This recap is available by email. Join the e-blast list on the front page of Talkin' Broadway, below the menu (on phones, at the bottom of the front page) to receive the recaps each week.

CDs Now Available:

Bradley Jaden: Recorded Live in London
(Westway Records - new on CD/digital)
West End performer Bradley Jaden (Les Misérables, Wicked, Camelot) recorded live at his Cadogan Hall performance in June 2024. Full orchestra. "Who I'd Be," "If I Can't Love Her," "Wondering," "Fall on Me," "On the Street Where You Live," "The Impossible Dream" (with Adam Pearce), "Sway," "Your Eyes," "As Long As You're Mine" (with Louise Dearman), "Blind Faith" (with Louise Dearman), "Music of the Night," "Being Alive," "Stars." WestwayMusic.com

Digital Music Now Available:

Alicia Witt: I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You
(new digital album)
actress, singer, songwriter, and pianist Alicia Witt. "I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You," "O Holy Night," "Weird Time of Year," "Is This The Christmas" (with Mandy Barnett), "The First Noel," "You're Gonna See This Tree," "If Christmas Was," "Soap Suds Snow," "Lonely Holy Christmas" (Matthew Perryman Jones), "Christmas Will Never End," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "December 26th" (with John Paul White). Released 11/8/24.

Matt Dusk & Tom Gaebal: My Favourite Things
(digital single)
Released 11/22/24.

Shoshana Bean & Joey McIntyre: "A Brand New Christmas"
(new digital single)
Song from Jingle Bell Love written by Joey McIntyre. Released 11/8/24.

Swingin' Through The Holidays: Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra
(new EP)
"Jingle Bell Rock," "Blue Christmas," "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica." Released 11/1/24.

Books Now Available:

Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
(Brookline Books - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Peter Schmitz. Collection of short, focused narratives on the history of theater in Philadelphia and the visitors to the city's theaters. Chapters: Only in Philadelphia; The Wicked Stage; Playhouses; Local Heroes; Visiting Stars; Disputes, Deaths, and Disasters; The Tryout Town; The Manning Street Theater. Images and illustrations. 328 pages.

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.

Music to Be Released By This Friday, December 6:

Chris, Mrs. - A New Holiday Musical
(new album)
Score by Matthew Stodolak and Katie Kerr marries traditional holiday themes with a contemporary musical theater sound. Studio cast includes Adam Jacobs, Danielle Wade, Samantha Pauly, and Danny Burstein. Produced by Boldly Productions, with new orchestrations by Stodolak. The show premiered at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre in 2023. First single, Ready to Try," now available.

Eight Immortals
(new digital album)
Sam Tsui and Casey Breves' new song cycle based on a series of popular Chinese myths. Jon Jon Briones, Samantha Williams, Justin David Sullivan, Ashley Chiu, Megan Loughran, Casey Breves, Sam Tsui, Ben Jones.

Jessica Vosk: Sleigh
(Concord Recordings - new on CD)
"Santa Tell Me," "All I Want for Christmas Is You," "Last Christmas," "Do You Hear the Faithful?," "Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland" (with Neil Patrick Harris), "Mary, Did You Know?," "This Christmas," "Christmas Is Only Moments Away" (with Scott Hoying), "Winter Song" (with Ariana DeBose), "My Favorite Things / Carol of the Bells," "Grown-Up Christmas List" (with David Foster), "The Twelve Gays of Christmas," "Hard Candy Christmas" (Bonus Remix). Digital released 11/15/24.

Hadestown - Live From London
(Sing It Again Records - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
Original West End cast recording of score by Anais Mitchell, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre in London. Cast includes Dónal Finn, Grace Hodgett Young, Zachary James, Melanie La Barrie, Gloria Onitiri, Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne, and Allie Daniel. CD and digital editions include more than 20 minutes of additional music featuring five songs exclusive to those formats. Produced by Todd Sickafoose, David Lai and Anais Mitchell, and co-produced by Mara Isaacs and Liam Robinson. Digital track list: "Road to Hell," "Melanie La Barrie & Original West End Company of Hadestown," "Come Home With Me," "Wedding Song," "Livin' It Up on Top," "All I've Ever Known ("In Spite of Herself"...) [Intro]," "All I've Ever Known," "Way Down Hadestown," "Chant," "When the Chips Are Down ("Songbird vs. Rattlesnake"...) [Intro]," "When the Chips Are Down," "Wait for Me ("Hey, The Big Artiste"...) [Intro]," "Wait for Me," "Why We Build the Wall," "Why We Build the Wall ("Behind Closed Doors"...) [Outro]," "If It's True," "Epic III," "Epic III ("They Danced"...)," "Promises," "Wait for Me (Reprise)," "Road to Hell (Reprise)."

Stella Cole: Snow
(La Reserve Records - new on CD/digital/vinyl)
New York based actor and singer. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "That's What I Want for Christmas," "White Christmas," "Snow" (with Darren Criss), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Next Christmas," "Christmas Dreaming." Arrangements by Alan Broadbent. Digital release 10/25/24.

Tommy Steele: On Air
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
recordings made by Tommy Steele from his popular 1964 radio series 'The Tommy Steele Show'. All of the performances featured on this collection have gone unheard since their original transmission. 31 tracks. Limited edition of 500 units. StageDoorRecords.com

Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.