Cast albums, theatre books, videos and upcoming releases from the world of Broadway.
THE LETTERS OF OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Oxford University Press – May 2022), edited by Mark Eden Horowitz, the award-winning author of Sondheim on Music, is a rich collection that features hundreds of previously unpublished letters that show off all facets of Hammerstein's many engagements and his…
CLUB44 RECORDS announced the release of The Sunday Set, the new album from Billy Stritch and Jim Caruso, which will debut on Friday, January 21. The album, recorded live at The Birdland Theater, features vocals from Stritch and Caruso, with Stritch on piano and Steve Doyle on bass.
Ballad of Dreams, a new novel with music written by Allyson Hernandez, is now available from New Degree Press. Initially written as a musical pre-pandemic, the debut novel features the lyrics from the original music embedded in the book similarly to a musical libretto. Ballad of Dreams is about…
Liver & Lung has set out to answer the question: what if A Little Life was a musical? Inspired by Hanya Yanagihara's bestseller, they have released a brand new concept album, Songs Inspired by A Little Life, that imagines the protagonist's story as a musical. The album is now available to…
Stray and the Soundtrack have joined forces with Lindsay Heather Pearce (Broadway’s current Elphaba in “Wicked’) to cover the classic David Bowie anthem “Heroes.' Written by David Bowie and Brian Eno, the song is now available on all streaming services.
The first new musical of 2022 has arrived, and it fittingly spotlights both a new wave of musical theatre creators, and the increasing dangers of the global climate crisis.
Recently released from Take The Cakeable Records, ONCE UPON A TIME STEP (Songs from the Ron Lytle Musical Fairy Tales) is a fun exercise in family-friendly, schmaltzy showtunes. There’s not a single track on the album that really sticks with you, but I imagine anyone who programs children’s theater…
Frozen star, Samantha Barks, recently released her latest album, Into the Unknown, under new record label, Westway. The album features selections from a number of contemporary musicals, including Six, Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, Ghost, Mean Girls, Moana, The Greatest Showman, and more.
Christmas came early when Broadway Records released CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (The New Broadway Cast Recording) on digital platforms. The stunning two-disc recording captures every marvelous moment of the mostly sung-through score, gifting fans of Broadway a truly remarkable way to access this show no…
The newly launched production company, The Bad Kids (“a new way to Broadway”), will present a year-end listening party of the concept album for the new musical, HOW TO REPAIR A MECHANICAL HEART, on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 8 PM.
Nakia & Joshua R. Pangborn are releasing 3 versions of their original musical, Dueling Pianos: A Skeleton Crew Musical. Featuring 15 original songs set in the world of the internationally award-winning, queer, fat-positive series Skeleton Crew, audiences will have a chance to stream the original…
A brand-new studio cast recording of the beloved holiday musical, The Christmas Schooner, featuring Tony Award-winners Jessie Mueller (Beautiful – The Carole King Musical; Waitress) and James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin; Hamilton), will be released in 2022.
KAREN MASON has announced that the new music video for the song “We Never Ran Out of Love (We Just Ran Out of Time)” is available today, Monday, December 13. The video is edited by Michael Lee Stever. It was the recipient of the 2020 “Jamie deRoy Songwriting Award” from The ASCAP Foundation, given…
An original cast recording of LCT's new musical Flying Over Sunset is set to be released! The cast recording will be released digitally on January 28, and on CD March 11.
With reproductive rights increasingly at risk, Lower Cornwall, Nova Scotia-based singer/songwriter Erika Kulnys takes a stand in song for bodily autonomy and the right to choose with this, her searing new single and video, 'My Choice' - available now.
The 'Stars Align' for Canadian electro-pop duo Gold Bonds as they launch their new single and video - available now. The song serves as a preview to their forthcoming album, Growing Pains - due out Spring 2022.
Draped in evocatively erotic and decadent hues, creatively expansive and sonically immersive duo and Rome, Italy's mLau lifts the veil on their new single and video 'Blue Boy - Babylon Girl'.
In a soaring ode to her past, present, and future self, along with any others who may be grappling similar sentiments, J-Pop darling Shihori releases a jubilant and spirited new video in 'Your Song'.
Mother and daughter Terrel and Kaelyn Lefferts have announced Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories, their series for children ages 4 to 7 that combines whimsical storytelling and interactive play to fully engage the readers.
Hollywood Records has released WEST SIDE STORY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The new soundtrack soars, fully highlighting the brilliance of Leonard Bernstein’s unforgettable jazz and latin infused musical score.
Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Abrams Children’s Books, announced today the forthcoming publication of Jagged Little Pill: The Novel based on the award-winning musical from seven-time GRAMMY® Award–winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and Glen Ballard.
In this new, introspective arrangement (with thanks to Peter Hume), Manchester reduced the former expansive orchestral renditions of the piece to a quieter, more intimate version with her vocal/piano performance accompanied only by a simple string trio and solo bassoonist.
On December 5th, 2021, The Walt Disney Family Museum celebrated Walt’s birthday with a virtual fundraiser honoring Sir Tim Rice. Proceeds from the event support The Walt Disney Family Museum’s educational programming, including its newest initiative, the At-Promise Youth Animation Academy. The…
Between international tours with the critically-acclaimed Philip Glass Ensemble, the award-winning composer/clarinetist Sam Sadigursky today announced the release of his latest recording project The Solomon Diaries.
Following Ben Crawford’s Electronic Pandemic, Ben Crawford and Ryan Scott Oliver have announced the release of A Crawdaddy Christmas, an album of holiday tunes just in time for roasting your chestnuts and decking your halls.
