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Digital Music Now Available:
Monster High the Movie
(Warner Music Group - new digital album)
Soundtrack of 2022 Nickelodeon/Paramount+ live-action musical film based on the Mattel line of fashion dolls. Songs by Jeannie Lurie, Andrew Underberg, and Matthew Tishler. Released 10/6/22.
Books Now Available:
Broadway Musicals On CD: A Conversational Guide
(Paperback Book)
By Ethan Mordden. "From Babes In Toyland to Hamilton and Yank!, from Anything Goes to Follies,
this book reviews original-cast, revival-cast, and studio-cast discs, discussing every element from the quality of performance to the quality of the sound." 528 pages.
Fraternity
(Harry N. Abrams - Hardcover/Kindle Edition/Audiobook)
YA novel by Andy Meintus (Spring Awakening, "Smash") "about a mysterious boarding school, a brotherhood that must stay in the shadows, and an ancient evil that could tear it all apart." 368 pages. Released 9/20/22.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular
(Universe - Hardcover Book)
By David Cote. Foreword by Baz Luhrmann. Alex Timbers and John Logan, contributors. "A glittering backstage pass to Moulin Rouge! The Musical and its journey to Broadway, with contributions from cast and crew, interviews with Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, and a chronicle of its triumphant 2021 return." Photo essay and oral history through early sketches, historical research, technical diagrams, and rehearsal photos. 184 pages.
Prima Facie
(Nick Hern Books - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
Play by Suzie Miller. European premiere at Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End in April 2022, starring Jodie Comer. Expected on Broadway in Spring 2023. 104 pages.
DVD/Blu-Ray Now Available:
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.
Newly Listed Recordings:
October 21:
Debbie Gibson: Winterlicious
(Stargirl Records - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
Singer/actress Debbie Gibson. "Let It Snow," "I Wish Everyday Is Christmas," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Heartbreak Holiday (Duet with Joey McIntyre)," "The Gift," "Christmas Star," "Jingle Those Bells," "The Candy Man," "Christmas Dreams," "Sleigh Ride," "Jingle Bell Rock/The Christmas Song," "Illuminate," "White Christmas (Duet with Daddy Joe)," "Cheers!."
October 28:
Paul Marinaro: Not Quite Yet
(new album)
Chicago-based jazz singer Paul Marinaro. "Born to be Blue," "Someone to Light Up My Life," "Make Me Rainbows," "Fitzwilly," "5:15 The Angels Have Gone," "Remind Me," "No One Ever Tells You," "Invitation," "The Island," "On A Wonderful Day Like Today," "That's All," "Searching," "I Remember," and "No Plan."
November 4:
Luke Evans: A Song for You
(BMG - new on CD)
Welsh film and West End (Rent, Miss Saigon, Piaf) actor/singer. "A Song for You," "You Raise Me Up," "Horizons Blue," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Say Something" (with Nicole Kidman), "My Way," "Over the Rainbow," "Calon Lân," "I Can't Make You Love Me," "Come What May" (with Charlotte Church), "Busy Breaking Yours," "Everybody Hurts," "Last Christmas," "Silent Night."
November 18:
Los Fantastikos
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
CD debut of the 1961 Mexico City Cast Recording of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks. Adapted by Luis de Llano and Martha Fischer. Armando Calvo, Maria Rivas, Antonio Gama, Ortiz de Pinedo and Guillermo Orea. Includes: includes two songs recorded by Christian Bratt (original 1962 Stockholm production); three Swedish cover recordings from the score; four pop cover recordings as sung by Harry Belafonte (in English). 25 tracks. Limited pressing of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
(Masterworks - new digital album)
Soundtrack from Netflix film inspired by the musical. Music and lyrics By Tim Minchin. Original score music by Christopher Nightingale. The film stars Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham. CD to be released 12/9/22.
Sondheim Unplugged: Volume Three
(Yellow Sound Label - new 2-CD set/digital)
Third in series. 42 tracks. More than 40 performers, including Harris Doran, Rob Maitner, Jim Walton, Sally Mayes, Karen Mason, T. Oliver Reid, Ken Jennings, Sarah Rice, Claybourne Elder, Telly Leung, among others. Produced by Phil Geoffrey Bond. Music direction and piano, Joseph Goodrich. SondheimUnplugged.com.
December 9:
Carousel soundtrack
(Del Ray Records - new vinyl)
1956 soundtrack of Rodgers & Hammerstein score. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Rounseville, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner "Introduction," "Main Title: The Carousel Waltz," "You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan," "(When I Marry) Mr. Snow," "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over Ballet," "Soliloquy," "Blow High, Blow Low," "When The Children Are Asleep," "A Real Nice Clambake," "Stonecutters Cut It On Stone," "What's The Use Of Wond'rin," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "Louise's Ballet," "If I Loved You (reprise)," "You'll Never Walk Alone (Finale)," "Carousel Waltz" (album version). Restored sleeve artwork & pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
West Side Story
(Masterworks Broadway - new 2-disc vinyl album)
1957 OBC album of Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim score. Cast includes Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert and Chita Rivera.
