About the Album: The Battery's Down is a musical comedy series that follows a young actor's struggle to make it big in the Big Apple. Join Jake (played by writer/creator Jake Wilson) as he winds his way through the highs and lows of the business with the help of his colorful group of friends (played by Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Dani Spieler, Nina Sturtz and Cortney Wolfson) and some carefully executed musical numbers! Each episode features new, original musical numbers from today's best and brightest musical theatre composers. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Edges) penned the show's theme song, and the series boasts contributions from Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), Jeanine Tesori (Shrek, Caroline or Change) and Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Everyday Rapture), Glen Kelly (Young Frankenstein) and Lisa Lambert (The Drowsy Chaperone), Laurence O'Keefe (Legally Blonde, Bat Boy!), David Kirshenbaum (Vanities), Lance Horne (Prom Night), Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk (The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown), Michael Patrick Walker (Altar Boyz), Nick Blaemire (Glory Days), Josh Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (I Love You Because), Sean Mahoney (Factory Girls), Eric Day (Hameko and Lulu), Michael Arden (Easter Rising), B.T. Ryback (Darling), and Kirsten A. Guenther and Ryan Scott Oliver (Mrs. Sharp).
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24 Theater Books for Your Summer 2025 Reading List
by Nicole Rosky
- June 21, 2025
Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 24 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2025 reading list.
Video: BOOP!'s Ricky Asch Releases Pop Song 'Come With Me'
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- June 16, 2025
Recording artist Ricky Asc (currently starring on Broadway in Boop! The Musical under the name Ricky Schroeder) has released a song and music video just in time for the NYC Pride dancefloors. Learn more!
Listen: Rachel Potter's New Broadway Album STAGES Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 16, 2025
Theater star and Nashville recording artist RACHEL POTTER – best known for appearances on Fox TV’s “The X Factor” and the Broadway musicals The Addams Family and Evita – has released her new album Stages. Listen here!
Yusuf / Cat Stevens Sets Long-Awaited Memoir 'Cat On The Road to Findout'
by Josh Sharpe
- May 13, 2025
Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced his long-awaited memoir, Cat On The Road To Findout. Coming later this year, the new autobiography is an extraordinary soul-baring journey through the triumphs, trials, and transcendental quest of one of music’s most enigmatic figures of our time.
Brian De Lorenzo to Release TOAST OF THE TOWN, VOL. 1
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 12, 2025
Cabaret Classics will release Toast of the Town, Volume 1, the new big band album from Boston-based vocalist Brian De Lorenzo, on CD and streaming and digital platforms in June. Learn more about the album here!
Video: Jeffrey Seller Is Letting Out His Inner Theater Kid
by Robert Bannon
- May 09, 2025
Jeffrey Seller has made the theatre that has changed my life. I will always remember being twelve years old and being obsessed with all that is Rent. This show changed the face of theatre. He did it again with Hamilton and In The Heights as well. His artistic blueprint is all over the DNA of Broadway. His new memoir 'Theatre Kid' is out and it is a must read for theatre fans and artists alike. Watch in this video!
The Blues Brothers Franchise to Return with New Graphic Novel Sequel
by Josh Sharpe
- May 06, 2025
The Blues Brothers universe is returning, beginning with a brand new original graphic novel: The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake. Written by Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano, and James Werner, the graphic novel serves as a sequel to the 1980 film.
HARRY POTTER Soundtracks Set for Vinyl Release in June
by Josh Sharpe
- April 30, 2025
After announcing a robust new 16-LP box set in 2024, Harry Potter: The Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Rhino now shares four individual Motion Picture Soundtrack LPs from the Harry Potter franchise.
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