Paradise Square OBC
(new on CD/digital)
Broadway cast recording of score Jason Howland (music), Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare (lyrics), with additional music by Larry Kirwan, inspired by the songs of Stephen Foster. Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Jacob Fishel, Kevin Dennis and Matt Bogart. Produced by Jason Howland and Billy Jay Stein. Recorded at Power Station at BerkleeNYC during the weeks of April 18 and April 25.
Penelope
(Joy Machine Records - new digital album)
Musical by Alex Bechtel, starring Grace McLean, who is also a co-creator. Recorded live at Joe's Pub in October 2025.
The Queen of Versailles
(Sony Masterworks Broadway - new album)
OBC cast recording of score by Stephen Schwartz (book by Lindsey Ferrentino). Cast includes Kristin Chenoweth, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen DeRosa, Greg Hildreth, Tatum Grace Hopkins, Isabelle Keating, and Nina White. "Caviar Dreams" track available now.
Ragtime
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - new album)
2025 Broadway revival cast recording of score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Cast includes Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, Colin Donnell, Nichelle Lewis, Ben Levi Ross, Shaina Taub, Anna Grace Barlow, John Clay III, Rodd Cyrus, Nick Barrington and Tabitha Lawing. Produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, Flaherty, and Ahrens. Release date TBA.
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.
The Sound of Music
(Disney - new in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)
For its 60th anniversary, a newly restored and remastered version of the 1965 musical film, score by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's book. Directed by Robert Wise. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer lead the cast. Screenings of the restored version will also be presented globally.
Tammy Faye
(new album)
Music by Elton John; lyrics by Jake Shears. Cast from Almeida Theatre debut production. Details TBA.
This Side of the World
(new album)
East West Players cast recording of score by Paulo K Tiról.