BWW's Mid-Summer CD Review Roundup Special!
We're now well into summer and the last Broadway season brought many new recordings for us to listen to and own. Also, some specialty recordings and solo entries.
Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
We're now well into summer and the last Broadway season brought many new recordings for us to listen to and own. Also, some specialty recordings and solo entries.
Washington National Opera makes its DVD debut with its acclaimed 1998 production of Puccini's La Rondine (The Swallow), released and distributed internationally by Decca. Directedby Marta Domingo with direction for television by Brian Large, the production captures Puccini's bittersweetlove story…
Kate Pazakis has released her debut album, and put simply, it rocks.
Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 8/1/2009.
In what promises to be a once-in-a lifetime thrill for a hundred of her luckiest fans, Barbra Streisand will celebrate the release of Love Is The Answer---her new album of jazz standards and classics--- by singing a selection of these songs at New York's legendary Village Vanguard on Saturday…
Legendary performer Barbra Streisand has announced she will auction off performance costumes, paintings, furniture and vintage collectibles to benefit her Streisand Foundation.
It has just been announced that 'SARAH BRIGHTMAN IN CONCERT' will once again be visiting to Mexico, and for the first time ever, to South America! This is a new tour and will feature Sarah performing her best-loved hit songs.
Green Day, whose muti-platinum album AMERICAN IDIOT will premiere in a new stage adaptation September 4th at Berkeley Rep, have been honored with three 2009 MTV Video Music Award nominations. The Bay Area-based rock band's video for '21 Guns' - from their current gold album 21st Century Breakdown…
Following a trip Powell took to New England, a story began to emerge centered around a lighthouse, and up-and-coming young playwright Kyle Jarrow, already an Obie winner for A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, signed on to create the book. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you…
A forthcoming book, Letters from 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. It will be available to the public between September - November 2009 (pub date TBA) on…
The comedy feature film, Never Say Macbeth - the first film about the curse of Macbeth - has been chosen as movie of the week on Film.com! Viewers can watch the entire film for free until August 3rd.
Mr. Magoo and Charles Dickens may have seemed like an odd match at the time but Americans of a certain age will remember that the pairing resulted in bit of pure magic. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol was the first-ever animated Christmas special, and is now the subject of a splendid new book by…
Jane Fonda has taken to her blog to discuss her recent trip to Las Vegas, as well as catching up with Barbra Streisand.
North/South Recordings, music from the Americas, has a variety of CDs that are now available for streaming and download.
Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 7/26/2009.
The comedy feature film, Never Say Macbeth - the first film about the curse of Macbeth - has been chosen as movie of the week on Film.com! Viewers can watch the entire film for free until August 3rd.
Infinity Entertainment and Falcon Entertainment Group have announced the upcoming release of The Judy Garland Show on DVD. Restored and digitally remastered from the original masters, the 26-show variety special is being released in 13 volumes, each featuring two of the hour-long shows. Volume One…
Aware/Columbia Records recording artist Five For Fighting, aka John Ondrasik, will release the new studio album SLICE on October 13, 2009. The album is led by the first single, 'Chances,' which is available now on iTunes.
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The final song selections for Love Is The Answer, the eagerly awaited new studio collection of intimate jazz standards performed by Barbra Streisand, are being revealed in anticipation of the album's release on Tuesday, September 29.
The UK Daily Mirror has revealed that Susan Boyle, who became a worldwide overnight sensation after appearing on the Britain's Got Talent television show, will release a version of Moon River for her first single.
Following a trip Powell took to New England, a story began to emerge centered around a lighthouse, and up-and-coming young playwright Kyle Jarrow, already an Obie winner for A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, signed on to create the book. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you…
As the 'Little Sisters of Hoboken' celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the international musical comedy sensation Nunsense franchise with tours and productions throughout the world, Alfred Publishing Co. has released NUNSENSE: THE 25TH NUNNIVERSARY SONGBOOK, a brand new, commemorative music folio…
PowerHouse books has published 1.3 - Images from My Phone, a new collection of photographs by Academy and Tony Award-winning actor and photographer Joel Grey. The slipcased hardcover book, Grey's third published book of photographs, hit bookstores nationwide June 2, 2009.
Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt returns to Joe's Pub on Friday, July 17, 2009, 11:30 PM to celebrate the release of her new self-titled EP! Witt will be singing and playing a set of her original songs with full band.
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