Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
Warner Home Video will release the animated version of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN on DVD on January 26th, 2010. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is one of many prime-time animated TV specials based on characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts and originally aired on the CBS…
Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 10/10/2009.
A book signing and candid discussion for 'Why I Hate Straws' by Barry Parham will take place at The Abbeville Opera House located at 100 Court Square, Abbeville, SC 29620 from 7pm-9pm on October 8, 2009. The event is free and open to the public.
The Music Man, one of America's seminal musicals, will be released on Blu-ray from Warner Home Video early next year.
Barbra Streisand's album Love is the Answer debuts #1 on the US charts by selling 180,415 for the week of September 29th. She has increased her prior record of length of time between her first #1 album (People, 1964) and her most recent.
Irish tenor Michael Londra, who starred in the blockbuster 'Riverdance' on Broadway, will commemorate the holiday season with the release of a new Christmas album called BEYOND THE STAR in support of his A Celtic Yuletide with Michael Londra concert tour.
PS Classics, the record label dedicated to recording Broadway albums and discs of classic American songs will be releasing three albums this fall featuring some of the industry's finest talent. The albums include a debut recording of the little known 1926 Broadway musical KITTY'S KISSES, which ran…
Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, adds another award to its crowded mantle. The Original Cast Recording has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
On October 6, 2009 Sony Classical and Integrity Music will release the Handel's Messiah Rocks CD and DVD. Handel's Messiah Rocks is a groundbreaking musical event that blends classical music with classic rock in a fresh new interpretation of George Fredrick Handel's celebrated oratorio.
The incomparable Chita Rivera releases a new solo studio album entitled And Now I Swing on October 13, 2009 from the newly-launched Yellow Sound Label. From classic theater songs to jazz standards, all tracks featured on this new album have received new arrangements recorded by New York's finest…
The Broadway Boys, a gathering of some of the best tenor voices on the Broadway stage are headed into the recording studio on October 1 to record their debut album. Produced by Michael McElroy, the CD is schedule to be available at concerts by late November. PS Classics will release the CD in…
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, plantinum-selling singer and pianist, and CHEYENNE JACKSON - the Broadway star of Xanadu, All Shook Up and the current revival of Finian's Rainbow - have announced the release of their first CD together, The Power of Two. Based on the…
The Broadway Boys, a gathering of some of the best tenor voices on the Broadway stage are heading into the recording studio on October 1 to record their debut album.
Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy presents a special evening of her multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy & friends on Thursday, October 15th at 7pm. The concert will take place at New York hotspot The Metropolitan Room
October is ripe with star appearances at Barnes and Noble this month, with different branches throughout the city hosting many of the industry's most notable names in discussion and performance.
The new book, Letters of Little Edie Beale: Grey Gardens and Beyond, collected and edited by Walter Newkirk, is a sequel to memoraBEALEia: A Private Scrapbook About Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens.
The American Theatre Wing has announced that Applause Theatre & Cinema Books will publish its original book, The American Theatre Wing presents The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playwrights on the Plays that Influenced Them.
Adam Rapp is best known as a prolific Obie Award-winning-playwright, respected novelist, filmmaker, and director. He has written more than ten plays, including 'American Sligo' and 'Red Light Winter'(nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006); directed his first feature film, 'Winter…
Previously reported by BroadwayWorld.com and now confirmed by PBS, to celebrate the one year anniversary of Liza Minnelli's Tony Award-winning performance 'LIZA'S AT THE PALACE,' American Public Television (ATP) will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009. Minnelli's unanimously…
Columbia Records has announced the release of A Cherry Cherry Christmas, the new Neil Diamond holiday collection, available in stores and online Tuesday, October 13.
Previously reported by BroadwayWorld.com and now confirmed by PBS, to celebrate the one year anniversary of Liza Minnelli's Tony Award-winning performance 'LIZA'S AT THE PALACE,' American Public Television (ATP) will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009. Minnelli's unanimously…
Annalene Beechey who starred in the West End productions of 'Marguerite', 'Wicked' and 'Beauty & The Beast', will release her debut solo album next month. The CD features arrangements by Peter White, Jonathan Williams and Richard Taylor. Featured vocalists include Julian Ovenden (Marguerite, Annie…
Singer-songwriter and actor Nellie McKay has put together a compilation of song tracks paying tribute to 'America's sweetheart', singer and actress Doris Day. The disc, titled ‘Normal As Blueberry Pie', will feature 13 songs made famous by Day, including 'Wonderful Guy' (from South Pacific), Fats…
The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announce today's launch of 'This is Broadway,' short interviews from Broadway notables circa 1977.
Barbra Streisand discusses her new album, Love Is The Answer, in an exclusive video on Amazon.com.
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