Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
This week, continuing our show-by-show analysis of the entire canon of Stephen Sondheim's theatre scores, we are taking a listen to the various cast recordings of that other legendary musical Sondheim helped to create early in his career, a show which is currently wowing them every night in its hit…
A collection of authors and actors including Stephen Colbert, young adult novelist Libba Bray (winner of the 2010 Printz Award for Going Bovine), Artistic Director of the Public Theater Oskar Eustis, novelist Jayne Anne Phillips (National Book Award finalist Lark & Termite) and novelist and Studio…
Writer/Producer/Director Dan Goggin has announced the release date for the new DVD MESHUGGAH-Nuns! the smash hit spin-off of his world famous Broadway musical comedy Nunsense. Those Little Sisters of Hoboken are back and the new DVD will be released nationally on April, 27th by Kultur International…
West End star Julie Atherton (Avenue Q, Notes from New York, Fame, Mamma Mia!) will launch her eagerly anticipated second album No Space for Air with her first ever solo engagement at London's exclusive Delfont Room for one night only on Sunday 6 June 2010.
Ghostlight Records announces the release of THE BATTERY'S DOWN: Season 2 Soundtrack! The album is now available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon and the Ghostlight website.
Approaching the 88th birthday of Charles Mingus, Jazz Standard (116 East 27th Street, NYC) presents a special gift to Mingus fans with the album release of Mingus Big Band: Live at Jazz Standard (Release Date: 4.19.10).
On April 20th, for the first time on CD, DRG Records presents the legendary performances of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli that Capitol Records recorded 'Live' at London's London Palladium on November 8 & 15, 1964.
On April 13th, opera star Bryn Terfel's new CD Bad Boys will be released by Deutsche Grammophon. Featuring the tunes of infamous villains of opera and musical theater, the release corresonds with Terfel's performance in Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera.
New York-based band THE VANGUARD will release its second EP - aptly titled PLAYTIME! - on April 13th
GLEE will return on April 13 with more than just new episodes. According to GLEE's official fan wiki, a third album will be released when episodes return. The album will be titled 'GLEE: The Music-The Power of Madonna.' The release will coincide with the shows much anticipated all-Madonna episode…
Tony Award winner Faith Prince will be recording a live CD during her stint at Palm Beach's Royal Room at the Colony Hotel from April 13-16. This will be the performer's fifth engagement at the Royal Room.
Just in time for the GLEE premiere, Idina will be releasing a brand new EP. It has some favorite songs from I Stand as well as live tracks from her PBS Soundstage concert. The EP will be available on April 13th.
As previously reported, Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, Bernadette Peters will pen a second children's book, Stella is a Star, set for publishing and release this spring by Blue Apple Books. The book, inspired by Peters' dog Stella, will feature illustrations by Liz…
Broadway star and country recording artist Laura Bell Bundy has released her newest music video, for her single 'Drop on By' from the Achin' side of her brand new Achin' and Shakin' album. Check out the video on BroadwayWorld below!
Warner Bros Records artists Taking Back Sunday have begun work on their fifth studio album. The acclaimed New York rock band has reformed, returning to the original line-up from their 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends, which has sold over one million records worldwide, spawned breakthrough anthem…
The original cast recording of Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Herbert Kretzmer's KRISTINA will be released on April 12 by Decca Records.
Just in time for the GLEE premiere, Idina will be releasing a brand new EP. It has some favorite songs from I Stand as well as live tracks from her PBS Soundstage concert. The EP will be available on April 13th.
Kerry Politzers celebrates the release of her new CD 'Blue in Blue' at Smalls Jazz Club on Friday May 7. Politzner will be joined by Donny McCaslin on sax, Paul Beaudry on Bass and George Colligan on drums.
World Village/harmonia mundi proudly announces the release of vocalist Catherine Russell's Inside This Heart Of Mine on April 13, 2010. Her third album for the label, Inside This Heart Of Mine is a collection of 13 songs -- tied together by the special place these songs hold inside the heart of…
German-South African native, VJ Kathi Von Koerber, is set to digitally release Footsteps in Africa Soundtrack: Nomadic Remix, on Earth Day (April 22, 2010). Physical copies of Von Koerber's album will be available June 1, 2010. As the soundtrack for the 2009 movie, 'Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic…
This week, we are taking a listen to the sparkling new cast recording of the hit 2009 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. While tickets are hard to come by due to the star-wattage on display each night at the Martin Beck, Tommy Krasker & Co. at PS Classics…
GPR Records, the new CD label specializing in Broadway, classical, spoken word and children's music, is sponsoring a poetry contest that will take place on Twitter, called TwItsPoetic, to celebrate National Poetry Month and the release of their first CD Poetic License: 100 Poems by 100 Performers.
To celebrate her long and varied career, THE ESSENTIAL CAROLE KING, a new double-disc set, will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting April 27th through Ode/Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
One of the most celebrated concert performances of recent years, a one-time only event witnessed by little more than one hundred lottery-selected Barbra Streisand fans, is now available for pre-sale. One Night Only - Barbra Streisand And Quartet At The Village Vanguard -September 26, 2009 will be…
In Tall Buildings is the title of this record, the name of the band, and the title of a John Hartford song. This 'band' is really Erik Hall and his songs. Erik is a natural multi-instrumentalist, equally at home playing electric guitar and percussion in NOMO, fuzzed-out bass in His Name Is Alive…
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