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DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:

Earl Rose Plays Harold Arlen
(digital album)
Composer, pianist, arranger, and conductor Earl Rose. "My Shining Hour," "One for My Baby," "Hooray for Love," "A Sleepin' Bee," "For Every Man There's a Woman," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," "It Was Written in the Stars," "The Man That Got Away," "The Morning After," "Cocoanut Sweet," "Out of This World," "Cocoanut Sweet" (Solo Version), "A Sleepin' Bee" (Solo Version). Released 11/1/24.

BOOKS newly listed:

March 22, 2025:

Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim
(Level Best Books - new book)
Edited by Josh Pachter. Twenty crime stories, one inspired by a song from each of the twenty musicals with scores by Stephen Sondheim (including the made-for-TV Evening Primrose and the final show, Here We Are). Contributing authors include both widely published crime writers and people who are involved in the world of the theatre.

March 25, 2025:

Elphie
(William Morrow - Hardcover Book/Paperback/Kinde Edition/Audible Audiobook)
By Gregory Maguire. The childhood story of Wicked's Elphaba, including her promiscuous mother, her pious father, her saintly sister Nessarose, and her junior felon brother Shell. Deluxe collector’s hardcover features stenciled edges and a color illustrated map of Oz. 288 pages.

Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend
(Applause - Hardcover Book)
Gaming expert and theatre fan Barry Joseph draws from over eighty years of Sondheim’s activities, collecting his extremely rare and never-publicly-seen puzzles and game designs, original interviews with the celebrity friends who played them, deep dives into Sondheim-related archives from around the country, and analysis from both puzzle designers and theatre professionals from around the world. Allows readers to solve Sondheimian puzzles and bring Sondheimian games into their own homes. 208 pages. MatchingMindswithSondheim.com.

December 2, 2025:

Secret Lovers Songbook
(new Paperback Book)
Companion book to Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki's tenth studio recording released in September 2024. Ten new songs inspired by their own life experience and the artistry of poet Emily Dickinson, novelist Virginia Woolf, essayist Joan Didion, Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, New Zealand-born street artist Deborah Wood, Harlem blues singer Gladys Bentley, transgender jazz pianist Billy Tipton, and British jazz singer/pianist Liane Carroll. AnyaRobertMusic.com.

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.