Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
Bosnian gems mingle with Bollywood bangles, while Rromani (Gypsy) hits mix with super-fly funk. Thanks to dreamed melodies and down-and-dirty bass lines, Brass Menazeri has been packing Mission bars with a heady mix of Balkan perfection and Bay Area eccentricity, of serious chops and serious joy…
Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 7/3/2010.
The Asian edition of the LOVE NEVER DIES album reached number one in China this week, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced on andrewlloydwebber.com. The album includes Chinese soprano Liping Zhang's Mandarin version of the title song.
Today, June 30, 'The Unconventionals' performed at the Villandry Restaurant to launch their new album 'Flower to the People' in London, England. 'The Unconventionals' were formed months before their appearance on the X-factor in 2006. They were eliminated in the first week, but have since released…
Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) is pleased to announce a special CD release party for the original cast recording of the new bluegrass musical, Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge on June 30 at 7:30 p.m. upstairs at Rosie O'Grady's…
An uplifting comedy set against the exciting world of championship basketball, Just Wright scores on Blu-ray and DVD September 14 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
On July 4, the Boston Pops will release a CD featuring the live recording of the world premiere performances of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, which took place at Symphony Hall May 18 & 19 with guest narrators Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Cherry Jones, and…
An exclusive digital edition of Avenged Sevenfold's upcoming album Nightmare will be available for pre-order beginning on Tuesday, June 29th, on the iTunes Store. The Southern California band's fifth studio album, produced by Mike Elizondo, is due from Warner Bros. Records on July 27th.
It's an unprecedented meeting of two legendary musical minds, separated by 70 years. Pioneering musical genius Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, has teamed up with George Gershwin, in Wilson's Disney Pearl debut CD, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.
Following the June 18th opening of the feature film Jonah Hex, Reprise Records will release a 6-track EP from Mastodon from the film's original motion picture score Jonah Hex on June 29th, 2010.
Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 100th anniversary of composer/lyricist Frank Loesser's birth on June 29 with an all-new collection of his greatest songs entitled Heart & Soul: Celebrating the Unforgettable Songs of Frank Loesser. Available digitally and as a disc-on-demand from Arkivmusic.com…
Actors Scene Unseen is holding by-appointment-only auditions for its latest CD production of 'The Fifth Sun' by Nicholas Patricca. This CD will be Actors Scene Unseen's Spoken Word Grammy Award entry for 2010. 'The Fifth Sun' recounts the story of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in…
Actors Scene Unseen is holding by-appointment-only auditions for its latest CD production of 'The Fifth Sun' by Nicholas Patricca. This CD will be Actors Scene Unseen's Spoken Word Grammy Award entry for 2010. 'The Fifth Sun' recounts the story of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in…
An all-new collection entitled 'Heart & Soul: Celebrating the Unforgettale Songs of Frank Loesser' will be released on June 29, which is the 100th anniversary of Loesser's birth.
DRG RECORDS is proud to announce the solo album debut of JANE KRAKOWSKI, the Tony Award winning Broadway star of Nine and Damn Yankees and the Emmy Award nominated star of '30 Rock' and 'Ally McBeal.'
Yesterday, June 24, Sean Hayes, Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Goldwyn, Katie Finneran and Dick Latessa hosted a special 'Talk Back' and Q&A sessions as well as a CD signing in celebration of the new Broadway cast recording of Promises, Promises at Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Triangle. The Cast album is…
Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 6/26/2010.
Jellyfish Jive Productions announces that the Original Off-Broadway Cast recording of John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean will be released on Yellow Sound Label on July 27. The Official Cast album features the vocal talents of Tony and Emmy Award Nominee John Tartaglia, who created and wrote the undersea…
PS_Classics_SONDHEIM_ON_SONDHEIM_20010101 As BroadwayWorld previously reported, PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, recorded the original Broadway cast album of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM on June 6th and 7th. The production, presented by Roundabout…
Today, we are taking a listen to five of the greatest and most deservedly classic-status cast albums of all time, with all five selections also being Tony-winning Best Musicals recently remastered, repackaged and re-released by Masterworks Broadway in time for Tony Award season which this week is…
PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, recorded the original Broadway cast album of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM on June 6th and 7th. The production, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), began performances at Studio 54 on…
Acclaimed, award winning pop vocal group Uptown Express ® celebrates the release of their new CD 'Take You There' with a concert performance on Wednesday, June 23 at 6:00pm at Barnes & Noble's Lincoln Triangle location, 1972 Broadway, New York. They will be joined and accompanied by their musical…
Actors Scene Unseen is holding by-appointment-only auditions for its latest CD production of 'The Fifth Sun' by Nicholas Patricca. This CD will be Actors Scene Unseen's Spoken Word Grammy Award entry for 2010. 'The Fifth Sun' recounts the story of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in…
Stage star Gavin Creel has now released his EP 'Quiet' on iTunes. The song list includes: Green To Grey, Love Fell Down, Lonesome, Anything At All, Small Words and Hot Ohio.
RagTag Entertainment presents 'ENCORE: The Works of Andrew Lloyd Webber' including songs from the new London hit 'Love Never Dies' and featuring performances by cast members of 'Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular,' including Ian Jon Bourg, Sarah Elizabeth Combs, Kristen Hertzenberg, and Andrew…
