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Digital Music Now Available:
"All Is Found"
(new digital track)
Frozen tour castmates Caroline Bowman and F Michael Haynie sing n all-new arrangement of "All Is Found" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez from Frozen II film.
The Phantom of the Opera Global Edition
(Universal Records - streaming set)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and Mike Batt. Complete cast recordings in seven languages: Korean (2009), Polish (2008), Hungarian (2003), Mexican Spanish (2000), German (1990), Swedish (1989) and Japanese (1988). Together on one album, digitally for the first time. Also, "disc one" is a 15-track highlights compilation, which includes the new 2022 West End cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera title track performed by Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis at The Platinum Party in the Palace to honor Her Majesty The Queens Platinum Jubilee.
Books Now Available:
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. Released 9/1/22.
Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre
(Routledge - Hardcover Book/Paperback)
Collection of essays. Jimmy A. Noriega and Jordan Schildcrout, editors. Moving from the era of the Stonewall Riots to today, notable scholars in the field bring a wide variety of queer theatre artists into conversation with each other, exploring connections and differences in race, gender, physical ability, national origin, class, generation, aesthetic modes, and political goals, creating a diverse and inclusive study of 50 years of queer theatre. 280 pages. Released 9/1/22.
Robert Preston: Forever the Music Man
(Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
By Debra Warren. Extensive archival research, and interviews with Preston's family members and fellow actors including Rosemary Harris, Christopher Walken, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Swit, Bob Gunton, Neva Small, and others, unveils a richly detailed portrait of the gifted actor's personal life as well as an overview of the films and Broadway productions to which he lent his talent. 542 pages. Released 8/6/22.
Newly Listed Recordings:
October 11:
Murder at the Vanities
(KL Studio Classics - new Blu-ray)
1934 Paramount pre-code musical based on the Broadway show produced by Earl Carroll. Music by Victor Young. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Michael, Toby Wing, Jessie Ralph, and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. One hour and 29 minutes.
October 20:
The Narcissist
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition [9/9/22])
Play by Christopher Shinn. Premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in August 2022.
November 1:
Arthur Miller: American Witness (Jewish Lives)
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on mp3 CD format)
By John Lahr. An original interpretation of Miller's work and his personality ... Organized around the fault lines of Miller's life–Miller's family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller's role as a public intellectual. Demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller's psychology and his plays. Concentrating largely on Miller's most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller's early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, "Focus"; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays. 264 pages.
November 8:
Fancy Pants
(KL Studio Classics - new Blu-ray)
1950 musical film adaptation of Ruggles of Red Gap. Directed by George Marshall. Screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and Robert O'Brien. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball (dubbed by Annette Warren), Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood. Music by Van Cleave. Includes songs by Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures From 4K Scans of the 35mm YCM Three-Strip Technicolor Elements. One hour 32 minutes.
Newly Listed Books:
November 1:
There's a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
(Applause - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Charles Dennis. Detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace. Follows the actors, both on the stage and on the screen, as they handle the demands of the roles and behind-the-scenes relationships. 168 pages.
November 15:
Theatre Royal Drury Lane: A Star Reborn
(Scala Arts Publishers - Paperback Book)
By Pamela Hartshorne. Foreword by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Souvenir guide Brand to the world's oldest theater site in continuous use. Published to mark the reopening of the theater following the major renovation project which has restored the theater's Georgian glory. Tells the rich history of the theater and its many famous personalities and productions. 72 pages.
November 17:
María Martínez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden in Plain Sight
(Methuen Drama - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kindle Edition)
Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers, editors (also contribute an essay on the translation work of the Granville-Barkers). Harley Granville Barker and Helen Granville Barker, translators. The introduction by Patricia O'Connor examines María's extraordinary life and work, and the battle for her authorship to be recognized in both the Spanish-speaking and anglophone world. Edited collection of three plays by María Martínez Sierra: The Kingdom of God (1928); The Romantic Young Lady (1920) and Take Two From One (1931). 248 pages.
