This week's list includes a new album featuring Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert called 'All The Girls.' Also now available this week is the CD debut of The Desert Song 1967 London studio cast recording, a book of Lorraine Hansberry's substantive interviews, and more!
Today's top stories: Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical casting (Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Andrew Barth Feldman, Ashley Park, Andre De Shields, and more!), Kerry Butler sings 'Somewhere That's Green' with Seth Rudetsky, Idina Menzel releases the first episode of 'Idina's Treehouse' and more!
Rest in peace Rebecca Luker, get a sneak peek at Kerry Butler's upcoming concert with Seth Rudetsky, watch casts of Dear Evan Hansen perform You Will Be Found, and more!
Below, listen as Rebecca Luker sings a song from Barry Kleinbort and Joseph Thalken's musical Was, titled 'Time.' The song was featured on Jamie deRoy & Friends Vol. 7: The Real Thing.
In 1998, when Luker was leading the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music, Broadway producer Jamie deRoy visited her and the rest of the cast backstage with filmmaker Rick McKay.
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway veteran Rebecca Luker has passed away. Last year, Rebecca was diagnosed out of nowhere with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease closely related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. She was 59 years old.
This week's list includes the songbook to Moulin Rouge! the Musical. Also, check out the Estella Scrooge cast album featuring Danny Burstein, Betsy Wolfe, Lauren Patten, Patrick Page, Carolee Carmello, and more.
PS CLASSICS will release All the Girls – the new album from Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert – on Friday, December 25 in digital and streaming formats. A CD will be available on Friday, January 15, 2021. The pair have recorded a celebration of womanhood in all its complexities and expressions.
The hardships COVID-19 have caused for songwriters and performers has prompted The Kurt Weill Foundation to provide financial support to participants chosen for the Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook, a new collection of sixteen contemporary theater songs by nineteen emerging writers.
This week's list includes Laura Benanti's debut solo album, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing Disney music, the 2020 West End Mary Poppins cast recording, and more.
An enchanted evening it sure was for those lucky enough to get to see the revival of South Pacific at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. Chocked full of A-List Broadway performers included the talents of Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Liz McCartney and the golden voiced baritone making his Broadway debut, Paulo Szot.
Today (October 19) in live streaming: Jennifer Holliday celebrates her 60th birthday in concert, Keala Settle sings with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!
PS CLASSICS has released a new single today, Friday, October 16: a duet of Rebecca Luker and Matthew Scott singing Jerome Kern and PG Wodehouse's delightful 'The Enchanted Train.' The chart was orchestrated and music directed by Joseph Thalken, produced by Tommy Krasker, and mixed by Bart Migal.
Join Rebecca Luker and Danny Burnstein, in a special livestream letter-writing rally mobilizing the theater community to support those living with ALS at 6 pm Eastern on Monday, October 19.
While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out this weekend's highlights from some of your favorites, including Heidi Blickenstaff, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, Sir Patrick Stewart, and more!