Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 2/5/19 (updated 2/8/19)

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Earlier recaps:

2019: January 29, 22, 15, 8

2018: December 18, 11, 4 | November 27, 20, 13, 6 | October 30, 23, 16, 9, 2 | September 25, 18, 11, 4 | August 28, 21, 14, 7 | July 31, 24, 17, 10, 3 | June 26, 19, 12, 5 | May 29, 22, 15, 8, 1 | April 24, 17, 10, 3, March 27, 20, 13, 6 | February 27, 20, 13, 6 | January 30, 23, 16, 9, 2

2017 | 2016 | 2015


CDs Now Available:

John Pizzarelli Trio: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole
(Ghostlight Deluxe - new on CD/ on mp3/at iTunes)
New album with john Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals, Mike Karn on double bass, and Konrad Paszkudzki on piano. "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "A Hundred Years from Now," "The Very Thought of You," "(I Would Do) Anything for You," "I'm Such a Hungry Man," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Body and Soul," "Nat King Cool," "When I Fall in Love," "Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat)," "Hit That Jive, Jack!," "Could-'Ja," "Red Sails in the Sunset," "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66." Produced by John Pizzarelli and co-produced by Jessica Molaskey.

Unbreakable original cast recording
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD at Amazon/on mp3/at iTunes)
"A Musical Chronology of the LGBTQ Experience in America." Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Features the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Focuses on a curated selection of stories throughout American LGBTQ history from 1900 through the present day. "Unbreakable," "Gay Word," "Go to War," "Already Dead," "Just a Woman," "The Room Next Door," "Executive Order," "All People," "Purple Menace / The Happy Homosexual," "41," "Survivors," "Sylvia," "Gay Word: Reprise," "Good Things Take Time." 36-page booklet with full lyrics, performance photos, a synopsis, and liner notes from show producer Bruce Cohen. Produced by Leslie Ann Jones, with Andrew Lippa executive producer. Unbreakable will be presented by ten more choruses across the country in the 2019-2020 season. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

Wicked 15th Anniversary Edition
(Verve/UMe - new on 2 CDs/on mp3/at iTunes)
Includes the original cast recording of Stephen Schwartz score plus bonus tracks recorded live during the October 2018 NBC special A Very Wicked Halloween: The Wizard and I" (Ariana Grande), "What Is This Feeling?" (Pentatonix), "As Long As You're Mine" (Adam Lambert and Ledisi), and "For Good (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel with a chorus of former Elphabas and Glindas).


DIGITAL RECORDINGs Now Available:

"River Deep - Mountain High"
(Ghostlight Records - new digital single on mp3/at iTunes)
Single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich from upcoming cast recording. Adrienne Warren and The Tina Turner Musical original West End cast. Tina - The Tina Turner Musical expected on Broadway Fall 2019.


DVD/BLU-RAYs Now Available:

They Met in Argentina
(Warner Archive - on DVD)
1941 film with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Maureen O'Hara, James Ellison, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Barrat, Diosa Costello. Also at WBShop.com.


BOOKs Now Available:

The Incomparable Rex: Rex Harrison: The Last of the High Comedians
(Dean Street Press - Kindle Edition)
Kindle version of Patrick Garland's 1999 memoir about Rex Harrison and working with him as director on the 1991 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. This edition features a new introduction by Simon Callow.

The Ultimate Musical Theater College Audition Guide: Advice from the People Who Make the Decisions
(Oxford Univ Press - Paperback Book/Kindle Edition)
By Amy Rogers Schwartzreich. No-nonsense guide to the musical theatre audition. Written for high school students and their parents, teachers, and mentors, the book demystifies what can be an overwhelming process with step-by-step explanations of audition checkpoints. Also, advice from more than 10 top-tier program directors and faculty, as well as examples from students, parents, and experts currently working on Broadway. 224 pages.


MUSIC to be released this Friday, February 8:

John Pizzarelli Trio: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole
(Ghostlight Deluxe - new on CD/mp3/at iTunes)
New album with john Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals, Mike Karn on double bass, and Konrad Paszkudzki on piano. "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "A Hundred Years from Now," "The Very Thought of You," "(I Would Do) Anything for You," "I'm Such a Hungry Man," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Body and Soul," "Nat King Cool," "When I Fall in Love," "Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat)," "Hit That Jive, Jack!," "Could-'Ja," "Red Sails in the Sunset," "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66." Produced by John Pizzarelli and co-produced by Jessica Molaskey.

Unbreakable original cast recording
(Ghostlight Records - new on CD at Amazon/on mp/at iTunes)
"A Musical Chronology of the LGBTQ Experience in America." Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Features the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Focuses on a curated selection of stories throughout American LGBTQ history from 1900 through the present day. "Unbreakable," "Gay Word," "Go to War," "Already Dead," "Just a Woman," "The Room Next Door," "Executive Order," "All People," "Purple Menace / The Happy Homosexual," "41," "Survivors," "Sylvia," "Gay Word: Reprise," "Good Things Take Time." 36-page booklet with full lyrics, performance photos, a synopsis, and liner notes from show producer Bruce Cohen. Produced by Leslie Ann Jones, with Andrew Lippa executive producer. Unbreakable will be presented by ten more choruses across the country in the 2019-2020 season. Also at GhostlightRecords.com.

Wicked 15th Anniversary Edition
(Verve/UMe - new on 2 CDs)
Includes the original cast recording of Stephen Schwartz score plus bonus tracks recorded live during the October 2018 NBC special A Very Wicked Halloween: The Wizard and I" (Ariana Grande), "What Is This Feeling?" (Pentatonix), "As Long As You're Mine" (Adam Lambert and Ledisi), and "For Good (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel with a chorus of former Elphabas and Glindas).


Music RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

Ben Platt: Sing To Me Instead
(Atlantic - new on CD/on mp3/at iTunes)
Debut solo album from Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) with original music. 12 tracks. Singles "Bad Habit" and "Ease My Mind" released 2/1/19.


Books RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER:

The Theatre of August Wilson (Critical Companions)
(Methuen Drama - Paperback Book)
Alan Nadel (Author), Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. (Series Editor), Patrick Lonergan (Series Editor). Comprehensive study of August Wilson's drama introducing the major themes and motifs that unite Wilson's ten-play cycle about African American life in each decade of the twentieth century. Detailed readings of each play, through extensive interviews. 232 pages.