Sound Advice
Schedule of New & Upcoming CD, DVD & Book Releases
Updated 7/11/26
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Songs from Monte Cristo
(Center Stage Records - new digital album)
Score by Stephen Weiner (music) and Peter Kellogg (lyrics). Featuring Adam Jacobs, Sierra Boggess and Norm Lewis from the York Theatre production. Five tracks. Produced by David Hancock Turner and Joanna Lynne Staub. Van Dean executive producer. Save link.
Slam Frank
(new digital album)
Original cast recording of score by Andrew Fox (Joel Sinensky wrote the book). Olivia Bernábe, Alex Lewis, Anya van Hoogstraten, Austen Horne, Rocky Paterra, John Anker Bow, Jaz Zepatos, Kris Bramson, and Fox. produced by Andrew Fox and Mikhail Pivovarov. Arrangements and orchestrations by Fox. SlamFrankMusical.com.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
(Decca - new digital album)
West End cast recording of score by Passenger (Mike Rosenberg). Mark Addy, Noah Mullins, Jenna Russell. Released 6/26/26.
July 17, 2026
Betty Buckley: Enough
(Palmetto Records - new digital album)
Recorded live at Joe's Pub. "Prowler," "Stuck In The Middle With You," "The Times They Are A Changin'," "Everything Must Change," "Always Something There To Remind Me," "You Matter To Me," "On The 4th of July," "Don't Think Twice," "Gentle By Nature/Enough," "American Tune," "Little Life," "Memory," "Vultures." With pianist and musical director Christian Jacob.
Elaine Paige: Miscellaneous Paige
(Westway Music - new on CD/digital)
"Remember/Goin' Back" (Nilsson/Carole King & Gerry Goffin), "August Winds" (Sting), "A Real Emotional Girl" (Randy Newman), "Count On Me" (Bruno Mars), "In My Life" (Beatles), "Older" (Ben Platt), "Only a Lifetime" (Finneas), "Saltwater" (Julian Lennon), "If These Walls Could Speak" (Jimmy Webb), "Windows of the World/What the World Needs Now" (Bacharach & David), "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell), "Immortality" (Bee Gees). Westway.com.
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. Single, "Penelope," has been released.
July 21, 2026
The Balusters
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Tony-nominated play by David Lindsay-Abaire. 174 pages.
August 3, 2026
Like Father: The Bloody Good EP
(new EP)
Six songs from score by Jacob Ryan Smith and Caroline Pernick. Ramin Karimloo, Luke Islam, Brittney Mack, Eleri Ward, and Keaton Whittaker. The musical will have its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in October. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Tony Nominee August Eriksmoen, who also provides orchestrations.
August 4, 2026
Christmas In Oz
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Studio cast recording of score by Ron Lytle. Teri Bibb, Sydney DeMaria, Jason Graae, Damon Kirsche, Kerry O'Malley, Barry Pearl, Eric Petersen, Chris Vettel, Robert Yacko. Produced by Bruce Kimmel. Orchestrations by Ben Ferguson, musical supervision and direction by Will Arundell, ensemble vocal direction by Daniel Thomas. Recorded, edited, and mixed by Adam Schoeller and mastered by James Nelson. Limited release of 500 copies. Expected to ship by first week in August 2026. Kritzerland.com
The Night of the Hunter
(Kritzerland - new on CD)
Studio recording of score with music by Claibe Richardson and lyrics by Stephen Cole. Ron Raines, Sally Mayes, Marcia Lewis, Jonathan Freeman, George Lee Andrews, and Dorothy Loudon. 30-piece orchestra. Produced by Bruce Kimmel. Orchestrations by Donald Johnson. Re-release of Varese Sarabande issue that has been out of print. Newly remastered by James Nelson. Some demo recordings of a few songs. New notes by Stephen Cole. Limited release of 500 copies. Expected to ship by the first week in August 2026. Kritzerland.com.
August 6, 2026
Andy Blankenbuehler: A Critical Companion
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Amanda Jane Olmstead. Unpacks and explores Blankenbuehler's philosophies with regards to storytelling through the body, arguing how his prioritization of the ensemble as crucial to understanding the action within a show consequently positions the ensemble body as an indispensable element through which the audience gains vital (sub)text. 232 pages.
August 11, 2026
Jazzed: Jack Cole and Twentieth-Century American Dance
(Univ Press of Kentucky - new Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Debra Levine. Biography and career retrospective. 336 pages.
August 28, 2026
Evita
(The Other Song Records - 3-disc vinyl LP set/digital)
2025 London cast recording. Cast includes Rachel Zegler, Diego Andres Rodriguez, James Olivas, Aaron Lee Lambert, and Bella Brown. Disc 1: "Requiem," "Oh What a Circus," "On This Night of a Thousand Stars," "Eva Beware of The City," "Buenos Aires," "Goodnight and Thank You," "The Art of the Possible," "Charity Concert," "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You," Disc 2: "Hello and Goodbye," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," "Peron's Latest Flame," "Dice Are Rolling (Part 1)," "A New Argentina," "On The Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 1)," "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," "On The Balcony of the Casa Rosada (Part 2)," "High Flying, Adored," "Rainbow High," "Rainbow Tour," Disc 3: "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like to Hear)," "And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)," "Santa Evita," "Waltz for Eva and Che," "She is a Diamond," "Dice Are Rolling (Part 2)," "You Must Love Me," "Eva's Final Broadcast," "Montage," "Lament."
August 31, 2026
I Hear Music: The Life of Burton Lane, Composer for Broadway and Hollywood
(McFarland - Paperback Book)
By Tighe E. Zimmers. First full-length book about Burton Lane, covering his early days working on Tin Pan Alley and Broadway while still in his teens, through his compositions of film songs for more than twenty years, working with well-known lyricists including Harold Adamson, Ralph Freed, Frank Loesser, Yip Harburg, Ted Koehler, and Sammy Cahn, and his return to Broadway in 1947 for Finian's Rainbow, with Harburg, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with Alan Jay Lerner. 120 pages.
September 18, 2026
Sydnie Christmas
(Westway Music - new on CD/digital)
Songwriter/singer/West End performer Sydnie Christmas performs songs she wrote. Westway.com.
September 22, 2026
Bowl EP
(53rd State Press - Paperback Book)
Play by Nazareth Hassan. Pulitzer Prize finalist produced in 2025 at the Vineyard Theatre. 150 pages.
October 6, 2026
Bountiful: Growing Up with Geraldine Page: A Daughter's Memoir
(Three Rooms Press - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
By Angelica Page. One-of-a-kind look at Geraldine Pages's body of work and private life, with insider stories of her stage and film career, her relationships with other renowned actors, including her husband and Angelica's father Rip Torn and Lee Strasberg, and her interactions with other legends. Includes more than 40 photos from family archives. 340 pages.
October 15, 2026
Power and Greed: Monopolies, Mergers, and Cartels on the American Stage
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Audible Audiobook)
By Spencer Weber Waller. "unpacks the shady world of the Syndicate, the Shuberts, the Vaudeville Combine, and their modern-day successors." Includes 18 images.
November 3, 2026
Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook)
Memoir by Judi Dench, with Brendan O'Hea. Dench tells of her life on the stage, on the screen, and behind the scenes. 400 pages.
Release date unknown
About Time
(Yellow Sound Label - new album)
2026 Off-Broadway cast recording of Maltby & Shire revue. Allyson Kaye Daniel, Darius de Haas, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Sally Wilfert, Lynne Wintersteller. Details TBA.
Bat Boy
(Ghostlight Records/Yellow Sound Label - new album)
2025 NY City Center Gala cast recording of score by Laurence O'Keefe. Cast includes Kerry Butler, Gabi Carrubba, Andrew Durand, Tom McGowan, Jacob Ming-Trent, Alex Newell, Christopher Sieber, Taylor Trensch, Marissa Jaret Winokur. Release date TBA.
Beau the Musical
(Joy Machine Records - new album)
Original Off-Broadway cast recording of score by Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar. Matt Rodin, Jeb Brown, Max Sangerman, Miyuki Miyagi, Andrea Goss, Amelia Cormack, Ryan Halsaver, and Derek Stolten. Produced by Ian Kage. Release date TBA.
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. Note: it's not clear whether or not this was released.
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.
Guys and Dolls
(Chandos Records - new album)
Studio album of score by Frank Loesser. First recording of the entire score in its original orchestration. Sinfonia of London. John Wilson conducts. Orchestration reconstruction by Larry Moore.
Harbinger Records upcoming releases: material from Eubie Blake; download only demos of Hugh Martin and Sheldon Harnick; Steve Ross' back catalog for download;
High Button Shoes
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Guildford School of Acting cast album of score by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. With Institute of Sound Recording and University of Surrey Department of Music and Media. Produced by Stewart Nicholls. Music director Brady Mould and arranger by Rowland Lee accompany on piano, with James Armstrong on bass and Richard Burden on drums/percussion. Sound engineering by Gabe Smith. Expected later in 2026.
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.
The Lost Boys
(new album)
OBC recording of score by Kyler England, Adrianne E. Gonzalez, and Gabriel Mann. Details TBA.
Love Life
(new album)
2025 NY City Center Encores! production. Kurt Weill (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics). Cast includes Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Baldwin. Further information TBA.
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.
Schmigadoon!
(Joy Machine Records - new on CD/digital)
2026 OBC recording of score by Cinco Paul. Alex Brightman, Sara Chase, Max Clayton, Ana Gasteyer, Ann Harada, Brad Oscar, Isabelle McCalla, Maulik Pancholy, Ayaan Diop, Ivan Hernandez, McKenzie Kurtz. Expected summer 2026.
Signs of Life
(new digital album)
Concept album for score by Christopher DeLair. Shoshana Bean, Jenn Colella, Leif Coomer, Deborah Cox, Bella Coppola, Damon Daunno, Charity Angel Dawson, Alexa Green, Jinkx Monsoon, Aoife O'Donovan, Solea Pfeiffer, Vanessa Williams, Jess Wolfe, and Holly Laessig.
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.
Turing
(new EP)
From new musical score by Timothy L. Michuda and Benjamin Ward. Vincent Jamal Hooper, James Olivas, Mason Olshavsky.