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Vinyl Album Now Available:
Into the Woods
(Concord Theatricals/Craft Recordings - new 2-disc vinyl album)
Recording of the 2022 Broadway / New York City Center Encores! cast. Score by Stephen Sondheim. Sara Bareilles, Brian d'Arcy James, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, Aymee Garcia, Ta'Nika Gibson, Annie Golden, Albert Guerzon, Brooke Ishibashi, Kennedy Kanagawa, David Patrick Kelly, Julia Lester, Nancy Opel, Cole Thompson, David Turner, Alysia Velez. "Prologue: Into the Woods," "Cinderella at the Grave," "Hello, Little Girl," "I Guess This Is Goodbye," "Maybe They're Magic," "I Know Things Now," "A Very Nice Prince," "First Midnight," "Giants in the Sky," "Agony," "It Takes Two," "Second Midnight," "Stay with Me," "On the Steps of the Palace," "Ever After," "Prologue: So Happy," "Agony (Reprise)," "Witch's Lament," "Any Moment," "Moments in the Woods," "Your Fault," "Last Midnight," "No More," "No One Is Alone," "Finale: Children Will Listen." Music direction by Rob Berman with The Encores! Orchestra. CD format expected later. Digital released 9/30/22, CD released 12/2/22.
Music to Be Released This Friday, March 24:
Adventures in Reality
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Collection of Michael Friedman songs mostly created for various Civilians shows and cabarets, with lyrics taken from verbatim transcripts of interviews. The album also includes Michael's collaboration with playwright John Guare in a song about Chekhov's Three Sisters with lyrics written by Guare. Nick Blaemire, Cindy Cheung, Carla Duren, Jackie Hoffman, Jo Lampert, Lauren Molina, Dito van Reigersberg, Brian Charles Rooney, Heath Saunders, Mary Testa, Tony Torn, Alison Weller, and Ada Westfall.
Canard, Canard, Goose?
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Michael Friedman score from the first Civilians show, in 2001, and Friedman's first full-length musical. Cast includes Andrew Kober, Grace McLean , Jonathan Raviv, Maya Sharpe, Kristin Stokes, and Colleen Werthmann.
In the Footprint: The Battle for the Atlantic Yards
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Michael Friedman score from 2011 show. Cast includes Andrew Kober, Grace McLean, Onyie Nwachukwu, Jonathan Raviv, Maya Sharpe, Kristin Stokes, Akron Watson, and Colleen Werthmann.
Maggie
(new album)
Studio recording of score by Johnny Reid, Matt Murray and Bob Foster. The musical is set to debut at Theatre Aquarius in Ontario, Canada, in April 2023.
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
(Ghostlight Records - new digital album)
Music by Michael Friedman, lyrics by Anne Washburn and Michael Friedman. Cast includes Gibson Frazier, Rebecca Hart , Matthew Maher, Jennifer R. Morris, Maya Sharpe, Christina Sajous, Kristin Stokes, and Sam Breslin Wright.
Some Like It Hot OBC
(Concord Theatricals Recordings - new digital album)
2022 original Broadway cast recording of score by Marc Shaiman (music/lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics). Cast includes Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks, and Kevin Del Aguila. "What Are You Thirsty For?," "You Can't Have Me (If You Don't Have Him)," "Vamp!," "I'm California Bound," "A Darker Shade of Blue," "Take It Up a Step," "Zee Bap," "At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee," "Poor Little Millionaire!," "Some Like It Hot," "Let's Be Bad," "Dance the World Away," "Fly, Mariposa, Fly," "You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather," "He Lied When He Said Hello," "Ride Out the Storm," "Baby, Let's Get Good." Produced by Scott M. Riesett and Marc Shaiman. CD version expected at a future date.
The Year After: A Song Cycle
(No Hope Productions - new digital album)
Cast recording of a song cycle by Tim Aumiller and Scott Schneider. Brittneyann Accetta, Krystina Alabado, Michael Lee Brown, Max Crumm, Dayna Dantzler, Deon'te Goodman, Nathan Lee Graham,, Jason Moody, Shanna Sharp.
Newly Listed Recordings:
March 23:
Parade
(Interscope Records - new digital album)
2023 Broadway revival cast recording of Jason Brown score. Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, with Florrie Bagel, Kelli Barrett, Courtnee Carter, Eddie Cooper, Emily Rose DeMartino, Erin Rose Doyle, Manoel Felciano, Alex Joseph Grayson, Danielle Lee Greaves, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Beth Kirkpatrick, Sean Allan Krill, Douglas Lyons, Ashlyn Maddox, Sophia Manicone, Howard McGillin, William Michals, Paul Alexander Nolan, Jake Pedersen, Jackson Teeley, Charlie Webb. "Prologue: The Old Red Hills of Home," "The Dream of Atlanta," "How Can I Call This Home?," "The Picture Show," "Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?," "Interrogation Sequence," "Funeral Sequence: There is a Fountain / It Don't Make Sense," "Real Big News," "You Don't Know This Man," "The Trial: Hammer of Justice," "Twenty Miles from Marietta," "The Factory Girls / Come Up to My Office," "Minnie's Testimony," "My Child Will Forgive Me," "That's What He Said," "It's Hard to Speak My Heart," "Closing Statement & Verdict," "Act Two Prelude," "A Rumblin' and a Rollin'," "Do It Alone," "Pretty Music," "The Glory," "This Is Not Over Yet," "Blues: Feel the Rain Fall," "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?," "All the Wasted Time," "Sh'ma," "Finale."
No Release Date:
Shucked
(new album)
Original Broadway cast recording of score by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. Cast includes Grey Henson and Ashley D. Kelley. Details and date TBA.
Newly Listed Books:
April 6:
Room
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Play by Emma Donoghue. This updated and revised edition was published to coincide with the Broadway premiere in Spring 2023, which has been cancelled, so publishing may change. 96 pages. [A 2017 version is available on Amazon in Kindle format.]
May 23:
I'll Drink to That!: Broadway's Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired
(Weldon Owen - Hardcover Book)
By Lawrence Maslon. Photographs by Joan Marcus. Mixes clever cocktails that pay homage to unforgettable Broadway shows–such as the Rainbow High from Evita and the Sidecar Named Desire–with authentic recipes for drinks that played supporting roles in beloved shows–like the legendary Vodka Stinger from Company–and shakes it up with a history of the cocktail on Broadway. 30 drink recipes. Featured throughout are images from intoxicating images of classic shows to portraits of effervescent stage celebrities to vintage liquor ads featuring Broadway stars. 176 pages.
June 13:
Cambodian Rock Band
(Theatre Communications Group - Paperback Book)
Play by Lauren Yee. 96 pages.
September 15:
Right This Way: A History of the Audience
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Audiobook on CD)
By Robert Viagas. Pop history of audiences through the ages. Walks us through the different types of audiences and the history of their changing behaviors, what science has to say about how our brains respond to what we experience, how technology will continue to shape audiences, and why, during COVID-19, people risked a deadly virus to be part of a crowd. Drawing on perspectives from critics, performers, scholars, and many others. 256 pages.
