Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
EPIC: The Troy Saga, the first in a series of concept albums from the new musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, has surpassed 3 million streams in its first week of release. The musical EP was released on Christmas Day and has already racked up a multitude of listeners across platforms.
The band on the album is rockin’ and the mixer and master have kept every musical artist in their lane - nobody overshadows anyone else, they put the artist of the moment at the center mic and everyone emerges on equal beautiful footing.
Bianco, a gifted belting soprano with a range that can stack up several more notes on top of this song’s topmost money note, delivers it with a control that serves the song and its message.
THE MARIO 101 A CELEBRATION OF THE MARIO LANZA SONGBOOK is lovely music sung in some lovely ways by a singer who wishes to pay homage to an inspiration
The title track THE BESTEST OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY EVER is a darkish comedy number about the worker bees in an adult diaper factory at the office Xmas party, and all the humiliating things they must do for that Christmas bonus.
Warchus' work to date has given him the visual storytelling senses needed to auteur his way through a children's story with a kind of abandoned maturity that teaches the audience that it's no good to be a grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
Clark’s approach to this work as an actress and a classically trained soprano shows her consummate ability to marry the two into a single performance that does not make one more important than the other.
Laura Darrell has announced the release of her new book, The Promotability Gap: The REAL Reasons You're Not Advancing in Your Career and What YOU Can do About It.
Almost a year after the release of their first album, Little Love Notes, Collard & Rosenblatt are thrilled to announce their second album, Collisions: A Concept Album. Collisions: A Concept Album, produced in collaboration with the New Musicals Lab, includes over twenty new songs from…
Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance has announced its Book Launch Heidi Duckler Dance: 2016-2021 event hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on Saturday, January 14 from 3pm - 5pm.
What’s fun is really fun and what’s beautiful is so very beautiful and this would make a fine addition to your holiday playlists
Matthew Davies has announced Not Standard. This project discusses the experience of being different from the world around you. Original covers from a diverse group of artists such as Ariana Grande, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sara Bareilles, and Stephen Sondheim with a jazz twist!
Internationally-acclaimed artist Gunhild Carling has released her new album, 'Good Evening Cats!' She shows off her multilingual abilities on this spectacular record, which features original songs and classic favorites in English, French, and German. Guest artists include Grammy-nominated Billy…
In honor of ArtDesk magazine's tenth anniversary in 2023, the magazine will publish the ARTDESK 100 in its Winter 2023 issue on December 18, 2022. Contemporary Artists, Dancers, Opera Singers, and Philosophers will make the 2023 list. In addition to the print magazine, the ArtDesk 100 is available…
Celebrate 26 years and over 10,000 Broadway performances of the 1996 revival of Kander & Ebb’s Chicago with this exclusive re-issue on elegant deep red marble vinyl with a 4-panel (folded) insert, out now.
The new album Keep A Tender Distance – the sublimely introspective folk guitar exploration of Stephen Sondheim’s singular musical theater canon – from singer/songwriter Eleri Ward will be released by Ghostlight Records on CD Friday, February 24, 2023.
In this video, watch as Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane and co-writer Eila Mell discuss their new book, Designing Broadway. The book is a richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design.
YELLOW SOUND LABEL will release Baby: New Off-Broadway Cast Recording next year to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the show’s original production. The album is scheduled for release on streaming and digital platforms on February 14, 2023.
Oxford University Press will soon publish Ryan Donovan's Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity on February 17, 2023.
In all, my lambs, Regina Zona and Sean Harkness's’ IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MISTLETOE gives us all some fine easy listening for our holidays. There are new takes on old carols and straight renditions of jingly classics all mixed in her voice and his guitar
This past Thursday, the concept album for Catching Fireflies: A New Queer Musical was released and is now available on all streaming platforms. Previously seen this past year in workshop concerts at Feinstein's/54 Below and Don't Tell Mama's, Catching Fireflies tells the story of a queer friend…
Barbra Streisand: The Music | The Albums | The Singles (Fayetteville Mafia Press, April 24, 2023) takes readers on a journey through every album, soundtrack, and single Streisand has released over the past sixty years.
The original cast recording of The York Theatre Company's 2022 world premiere presentation of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy, with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg (York’s Desperate Measures), music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals), is out now.
Two Worlds Entertainment has released their 2 singles of REWORKED music with a holiday spin. “Christmas in Los Angeles” and “These Are The Special Times” features a reimagining of forgotten holiday songs arranged by Andy Grobengieser (Aladdin, King Kong, Groundhog Day).
For her first album with the ZOHO label, Vanessa Racci has given the label reason to celebrate signing her.
