Updated 9/8/10
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Newest Releases:

Albee in Performance
(Indiana Univ Press - Paperback/Hardcover Book)
By Rakesh H. Solomon. Details Albee's directorial vision and how that vision animates his plays. Solomon reveals how Albee has shaped his plays in performance, the attention he pays to each aspect of theater, and how his conception of the key plays he has directed has evolved over a five-decade career ... the major works, from The American Dream and Zoo Story to Albee's best-known work, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as well as to later plays such as Marriage Play and Three Tall Women. Also includes interviews with Albee and his collaborators on all aspects of staging, from rehearsal to performance. 320 pages.

Another Openin’ Another Show
(Masterworks - New Digital Download) 
Broadway overtures. Bloomer Girl, On The Town, Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me, Kate, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Call Me Madam, Wonderful Town, Can-Can, Silk Stockings, L'il Abner, Bells Are Ringing, Goldilocks, Album Artwork.

Broadway Musicals: The Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of the Season - 1959 to 2009
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Peter Filichia Peter Filichia takes a look at 100 shows that met either the most glorious or the most ignominious fates.

Connie Pachl & Jim Conant: Music, Marriage & Mayhem
(new on CD)
Award-winning vocalist Connie Pachl sings an eclectic selection of fresh song arrangements by guitarist/husband Jim Conant. "Ain't Misbehavin'," "I Will ," "I Don't Know Enough About You," "The Same Moon," "You Alone," "The Best Is Yet To Come," "Peel Me A Grape," "My Blue Heaven," "Sleepy Man," "My Funny Valentine," "Same Kind of Crazy," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Bourree," "If Not For You," "Forever Young," "Who Cares?" Available at CD Baby.

When Pride Still Mattered: Lombardi: the Classic That Inspired the Broadway Play
(Simon & Schuster - Paperback Book)
Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss' biography of football great Vince Lombardi, the basis for Lombardi, coming to Broadway in fall 2010.

Tommy, the Movie
(Sony - new on Blu-Ray)
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1975 musical film. Score by The Who. Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Roger Daltry, Elton John, Eric Clapton, John Entwistle, Tina Turner, Keith Moon, Paul Nicholas, Jack Nicholson.

September 13, 2010

Anthems: Kerry Ellis
(Decca - new on CD)
UK musical theatre performer (Oliver!, Wicked, We Will Rock You) debut album. Dangerland," "Anthem," "I Can`t Be Your Friend," "Defying Gravity," "I`m Not That Girl," "You Have To Be There," "Love It When You Call," "Save Me," "Diamonds Are Forever," "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)," "Things That Glitter." Available for pre-order at Dress Circle and Amazon UK. US release September 28.

Les Miserables - Live! - Dream the Dream
(First Night - new on 2 CDs)
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2010 UK 25th anniversary tour cast recording. Madalena Alberto, Ashley Artus, Earl Carpenter, Gareth Gates, Katie Hall, Rosalind James, John Owen Jones, David Lawrence, Jon Robyns, Lynne Wilmot. Import in U.S.; available for pre-order directly from Dress Circle and Amazon UK.

September 14, 2010

Elisabeth Withers: No Regrets
(Purpose Music/Koch - new on CD)
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Tony-nominated singer/actress/songwriter (The Color Purple),

Follow That Girl
(Sepia - new on CD)
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1960 OLC recording. Julian Slade score. Susan Hampshire, Peter Gilmore, Patricia Routledge, James Cairncross. Bonus tracks include a pop version of the title song and cut songs from the show, plus production images.

Glee: The Complete First Season
(20th Century Fox - new on 7 DVDs/4 Blu-Rays)
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Jane Lynch, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jayma Mays, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Matthew J. Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz. Complete first season with extras: Welcome to McKinley!; Glee Music Video; Full Length Audition Pieces; Fox Movie Channel Presents Casting Session; Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy; Dance Boot Camp; Jane Lynch A to Glee; Meet Jane Lynch; 5 Things you don't know about Jayma; 7 Things you don't know about Cory; 6 Things you don't know about Amber; 7 Things you don't know about Chris; Video Diaries; and all extras listed for Vol. 2. Widescreen. Individual episodes also available on Amazon Video On Demand.

Glee: Season One, Vol. 2
(20th Century Fox - new on 3 DVDs)
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Second half of Season 1 plus extras: Glee Music Juke Box; Glee Sing-Along Karaoke; Staying in Step With Glee; Sue's Corner; Bite Their Style: Dress Like Your Favorite Gleek; Behind the Scenes of the Madonna Episode; Making of a Showstopper. Widescreen.

Hallelujah Broadway
(EMI/Manhattan Records - new on CD)
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Expanded version of PBS special featuring concert recorded February 8 in Prague. "Prepare Ye The Way Of the Lord," "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'," "I'll Be Seeing You," "Gold," "Somewhere," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "Electricity," "Hallelujah Broadway," "Godspell Medley," "Seasons of Love," "What I Did For Love," "Bring Him Home," "Anthem," "Sunday," "For Good," "Someone Like You," "You'll Never Walk Alone."

Hallelujah Broadway
(EMI/Manhattan Records - new on DVD)
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PBS special featuring concert recorded February 8 in Prague. Linda Eder, Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke, Anthony Kearns, Prague Filmharmonic Orchestra and Choir. The title song, "Hallelujah Broadway," was specially commissioned for the concert. Tony Gregory directs. Musical direction by Gavin Murphy.

Isabel Rose: Swingin' From the Hip
(Jubilee Recording Company - new on iTunes)
Actress and writer (tour Six Degrees of Separation, film Anything But Love, novel/musical The J.A.P. Chronicles. "Aquarius," "Lovely Day," "I Enjoy Being A Girl," "Temptation," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Haven't We Met," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," "I Only Wanna Be With You," "Boy Wanted," "On The Street Where You Live," "Thirteen Men," "Ac-cent-tchu- ate the Positive," "The Best Is Yet To Come." Produced by Julian Fleisher with arrangements by Jeff Klitz.

Julie and Carol Live at Carnegie Hall
(Masterworks - New Digital Download)
"No Mozart Tonight," "You're So London," "Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be," "From Russia: The Nausiev Ballet," "Meantime," "From Switzerland: The Pratt Family," "History Of Musical Comedy," "From Texas: Big "D", Album Artwork.

Make A Wish - Original Broadway Cast
(Sony Masterworks - new on CD-R/Digital Download)
1951 OBC recording of Hugh Martin score. Dean Campbell, Stephen Douglass, Nanette Fabray, Helen Gallagher, Harold Lang. Also includes a rare cover version of a song from the score: Judy Holliday's 1958 recording of "What I Was Warned About." First digital recording from using the original RCA Victor masters. To be available as a digital download through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand from Arkiv Music

Make Me an Offer
(Sepia - new on CD)
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1959 OLC recording. Daniel Massey, Dilys Laye, Diana Coupland, Sheila Hancock. David Heneker and Monty Norman score. First time on CD. Bonus tracks include excerpts from a live TV broadcast of the show. Extensive liner notes written by Monty Norman, who has also contributed photographs from his private archive.

Millicent Martin Sings
(Sepia - new on CD)
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Millicent Martin's debut solo album, recording in the late 19502. 20 tracks.

Most Happy Fella
(Sepia - new on CD)
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1960 OLC recording plus five bonus tracks from the show sung by Edmund Hockridge. IniaTe Wiata, Helena Scott, Art Lund.

Patti LuPone: A Memoir
(Harmony - Hardcover Book)
Memoir and retrospective of LuPone's career-defining turns, both on Broadway and abroad, in Evita, Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy. Nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert, and illuminating details about the life of a working actor, from inspired costars and demanding directors to her distinct perspective on how she developed and honed her Tony Award–winning performances. 210 pages.

Pirates of Penzance
(NBC/Universal - new on DVD)
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1983 film version with Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith and Angela Lansbury. Remastered anamorphic widescreen.

Saint Joan
(Kritzerland Records - new on CD)
Soundtrack of Otto Preminger's 1957 film of George Bernard Shaw's play, composed and conducted by Mischa Spoliansky. Limited release of 1,000. Orders placed through Kritzerland.com will ship early.

Seussical
(JAY Records - new on CD) 
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2007 TheatreworksUSA junior version cast recording of Ahrens & Flaherty score. Kelly Felthous, Brian Michael Hoffman, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Willie Lee-Williams, Amelia Morgan-Rothschild, Ben Tostado, Josh Walden, Shorey Walker, Michael Wartella, Ellen Zolezzi with full orchestra. 33 tracks. Available now at iTunes.

September 15, 2010

Sony Holland: Sanssouci
(Van Hess - new on CD)
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"My Foolish Heart," "Curiosity," "Those Dancing Days Are Gone," "Sanssouci," "What A Difference A Day Made," "Little Tune," "When I Find You," "Les Feuilles Mortes," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "Your Always With Somebody New," "Too Many Beautiful Girls," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "My Romance."

Supernova The Musical
(new on 3 CDs)
Concept cast recording. The story of a girl who found love and became an Internet singing sensation. Score by Mark Carroll (The Attic). Alison Jiear, Krysten Cummings, Ben Evans, Stuart Milligan, Dawn Spence, Julia Worsley, Lucy Williamson, Paul Iveson, Jon Boydon, Charlie Bull, Michael Conway, Michelle Francis, Jye Frasca, Lucinda Gill, Tim Howar, Mark Isherwood, Tee Jaye, Joseph Prouse, Golda Rosheuvel, Jayde Westaby, James Winter. Available for pre-order at Dress Circle

September 21, 2010

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
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Off-Broadway cast recording. River Aguirre, James Barry, Michael Crane, Michael Dunn, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, Ben Steinfeld, Benjamin Walker, Colleen Werthmann and Emily Young. Michael Friedman score. Justin Levine, Music Director. Produced by Kurt Deutsch and Dean Sharenow. "Populism, Yea, Yea!," "I'm Not That Guy," "Oh, Andrew Jackson," "Illness As Metaphor," "I'm So That Guy," "Ten Little Indians," "The Corrupt Bargain," "Rock Star," "The Great Compromise," "Public Life," "Crisis Averted," "The Saddest Song," "Second Nature," "The Hunters of Kentucky." Recorded 4/26/10.

Celebrate Broadway Vol. 2: You Gotta Get A Gimmick
(Masterworks - New Digital Download)
"I've Got Your Number," "Step to the Rear," "I Cain't Say No," "Mama Will Provide," "Kingston Market: Matilda Matilda," "Chicken Is He," "The Dream," "Lizzie Borden," "Arthur in the Afternoon," "0Your Feet's Too Big," "Crossword Puzzle," "A Well Known Fact," "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," "Siberia," "Another Wedding Song," "So Long Dearie," "A Little More Mascara," "You Gotta Have a Gimmick."

Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
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Inspired by Ebersole's appearance in Blithe Spirit. "Someday I'll Find You," "Any Little Fish/It's Only You," "You Were There," "A Room With A View," "Chase Me Charlie," "Matelot/Come The Wild, Wild Weather," "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," "World Weary," "If Love Were All," "Mad About The Boy," "Never Again/Sail Away," "The Dream Is Over," "When My Ship Comes Home," "I'll See You Again." Musical director Larry Yurman.

Home: Jane Monheit
(Emarcy/Universal Records - new on CD)
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The singer's ode to the golden age of the jazz standard. "A Shine On Your Shoes," "There's A Small Hotel," "This Is Always," "Tonight You Belong To Me," "Look For The Silver Lining," "I'll Be Around," "Everything I've Got Belongs To You," "It's Only Smoke," "The Eagle and Me," "I Didn't Know About You/All Too Soon," "Isn't It A Lovely Day" and "While We're Young." With Michael Kanan (piano), Neal Miner on bass and Rick Montalbano on drums, plus guest artists John Pizzarelli (vocals and guitar), Peter Eldridge (vocals), Frank Vignola (guitar), Joe Magnarelli (trumpet and flugelhorn), Mark O'Connor (violin) and Larry Goldings (piano).

Ordinary Days OC recording
(Ghostlight - new on CD)
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Score by Adam Gwon. Hunter Foster, Lisa Brescia, Kate Wetherhead and Jared Gertner.

September 24, 2010

The Addams Family: Piano/Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Piano/vocal arrangements (with melody in the piano part) for musical numbers from the Tony Award-nominated show. "Crazier Than You," "Happy Sad," "In the Arms," "Just Around the Corner," "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else but Love," "Live Before We Die," "Morticia," "One Normal Night," "Pulled," "The Moon and Me," "Waiting," "What If," "When You're an Addams."

The Addams Family: Vocal Selections (Vocal Line with Piano Accompaniment)
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Vocal arrangements with piano accompaniment from Tony-nominated score by Andrew Lippa. "Crazier Than You," "Happy Sad," "In the Arms," "Just Around the Corner," "Let's Not Talk About Anything Else but Love," "Live Before We Die," "Morticia," "One Normal Night," "Pulled," "The Moon and Me," "Waiting," "What If," "When You're an Addams."

September 27, 2010

Beautiful And Damned
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Les Reed and Roger Cook concept recording of show based on the life of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lorna Bannon, Carole Cook, Roger Cook, Katie Humble, Les Reed. Previously unreleased. Bonus: three exclusive live recordings from The London Cast featuring Michael Praed and Helen Anker, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre. Full colour 16-page booklet. Available for pre-order at StageDoorRecords.com.

Sound of Music
(Pet Sounds International - new on Import CD)
1981 London cast recording, first time on CD. John Bennett, Honor Blackman, June Bronhill, Petula Clark, Michael Jayston. Brings together all of Rodgers and Hammerstein´s original songs - the first time for a stage production. "Preludium," "The Sound of Music," "Maria," "A Bell Is No Bell," "I Have Confidence," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "My Favourite Things," "The Lonely Goatherd," "How Can Love Survive?," "So Long, Farewell," "Climb Every Mountain," "Something Good," "Wedding Sequence, Maria" (Reprise), "Do-re-mi" (Reprise), "Edelweiss," "So Long, Farewell" (Reprise), "Climb Every Mountain" (Reprise) plus two bonus tracks from the original Epic single issued to promote the stage show.: "Edelweiss: and "Darkness." Available for pre-order directly from Amazon UK and Dress Circle.

Out of the Blue
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
1994 London cast recording of Shunn-Ichi Tokura and Paul Sand. First commercial release. Meredith Braun, Greg Ellis, James Graeme, Michael McCarthy and Simon Burke. Sleeve notes by Shun Tokura. Full colour 8-page booklet. Available for pre-order at StageDoorRecords.com.

September 28, 2010

Anthems: Kerry Ellis
(Decca - new on CD)
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UK musical theatre performer (Oliver!, Wicked, We Will Rock You) debut album. Dangerland," "Anthem," "I Can`t Be Your Friend," "Defying Gravity," "I`m Not That Girl," "You Have To Be There," "Love It When You Call," "Save Me," "Diamonds Are Forever," "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)," "Things That Glitter." US release.

La Cage aux Folles Revival Cast Recording
(PS Classics - new on CD)
New Broadway revival cast recording of Jerry Herman score. Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Fred Applegate, Veanne Cox, Chris Hoch, Elena Shaddow, A.J. Shively, Christine Andreas, Robin De Jesús, Dale Hensley, Heather Lindell, Caitlin Mudth, Bill Nolte, David Nathan Perlow, Cheryl Stern, Nick Adams, Christophe Caballero, Sean A. Carmon, Nicholas Cunningham, Sean Patrick Doyle, Logan Keslar, Todd Lattimore, Terry Lavell. Recording August 5 and 6. CDs pre-ordered at PSClassics.com will ship on September 15.

Christopher Jackson: In the Name of Love
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
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The Lion King, In the Heights performer.

Clear Blue Tuesday
(Sh-K-Boom - new on CD)
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Soundtrack for rock musical film. Music by Quentin Chiappetta. Becca Ayers, Julie Danao, Vedant Gokhale, Robi Hager, Erin Hill, Cassandra Kubinski, Brother Love, Greg Naughton, Jan O'Dell, Jeremy Schonfeld, Asa Somers.

Placido Domingo – Maury Yeston’s Goya
(Masterworks - New Digital Download)

The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication---from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote's Ball
(St. Martin's Press - Hardcover Book)
By Ethan Mordden. From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Manhattan was America's beacon of sophistication. From the theatres of Broadway to the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel to tables at the Stork Club, intelligence and wit were the twinned coins of the realm. Alexander Woolcott, Irving Berlin, Edna Ferber, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, the Lunts and Helen Hayes presided over the town. Their books, plays, performances, speeches, dinner parties, masked balls, loves, hates, likes and dislikes became the aspirations of a nation. If you wanted to be sophisticated, you played by Manhattan's rules. If you didn't, you simply weren't on the guest list. The Heartland rebelled against Manhattan's dictum, but never prevailed. In this lively cultural history, Mordden chronicles the city's most powerful and influential era.

Gleeful: A Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series Glee
(Villard - Paperback Book)
By Amy Rickman. 304 pages.

The Legendary Bing Crosby
(Infinity - new on DVD)
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Television performances between 1945 and 1977. Bing performs solo and in duets with Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Michael Feinstein, Leonard Maltin, Regis Philbin and Andy Williams.

Liza Minnelli: Confessions (10-track edition)
(Decca - new on CD)
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Liza with piano accompaniment. "Confession," "You Fascinate Me So," "I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You," "I Got Lost in His Arms," "Close Your Eyes," "He's a Tramp," "I Must Have That Man," "Moments Like This," "If I Had You," "At Last."

Liza Minnelli: Confessions Deluxe
(Decca - new on CD)
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Liza with piano accompaniment. "Confession," "You Fascinate Me So," "All the Way," "I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You," "This Heart of Mine," "I Got Lost in His Arms," "Remind Me," "Close Your Eyes," "He's a Tramp," "I Must Have That Man," "On Such a Night As This," "Moments Like This," "Breathing," "If I Had You," "At Last."

Memphis: Piano/Vocal Selections (Melody in the Piano Part)
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Songbook of new Broadway musical score by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.

September 2010 (no release date)

American Carol
(new on CD)
New Carol Channing patriotic-themed album. To include "Over There," "Dear Old Glory," "God Bless America," "America," and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

A Behanding in Spokane: A Play
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux - Paperback Book)
Martin McDonagh's most recent Broadway play.

Billy Barnes' L.A.
(Kritzerland - on CD)
Original cast album, music and lyrics by Billy Barnes and Bob Rodgers. Joyce Jameson, Ken Berry, Steve Franken, Tom Hatten, Marlyn Mason, and Sylvia Lewis. Newly restored. Includes bonus tracks from a live show at Studio One, in West Hollywood with Billy Barnes and Marvin Laird were at twin pianos singing an updated (to then) "L.A. Is," "The Hollywood Museum," "Unemployment Line," "Ambivalent," "Show Biz Is My Life." Limited release of 1,000 copies. CDs ordered from Kritzerland.com will ship early.

Dreamgirls Revival: Piano/Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
"Move (You're Stepping on My Heart)," "Fake Your Way to the Top," "Cadillac Car," "Steppin' to the Bad Side," "I Want You, Baby," "Family," "Dream Girls," "Heavy," "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," "What Love Can Do," "I Am Changing," "When I First Saw You (You Are My Dream)," "Ain't No Party," "One Night Only," "Listen," "Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love." 16 songs, totaling 128 pages, and new artwork.

Judy Garland Lost Tracks
(JSP Records - 4 CD Set)
Includes two tracks by then 12-year-old Judy Garland's, her first studio recordings made by Decca on March 29, 1935, with mother Ethel Gumm at the piano. Remastered recorded rare and never-released tracks from private collections includes one hundred performances by Judy Garland on radio, stage and in film between 1929 and 1959. Plus many rare, previously unreleased radio and live performances, plus some previously released that are newly remastered. Disc One: The Decca Tests and Early Radio, 1935-39; Disc Two: Young Judy on the Radio, 1940-44; Disc Three: The Radio Years 1944-53; Disc Four: On Stage and the Gumm Sisters, 1929-59. Sleeve notes by Scott Brogan & Lawrence Schulman. 100 tracks. Fifty-five have never before been released. US Store release.

Love, Loss and What I Wore
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Play by Nora Ephron.

Loving Longing Leaving: Three Plays by Michael Weller
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Weller's Fifty Words, What the Night is For and Side Effects.

The National Theatre Story
(Oberon Books Ltd - Hardcover Book)
By Daniel Rosenthal. New, fully-researched history of the National Theatre, covering its origins, the difficulties of its official opening during the strike-ridden days of the 1970s, and the different qualities of its Artistic Directors: Laurence Olivier, Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and the present incumbent, Nicholas Hytner.

Stunning and Other Plays
(TCG - Paperback Book)
By David Adjmi, recipient of a 2009 Kesselring Fellowship and a Bush Artist Fellowship. Stunning was an LCT3 production, at the Duke on 42nd Street in 2009.

Superior Donuts
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Tracy Letts.

Why Are You Telling Me This?: Christopher Isherwood's Commonplace Book
(Alyson Books - Hardcover Book)
Don Bachardy, James P. White, editors. Christopher Isherwood's (Berlin Stories, the basis for Cabaret) written record of personal reading. An annotated list of readings selected during the last forty-five years of his life. Among the works excerpted are novels, essays, and letters by Saint Augustine, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Henry James, Marcel Proust, E.M. Forster, Federico García Lorca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Ian Fleming, Andy Warhol, and John Lennon.

October 1, 2010

9 to 5 - The Musical Songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
By Dolly Parton. Vocal selections.

Gruesome Playground Injuries; Animals Out of Paper; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: Three Plays
(Soft Skull Press - Paperback Book)
Three plays by Rajiv Joseph (Whiting Writers Award winner), including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.

In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Sarah Ruhl play, on Broadway in 2009-10 season.

Race
(TCG - Paperback Book)
2009 Broadway play by David Mamet. When a rich white man is accused of raping a younger African American woman, he looks to a multicultural law firm for his defense. But even as his lawyers—one of them white, another black—begin to strategize, they must confront their own biases and assumptions about race relations in America. Currently playing to acclaim on Broadway in a production directed by Mamet, audience members may be moved to self-scrutiny by his signature gritty yet finely tuned language.

Ruth Leon On Musicals
(Oberon Masters - Hardcover Book)
Ruth Leon tells all about the composers, the lyricists, the directors and the pioneers of the stage musical on both sides of the Atlantic while trying to reveal the truth behind the eternal question—what are musicals and why do we love them?

Toxic Avenger: Piano/Vocal Selections (Melody in the Piano Part)
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book
Vocal selections from the musical adaptation which opened at New World Stages in Manhattan in April 2009 and ran until January 2010. Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.

October 4, 2010

Departure Lounge
(new on CD)
Original cast recording of the first full London production of Dougal Irvine's award-winning musical comedy. Chris Fountain, Verity Rushworth, Harry Hepple, Liam Tamne and Steven Webb. Available for pre-order at Amazon UK and Dress Circle

October 5, 2010

Celebrate Broadway Vol. 3: Lullaby of Broadway
(Masterworks - new Digital Download)
"Lullaby of Broadway," "Broadway Baby," "Be a Performer!," "All I Need Is the Girl," "Opening Doors," "One Step," "Hello, Dolly!," "Life upon the Wicked Stage," "I Want to Go to Hollywood," "Stereophonic Sound," "Comedy Tonight," "La Cage aux Folles," "Cabaret," "There's No Business Like Show Business."

The Year Without a Santa Claus
(Warner Home Video - new on 2 Blu-Ray discs)
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1974 television stop-motion animated special. Voices include Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving. Original music by Maury Laws. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

October 12, 2010

Celebrate Broadway Vol. 4: Overtures
(Masterworks - new Digital Download)
Carousel, Finian's Rainbow, Follies, The Roar Of The Greasepaint (The Smell Of The Crowd), Hello, Dolly!, The Boy Friend, Peter Pan, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Merrily We Roll Along, The King And I, Mack & Mabel, Gypsy.

The Scottsboro Boys
(JAY Records - new on CD)
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2010 Off-Broadway musical cast recording. Kander & Ebb score. Vineyard cast Sean Bradford, Josh Breckenridge, Derrick Cobey, John Cullum, Brandon Victor Dixon, Colman Domingo, Rodney Hicks, Kendrick Jones, Forrest McClendon, Julius Thomas III, Sharon Washington, Cody Ryan Wise, and Christian Dante White. Orchestrations by Larry Hochman, music direction and vocal arrangements by David Loud and music arrangements by Glen Kelly. Conducted by Paul Masse. Recorded 4/23/10.

October 15, 2010

The Actor's Ultimate Toolbox: Duo! The Best Scenes for the '90s and Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century
(Applause - Paperback Book)
These two volumes offer a full spectrum of scenes from the '90s and the 2000s. Each scene has a synopsis of the play, character descriptions and notes on how to propel the scene to full power! Includes: Angles in America, Burn This, Lettice and Lovage, Driving Miss Daisy, Other People's Money, M. Butterfly, August: Osage County, George and Martha, Intimate Apparel, Take Me Out, and Water Music. 1076 pages.

Avenue Q: The Musical: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
The Applause Libretto Library Series Each title presents a Broadway musical with fresh packaging in a 6 x 9 trade paperback format. Each Complete Book and Lyrics is approved by the writers and attractively designed with color photo inserts from the Broadway production. All titles include introduction and foreword by renowned Broadway musical experts.

The Entertainment Sourcebook 2011
(Applause - Paperback Book)
ATAC (The Association of Theatrical Artists and Craftspeople). Nearly 5,000 company entries from across the country. Insider's guide to finding any item imaginable, be it a Civil War saber, an animal to rent, authentic Amish clothing, 19th-century chandeliers, crystal and glassware, or plumbing supplies and fixtures. The Sourcebook is useful for anyone planning an event, even a wedding, and it's indispensable for those who work in theatre, film, television, opera, and print, with more website listings than ever before.

Show-by-Show Deluxe Set: Broadway Musicals: Show-by-Show and Hollywood Musicals: Show-by-Show
(Applause - Paperback Book Set)
Both volumes in a slipcase set.

Sugar
(Kritzerland Records - new on 2 CDs)
Remastered 1972 original cast album. Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill. Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, Elaine Joyce, and Cyril Ritchard. Includes an alternate new mix along with the original album mix. Limited release of 1,000 copies. Orders placed at Kritzerland.com will ship one to five weeks early.

October 19, 2010

Isabel Rose: Swingin' From the Hip
(Jubilee Recording Company - new on CD)
Actress and writer (tour Six Degrees of Separation, film Anything But Love, novel/musical The J.A.P. Chronicles. "Aquarius," "Lovely Day," "I Enjoy Being A Girl," "Temptation," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Haven't We Met," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," "I Only Wanna Be With You," "Boy Wanted," "On The Street Where You Live," "Thirteen Men," "Ac-cent-tchu- ate the Positive," "The Best Is Yet To Come." Produced by Julian Fleisher with arrangements by Jeff Klitz.

Jerry Hadley: Golden Days - Tenor hits from the Golden Age of Operetta
(Masterworks - new Digital Download)
"Song Of The Vagabonds/Stouthearted Men," "I'm Falling In Love With Someone," "The Streets Of New York," "Neapolitan Love Song," "The Desert Song/One Alone," "Every Day Is Ladies' Day With Me," "Donkey Serenade," "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise," "Drinking Song," "When You're Away," "I Love To Go Swimmin' With Wimmin" (with Tony Randall), "I Might Be Your 'Once-in-a-While'," "Marianne," "Serenade," "Indian Summer," "When I Grow Too Old To Dream," "Gypsy Love Song," "Golden Days" (with Mario Lanza).

Moulin Rouge
(Fox Home Entertainment - new Blu-Ray with DVD set)
Pre-Order at CD Universe2001 musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann. Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, David Wenham, Kylie Minogue, Richard Roxburgh, Natalie Mendoza.

Pins and Needles
(Masterworks - new digital download)
Studio recording of Harold Rome revue. Featuring Barbra Streisand.

Rocky Horror Picture Show 35th Anniversary
(20th Century Fox - new on Blu-Ray)
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1975 film. Special features expected.

Love on a Summer Afternoon: Songs of Sam Davis
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Michael Arden, Tituss Burgess, Danny Burstein, Kevin Chamberlin, Will Chase, Jason Danieley, Malcolm Gets, Edward Hibbert, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber and Bobby Steggert. Pre-order at PSClassics.com.

Theater of War
(Kino - new on DVD)
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Behind-the-scenes look at the 2006 Public Theater production of Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Tony Kushner, George C. Wolf. Includes commentary from Michael Moore.

October 22, 2010

The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2009 to May 2010: Sixth Annual Edition
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
Robert Viagas. The sixth edition is packed with photos and memorabilia from the entire 2009-2010 Broadway season. Chapters on all 73 Broadway shows that ran during the season. Headshots of all the actors who appeared in Playbill, photos of producers, writers, designers, stage managers, stagehands, musicians - even the ushers. This year's roster is expected to top 10,000 names. A wealth of photos from Broadway insider events, including "Gypsy of the Year," "Broadway Bares," and the annual Broadway League softball championship. Show correspondents report on things that only those who worked backstage would know: opening night presents, who got the Gypsy Robe, daily rituals, celebrity visits, favorite health tips and regimens, memorable ad-libs, etc. Correspondents range from dressers and stage doormen to stage managers, dancers, featured players, and, in some cases, the star of the show.

October 26, 2010

Celebrate Broadway Vol. 5: Hello Young Lovers
(Masterworks - new Digital Download)

Evening Primrose
(E1 Entertainment - new on DVD)
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1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Charmian Carr. 50 minutes.

Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes
(Knopf - Hardcover Book)
By Stephen Sondheim. Along with the lyrics for all of Sondheim's productions from 1954 to 1981 ... he tells us what he's learned from his failures as well as his successes; and dissects many songs, sometimes line by line, to outline his thought process and the decisions that go into the verses ... discusses his predecessors, his contemporaries, and analyzes his own work, offering rules, sins and wisdom on lyric writing. This book will also contain behind-the-scenes photographs from each production and many personal photographs of Sondheim with his contemporaries and collaborators. 400 pages.

October 27, 2010

Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time - Revised and Updated
(Black Dog & Leventhal - Hardcover Book)
Fully updated edition by authors Frank Vlastnik and Ken Bloom now includes an expanded Off-Broadway section.

Hollywood Musicals: The 101 Greatest Song-and-Dance Movies of All Time
(Black Dog & Leventhal - Hardcover Book)
By Ken Bloom. Beginning in 1927 and continuing to the present, this book celebrates all of the greatest films of the genre including Yankee Doodle Dandy, Cabaret, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I, A Star is Born, West Side Story, Funny Face, The Jazz Singer, and All That Jazz, as well as more recent movie musicals such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Organized alphabetically, each film is featured across several spreads ... with expert commentary that places the film in historical and cultural context. Also included are features on the film's creators and cast, plot synopses, song lists, production details, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, original movie posters, and much more. Beautifully reproduced photographs of the most memorable and pivotal scenes, the stars, and off-camera shots adorn the pages and illuminate the text. Sidebars include cast albums, flops, the greatest scores, and lesser-known musicals.

October 29, 2010

The Hammersteins: First Family of American Theater
(Black Dog & Leventhal - New Book)
By Oscar Andrew Hammerstein III. The story of one of Broadway's most creative and productive families. ... a multi-layered portrait of the Hammerstein legacy, complete with personal and professional highlights, as well as the scandals and tragedies. The book also draws heavily upon the family archives, presenting a rich collection of photographs, theatre blueprints, letters, programs, patents, and more, much of which has never been seen before.

October 31, 2010

Andrew Lippa Songbook
(Hal Leonard - Paperback book)
26 songs from The Wild Party, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, A Little Princess, Betty Boop, Jerry Christmas, john & jen, Life with Father; and Reform School Musical plus ten songs not composed for musicals. Includes notes on Lippa's inspiration for certain selections, and a bio. Most of the songs in the book have never before been published.

The Frogs - Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Sondheim score. New, with added songs.

November 1, 2010

Merrily We Roll Along: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos.

November 2, 2010

The Bing Crosby Collection
(Universal - DVD set)
College Humor (1933; Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Burns and Allen); Here Is My Heart (1934; Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth); We're Not Dressing (1934; Ethel Merman, Burns and Allen, Ray Milland, Leon Errol); Mississippi (1935; W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Gail Patrick, Queenie Smith, songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart); Sing You Sinners (1936; Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor, Ellen Drew, includes Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser's "Small Fry"); Welcome Stranger (1947; Joan Culfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wandra Hendrix, Percy Kilbride, songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke).

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(20th Century Fox - new on Blu-Ray & DVD set)
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1968 film with Sherman Brothers songs. Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack.

Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise
(Simon and Schuster - Hardcover Book)
By Sam Irvin.

Sound of Music
(20th Century Fox - new Blu-Ray/DVD set)
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Remastered 1965 film featuring. Score by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack. Includes BD-LIVE: Live Lookup™ (powered by IMDb®) and Your Favorite Things: An Interactive Celebration — All-New Immersive Viewing Experience with Behind-the-Scenes Images, On-Screen Lyrics, Trivia Track and Location Quiz; Music Machine Sing-Along; Audio Commentaries with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Director Robert Wise; Musical Stages: Creating The Sound of Music — All-New Interactive "Backlot Tour" with In-Depth Featurettes on the Songs, the Stage Show & Movie, the Film and Sound Restoration and the Real-Life von Trapp Family; A City of Song — Virtual Map of Filming Locations in Salzburg, Austria; Vintage Rodgers & Hammerstein and The Sound of Music Programs; for the very first time in home entertainment format, the full-length documentary, "Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music", hosted by Mary Martin; Screen Tests, Rare Treasures, Interviews, Photo Galleries; Feature Film In Standard Definition; Optional Sing-Along Track; Music Machine Sing-Along; The Sound of Music Tour – A Living Story.

Sound of Music Limited Edition Collector's Set
(20th Century Fox - new Blu-Ray set)
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Remastered 1965 film. Includes an exclusive hand-painted Music Box; 100-page Scrapbook; 45th Anniversary Soundtrack; Snapshots from Salzburg; reproduction of the original 1965 Souvenir program; exclusive "My Favorite Things" Music Box with letter of authenticity; BD-LIVE: Live Lookup™ (powered by IMDb®) and Your Favorite Things: An Interactive Celebration — All-New Immersive Viewing Experience with Behind-the-Scenes Images, On-Screen Lyrics, Trivia Track and Location Quiz; Music Machine Sing-Along; Audio Commentaries with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Director Robert Wise; Musical Stages: Creating The Sound of Music — All-New Interactive "Backlot Tour" with In-Depth Featurettes on the Songs, the Stage Show & Movie, the Film and Sound Restoration and the Real-Life von Trapp Family; A City of Song — Virtual Map of Filming Locations in Salzburg, Austria; Vintage Rodgers & Hammerstein and The Sound of Music Programs; for the very first time in home entertainment format, the full-length documentary, "Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music", hosted by Mary Martin; Screen Tests, Rare Treasures, Interviews, Photo Galleries; Feature Film In Standard Definition; Optional Sing-Along Track; Music Machine Sing-Along; The Sound of Music Tour – A Living Story.

White Christmas
(Paramount - new on Blu-Ray)
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1954 musical film featuring songs by Irving Berlin. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen. 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (along with the original mono). Special features: commentary by Rosemary Clooney; Backstage Stories from White Christmas (in HD); Rosemary's Old Kentucky Home (in HD)l Bing Crosby: Christmas Crooner (in HD); Danny Kaye: Joy to the World (in HD); Irving Berlin's White Christmas (in HD); White Christmas: From Page to Stage (in HD); White Christmas: A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney; two theatrical trailers (in HD).

November 5, 2010

At This Theatre: Revised and Updated Edition
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
By Robert Viagas. Foreword by Louis Botto. Updated and expanded 2010 edition includes more than 500 color production photos, vintage archival photos, and Playbill covers from all forty currently operating Broadway theatres. Thirty-eight of the original chapters have been expanded to cover all the shows that have opened in the ten years since the popular 2000 edition, with two new chapters added to include Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life.

November 9, 2010

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials, Volume 2
(Infinity - on DVD)
268 minutes.

Hair: The Story of the Show that Defined a Generation
(Running Press - Hardcover Book)
By Eric Grode. The official history of the pioneering rock musical Hair, including dozens of interviews with the writers, cast members and creative teams from the original production as well as the current Broadway revival.

One from the Hart
(Pocket - Hardcover Book)
A memoir by Stefanie Powers.

November 15, 2010

Becky's New Car
(Dramatist's Play Service - Paperback Book)
Play by Steven Dietz.

Something's Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
Misha Berson takes a critical, comprehensive look at one of the most inventive, influential, and internationally beloved Broadway musicals of all time - from its inception by a brilliant quartet of creators (Robbins, Bernstein, Sondheim, and Laurents) to its smashing success on film, to its ongoing popularity on stages around the world and its potent impact on the Great American Musical. Chapters on West Side Story in relation to Romeo and Juliet; as a recording phenomenon; as a film rated the second-best movie musical of all time by the American Film Institute; as part of a wave of juvenile delinquency dramas; as the first great choreographer-auteur musical; and as the granddaddy of "youth musicals."

Theatre World Volume 66: 2009-2010
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
Ben Hodges and Scott Denny, editors. Annual comprehensive record of the theatrical season on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre. Each of the 1,000-plus entries includes photos, a complete cast listing, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, song titles, and plot synopses. Obituaries, a listing of all nominees and winners of the major theatrical awards, the longest-running shows on and Off-Broadway, and a complete index.

November 16, 2010

The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick
(It Books - Paperback Book)

My Passion for Design: A Private Tour
(Viking Press - New Book)
By Barbra Streisand. 288 pages.

Sondheim: The Birthday Concert
(Image Entertainment - new on DVD & Blu-Ray)
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PBS Great Performances concert (to air November 24) New York Philharmonic March 15-16, 2010, concert celebrating Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday. Hosted by David Hyde Pierce. Paul Gemignani conductor. Directed by Lonny Price and choreographed by Josh Rhodes. Performances include "America" (Dancers, West Side Story), "Something's Coming" (Alexander Gemingnani, West Side Story), "We're Gonna Be Alright" (Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Do I Hear a Waltz?), "Don't Laugh" (Victoria Clark, Hot Spot), "Johanna"(Nathan Gunn, Sweeney Todd), "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" and "Love Will See Us Through" (Matt Cavenaugh, Jenn Colella, Laura Osnes, Bobby Steggert, Follies), "Too Many Mornings" (Nathan Gunn, Audra McDonald, Follies), "The Road You Didn't Take" (John McMartin, Follies), "It Takes Two" (Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Into the Woods), "Growing Up" (Jim Walton, Merrily We Roll Along), "Finishing the Hat" (Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with George), "Move On" (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Sunday in the Park with George), "Pretty Women" (Michael Cerveris, George Hearn, Sweeney Todd), "A Little Priest" (Michael Cerveris, George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd) •“Theme from ‘Reds'” with Pas De Deux (NY Philharmonic, Two ABT Dancers Maria and Blaine), "So Many People" (Laura Benanti, Saturday Night), "Beautiful Girls" (David Hyde Pierce, Follies), "Ladies Who Lunch" (Patti LuPone, Company), "Losing My Mind" (Marin Mazzie, Follies), "The Glamorous Life" (Audra McDonald, A Little Night Music), "Leave You" (Donna Murphy, Follies), "Not a Day Goes By" (Bernadette Peters, Merrily We Roll Along), "I'm Still Here" (Elaine Stritch, Follies), "Sunday" (Broadway Chorus, Sunday in the Park with George), "Happy Birthday" (All Cast). 116 minutes.

November 30, 2010

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
(Disney Home Entertainment - new on DVD)
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Documentary on the songwriting team. Extras include: Why They're "The Boys", Disney Studios in the '60s, Casting Mary Poppins, Theme Parks – A look at their theme park music songbook and how they went about composing a song for a ride, Roy Williams - A Disney Animator and also famous for being on the original Mickey Mouse Club, we learn through his artwork some of the stories of what it was like to work in the Animation Building in the 1960's, Bob's Art: A look at Bob Sherman's other passion, his artwork, Celebration: Testimonials from celebrities and Hollywood legends, Sherman Brother's Jukebox: A collection of Sherman Brothers songs and the stories behind them including: "Tall Paul", "Chim Chim Cher-ee", "Feed the Birds", "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." 11/30/10 DVD release. Available now on Amazon Video on Demand.

Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 Special Edition
(Disney - 4 Blu-Ray/DVD set)
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Blu-ray Bonuses: 2003 Academy-Award Nominated Short Destino (Destino Rated PG); Feature length documentary Dali & Disney: A Date With Destino explores the relationship of Disney and Dali and how this piece came to fruition 50 years years after its inception; The Schultheis Notebook: A Disney Treasure - newly discovered detailed Fantasia production notes shed light on special effects wizardry; Disney Virtual Vault - BD Live feature; Musicana - Walt's inspiration for a sequel; Disney Family Museum; Interactive Art Gallery; Audio commentaries; Disney View.

Waking Sleeping Beauty
(Disney - new on DVD)
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Documentary focusing on Disney's reborn animated musical features between 1984-1994. Extras: Why Wake Sleeping Beauty? featurette; Untold Bedtime Stories deleted scenes; The Sailor, the Mountain Climber, the Artist and the Poet celebrating Roy Disney, Frank Wells, Joe Ranft, and Howard Ashman; Studio Tours; A Reunion Rob Minkoff and Kirk Wise; Walt what would Walt do and compare Walt's era and this era; three webisode shorts; gallery of photos, caricatures, and art from the era.

November 2010 (no release date)

The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2008-2009
(Limelight Editions - Hardcover Book)
Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, Editor. The 10 New York premieres honored are Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; Billy Elliot by Lee Hall and Elton John; Blasted by Sarah Kane; The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh; God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza; The Good Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson; reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute; Ruined, by Lynn Nottage; 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman; and Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang. Special Citation: [title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell.

The Break of Noon: A Play
(Soft Skull Press - Paperback Book)
Neil LaBute play to debut this year at MCC.

December 1, 2010

The Book of Grace
(TCG - Paperback Book)
Play by Suzan-Lori Parks.

December 7, 2010

Destabilizing the Hollywood Musical: Music, Masculinity and Mayhem
(Palgrave Macmillan - Hardcover Book)
By Kelly Kessler. By the mid-sixties, Hollywood's once conservative go-to-gal shed its tap shoes for something darker, hipper, and more in tune with the day's trends. Leaving Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in their wake, films such as Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Hair reflected the times as they embraced swingers, youth rebellion, and Scorsese-esque aesthetics. Focusing mainly on the period between the genre's post-Sound of Music boom and its near-disappearance in the 1980s, Destabilizing the Hollywood Musical pushes past the idyllic world of Oklahoma! to examine emergent and socially contentious norms that defined decades of the genre and helped to form its millennial revival. Often rejecting love, marriage, and the USA, much of this later musical breed favours male stories of lust, deception, isolation, and failure wrapped in a haze of rock-n-roll, visual dynamism, and testosterone.

December 10, 2010

To Broadway, To Life!: The Musical Theater of Bock and Harnick
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Philip Lambert. First complete book about Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, one of Broadway's most important songwriting teams (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, Fiorello!). Drawing from extensive archival sources, and from personal interviews and communications with Bock and Harnick themselves and their most important collaborators, author Philip Lambert explores the essence of a Bock-Harnick show-how it is put together, and what makes it work. Includes discussion of well known songs and explores a vast catalogue of lesser-known songs from their many other shows and works. Also, the first look at the little-known youthful professional beginnings of Bock and Harnick in revues and television shows and summer retreats in the 1950s, and the careers they have forged for themselves with new collaborators in the decades since their partnership dissolved in 1970.

December 14, 2010

George Gershwin (Yale Broadway Masters Series)
(Yale Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Larry Starr.

December 29, 2010

American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (4th Edition)
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Gerald Bordman and Richard Norton. New edition of classic reference book on musical theatre. Covers more than 250 years of musical theatre in the United States. Narrative blends history, critical analysis, and lively description to illustrate the transformation of American musical theatre through such incarnations as the ballad opera, revue, Golden Age musical, rock musical, Disney musical, and ... even the punk musical. Arranged chronologically and fully indexed according to names of shows, songs, and people involved. Incorporates plot synopses, names of principal players, descriptions of scenery and costumes, and critical reactions. Short biographies interspersed throughout the text depict the creative minds that shaped the most influential musicals. Newly updated to cover the first decade of the twenty-first century. 1032 pages.

December 2010 (no release date)

A Little Night Music: Vocal Selections, Revised Edition
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. Newly edited, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: "Every Day a Little Death," "The Glamorous Life," "In Praise of Women," "It Would Have Been Wonderful," "Later," "Liaisons," "The Miller's Son," "Night Waltz," "Now," "Remember?," "Send in the Clowns," "Soon," "You Must Meet My Wife."

A Little Night Music: Vocal Score, Revised
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Completely new edition, done under the direction of the composer

October 2011 (no release date)

Look I Made a Hat
(Knopf - Hardcover Book)
Part 2 of Stephen Sondheim's book on lyrics and more.

No release date set

Andy Hardy Vol. 1
(Warner -DVD Set)
Mickey Rooney film series.

Annie Get Your Gun: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause - Paperback Book)
The Applause Libretto Library Series Each title presents a Broadway musical with fresh packaging in a 6 x 9 trade paperback format. Each Complete Book and Lyrics is approved by the writers and attractively designed with color photo inserts from the Broadway production. All titles include introduction and foreword by renowned Broadway musical experts. Postponed to 2011.

Barbara Cook at Avery Fisher Hall
November 2007/January 2008 concert.

Big Bang
(Original Cast Records - on CD)

Boobs! The Musical
(MOL - new on CD)
New York cast album of Ruth Wallis revue.

Celebrate Broadway
(Masterworks - new digital download)

The Complete Show Boat
(Warner - DVD set)
1929 (Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Otis Harlan, Emily Fitzroy, Stepin Fetchit), 1936 (Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Paul Robeson), 1951 (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and Joe E. Brown) films.

Composers' CD (unnamed)
(Harbinger - new on CD)
Featuring Bock and Harnick, Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg, Meredith Willson, Stephen Sondheim, Otto Harbach.

Cyrano de Bergerac
(GlobalVision/Koch - new on CD)
Concept recording of new musical premiered in London in 2007. Music by Frank Wildhorn and Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.

Daddy-Long-Legs
(new on CD)
Cast recording of Rubicon (California) production of this John Caird/Paul Gordon musical. To be available in 2010. Pre-order to take place on the Rubicon site, where video clips are available.

Daniel Okulitch Sings New American Art Songs
(GPR Records - new on CD)
New recording by Daniel Okulitch (Baz Lurman's La Boheme).

Darling Lili
(DRG - new on CD)
First time U.S. release of 1970 soundtrack album. Mancini/Mercer score. Julie Andrews.

Doll's Life
(Original Cast Records - on CD)

Doris Day: My Heart
(Sony - new on CD)
Authorized remastered compilation of eight previously unreleased tracks Day recorded for her 1980s television shows and series—four Doris Day classics. "Happy Endings" was co-written by Terry Melcher, and Day provides a new spoken-word introduction for the song. UK release in Fall 2010; U.S. release to be announced.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty - HBO Special
(HBO - new on DVD)
2004 HBO documentary by D.A. Pennebaker.

Goya
(Masterworks - new digital download)
Mary Yeston score. Featuring Placido Domingo.

Half a Sixpence
(Harbinger - on CD)
Tommy Steele demo recordings.

Harold Arlen Sings (with friend)
(Masterworks - new digital download)
Arlen and Streisand. "Blues in the Night," "Little Biscuit," "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead *," "A Sleepin' Bee," "In the Shade of the New Apple Tree," "Hit the Road to Dreamland," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," "My Shining Hour," "Today I Love Everybody," "House of Flowers *," "For Every Man There's a Woman," "That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom."

How The Grinch Stole Christmas
(Time-Life - new on CD)
New cast album.

Hugh Panaro solo album
(new on CD)

I Got Rhythm: Mickey and Judy's Hollywood
(PS Classics - new on CD)
Jeff Harnar and Shauna Hicks June 9 Town Hall concert celebrating movie songs associated with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Barry Levitt, conductor; 30-piece orchestra.

JAY Records: 42nd Street studio cast recording; Anyone Can Whistle 2-CD studio cast recording with John Barrowman; Annie complete 2-CD studio cast; Brigadoon complete recording; The Dancing Years studio cast; Fiddler on the Roof studio cast; A Fine and Private Place 2006 York Theatre cast; George Dvorsky solo album; Karen Ziemba tribute to Mary Martin; The Ladies Singing Their Songs with Carolee Carmello, Susan Egan, Karen Ziemba, Rebecca Luker, Debbie Gravitte, Alice Ripley, Kim Criswell, Melissa Errico, Judy Kaye; One Touch of Venus studio cast; People Like Us 2005 NYMF show cast; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers complete studio cast recording.

JAY Records Musicality Series: Cryer and Ford; Flaherty and Ahrens; Frank Loesser; George Gershwin; Lionel Bart; Vincent Youmans

Jumbo
(AEI - on CD)
Radio tracks by stars of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's Broadway production

Karen Olivo solo album
(Yellow Sound Label - new on CD)
West Side Story performer.

The Light In The Piazza
(Warner - new on DVD)
1962 film with Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, and George Hamilton.

Lovely Ladies Kind Gentlemen
(Original Cast Records)
Stan Freeman-Franklin Underwood musical version of Teahouse of the August Moon. Orchestrations by Irwin Kostal & Peter Matz. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Mickey Rooney, Charles Nelson Reilly, Robert Morse & Eleanor Cables. Vocals completed.

Mary Bond Davis Solo Album
(new on CD)
From Metropolitan Room performances.

Michael Rupert album
(The JRockingR Company - new on CD)
To include "Racing To The Moon", from a new musical Rupert is currently writing called Streets of America.

Milk and Honey Backers Audition
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
With Don Appell giving the entire plot and Jerry Herman accompanying (and singing Molly Picon's songs). May be a two-CD set.

Museum of Modern Art project [untitled]
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Original recordings of songs by and about the movies written between 1907 and 1923 accompanied by an extensive booklet with four historical essays, many photos of nickleodeons and sheet music covers, the complete lyrics to the 26 songs, and annotations on all the songs.

Napoleon
(new on 2 CDs)
OLC cast recording.

Road Show Vocal Selections
(Hal Leonard - Paperback Book)
Stephen Sondheim score. New, with added songs.

Robert Goulet on Broadway
(Masterworks - new digital download)
"Come Back to Me," "Dear Love," "Hello Dolly," "If I Ruled the World," "Long Ago and Far Away," "Look For Small Pleasure," "Night Song," "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," "People," "She Touched Me," "Sunrise Sunset," "Who Can I Turn To."

Sherman Edwards CD [untitled]
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Sherman Edwards' 1776 demos and his last, unfinished score.

Sondheim S.T.A.G.E. Benefit
(new on CD)
March 2007 S.T.A.G.E. concert featuring Jamie Anderson, Ann Hampton Callaway, Len Cariou, Patrick Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Marc Cherry, Carole Cook, Veanne Cox, Wilson Cruz, Nancy Dussault, Kevin Earley, Betty Garrett, Randy Graff, Ronobir Lahiri, Pat Marshall, Sean McDermott, Linda Michele, Michele Nicastro, Michael Nouri, Sally Ann Howes, Valarie Pettiford, Charlotte Rae, Alice Ripley, Joan Ryan, Andrew Samonsky, Kevin Spirtas, KT Sullivan, Rip Taylor and Lisa Vroman.

Spring is Here
(PS Classics - new on CD)
First-ever recording of Rodgers & Hart's 1929 musical comedy.

Sweet Charity
(Koch/DRG - new on CD)
Reissue of 1966 French cast recording. Magali Noel, Sidney Chaplin, and Collette Marchand.

Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD)
Collection of songs by Kleban and Larson Award Winner Joe Iconis (writer of musicals The Black Suits and Bloodsong of Love). Theatrical rock concert about human beings who are messy, emotional, drugged up, knocked down, inspired, electric and who don't have nearly enough time to cause the kind of commotion they so desperately need to. Directed by John Simpkins. Performed by Nick Blaemire, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Badia Farha, Sarah Glendening, Eric William Morris, Lance Rubin, Jason "SweetTooth" Williams and Joe Iconis, with a four-piece band led by Joe himself. Recorded February 28, 2010 at MSR Studios, NYC.

Tom Wopat: Consider It Swung
(new on CD)
"Ode to Billie Joe," "But Not For Me," "Spinning Wheel" and Tom's own "Thailand Sea" among other songs.

Walden Records: Songs by Arthur Schwartz
(Harbinger Records - new on CD)
Final issue in Harbinger's Walden Records series. Bonus tracks.

-- Sound Advice Staff