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Blu-ray Now Available:
Grease 2
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
Limited edition, steelbook release of 1982 musical film. Directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch. Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens. Score by Louis St. Louis and others.
For Me and My Gal
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1942 musical film. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, and Martha Eggerth.
The Tales of Hoffmann
(The Criterion Collection - new Blu-ray)
1951 film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera. Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine, and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation and the BFI National Archive, in association with STUDIOCANAL, featuring newly rediscovered footage and with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Features: audio commentary from 1992 by Martin Scorsese and Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder; interview with George A. Romero from 2005; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1956) short musical film; collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's design sketches and paintings; gallery of production and publicity photographs; trailer; English subtitles; essay by film historian Ian Christie.
Ziegfeld Girl
(Warner Archive - new Blu-ray)
1941 musical film. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley. James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper. Songs by Roger Edens and others include "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "You Stepped Out of a Dream."
Books Now Available:
Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All
(Chicago Review Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Edited by Ken Waissman, Adrienne Barbeau, and Tom Moore. How the show that started in a converted trolly barn in Chicago in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves ... became a musical classic. Collection of memories and stories from over one hundred actors and musicians, including the creative team and crew who were part of the original Broadway production and in the many touring companies it spawned, including Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, Danny Jacobson, Walter Bobbie, Jerry Zaks, Laurie Graff, John Lansing, Ilene Kristen, Ilene Graff, and Lisa Raggio. 352 pages.
Items expected to be released this Friday, June 10:
Debbie Wileman: I'm Still Here
(new digital album)
Vocal impressionist Debbie Wileman's tribute to Judy Garland's 100th birthday, featuring songs of the legendary Judy Garland and hits Garland would sing if she were still with us today. "It's Today," "Beauty and the Beast," "Never Gonna Give You Up," "If He Walked Into My Life," "Rolling in the Deep," "Crazy," "Yesterday/Into My Life," "Fifty Percent," "Evergreen/Shallow," "Defying Gravity," "Back to Black," "I'm Still Here," "Over the Rainbow" (recorded live at the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios). Orchestrated, conducted, & produced by Steve Orich. Released in conjunction with a national tour, including an appearance at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Saturday Night OBC
(Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals - new digital album)
Score by Jason Robert Brown (music) and Amanda Green (lyrics). Billy Crystal, Randy Graff, David Paymer, Shoshana Bean, Chasten Harmon, Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales, Mylinda Hull. "We're Live," "A Little Joy," "There's a Chance," "I Still Got It," "At Farber's," "Buddy's First Act," "Until Now," "Timing," "What If I Said?," "Unbelievable," "What's Playing at the Movies," "Maybe It Starts With Me," "Tahiti," "My Wonderful Pain in the Ass," "Broken," "Any Man But Me," "Stick Around." Produced by Jeffrey Lesser and Brown, co-produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, and associate produced by Green.
Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Does Judy at Capitol Studios
(BMG - new album)
"Come Rain or Come Shine" "Alone Together" "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" "Puttin' on the Ritz" "The Man That Got Away" "A Foggy Day" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "Just You, Just Me" "You're Never" "Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy (Feat. Kristin Chenoweth)" "Medley: You Made Me Love You/For Me and My Gal/The Trolley Song" "Over the Rainbow."
A Strange Loop OBC
(Ghostlight Records/Yellow Sound Label - new album)
2022 Broadway cast recording of score by Michael R. Jackson. Jaquel Spivey, Antwayn Hopper, L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, James Jackson, Jr., John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey. Produced by Michael Croiter and Michael R. Jackson, with Kurt Deutsch and Barbara Whitman as executive producers. Recorded 4/10/22. Some tracks already released.
Recently listed recordings:
Donnybrook! Deluxe Edition
(Stage Door Records - new on 2 CDs)
Score by Johnny Burke for the 1961 Broadway musical. Cast includes Art Lund, Joan Fagan, Susan Johnson, Eddie Foy Jr., and Philip Bosco. Includes the original Broadway cast recording newly remastered from stereo reel-to-reel tape, plus selections from the score recorded specially for the Public Information Broadcast "Stars for Defense" performed by Art Lund and Joan Fagan. Also, a bonus disc featuring an instrumental album of the Donnybrook! score performed by The Pete King Orchestra alongside a handful of pop covers by the Pete King Chorale and Jane Morgan. Detailed sleeve notes by George Dansker. Limited edition release of 500 units only. Part of Stage Door Records' Deluxe Edition Broadway Cast Album reissues series.
Recently listed books:
September 1:
The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements
(Applause - Paperback Book)
By Peter Filichia. A book that is "purposely meant to start arguments and to settle them," as the author addresses the most dividing musical theater questions and opinions. 312 pages.
Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.
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